Keys

While i have been at home, my mum got out a few old suit cases to show me things she has collected over the years after telling her about the Mary Greg project.
she has all sorts!  from pennys and keys to my dads old tooth brush. its was great looking at her collected objects; all with diffrent stroys and memorys attached.


i expecially enjoyed looking through all the diffrent keys, from old family cars, homes, padlocks.


i made key rubbing off them all as documentation - on tea standed paper to be hung up like collections of butterflys

"Not Natasha" by Dana Popa

Popa says, ‘Natasha is the nickname given to prostitutes with Eastern European looks. Sex trafficked girls hate it".

Today a went to see the award winning hard hitting four year project by photographer Dana Popa at the Impressions gallery in Bradford.

She documents the experiences of sex trafficked women and from Moldova through photography and stories displayed on the walls of the room...as i walked round reading the stories you begin to feel quite emotional that women are been forced into these situations and not a great deal is been done about it,i read one story of a young bride who's husband sold her the night before there wedding.

The photographs consisted of abstracted angles and dark lighting i think this really reflects the moods and life stories of the working women.

Exhibition Information:

"Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Moldova is one of the main source countries for trafficking women and children, with up to 10% of the female population sold into prostitution abroad. Popa photographed and documented the disturbing experiences of these women in Moldova. She also collected the stories of those who remain disappeared, photographing their families, homes, and in some cases children who were left behind. Finally, she documented the spaces where trafficked women are forced into prostitution in the brothels of Soho, London.
Dana Popa (born 1977, Romania) is an award-winning photo-artist based in London who graduated from the London College of Communication. She specialises in contemporary social issues, with a particular emphasis on human rights."

Ben Tolman

Whislt looking at surreal artist website i came across a few artist i found quite intreasting.

Ben Tolman - His black and white prints have a certain playful quality and would make nice paper cut outs or prints.

This is my fravorite:

Darker side of the moors

A Photoshop collage I made when thinking about the contrast of the beautiful scenery and some of the stories the hills hold. They are not as innocent as they look.

Also the black balloons to me symbolize deep thought & the keys as unlocking them.

 In reference to Wittgenstein; and my thoughts while on the moors.

Glossip Trip

Today was so much fun, trecking up into the beautiful country side of glossip to do somthing as simple as fly a kite, i feel it really brung the interactive art group together, everyone gets along so well..and it was intreasting to see everyones kites
unfortunattly my kite broke this morning when i was trying to secure it in my bag for riding to uni. though it gives me an excuse to go fly it over easter!


Micheal howard gave us a speech on "Wittgenstein" i have done a little research on him previous to the trip while making my kite, looking for quotes.
i really enjoyed working with quotes and making prints.

David Bowers

Quote from "BeinArt International surreal art collective"

http://www.beinart.org

Jon Beinart – "What inspires you to create art David?"



David Bowers – "I'm inspired a variety of things. Once I saw an antique bird cage in an antique store and I immediately thought of a Victorian woman's head in a birdcage. This idea became my painting titled "The Hummingbird Trainer." Sometimes I'm influenced by an old master's painting or a photograph that I've seen in a magazine. I guess for all artists, we have a desire to depict our world on canvas, whether it's the real world or the imagined."

I have just found this surreal artist, who looks at traditional painting with a surreal twist, main themes i see being Victorian women, woodlands and birds/bird cadges.
these themes always stand out to me as my main intreasts. taking insperation from David Bowers to make some collages.

Glossip Trip

Is tomorrow, making my own "boho" kite....twigs and newspaper!

Here is a picture :