Re-submission for Dion

The 'Tiki Wananga" by Dion Hutch and Charles Koroncho is 3 large sculptures which have links to Maori cultural art. The sculptures title in english terms "God stick" is an object that early Maoris used for rites. Priest would use 'Tiki Wananga" to call upon Gods to bless and help their tribes. Tiki Wananga are usually small but Dion Hutch and Charles Koroncho sculptures are large. I really like the shape it has with the patterns, parallel lines and the fibric optical cables has formed. I really like the way the fibric optical cables has wrapped itself around the sculptures and the way it steadily holds the sculpstures down form the ceiling. the sculptures being wrapped around with fibric optical cables reminds me of Christo "wrapped" projects he has done throghout the past and is similar in a way with both artists work being "wrapped". This work relates to the mould shapes work I just finished in my studio class.

Describe how this work relates to an idea about the everyday?

The work A True Draft of the Whale as it was seen in the River Thomas by Olivia Plender relates to the idea of how making the familiar strange might be a strategy to make the everyday noticeable. The work is an newspaper, an object that is very common and can be found at supermarkets, local Dairies, magazine stores and in households. In A True Draft of the Whale as it was seen in the River Thomas" The newspaper contain an unfamiliar story not associated with the idea of everyday but it is a plan to fill the everyday object so its noticeable to people. The message itself isn't everyday but what the work is presented on is. The newspaper itself is an object of the everyday, noticeable around the world with different stories written from day to day. The story is uncommon and used as a strategy to make newspaper articles noticeable everyday.

Describe how this work relates to an idea about the everyday?

WEEK 2: Describe how the artist use of one of the following relates to the topic of the everyday: Materials/objects, setting, subject matter?

In Laresa Kossloff's work at Artspace gallery, everyday objects such as projectors and glass normally found at homes, business buildings, theater's and Cinemas are used as materials. Films are screened away from each other on purpose to give viewers different views of the projectors screens within the gallery. One of the projectors is placed further away from the entrance and at 1st glance at it, it gets viewers interest from the distance cause it was set differently from the other 2 screens. The viewer can only get good view of the screen when a close-up view of the projector screen is clear, the film is screened on a 32inch rectangular clear-glass hanging down by chains. its giving an illusion of the film being screened in negative space. The films is where the message/subject matter is based, its exploring bodies inhabit space within a urban environment. One film is a Melbourne stocking exchange building on a smooth continuous vertical panning shot,showcasing steel and glass grids. People are moving between the busy, square rooms and office as the continuous shot goes up and down the building

How does the work relate to an idea of everyday?

The work "Ioka"2004 from the series Ioka by Edith Amituanai relates to the idea "When working with the everyday, artist select from their living context". The work is a photographic portrait mid body shot of Ioka holding a cup of tea, showcasing chores and a normal life of pacific islander. Everyday objects are found within the background of the kitchen which shows a bottle of coke. The snapshot tells me Ioka is serving tea/coffee etc, an example of an common activity from the life of an pacific islander and a living context that I can relate to as well.

23/4/2010

We got a new contextual teacher who started on the 1st week after the easter break. His name is William and is from Taiwan, got his Bacholar at AUT in 2001. Our lesson with him was about the everyday life, things that aint surprising to you and repeatedly do or see everyday. I thought it was a great idea cause it relates to our current studio project work. The "Everday life" meaning for an example is like waking up and brushing our teeth every morning which is a normal casual thing compare to going to another country for the 1st time for a holiday. We were looking at photos and given questions to talk about our chosen photos, what message does the photographer want viewers to know and how they have shown it visually and also how it relates to our topic "everday life".

19/03/2010 Contextual Studies

CVA went on another trip to two galleries in Auckland city. The 1st gallery we visited was the ART SPACE gallery which had an exibition on Laresa Kosloff, an Australian who llives in Melbourne had some of her work based on the theme "moving image". She used large rectangle objects which were in white to clearly visualise the screening of videos, she also use a 32 inch rectangular clear glass hagging down from the ceiling as one of her screens. I thought it was an brilliant and amazing idea cause it got that illusion with a screening on negative space. I was really amazed by her work as an artist.

The next gallery we visited was the WHITESPACE CONTEMPORERY ART gallery also within Auckland city but was really a bit smaller. One of the artists that caught my attention was Meredith Collins who had all her painting in "oil on Canvas". The main reason why I liked her work is because she based her work on potrait painting. I really like realistic potrait cause of the realistic, detail and emotions/feeling she put on each of her paintings. the use of tone and shadows with a use of white to bring out some light shows viewers how artist can play around with shadows and bring out an amzing image out of it.