The idea of this as a starting point, was that we could create something that has been there unnoticed for a very long time. We were doing this with the second years, which helped us connect with them a little, too. The paint splatters are all different and unique around the entire building, which helped me decide I would want to look at those because you could get all kind of shapes and exciting looking ideals from them. Splatters in general generate lots of different shapes in which help when you're looking at an object or detail for inspiration through shape. A little like star gazing.
I liked the shape of the end of the nail, because to get it in or out you have to interact it with another object. This being said, I decided to use that as a comfortable basis for an interactive piece. The same idea came with the palm of your hand. Hands are all unique with no two lines being exactly the same, which i think is quite interesting. You don't typically look at your lines and there's always a line or a dot or a pattern on your hand that you have never noticed or seen before. Also, keeping the theme of interactive art, this inspired me a little more because the palm of the hand is highly interactive and you use your hands for essentially everything in life.
As a group activity, we all decided that it would be a good idea to make something interactive. This was an idea that left us with an entire room full of string. Because everybody (almost everybody) had gone through the string or put the string up/tied it together/added too it, it had become a very interactive piece of art and somewhat everybody's work also. This is a lot like Cordelia Parker's work because she typically reflects shadow onto other people in the room. That makes everybody a part of the art work, just like ours did. There was no getting around the room without either snapping a bit of the string or crawling around it.
As a general idea, I decided to carry out a series of events. To do this, I picked a somewhat subject matter for the idea. With that in mind, I decided to use a piece of paper, poke a hole straight through and then shine a light through it. Because I found that, even though not a permanent detail, it would create a little shape that you have never seen before. That gave me an idea, to cut a shape in a piece of paper and reflect the light through.
A a general rule, to create a shape via shadow, it has to be mildly dark enough so you can see said shape. The shape never has to be perfectly cut, because once reflected you can't see the detail on the paper! The paper was a difficult one, because I only used cartridge paper which isn't very secure or sturdy; so I decided I would put masking tape on it so that it made it a little stronger and wouldn't distort the image. To make is a more permanent fixture, I tied some string on either side and hung it on the wall, so that you could try from different angles, freely, and try from close-to-far and see what the experiment gave off.
By getting closer to the shape, you was left with a pleasant shape, all fit into frame. The further away you got, the image got closer. To apply that to my art work, I figured that I could somewhat make it interactive by reflect the shadow onto other people - much like a disco ball or a children's night light - and make them a part of the art work. This reminded me of Cold Dark Matter by Cordelia Parker.
With all of the above in mind, I tried out another idea. I wanted to create something that would interact with everybody in the room! I thought of the children lamps where they reflect animals or clouds onto the ceiling - but sadly my first attempt failed miserable. The over-all structure was weak and wouldn't hold the initial construct. The shapes were too intricate and were too close together, which left me with a brain ache. However - I had the idea of a different structure. Something more sturdy, with maybe too ends closed off so that the light would stay focused on the actual designs that were intended to be reflected.
But sadly, that also didn't work. The design was sturdy, granted; but no matter how many times I tried it, it just didn't work. The main conclusion was that my light wasn't strong enough and because it was on my phone, it just didn't work out. The design was poor and could have done with a lot more work. The idea may work better if I could use a rounded light, much like a light bulb and a bit like a disco ball.
I decided I would just illustrate what I had just done and see how it would look if it would have looked a little better, too. I put a glow around the illustration to show that it would by theory light everywhere because there would be placings to show that, but in reality it just didn't work. Oh well, sometimes shit doesn't work out and that's ok.
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