When looking at different forms of repetition we closely analysed Irving Penn’s work. Penn created unusual portraits of numerous people form all different professions including writers, artists and politicians. Each posed the same 90 degree corner which was put together with two studio flats and carpet on the floor “With the corner portraits, the studio becomes a veritable architectural limiter of the subject movements and the resulting compressed and claustrophobic environment isolates the subjects’ personalities in an abstract, artificial corner of the world”.
As a group we took Irving Penn’s work and re-created it in a different environment but keeping the affect of repetition within the work. Choosing an open environment that still displayed an elongated angle that we also used as our focal point. We started to create images with subtle to obstruct movement in each photo. We created movement and interest within each as people would come and go, furniture would move and the camera would always be placed in the same position.
When choosing repetition I originally wanted to challenge the idea. I’ve always been drawn to Data Visualization, as a graphic design the visual aspect of the works is key. As I’m passionate about learning I wanted to combine this with data and the idea of repetition. Bring digital data to life was a key point I wanted to develop within this project. Being able to be apart of the data and interact with it was a key element I wish to explore.
Artist that I’ve recently research in previous blogs such as Nathalie Miebach and Dorota Grabkowska who explore different ways of representing data in 3D insulations.
Nathalie Miebach a Boston born artist focuses on the intersection of art, science and the visual articulation of scientific observations. Miebach uses scientific data to create woven sculptures. The basket like weaving creates a simple yet highly effective grid though which to interpret data in a three dimensional space (Nathalie Miebach, 2016).
Dorota Grabkowska a London based Product, Graphic and Furniture Designer explores the concept of information visualisation on a larger scale, using a complex data map that is generated by the public (Dorta Grabkowaska, 2012). Project WHAT MADE ME was based around the people interacting with the work by asking five simple questions:
- What made you Think?
- What made you Create?
- What made you Angry?
- What made you Happy?
- What made you Change?
Each question was given a different colour of string. The questions could be answered across a board of 100 words which were placed in an alphabetical order. Dorta Grabkowaska expresses that “Through this visual language, the participants were able to share their feelings, influences, thoughts and inspirations, which made them who they are today.” (Dorta Grabkowaska, 2012).
Through these works the audience is engaged, responsive and mouldable. In contrast to many traditional forms of work where audience responses are subjective and varied, the malleable and inclusive data visualisation sculptures all give the audience a new way of understanding and appreciating the world around them.
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