RESEARCH (MEANING OF LIFE)

During my research I began to look deeper into conceptual artist mainly surrounding the idea of Movement. In the brief I found by focusing deeper into one concept rather than serval different concepts worked better for myself to create a clearer body of work.

The first artist I looked at was Anish Kapoor, Anish Kapoor became known in the 1980s for his geometric or biomorphic sculptures made using simple materials .Such as granite, limestone, marble, pigment, and plaster. These early sculptures are frequently simple, curved forms, usually monochromatic and brightly coloured eg. ‘The wax cannon’. I liked the idea of a conceptual piece and I wanted to re-create this idea of mark making by throwing materials on to a blank canvas. This inspires me to work deeper into sculpture work and possibly experiment with clay and video editing. In Kapoor’s pieces I partially noticed the fact the rooms where painted ‘clinically’ white and the wax to be blood red. This also made me begin to think deeper into the way I could interpret his pieces. Not only looking at them at a photograph but as an experience. Imagining myself being there as the cannon was being shot and what I would be thinking.

While brainstorming. This then followed into the idea of ‘the mind’. I wanted to create my own conceptual piece based on ideas and thought. I will present this idea around limbs and the loss of limbs, as an example. This is because often when people loose limbs, they seem to find they can still feel them present. I plan to use transparent materials to re-enforce this idea of the way the mind works. This is because our minds are so used to seeing the everyday that when something is lost, it’s not necessarily seen as gone. And what I mean by this is not so much objects but more the idea of society. I think Britain will never be seen as a socialistic country but I think that’s something that has society has been force to accepted. I mainly want the concept of this piece is to remind people that, what isn’t may be more important than what it is.

I then chose a selection of different video artist .Vito Acconic inspired me most, mainly when I was watching his interview videos. The way he spoke about Art as a whole I fount really moving. That Art doesn’t always have to be seen simply as a surface that you as forced to absorb. But an interactive format (such as a video) is more personal and that is something that Art has to be. The following being Tracey Emin’s. Tracey Emin’s created a video called ‘Why I never became a dancer’ The way she overlayed vintage effects over slow moving images I plan to slow down the speed of the images and use the effect tool. I also consider putting a voice over on my video edit.

- AMISH KAPOOR 'THE WAX CANNON'