The study of Semiotics is the “study of signs and symbols”, highlighting the relationship between written signs and concepts they represent in the real world- through ideas or objects. They allow us to re evaluate our surrounding systems and processes; and allow visual artists to exploit the gaps between meaning and object to change peoplesContinue reading “Research: Semiotics”
Author Archives: caitlinniamh
Experimental/process
Experimenting with media and playing with fantasy landscapes. I severely miss the outside world, and the freedom of being outside. Channeling these feelings into imaginary landscapes, i began playing with gouache paints and watercolour paints to merge colours, patterns, and perspectives; generating fantasy landscape designs. These are sort of thumb nail sketches, analysing what colourContinue reading “Experimental/process”
The Quarantine Journal
April 7th 2020: Inspired by articles i have read online, news stories and positive posts on social media, i decided to start my own quarantine journal. It is less of a “dear diary” and more of a creative outlet, little doodles of moments i find myself in, how I’m feeling, things that make me feelContinue reading “The Quarantine Journal”
Response Illustrations
As part of my practice I have been “mapping” my responses to the current situation- the global pandemic and quarantine. My maps involve symbolic explorations of current thoughts, feelings, circumstances… ranging in theme. The first one surrounded the theme of isolation, and fear. I chose to work with the colours red and black to symboliseContinue reading “Response Illustrations”
Illustrations exploring Humanity
Exploring the idea of HUMANITY through illustrations during the first week of “quarantine” during the Covid 19 pandemic. I decided to try and produce one illustration a day stimulated by something i saw/read/heard that day. 1.It began with a gas mask: thinking and responding to pollution, the spreading of disease across the planet acting parallelContinue reading “Illustrations exploring Humanity”
Photography Exploring Dystopia
DYSTOPIA an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic. Amidst the Covid 19 crisis, the outside world suddenly feels derelict. Once bustling public spaces are now sparse, or empty. As more and more people self isolate, it feels as though the outside worldContinue reading “Photography Exploring Dystopia”
Illustrations Exploring Emotion
Inspired by photographs taken by photographers researched (Turnley, etc), I was driven to explore creating emotionally charged illustrations- in the form of portraits. The original portrait is created in pencil and fine liner, using mark making processes of lines, crosshatching and dot work to instil fine detail into the facial features. Initially, i aimed toContinue reading “Illustrations Exploring Emotion”
Research: The Human Condition
Looking into the title “in real life”, I began by thinking about the current global events- both positive and negative. Overwhelmingly, we are bombarded with negativity in the media daily- from war, famine, poverty, refugee crises, to deaths of famous people, big court cases, and more recently climate change and environmental disasters. There are moreContinue reading “Research: The Human Condition”
Gallery Visit- ELYSIUM
ELYSIUM HIGH STREET GALLERY- MARK FOLDS “CRISES” Mark Folds is made a sculptural/installation response to “crises”, both global and individual. This exhibition contained dominating pieces of sculpture, including giant animal figures (primarily rats), among other sculptural pieces. “If something is described as a crisis, this initiates a response in us, we react in some wayContinue reading “Gallery Visit- ELYSIUM”
Masks
The mask is a symbol of concealment- an artificial barrier from which people hide behind for one reason or another. In current situations, most people are hiding behind a mask out of fear and protection from the potential risk of a virus. Through mainstream media, the mask has almost become a symbol itself for CovidContinue reading “Masks”
Caitlin Noble 