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‘My Birth’ Rekindled

Rabbit/QuickTime/8MB/30 secs A Tribute to Frida Kahlo’s ‘My Birth’ (1932)

2011 06 08 AmyP animation
design
experimental
short film Comments (0)

Lapin De Garenne

A short film about a man in a house, but is he alone? He would not doubt his solitude, if only the mysterious rabbit kept from appearing in the corner of his eye! A section of the film can be viewed here. I wanted to look at how films were made; how the camera is [...]

2011 06 08 PeteS animation
humour
identity and portraiture
narrative
photography
reflective
short film
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Elements

Earths deep crust speaks unrest no creatures spared, put to the test from east to west Walls of water bring their curse lifes long dreams swiftly immerse into the sea, no time to reherse Air so foul, a wind of death reeks of man’s greed,now nothing left takes our last breath Fire, lifes enemy, makes [...]

2011 05 01 JaneS animation
experimental
landscape
landscape and environment
observation
photography
short film
sound
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The Love Hate Relationship Between Man and Art

Five a Day Focusing on an aspect in art which I dislike, I decided to create a canvas piece which would involve drawing on a large scale and painting. I then combined this with something I found interesting and inspired me, Pop Art. I incorporated this style in my canvas piece, by playing with the [...]

2011 03 13 AmyP design
drawing
experimental
landscape
landscape and environment
observation
painting
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Scale

I gave myself the task of playing with found images & scale.

2011 01 26 NickG collage
conceptual
design
experimental
humour
landscape
landscape and environment
observation
photography
remix and appropriation
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Self Portrait

A self portrait collage using mixed media on canvas with acrylic, newsprint and 3D clay masks. My work is to represent my own identity surrounded by celebrities of my age group whom have been forced by their profession to obsessively pursue their need for agelessness and beauty to feel accepted in the public eye. I [...]

2010 10 27 JaneS collage
design
experimental
identity and portraiture
painting
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Blue Suede Shoes

Stomp/QuickTime Movie/2010/4.56MB/39 seconds This piece was about how peoples clothes can identify them as parts of a pre-conceived stereotype. I used a wide range of shoes to show that there are many sides to people and that their feelings influence what they wear. The music for this video – Swing Time – was created by [...]

2010 10 08 RebeccaL experimental
identity and portraiture
performance
short film Comments (0)

Self Portrait

Self Portrait/QuickTime/17MB/1:04min Portraits can be made from anything as long as the shapes are recognisable. This video describes how familiar objects or a drawn line can quickly exhibit energy, using sounds from www.freesound.org a Canon 40d SLR, Adobe CS4, fresh fruit and me using shadow art.

2010 10 08 JaneS animation
identity and portraiture
photography
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Mirror.Mirror. 1# Looking and Seeing

Click on image to enlarge. A series of digital images, taken using mirrors within each piece. An experiment into expanding a scene not only allowing the viewer to see what the artist is wanting them to see, but through an opened window aided by the reflection of a mirror positioned allowing the viewer to see [...]

2010 10 08 KatyW experimental
observation
photography
reflective
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