Group Presentations- Alena and Eugenia 07/02/19

Alena

broad variety of research:
– Schiele and Klimt exhibition- large inspiration, dramatic style, distinctive poses and angles
– books- illustrated book of eye diseases, looks super gross and interesting!
– Royal Academy of Art, Tate Modern
– Heidi Lee- fashion, wearable sculptures
– Miles Johnston- surrealist drawings
very diverse range of research- very visually rich, from science to art, photography, fashion, and makeup
I think it’s time for you to experiment and drive the physical side of your work forwards, researching through making
eyes, vision, internal and external meanings, different representations
lots of sketches, painting for parents
you have a very beautiful illustrative style- you can see the influence of Schiele and Klimt, and of fashion sketches/illustrations, but it is still unique
you said you are interested in use of materials- it would be good to see you explore other materials and mediums, to push and develop your practice further, you have started to try other medias- keep this up!
making connections from older artworks/movements to contemporary artists, photographers, and designers
“eyesthetics“
are the ceramic pieces featured on your blog? I don’t think you should give up on ceramics, maybe just take a little break before you go back to it?
using the canvas as a sketchbook
“eyes are the window to the soul”
absence or inclusion of eyes in art- it’s significance and symbolism
it could be cool to take your work into the 3D inspired by your sketches and paintings- jewellery, wearable art, manipulating 3D forms
3D scan your eyes/sunglasses/ect – manipulate and layer the forms digitally- these could stay as digital pieces or be 3D printed and worn/displayed?
Eugenia and Paola both have experience 3D sculpting/printing digitally, could you ask them for tips/tricks, or possibly collaborate?
I can picture a room full of distorted mannequins that you have dressed, sculpted onto, painted onto, ect
a well put together presentation, but I definitely enjoyed seeing the research from your paper that Jonathan asked you to show us- it took your presentation to the next level and I really want to read your paper!
Some references:
– Ronit Baranga
– “1984” – book by George Orwell, “Big Brother is watching you”
– John Bergers’ “Ways of Seeing”- book and also TV series from the 70’s

Eugenia

- - digital advertising- how and why do we use them?
  - “Alter Ego: Avatars and Their Creators” book, sounds useful
  - are online avatars helpful or is it a lie?
  - extensions of the self through the digital
  - creating digital “people”- is this okay? Is it ethical as long as people know they are fake? i.e. the fake Instagram models and the controversy around a white man creating a fake black woman for followers
  - stealing people’s identities to create fake digital personas for money/attention
  - virtual girlfriends- a really interesting topic, is this ethical or does it cause real world harm? Are they different to sex dolls/robots?
  - have you looked into dating simulators like Mystic Messenger or Dream Daddy?
  - IMVU- avatar based chat rooms, often used for sexual encounters online, with highly sexual looking avatars as a standard across the site
  - “The Toy Becomes Human”
  - you have lots of varied and engaging research!
  - some experimentation with digital and traditional- would like to see more!
  - you have a strong and distinctive illustrative style
  - what next? Where do you take your practical work from here?
  - I particularly like your youtube videos and would like to see more of these- could they become a series? You could create a character and try to make this fake person popular
  - Perhaps you could make a series of videos of your game avatars online doing things they shouldn’t? You could create fake personas and play the games as them
  - money and sex- everything online, and in real life, comes back to these two inescapable things- do you want to use this is your work or fight against it?
  - A very dynamic presentation and fascinating topic- would have liked to see more of your avatar experiments in your presentation- sounds really fun and exciting!
  - References:
    – Gorillaz and Madonna hologram concert
    – early motion capture- the old Barbie movies are a good example of this, as they used motion capture of dancers to animate the films