Artist Model 2 - Cornelia Parker

Cornelia Parker's work demonstrates how a mundane object can be elevated to the status of monument through association and event. Her installations are evocative and interesting because of their seemingly simple forms and the way she displays objects belonging to Freud, Einstein and Mia Farrow as art. If you can find some of her 'Tarnished Silver' works check them out!

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Alex

Artist Model 1 - Nava Lubelski

Nava Lubelski's installation and canvas work discuss notions of destruction and repair. Her work deals with the elevation of the mundane or everyday.  Within my final project I am exploring traces and stains left inside my Edmonds Cookbook in order to determine which aspects render the Edmonds as a 'memorialised' object. 

Also I think her work is just beautiful!

You can check out her other work here:

http://www.navalubelski.com/ 

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Alex

Final Project Outline 'Forget-Me-Not'

Hey guys thanks for checking out my blog! Just thought I would try to keep everyone updated as well as providing a space for feedback and discussion, hope you enjoy.

So, I thought I would just explain a little about what my project is all about and what I am working towards for this semester.

I have a 14 week period in which I have to develop a research based design brief which will form the basis for my class' end of year Graduation Show. The research that I conduct within  my studio practice will help to formulate and investigate this document.

The proposition or 'hypothesis' for my project is as follows;

Is it possible to create an evolving monument that critically investigates the memorialisation of collective memory?

I know this all kinda sounds like waffle but it is actually rather interesting, promise!

In order to explain further....

This project will seek to determine whether a monumental space (which by definition commemorates a static event in time) can be designed to cater for the evolving nature of the Edmonds Cookbook as a memorial for collective memory. Through analysis of the stains and mark making contained within my own copy, I will investigate the socio-cultural implications of the cookbook as an evolving document of New Zealand cooking history. By formally investigating the characteristics of the Edmonds Cookbook through 2D and 3D representation I will discover what it means to create an evolving space that not only is a monument to the past but also caters for the temporal nature of collective memory.

I think thats enough theory for now! 

Let me know if you have any questions etc and invite anyone else who may be interested.

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Alex