I have been looking at using acetate and see-through material - I wanted to see how other artists used these materials. I found an artist that uses acetate in a book which I found very interesting as I have been working on my own book of collected images and creative writing. I wondered if I could write or print words onto the acetate to make into pages - or even have images printed onto the acetate that I put over writing in the book.
The artist used a lot of her personal life to create the work, she photocopied her hands and used photoshop to edit the images to create the desired effect. It seems that she wanted to express her own experiences in her book, she felt overwhelmed by family life and uni work so she decided to produce work that expressed that hectic life.
The artist also used some poems and words from Shakespeare to express how she was feeling - I have used a few lyrics in my work but it is mainly important for me to write my own work as I need to feel I am truly releasing the emotions into my work - using the Freudian technique of the Stream of Conscsiousness (or Free association writing) to unload feelings and stresses I have or have had and are stored in my mind. The work is used as almost a therapy to rid myself of unwanted feelings or images but it also works to express hopes and dreams I have and visions for the future. I realise that, as this is very personal, some audience connection can be lost which is why I am using reflective surfaces and intriging imagery to help the audience communicate with the work - see themselves and their own inner feelings within sort-of-speak. I want to show a sense of layers of the mind, how images/thoughts/memories/dreams are piled on top of each other in the mind - the division between the hidden unconscious and the revealed consciousness.
I am thinking I may need more photographs in my work to express what I want - the artist used images that represented how she felt, e.g. "...the windowblinds like prison bars with the looming tower block nearby blocking the sky."
I often use images that mean something to me or represent somewhere I have been, for example an important memory etc. I like the artist's idea of using the blind and clock references to show time ticking away for her, but I do think some of the images are too obvious - she uses lots of clear texts over the top of the images to narrate it which is good but I find it too blatant. I like using texts that suggests feelings and memories rather than creating a sense of a title. Having said that, I have titled some of my creative writing - I use titles when I feel it is appropriate to create a collective of writing, in particular to express a certain memory or situation, when it isn't just about general feelings.
I like the combination of images/patterns/writing. It is inspiration for both my creative collective book and my work onto acetate and mirrors. The transparency of the layers is something I want to capture - I want the audience to be able to peer through the layers to see different levels of writing or images. I have used glass paint on mirrors but I want to use paint or other mediums on acetate or tracing paper and other platics. Maybe thinking of sealing in materials under plastics?
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