Lucy Maree Murdoch - Aren't Loose Creative Designs

31/9/19 Visited Ian Potter Museum & Gallery Had a personal tour guide for the two of us, free Gallery with large spaces. Collection was great, each room contained paintings, objects and furniture from the period.

Art Theory BVA313  26/09/2019 Performance Art https://performanceartweekaotearoa.com/ POWER This group considers their work to be performance art as opposed to a dance performance - this could be interpreted by viewers in many ways. Marina Abromovic - since 1977 to a retrospective of her work in 2020.  The Artist is Present - you tube Marina Abramović is a Serbian performance artist, writer, and art filmmaker. Her work explores body art, endurance art and feminist art, the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind.  Wikipedia Born :  30 November 1946 (age 72 years),  Belgrade, Serbia On view :  Modern Art Oxford Movies :  Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic ,  MORE Spouse :  Paolo Canevari  (m. 2005–2009),  Neša Paripović  (m. 1971–1976) TV shows :  The New Yorker Presents confronting -...

BVA313 Art Theory 19/9/19 Funding research & proposal   https://rachel.we-are-low-profile.com/blog/arts-funding-grants/ Art in the digital age, You Tube on how block-chain technology could revolutionize the art market. $10 per radio frequency identity chip that give the art work authenticity.  Scan on phone app to give artists name, date of creation, and medium etc Jackie O'Neill - author Seller - Block-Chain - Buyer - this is used in Bitcoin trading technology Stops forgeries It works in digital art - such as Crypto Punks who created 10, 000 pixel characters - some given to public for free and others can be collected and traded - current values average $40 - $50 with a rare one selling for $16,000.     This type of art appeals to new collectors - computer users and digital artists. Dada.Art - a platform to collaborate and communicate digital art between artists around the globe.  In the true spirit of Dada, it is a collec...

BVA316 Studio 20 September 2019 Tango Mango and The Poogies Every good fairy tale needs a villain...... Vera The Villain Working on another larger scale figure for the final exhibition - every good fairy story needs a villain. Vera the Villain - one of Victor's tribe of nasty and mean dogs who like to eat Poogies....... Using a mannequin bust, chicken wire and plaster cloth to form the figure.  Based loosely on a bulldog or brachycephalic |(short faced) dog breed and a gargoyle.     Once the face and head is fully created I will paint and seal.  Then I can look at how to dress the mannequin and where it will situate in the exhibition - Vera the Villain - in progress 18 September 2019, added teeth - (vampire teeth for Halloween)  left for a couple of days to dry then will build more detail , getting the face more balanced - I want to retain the rustic look that Tango has. Wire armature on plastic mannequin bust formi...

Write up a project proposal for something that relates to you and your practice • Identify stakeholders, collaborators, and who will benefit from your project • Select at least one body from whom you would like funding  (not possible as my workshop is assessed as part of my third year requirements)  but going forward Creative NZ Communities if this one is successful - I will look at ways it could be done better or differently etc at the completion of the workshop, via a feedback from and discussion with participants.   • Draw up a budget   - none for this one, it will be free of charge - but required for future workshops  The Proposal  What?  A recycled assemblage Creative fun day When? Saturday ???  TBA Where? Studio101 , 25 Don Street, Invercargill Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm  BYO lunch  - 1 hour lunch break  Why? To provide a creative platform for Invercargill creatives to connect, collaborate, inspi...

BVA316  17/09/2019 Interesting article about a NYC trash collector - https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2019/09/treasures-in-the-trash/?mc_cid=2910484cc2&mc_eid=3ace15977e If, like me, you live in New York City, you’re confronted on the daily with mounds of trash on the sidewalk. While the appliances, antique furniture, clothing, and houseplants are a passing novelty for pedestrians such as myself, for Nelson Molina, the trash was his daily focus for 34 years. The veteran New York Sanitation worker, who retired in 2015 from his East Harlem route, has collected over 45,000 items of interest, all culled from his professional immersion in what New Yorkers discard. His curatorial efforts have been widely chronicled over the years, including a  2012 profile  in  The New York Times,  and particularly at  inflection points  when the collection’s future is uncertain. A new short documentary film by director  Nicholas Heller  meets up with th...

BVA312 Art History Middle Eastern Art   16/9/19 Christies - You tube video War and politics influence art - calligraphy and script - lost identity and a good story in art well documented art for overseas collectors - value plus enjoyment Iranian art Dubai - ArtTatic many more art collectors today than 10 years ago - expensive art works - art market driven by a smaller number of wealthy collectors.  This has happened since the city was developed in 2000. Sothebys Farhad Moshiri Annotation:  I really like the fresh approach this artist has - embellished to the maximum and so colorful - the textures are gorgeous - rightfully placed int he Andy Warhol Museum as a form of contemporary pop art for a  new generation.   Farhad Moshiri's solo exhibition at the Andy Warhol Museum blends popular culture imagery with traditional Iranian handicraft techniques. https://www.wesa.fm/post/first-us-solo-show-iranian-farhad-moshiri-sparkles-warhol...

BVA312 Art History 16 September 2019 Art History Topic for Essay two Key Question How has rapidly advancing technology affected the way we view 21st century contemporary art and how does this affect the way people view my own art practice? In searching for a suitable and interesting topic for Essay Two - Art History, I find that to be able to understand contemporary art and all the movements associated with it I need to focus on a key and narrow question.  It would be easy to try and cover a broad subject badly! I need to look at how my own practice fits in with other artists on the contemporary and 21st century scene. A couple of ideas that come to mind are: How has rapidly advancing technology affected the way we view 21st century contemporary art? In contemporary art it doesn't matter what it is made from, what does it say? Within these questions I can review the mediums and materials - can art still be beautiful and contain a narrative...

BVA313 Art Theory 6 September 2019 - Seminar thoughts for PowerPoint Looking at the making and creating - why am I drawn to figures that tend to be anthropomorphic and part of a visual narrative? Key theme of theory : Production  and Reception of my work Stuart Hall Reception Theory - applied to media, layers of meaning  coded and then decoded by audience.   WHAT IS 'PRODUCTION' AND WHY DOES IT MATTER? pro·duc·tion Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin productio(n-), from producere ‘bring forth’ pro·duc·tion Late Middle English:  via Old French from Latin productio(n-),forth’ This year at Tate Exchange we’re exploring the idea of production. 'Production' is a word with many meanings. It can refer to the making of something , or to a final product , like a theatrical performance. It can be the process of bringing a song or musical work to life. Or honing that work to perfection. 'Production' might conjure...