Degree Show Series Ideas: Sketches

- Note: these sketches were made after I acquired said fence.

Idea 0 (very impractical):

Windscreen Piece: The sculpture to the bottom left of the above drawing was just a simple idea I had about using a broken car windscreen. I recently saw an exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey that featured a whole collection of broken car windscreens, bent but still held together- suspending and spinning in the space. I like this idea of windscreens as, again, they are distorted and broken as the result of something or someone losing control. Perhaps related to someone loosing control physically and mentally whilst driving. The windscreens are designed to hold together even after being shattered. If I can find one it would be great idea to explore, but after speaking to several scrapyards I doubt it will be easy to find one.

Fence Piece: In this piece (to the right of the above drawing) you can see that the fence is suspended by two thick poles, much like the ones I used in my last sculpture series. This element is what makes it seem so impossible, as the fence is ridiculously heavy - and it would take a lot of welding / strong support from the poles - meaning a lot drilling and bolting into the floor. A piece like this would be most appreciated in the main space of P3 too but this may be impossible as I can't drill into the VERY high ceiling in the main space. Thinking about where I'm going to show my work (either in the main space or in the low ceiling area to the right as you walk in) is going to effect the way I create my work DRAMATICALLY. Also, you can see expanding foam/tarmac drapes seemingly randomly from areas of the fence. I'm not sure if this idea is going to work.

IDEA 2 (Image below, very complicated and technical):

Actual fence: In this idea, the fence is supported using welded poles and crutches, the poles again similar to those in my last sculptures. The crutch supports would probably be a bit wider than shown in the drawing, as the fence is so heavy. The piece would be displayed at a vertical angle, with the bottom lining up with the average head-height - I like the forceful presence this could give from it being up high.

Expanding foam forms: In this piece the expanding foam works more in line with the structure of the fence, flowing through the main gaps that were made by a collision, swelling and flowing, anchoring it to the ground. This would require a lot of foam and perhaps some kind of armature made from chicken wire and mod roc that would allow it to stick too. I want the foam to form basins at the bottom of the sculpture to allow the flowing liquid to be contained. Again, tarmac/resin and acrylic spikes are also featured in areas.

Road Island Plinth: The whole work is sat onto on a road island (that can be seen in the previous post) made from bricks and curb section. This part is probably inessential, and would be hard to create - especially the curb section.

Liquid pouring over the sculpture: Following my idea of having some kind of iridescent or rainbow-appearing oil or liquid that would reflect using the black surface of the sculptures, I have incorporated this via a holding tank continually, slowly, dripping the liquid down the surface of the work. I found a slow release valve at WRAP that would allow the liquid to release at a slow rate throughout the exhibition. However, this would have health and safety implications- although it is intended to flow into the pools at the bottom, it could easily leak or overflow. I would also need to suspend the tank above it - meaning it being shown in the low-ceiling space of P3 which isn't what I wanted to do with this idea. FAIL.

IDEA 2 (Less complicated but a bit boring):

Actual fence: In this idea the fence is supported in a similar way to that in idea 2, at head-height, creating an imposing appearance.

Expanding foam forms: In this work the foam appears to be grasping on to the fence as if it was being blown in one direction. Anchored to the ground by the crutches, it appears as though a mysterious force has blown through the fence, bringing with it these forms which are now attached. They attach to points where the fence has bent - this is me beginning to focus on the initial form of the fence to inform the work. However I do think that this idea is quite boring, and much like my last exhibition where long extensions of foam were extending from behind the centre piece of the arm chair. Again, black, flip coloured and containing tarmac/resin and acrylic spikes - too predictable.