Tuesday, 11 November 2014
Acheivements
I wanted to create the notion of Sex. I did this particular piece to show the motion of sex, the feeling and colour. I wanted to be able to express what sex looks like for me and my partner.
I was, for a long time struggling for ideas how to portray sex, as mentioned earlier I was thinking of a set of paintings, or a sculpture, but none of these pieces would have held any context for this particular notion which I felt strongly about. I wanted to allow people to see all the attributes of sex without shoving a penis and vagina in there face.
Colour:
The colours on the board portrayed the feeling and emotion during the time of sex, this was done by closing our eyes and visualizing a colour we saw or felt during that time.
Smearing:
Obviously there was a lot of smearing paint across the board, this signified the movement of sex, the chaos that sometimes there is. When I picture sex I sometimes only think of arms and legs flinging about in ruffled blankets.
Hand/feet:
The hand and feet prints showed positioning, this is were I hope people can relate to the piece by working out in their head were my partner and I may have been positioned.
I believe I achieved my goal of completing a piece of work that portrays a notion I had.
I was, for a long time struggling for ideas how to portray sex, as mentioned earlier I was thinking of a set of paintings, or a sculpture, but none of these pieces would have held any context for this particular notion which I felt strongly about. I wanted to allow people to see all the attributes of sex without shoving a penis and vagina in there face.
Colour:
The colours on the board portrayed the feeling and emotion during the time of sex, this was done by closing our eyes and visualizing a colour we saw or felt during that time.
Smearing:
Obviously there was a lot of smearing paint across the board, this signified the movement of sex, the chaos that sometimes there is. When I picture sex I sometimes only think of arms and legs flinging about in ruffled blankets.
Hand/feet:
The hand and feet prints showed positioning, this is were I hope people can relate to the piece by working out in their head were my partner and I may have been positioned.
I believe I achieved my goal of completing a piece of work that portrays a notion I had.
Saturday, 8 November 2014
Aftermath
Once we had finished we washed all the paint off ourselves. The easiest way to do this was by filling the large sink up in the darkroom and bathing in the water. This worked well and kept us from treading paint everywhere throughout the art department.
'Doing it'
It was now the night to get the project underway. My partner and I came up to the institute around 9 p.m making sure it was a time where nobody if anybody would be up there. We first needed to set the board up, we started by bringing it into the dark room, and placing newspaper around the edges so no paint would be splashed on the floor. We grabbed the paints we were going to use and got ready to strip down.
I then asked Kirstin to close her eyes and picture what colour she usually in-visions when we are having sex, she said red, sooo....I poured a whole lot of red paint down her neck and back as I wanted a main body/buttocks imprint on the board. I then covered parts of my body with the colours I see during sex before laying on top of her.
While performing we continued to smother colours of paint on the each other depending on sensation and feeling. As we performed we noticed we had slid quite high up the board, but this was fine as there were no rules of control to this piece of work.
I then asked Kirstin to close her eyes and picture what colour she usually in-visions when we are having sex, she said red, sooo....I poured a whole lot of red paint down her neck and back as I wanted a main body/buttocks imprint on the board. I then covered parts of my body with the colours I see during sex before laying on top of her.
While performing we continued to smother colours of paint on the each other depending on sensation and feeling. As we performed we noticed we had slid quite high up the board, but this was fine as there were no rules of control to this piece of work.
Base
Early Thursday morning I painted my piece of ply wood white. This was going to be the base as I wanted the colours we used for the actual project to stand out and give vibrance.
I needed to apply two coats of white primer as the ply wood soaked up a lot of the first.
I needed to apply two coats of white primer as the ply wood soaked up a lot of the first.
Thursday, 6 November 2014
Issues
As I expected a few issues have came about. Of coarse I expected this and it is also part of the brief to have technical issues that we have to solve.
These are minor issues.
The piece of plywood is 2.4 x 1.2m therefore to move it around has been a task in itself. I was lucky that my father has a work vehicle that was able to fit the board in. He then dropped it off to my place, I then had to get the assistance of Harry to come down to the Hostel and help me carry it back up via what I call 'the stairs of despair'.
The board was quite rough as well, so before I was to paint it I needed to give it a quick sand, just to make it a bit smoother for me and my partner to move around on.
A big issue has been where to actually 'do' my project. I am hoping to come in to the institute late Saturday night and set up in the Dark Room with a 'Do Not Disturb' notice on the door. We also have to be careful not to spread paint through the art department, which might mean having to wash ourselves somewhere as soon as we have finish.
The last issue is keeping paint away from our genitals while we are having sex. Im not really sure what would be the case if paint was to get in those areas but I'm not willing to risk it anyway.
These are minor issues.
The piece of plywood is 2.4 x 1.2m therefore to move it around has been a task in itself. I was lucky that my father has a work vehicle that was able to fit the board in. He then dropped it off to my place, I then had to get the assistance of Harry to come down to the Hostel and help me carry it back up via what I call 'the stairs of despair'.
The board was quite rough as well, so before I was to paint it I needed to give it a quick sand, just to make it a bit smoother for me and my partner to move around on.
A big issue has been where to actually 'do' my project. I am hoping to come in to the institute late Saturday night and set up in the Dark Room with a 'Do Not Disturb' notice on the door. We also have to be careful not to spread paint through the art department, which might mean having to wash ourselves somewhere as soon as we have finish.
The last issue is keeping paint away from our genitals while we are having sex. Im not really sure what would be the case if paint was to get in those areas but I'm not willing to risk it anyway.
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