OBJECTS AND INSTALLATION

SM1702 CREATIVE MEDIA STUDIO I

OBJECTS AND INSTALLATION L06 & L05

SCHEDULE PER WEEK1. How do objects tell stories pt.1. Found objects and storytelling

(25%).

2. How do objects tell stories pt.2. Making Chinese proverbs in clay (25%).

3. How do objects relate to space pt.1. Yarn bombing location hunt & knitting with chopsticks.

4. How do objects relate to space pt.2. Yarn bombing a Hong Kong location (25%).

5. How do objects relate to the body pt.1. Becoming a cyborg with papier mache and found objects.

6. How do objects relate to the body pt. 2: Final exhibition/performance of cyborg works and final critique (25%)

ASSESSMENTS

1. Found object stories (25%)

2. Working in clay (25%)

3. Working with yarn and space (25%)

4. Papier mache and found objects (25%)

Each student must submit a PDF portfolio of all the above works with captions and statements one week after the last lesson. (So record everything that you see, do and make so you can show your creative journey!)

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

Jens Galschiot (1997) Pillar of Shame

Monuments

The first Pillar of Shame was set up in Hong Kong on 4th June 1997. It commemorates those who were killed in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Since then, Pillars of Shame have been erected in Mexico and Brazil, each representing social injustice.

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

Robert Smithson (1970) Spiral Jetty

Located on the Great Salt Lake in Utah, the Spiral Jetty is 4.5m wide and 457m long and comprises of black basalt rocks and earth gathered from the site.

Site-specific art

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

Christo and Jean-Claude (1971-1995) Wrapped Reichstag

Attempts to create this work began in the early 1970s. It was finally brought to fruitions in 1995 and took 90 professional climbers and 120 installation workers to create. The Reichstag building in Berlin was wrapped up in silver coloured recycled fabric for a total of 14 days.

Public/site-specific art

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?Public art

Greyworld (2001) Clockwork Forest

‘In The Clockwork Forest, we have created the first chapter of an untold fairy tale. Just turn the key. The mechanical soundtrack will accompany your journey in to the forest.

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988),

Created graffiti in New York in the late 1970s using the name/tag ‘SAMO’.

Public art

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

Banksy, British graffiti artist know for his stenciled public artworks which sometimes depict funny or unexpected scenes and other times make social or political commentary.

Public art

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

The legacy of the King of KowloonHaving discovered his ancestors had claims to substantial land in Kowloon prior to British rule, Tsang Tsou Choi (aka the King of Kowloon) set about denouncing the British and retelling his family history in across Kowloon’s public spaces in a calligraphic style of graffiti.

Public art

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

The ‘fine art’ of ‘yarn-bombing’ featured in Time magazine

Yarn-bombing is extremely popular and increasingly common-place as this Tumblr shows…

Public art and other forms of intervention

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

Olek, a yarn graffiti artist, has produced public, sculptural and wearable crochet artworks all over the world including this Martin Luther King quote presented in London.

HOW DO OBJECTS RELATE TO SPACE?

Hong Kong yarn-bombing: colourful crochet in Sheung Wan

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

• Get into groups of 3 or 4:

• Discuss the statement you would like to make with yarn (political, aesthetic, funny…)

• Discuss where in Hong Kong you might like to make this visual statement,

• Decide on a shortlist of 1 or 2 locations,

• Visit those locations now as a group and…

LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION!

Consider the following (while taking lots of notes and photos):

• Is the location accessible (not too high up, somewhere dangerous or somewhere it could cause an obstruction)?

• What might the yarn be attached too in particular?

• How many people will be needed to install the yarn at this location?

• Why this location in particular?

PREPARATION FOR FOURTH WEEK

1. Turn a pair of chopsticks into a pair of knitting needles. Here are some instructions:

http://blog.trashbackwards.com/2012/10/24/old-chopsticks-new-knitting-needles/

http://www.instructables.com/id/Turn-disposable-chopsticks-into-knitting-needles/

2. Buy a ball of yarn in your favourite colour.

Or you could do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSZsQu0ZtVQ

NEXT WEEK:

• Bring your chopstick knitting needles and yarn so we can knit our yarn-bomb.

• Bring your location notes from this week. Each group will present a case for the location they like best and we will vote on a final choice.

• Bring your sense of adventure. Who is brave enough to install our group artwork in a public place???