Last year, for our end of year unit we were expected to come up with a concept we would be exploring in a self directed project which lead onto our end of year exhibition . My boyfriends idea was called ‘shapes & spaces” which was a running joke due to the fact that by the last week of the project, the name was still the only thing he’d done. However, his concept was strong & due to his practical eye for simple design, he was able to excel in that one week and come out smelling of roses.
The reason I have began with this is because after reflecting on ideas for my current project, I realised that just over a year on, I have come to be interested in that very same concept. Shapes & Spaces.
My interest initially started while I was on holiday in Greece. We were driving through the open landscape and the whole entirety of that completely amazed me. The natural space and opportunity for absorbing the beauty around me filled me with excitement, wonder & hope. It made me feel very alive and present.
I spent lots of time in the ocean, just looking at my surroundings. Trying to really take in the image, which was of vastness and abundance; feeling like if I tried hard enough I could been the image into my mind to keep forever. The image, which then became very important to me was a feeling and idea, enabled and surrounded within a beautiful place in the world.
This is when I really thought about shape. Of the mountains on the horizon and the arid, dense land below it. And space, being both physical and mental. A mindset. A feeling of having escaped, an idealism, an optimism, an instant nostalgia for every second spent in the hot, steamy dew of paradise.
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