Opera House (Utzon)
Image 1: Representation of the Opera House from below the steps. I thought of this as an opportunity to experiment with solid and void volumes of the Opera House. This was done through using charcoal (black) to represent solid, white paper to represent void and the direction of lines to define the volume.
Image 2: We continuously moved around the Opera House whilst drawing this image to represent movement. Overlapping lines and dynamic patterns are used to indicate this. At times, I would have had to rub out certain segments as it began to feel overdone.
It was a fun field trip to the opera house that day, and it actually made me more appreciative of the architecture itself. It was only a form before I looked at it more closely. The detailing that Utzon has used in the building is incredible and would have taken alot of work to achieve so well. Each plate of the exterior is put seamlessly together and conveys such a deep meaning to the context it sits.
Solo
Image 3: The homework excercise was for a spatial description to be given to your partner (and vice versa). This was the result. Dominic Broadhurst wrote the description, and I interpretted it as a floating space in an atmosphere of mist. He is a nice guy, always comes to class prepared.
Image 4: An arrangement of objects were place on our table (in groups of about four) and were continously moved every 5 - 10 minutes. The intention was, like the opera house activity of the last week, to record movement. I tried doing this through overlapping and transparency of objects, changing scales and blurring.
Image 5: This is a charcoal drawing of a view outside the redcentre (level 6). At first, we had to draw a particular view that we liked. After completing that, we had to increase the scale of one object on this drawing and overlay it. It was an interesting excercise which allowed us to captivate the stillness of nature and superimpose it with a contradictory element. This is looking into the area near the cricket pitch.
The guy siting behind me drew my head as part of his view, it was funny looking.
Collaboration
Image 6: For Homework, our group of four were asked to do a process of 'passing the drawing'. So one person would make a drawing, and pass it onto the next to continue. In class, we had to mash up all these drawings to form a concept of our own - motion and fluidity. Kudos to Dominic, Lyna and Herry (the team), we did it.
the elements joined together in a way that it looked like the processes of the human body. The large clump of white at the end forms a sense of continuity for the piece.
Image 7: This is a collaboration for an artwork to be placed in the redcentre wall. Our group's intention was to draw a singular element (the fire hose) at different perspectives. When it all came together, the large amounts of white space made it appear as though it was an exterior on its own, which sank into an interior.
Final:
This was the whole concertina I presented as a part of the final submission. It is composed of all the drawings I have done through the course. I was very happy with the four weeks of this workshop as I have learnt that it is not all about the skill of the artist, but the meaning thay are trying to convey that makes their piece beautiful.
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