Mark Rothko

Video of chorographed movement through the piece.

http://youtu.be/-cicrqNdolA

I tired to the post the video here but it seems not to like the format so instead its a you tube video follow the link if you are interested in it. It shows a first person view of travelling through the set up where I applied paint on to the floor to choreograph where the viewer would step to avoid the wet paint. The paint I have been using through these set ups is oil as in my mind this seems a very sophisticated material that is difficult to use and stays wet longer which helped towards the concept of the piece. One of the problems that came apparent through this experiment was that not many people wanted to attempt to explore the piece because of the wet paint so it seemed necessary that if this was going to push further I would have to supplies overalls to make it more welcoming.

Creating spaces.

The use of the transparent cellophane was to create a pathway for the light to react with the colours applied and surroundings. Creating shadows and to mix the colours with the source of the light instead of manually. The primary colours was my way of constricting myself to not get too caught up in the distraction of choosing colours and how they would have a conversation with each other, to keep it simple and the way that all colours stem from using these three colours. The light was meant to mix the colours for me to create new ones in the shadows. The use of a small spot light in the corner changed the feel of the structure entirely. It created a den like space , comforting and child-like. This was also enforced in the use of primary colours as they are very commonly linked with children painting and learning. The space also had a stage/set like presences about it with theatrical movement through the draped cellophane. I wanted to push this further so it became a performance of the viewer travelling through choreographed pathways.

Colour, light and space. third year.

At the beginning of third year I was following through with the interest of colours I had at the end of last year and the effect they had on materials. More importantly on primary colours and the implications. I felt at the time that seeming I was on a painting course I had to relate my work literately to painting. It was a bit of a crisis of identity as an artist and poor reinvention of my actually interests that have for a long time  been in the more sculptural realm. Which evidently came round to me creating 3D pieces again.