First Impressions
- I rarely pay attention to my environment due to thinking of my own safety when travelling in London however looking at the places I come by could be good inspiration.
- Roads, maps and travel guides are all man made things however they all can still be used within art to create art.
- When travelling since my lens has widened from the other workshop it would be good to document places I have been to and how I got there to use in later projects.
Developed Response to the Workshop
In this workshop I learnt about how the environment around us can influence our artwork where the places we travel can be used as materials to create new types of art from those materials.
I was intrigued by an Artist called Nikki Rosato. Nikki uses printed lines on a map cutting them out to trace out a humans features . This intrigued me as from far away the figures are much less colourful and look a lot more bland. However when looking up close the colours shine through much more.
I looked more into her intent with this piece of art and she described ‘Our physical bodies are beautiful structures full of detail, and they hold the stories that shape our lives. The lines on a road map are fascinatingly similar to the lines that cover the surface of the human body’ in this statement it shows she I trying to convey human detail using something created by human hands is reinventing this travel guide into the journey of a human body.
The other images are my responses to a set task on walking around my neighborhood and documenting some surroundings as well as what I heard and smelt. I had also created a small map on my surroundings as well. I believe I did well to capture my area as it is quite quiet and suburban place of residence. However while doing this task I didn’t wear earphones as I usually do when walking in my area. Without them I was able to hear how quiet the area truly is . It felt calming and was quite pleasant to spend that time without anything blocking my senses.
The map below is full of a few colours, these colours are representative of places I have walked down in my area as this was a way to add colour to my map but to also add more depth and meaning behind those colour placements.
