On Monday, the third project Artifact was launched. It is the first project that we will be completing on our own, which is both exciting and terrifying.
During the brief, we looked at a number of examples of how different pathways approached this sort of prompt, or reinterpreted objects. I was really excited about the narrative surrounding the new branding of the Globe Theater.
I loved that they took a cross section of the physical object that they were examining, the timber that holds the Globe together, and made it into an object that could be transmitted. They essentially created and modified a fingerprint of the building. However, they didn’t just use the wood, they carved into it to put a simple birds eye of the plan into it, (the carved ring). So, the object is an impression of both the part and the whole.
After looking at some examples of artifacts, we did a drawing exercise by which we combined elements of different objects to reimagine new ones and new compositions. In a way, it reminded me of blind contour, which I had been exploring in my previous project.
For me, these drawings have a secret code to them. I know the reference objects and the components that I chose to highlight in the drawings, but I probably will forget in some time. Together, they create an abstract form of that total experience.
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