My Final Outcome

Above you can see a gallery of images that I am taking inspiration from whilst creating my final piece. Some are images that I have taken, some are from artists that I have studied, and some are representing some key features that I would like to include for example the burnt paper and the projection.

My Final Piece Proposal:

My final piece will be a consolidation of all of the work that I have created in this project so far whilst studying the four artists: Elizabeth Schmitz-Garcia, Pipilotti Rist, Aldo Tolonio and Angela Glajcar. I would like the piece to be several pieces of A2 white paper hanging from the ceiling. The paper will have burnt out holes in the middle which get progressively smaller and smaller as the papers are further away. This will create a tunnel effect. I will also like to experiment with folding the paper. However, in my opinion, it will work better without the folds. Finally, I will project a gif that I made whilst studying the artist Pipilotti Rist onto the hanging sculpture. This links to the project of Identity as the projection is of a face that is distorted and smudged beyond recognition, representing beauty standards and hidden identity simultaneously as the makeup is being removed from the face. Additionally, the fact that the face is being projected into a tunnel could represent how the person feels lost and disconnected from their identity.

To begin with, I cut 6 sheets of A2 paper and drew guidelines lightly in pencil. Next I ripped around them carefully. I wanted the rips to look organic and natural rather than too linear. I then carefully used a lighter to burn the edges of the rips that I had already created. If I burnt too much of the paper the layer would not be able to be seen behind the other. The dark black edges created more definition between the sheets of paper. I used string and tape in order to hang each one of the photographs on a rail. This was effective as it made the photographs move slightly which complimented the projections (which I will explain later on). I also hung the sheets with some space between them so that there would be more visible depth to the sculpture. I then set up the projector and turned all of the lights off. Finally, I took photographs and videos of gifs and images that I made previously projected onto the sculpture.

The Set-up:

My Outcome:

Above is a gallery of images that I took of my Final Piece installation. They show my sculpture with a variety of my favourite overlay images taken during my project and a gif to go with them projected onto it. I really like how the projection on the bottom left makes the paper look as if it were clingfilm. It adds a lot of texture and is extremely absorbing. Despite being interesting the blue tinted projection is not as delicate and doesn't fit in with the other more organic looks.

Below are three videos that I have taken of the sculptural installation. The one on the left shows just a still image being projected however as the camera moves you are able to see the stunning depth to the piece which is slightly swaying in movement. The fact that it is moving allows the viewer to see the subtle details of the images.

My Final Piece:

(evaluation)

The image on the left is the image that I projected onto the paper sculpture in the image above. I think that one reason that it was so successful was because of the amount of detail in the original image. I love the way that this transfers onto the burnt pieces of paper around the layers as it has a calm feeling and is astheticly pleasing.

My final piece brings together all of my ideas throughout this project. It conveys all of the ideas that I have had and ties the project up nicely. This website displays the whole journey that I have had whilst building up to this final piece, taking inspiration from four artists (Evilsabeth Schmitz-Garcia, Pipilotti Rist, Aldo Tolino and Angela Glajcar) and adding my own touch to all of the photographs.

Overall, in my opinion, my final piece worked exceedingly well. I love the unique detail in all of the sculptures and the semi-abstract look when the projected image can be seen through the tunnel of burnt paper as the dark edges do very well to give definition between the sheets. This piece links to my topic of hidden identity as it displays an abstracted face whose identity is hidden as it has been disfigured, ripped and burnt until it is now obscure. The photographs which have been projected onto the sculpture were also originally representing beauty standards as they show someone trying to wipe their makeup off their face onto glass. This conveys how society sees skin as needing to be flawless. My photographs show the imperfections as the face is being distorted and the mask of makeup is being removed. The hidden identity is being uncovered. Below is a video of a gif animation being projected onto my sculpture. This visually-stimulating piece perfectly portrays the ideas that I have just outlined linking to hidden identity and beauty standards.