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Xu Bing/ Eastern vs Western Attitudes
Over the past few weeks I have been thinking a lot about the cultural differences between East and West and the very different value systems the two have come to live by. I first started to think about this after reading Jun’ichirō Tanizaki’s essay: In Praise of Shaddows (1933) a month or so ago. I…
Plastic Sheet
In the fleeting last few days before leaving Newcastle I began to use transparent plastic sheets. Placing them over rocks I found I could pour things over them without getting the rocks beneath them wet. I enjoyed the kind of tension/ strangeness this created. I really don’t feel like any of these works are successful…
Refining Shadows/ Trapped Water
This week I continued to develop how I could arrange the shadow works I had made before. I refined several of the shadow experiments into one more finished piece which I feel happy with. Also, after discovering some thrown out blue ink in the sink, I put it to use and filled a sealed bag…
Shaddows
At first for the shadows I tried using vegetable oil which I bought, however I found that it bled out too much and didn’t allow for the sharp edges I wanted (see above). As a result I went back to using liquin which I found worked best. I tried painting the shadows by hand however…
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