Torture Bathroom

After my tutorial last week I felt a lot better about where I was going with my project. I decided to split my bathroom into stages. Washing hands, Toilet, Shower, Drying. The necessities of a bathroom. The model isn't quite finished I still need to evaluate height levels and work out the spatial aspects in more detail. The shower was inspired by a form of Chinese Water torture, where water is slowly dripped onto a persons forehead allegedly driving the victim insane. For the Drying area I looked at abattoirs, how meat was hung and relating this to the human body. The hand washing mechanism (top photos) were to be honest straight out of my head. Your hands are pinned down and when you move the scrubber cleans your hands (in theory) The model took a long time to make, and a lot of was trial and error. To link in with my previous projects, I liked the idea of incorporating the metal grating at London Wall, and climbing up to different levels where hopefully my toilet will be situated. All of the models are unfinished and will need adjusting over the next few weeks! Scale 1:20.

Sera RaDesert

http://brunotautmesomething.tumblr.com/

Her work is amazing.

Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

Embrace your inner pretentious twat.

Sticky Tape Installation

On Tuesday, I ventured (for the first ever time) to the Design Museum. For one evening there was a sculptural installation of tape structures. There was ALOT of tape. The inspiration came from a set design for a dance performance, in which the form evolves from the movement of dancers between pillars. It wasn't what I expected but was a really interesting concept.

CAD Drawings

Some AutoCAD drawings of our House. Plans, Front and Side Elevations.

2B. Semi Detached Housing Space

We have recently been set our 2B project, which will be our final one of year 2. After spending 5 months on our last project I was extremlely happy with the thought of not doing a project that had anything to do with teeth cleaning meat sculpting or the likes of. But, little did I know, this project was another continuation of 2A. Our task was in a group of five, to build a house (the choice of either a semi detached or a Georgian Terrace), and within the building design a space or 'zone' that linked in with out last project. Myself and two other group members spent 4 days in the workshop using mdf wood to create a 1:20 scale model of a semi detached. (Above-excuse the poor quality photo).

We then discussed as a group what room would suit our HomeKit devices the best. Mine being cleaning, the bathroom was best suited. I then created several sketchup drawings of our house so I could gain a better understanding of how my space could be used most effectively.

My Barbie

Meat & Greet to Gums of Steel

A few pages from my portfolio for 2A.

The puns with help from Miss Bolton. Fountain of all knowledge.

Sophie Whettnall - Shadow Boxing

This was in a small exhibition opposite the Pompidou Centre in Paris. I couldn't stop watching it. Its shot very well.

GayPari.

So I went to paris for the first time this weekend. I literally fell in love with the city. The first meal we had after arriving was a macdonalds across the road from Gare de Nor station, we had just been poked by two Romanian men, so we felt we had a valid excuse to use mcdonalds as our safe haven. We went to an amazing vintage shop advised by my friend Helen, called Guerrisol on Avenue De Clichy, where it did look like an inside of a gypsies caravan on first glance, but the further in you got, these 3 euro signs dangled in our faces under hundreds of amazing jackets. So we went wild. Valentines Day Eve evening under the Eiffel Tower. Watched the lights of Paris from the ferris wheel. Drunk a lot of Rose. Social Club Techno. Met some interesting people. Realised that if you pronounce French Stations in a Birmingham Accent it makes everything a lot more funny.

Axonometric of London Wall Site - Unfinished

Meat Disaster

After having a play around with the meat and photoshop I decided to push the boat out and experiement in more depth with the idea of using mince. I built another sculpture, this time concentrating on how an audience would interact with the space, what it would do, how people would use it, the situation, the context, the users and elements.

First stage: Designing the shape (which was mostly on a trial and error basis)

Second Stage: Freezing the meat for several hours

Third Stage: Coating the model and a washing basin with vaseline (this was me using my initiative because I thought there might be a bit of an issue with the meat being difficult to peel away after)

Forth Stage: Pouring plaster mixture into the basin and letting it dry.

At stage four, it all started going down hill. Me being very impatient on the freezing process obviously didnt leave it in long enough, and also didnt comprehend the fact that when you pour a diluted mixture into the basin that the object will float up to the top. So it basically ended up with an upside down, melted, bloody (from the meat- not a word i'm using for my frustration), bowl of mess. Knowing full well it was a failure test run, i persevered and moved on to,

Stage five: Letting the plaster dry and pealing the meat away from the surface (which was surprisingly therapeutic)

Stage six: Coating the plaster mould with 2mm of latex

I did start to hair dry the mould to fasten up the process, but gone off burning meat started to seep through the air so I thought I should probably listen to the instructions and wait 12 hours until I 'demould' the fantastic work of art that I have produced!!

Site Proposal-Mince Meat

Continuing from our HomeKit devices, we were told to choose a site that we felt linked to our performance/device in some way. I was still keen on pursuing my London Wall site with the metal grid structure, however was uninspired over christmas on how to develop this idea to create a piece of furniture as a proposal. After brainstorming and feedback from tutors, I wanted to look into the idea of the juxtaposition of flesh and metal, and instead of the metal taking over the delicate fleshiness on my mouth, i wanted to alter this concept and reverse the roles.

I experimented with minced beef as my meaty fleshy material, and used my 1:20 site sketch model to show how it would work. I wasn't too keen on the idea at first, but the more I played around with it (which was actually LOADS of fun/messy and disgusting) I became more intrigued with the shapes and textures it created. Here are some photos of my first model I did. To be totally honest, it doesn't look that aesthetically pleasing, but i'm trying out this new way of working, if i have an idea just go with it, so that what i'm doing!

Avant-Garde

Currently doing some short films for our University Elective. We have to make a one minute and three minute film focusing on Avant-Garde practices. I liked the idea of life and death as a theme within my work. The feeling when drowning, that everyone has felt when your head is being submerged under water and not being able to breath. It's a really simple film and it's not my best, but I was experimenting either way!

Sexuality is your imagination

Andy Warhol's 'Blow Job'. Avant-Garde practices, the element of mystery, lighting positioned, you cant see his eyes.

Jean Tinguely

This Swiss kinetic artist caught my eye after doing some research on our History and Theory project on Michael Landy. His childhood played a huge part in creating a story that would become a model for his work in the future. 1960 was the year where Tinguely was commissioned to produce work to be performed in the Sculpture Garden of the MOMA in New York. He there produced a self-destroying mechanism that was 27 minutes long, where the machine shuddered, shook and went into a mass flame of self-destruction. (bottom)

You know you've had a good night when you hear the birds singing.

Red.Green.Ambersuit.

Are you gonna change. Old House. is a love. Ambersuit is a love.