Concept 2 for MDDN241 Project 1

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The idea behind this concept is changing the material from something strong and unnatural to somthing soft and very natural.

A metallic form, from the second image here, will begin suspended in space. This mesh like material is very strong and connected. It will be hard to manipulate this material in real life. The form should move about and change shape surreally. 

I would like the meshed form to shatter and explode like glass would. This is not something that the mesh would do naturally and therefore should be interesting to see happen. The idea that a solid connected form could shatter shouldnt happen.

Each of the shattered pieces of glass, a mix between strong and soft material, should fly away from the forms origin until they imbed themselves in the surrounding surfaces. Each piece will get stuck in the surfaces.

Finally each piece of glass should transform to a very natural material, such as moss. Moss is a natural material which is very soft and easily manipulated, a nice contrast to the starting material.

Concept 1 for MDDN241 Project 1

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In my first concept for project one I am taking inspiration from the second and third precedents located below.

The idea is to have a sphere made of a very easy to break material, I am thinking water or perhaps the sphere could be a bubble for the see through aspect. An incision will be made in the sphere and this cut will be manipulated to become larger. A solid material, perhaps sand or lead filings will fall out of the inside of the sphere. This can be interesting because this solid material seems to be coming from within the water or bubble, which is impossible. It is all about changing people perspective of what the sphere actually is. By assuming that it is hollow the viewer can be shocked by the apperance of another material.

Once the sphere has 'deflated' and all the strong material is sprayed all over a surface underneath, I am not sure what to do with the material. I am thinking about manipulating the material into wierd shapes or to make it 'breath'. This can be fixed with more thinking and discussing.

Precedent Images from Damien Hirst

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These three precedent images are my favorite pieces of work from artist Damien Hirst.

 

In the first image, of a diamond skull, Damien has chosen to represent one type of material which is abundent and important in our lives, bone, and replace it with a rare and luxury material, diamond. I like this use of swapping materials which we have a strong relationship with in a familiar shape and change the way we think about the form.

The second image is one of Damien's spin paintings. I like this piece because of the relativey random pattern it creates, the paint is spraying outwards but we end up with a wild out of control image.

In the third and last image, Damien has cut a cow in half and place each section in a seperate box. I like the way that a person who views the piece can view the cow from either the outside or inside of the cow. This allows the person to get inside of something we usually cannot. The other interesting aspect of this piece is that he is taking something which requires to be together to operate and split the parts up. This mean that seperately the parts are pretty useless, it is only when we add them together does anything happen.