Pretty Vacant

This is a super quick photo post.

These are a few pictures from this summer , which I felt seemed as though they should be part of a set.

Each conveying a sense of vacancy whilst maintaining an almost regimented colour scheme - it looks as though I  was looking out for these slate grey, blue & purple hues that all fit together so well.

 

Kate

xo

Liverpool School of Art and Design Degree Show

The Liverpool School of Art and Design's 2015 degree show combines a variety of disciplines including Architecture , Graphic Design & Illustration , Fashion and Fine Art. I had a wander round today and photographed some of my favourite pieces.

The building itself allowed large amounts of natural light to enter the spacious gallery , adding a relatively unusual quality to my pictures (as I'm used to generally artificially lit galleries).

Graphic Design and Illustration

I was drawn to the bold colourful canvases of Sana Iqbal's "Impossible until Done" , her works demand attention with an initially simplistic concept and use of bright colours , find out more here.

A series of posca pen illustrations by Lois Tierney are inspired by the Czechoslovakian film 'Daisies', the mustards and pale blues compliment each other really quite beautifully.To learn more about this artist , visit here .

I forgot to make a note of the artists of the following works , but I really loved the way the light complimented the black and white portrait-of-sorts with the face replaced by flowers.

Fine Art

I found the Fine Art rooms as some of the most limited , I think this may be due to me missing out a room as it felt like there were only a few students' work on display.

However , there were a few stand out pieces - some paintings and others more obscure mediums. 

I know very little about this piece , but I do know that it was the perfect importunity to photograph the bottom half of my outfit.The space was painted matte black with a single spotlight on the mirror - it kind of made me feel as though I was in an oil painting for some reason.

Fashion

It pains me to say this ,but I was disappointed with the Fashion Exhibition - it was almost completely magazine editorials and no physical clothes , it felt that the room was more about the photography than the clothing itself.

Despite the clever use of space for a two dimensional medium (photographs) , it seemed unclear to me what clothes were being showcased.

I did however , love the sculpture at the front of the room covered by plants and what I believed to be a headdress.

I realise now that I should have been present for the Catwalk Presentation when graduate's work was on full display in order to get a real idea of the work put in.

Architecture 

As impressive as all the planning and development pages of the architecture students' work was , I was mostly drawn to the sculptural elements of their exhibitions.I have an extremely limited knowledge of architecture and left with an idea of the sheer volume of work and planning that is required to design these innovative buildings.

I understand that I've been largely quite critical of the work , but as a whole I found it really eye-opening.

It's really great to see new waves of artists and designers and their ideas displayed on such a large scale.The exhibition is on until 12th June - there's only one day left to see it , but I would highly recommend having a look , you could spend from just 20 minutes having a quick glance at some of the work on offer or you could spend a whole afternoon fully  absorbing the artistic expression surrounding you.

Kate

xo

Teenage kicks

Summer officially started today for me , all my exams are now over and I have a three-month-long holiday ahead of me.

After my morning History exam , I went to the park with a bunch of my friends , bought a ton of food from Tesco and set about lighting a disposable barbecue.In the midst of the often chaotic and temperamental flames , there was tree climbing , long-boarding and sunbathing.It was such a beautiful day I only felt it necessary to document it in photographs , I picked some of the best :

I'm planning on updating this blog more often over the coming weeks , so expect an overload of articles and photographs coming your way.

Kate

xo

Group Therapy:Mental Distress in a Digital Age

Exams are imminent ,so I've almost completely neglected my new space on the internet. 

So recently I was involved in a really exciting exhibition currently on show at FACT. A group of us worked with artist Erica Scourti to create a piece for the exhibition, called "Group Therapy:Mental Distress in a Digital Age" , that we felt expressed impacts of technology on young people's mental health.It was really interesting to watch our creative processes which resulted in our final piece , "Past Sharing". 

Due to the overwhelming amount of work I have to complete , I've got to be really brief.

But there's a short film explaining our part of the exhibition in more detail , I'm a in the film but I sound kinda confused for the vast majority of it , as the interview itself was unexpected.

The exhibition really interesting and different  and I would strongly recommend you go to see it, especially Labyrinth Psychotica - I was lost in there for at least 20 minutes.You'll have to go see it for yourself to understand what I'm talking about ,you will literally be overwhelmed by it.

"Group Therapy:Mental Distress in a Digital Age" is on at FACT until the 17th May , it has a ton on really innovative pieces that are as interactive as they are beautiful.

Sincere apologies for the very low quality pictures that were taken on my phone because I forgot my camera.

I'll write so much over the summer that you'll be sick of me , but for now I've got to do some intense revision before exams.

Kate

xo