Today I went to the Two Rivers Galler and saw exhibitions by Nathalie Daoust and Ted Hibert. Nathalie's exhibition was called "Entre Quatre Murs" and according to the Two Rivers Gallery website (2008) she "photographed 30 women living in their home environments in Berlin. Capturing intimate moments in everyday surroundings, Daoust’s work conveys melancholic feelings of a lost world, caught somewhere between the Pre WW II interiors of her photographs and the contemporary women that inhabit them. Using a special technique she deconstructs this image, isolating and printing elements on separate layers of film that she then superimposes in order to reconstitute the image three-dimensionally. This Re-composition of image in space works like a transparent puzzle, revealing the unknown and perhaps even imaginary aspects of the individual".
I included both Nathalie's art and my version of her artwork. Nathalie's piece is called "Sailor", 2006. My piece is called "In Present Time", 2008 and it features me thinking about where I'd rather be in present time. My face is silly because humour brings stress relief and allows me to think of the important things in my life, like family. I think I could create interesting lesson plans for my grade 6/7 class based on this exhibit. We could discuss, among other things, mood, photography, and 3D versus 2D images and the effects each have. I could also have students use computer software to create their own pieces of art on transparencies.
According to the Two Rivers Gallery website (2008) "Ted Hiebert creates provocative images based on the human form. In this near dark environment Hiebert draws focus to his subject’s presence by using glow in the dark body paint and long exposures. Incorporating elements of different creatures into his photographs or by using complex composition of multiple human forms, Hieberts’s subjects evolve into a tangle of shapes and body parts that resemble some kind of odd hybrid. [Ted] used photographic techniques in low-level lighting conditions".
I have included some photographs of my glow in the dark body painting and some of my classmates' paintings as well. As you can tell the effect of the body paint art is much different when removed from the black-light dark room. If anyone wants copies, please send me an email.
I included both Nathalie's art and my version of her artwork. Nathalie's piece is called "Sailor", 2006. My piece is called "In Present Time", 2008 and it features me thinking about where I'd rather be in present time. My face is silly because humour brings stress relief and allows me to think of the important things in my life, like family. I think I could create interesting lesson plans for my grade 6/7 class based on this exhibit. We could discuss, among other things, mood, photography, and 3D versus 2D images and the effects each have. I could also have students use computer software to create their own pieces of art on transparencies.
According to the Two Rivers Gallery website (2008) "Ted Hiebert creates provocative images based on the human form. In this near dark environment Hiebert draws focus to his subject’s presence by using glow in the dark body paint and long exposures. Incorporating elements of different creatures into his photographs or by using complex composition of multiple human forms, Hieberts’s subjects evolve into a tangle of shapes and body parts that resemble some kind of odd hybrid. [Ted] used photographic techniques in low-level lighting conditions".
I have included some photographs of my glow in the dark body painting and some of my classmates' paintings as well. As you can tell the effect of the body paint art is much different when removed from the black-light dark room. If anyone wants copies, please send me an email.
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Oh Linda that is a great picture you drew. Neat idea with the thought bubble thinking of your Hubby. The field trip really was fun.
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