Aids Posters

Posters for aids from the 1980's - 2000's

       


These are the different posters that I found on aids that have been shown to the public over the last 25 years.  When aids were first discovered you can see how there is a lack of support given to these people infected.  It is good to see the negativity that people had against aids when they were first discovered as this allows me to understand how much everything has changed and how people understands more about the effects of aids today. 

                 

Here people are beginning to understand more about this infection.  we now have posters aimed at different age groups informing people the different way in which they can't get infected.  Today we also have posters that focus on support.  They are trying to convince people to get themselves checked out and get their HIV treated. 

HIV, Alive and Well

My next project that I have been required to complete is a worlds aids day competition.  The brief is looking for work that can communicate positively about aids.  I feel the work should create a sense of hope and allow patients to reflect upon themselves and see that having aids is not the end. 

My initial idea for this project is to focus on colour to represent life.  I feel colour is a great way to elect thought, reflection and create hope within a person.    

mind map of my past, present and future



This is my mind map. As a class we were asked to create a mind map of our past, present and future. This was really helpful as it allowed me to think about where I have came from and where I would like my future to go.

 
As a class we were asked to pin up our mind maps and discuss about what each of us found out about ourselves. It was clear at this point that everyone in the class were beginning to talk about the same things, so after this we began to make a "network" to connect all the things that everyone has in common.  We found out that everyone had a lot more in common than we thought and that many of us were looking at the same future goals. 

 
This was a really helpful exercise as it allowed me to see that there are many different possible futures as allot of us see a future in teaching.  Some people are thinking about becoming part-time artists or even travelling.   

 
There were allot of people within the class who were travelling down the contemporary art practice and applied practice pathway, but there were only three of us who were going down the visual communication pathway. This was interesting as each of us in the visual communication block are doing completely different thing. 

 
Another thing that I noticed is that most people are not concentrating on the one pathway and that they are experimenting and developing with other skills. I found this really helpful to know as I now know that people are in the same position as me and by communicating to each other we should be able to help each other. 

Constructed Text Part 2

Here I have taken my paper piercing techniques further. I began creating more complicated designs looking at the way I could make 2D design 3D. I feel my final piece was successful as I really like how my work flows and how I have made the letters look as if they are actually bursting.

Again the lighting was really important as when the light shines through each letter you can see the amazing patterns that are created on the wall. This technique is something that I would like to take further and develop.

Constructed Text

Burst

Again I have come back to looking at paper piercing techniques. I really enjoyed when I last done this so I decided to take it further within this project. I was asked to create a 3D constructed text on a word. The word I chose was burst and I was asked to create the word but also what it meant. So the idea that I came up with was that I wanted the piece to look as if it was bursting into life. As you can see I began creating 2D pieces creating the words and patterns around the letters to look like the letters were bursting.

 

 

The lighting was really important within these pieces as light hit the wall you could see how the letters began to stretch away as if they were actually bursting.  The colour was also important as when the light was reflected on the wall you could see that there was a range of different colours starting off as a bright yellow fading away to a dark orange.  I feel this piece was really successful but it could have been taken much further.   



 

 

These are more of my own photos from a distance to show how the word was bursting into life.

 

 



Tony Orrico

Here is an amazing artist that I have found.  This is Tony Orrico and he creates  these unusual symmetrical drawings using his hands and body.  The thing that interests me most is how much control he has with both of his hands as he is able to copy each other.  Most of Orricos work is created on a large scale which makes his work more effective. 

These are my attempts in trying to create symmetrical drawings like Tony Orrico.  At first I thought it would be really easy to create but as you can see it was hard and I feel it wasn't really successful.  Also this is just the beginning as I really enjoyed creating these drawing as I feel I could take them further and make more complicated drawings on a bigger scale.    

Transformation Part 2

For my transformation brief I was required to create a 2D piece.  For this I choose to stick with paper cutting as I have enjoyed using creating these pieces

Here I have experimented with a different technique of paper cutting where I have tried to capture the same shapes like in my 3D piece. I feel this piece works really well as when I put it up at the window or in front of a light this is what happens.

When it was hanging up at my window I began to experiment with putting different coloured tissue paper behind it which created this effect in the photo above. What I like most about it is the texture of the tissue paper that the camera has caught.

Later I began to experiment with my camera and began to take photos of my work. This is one of my photos that I took and I really liked as it reminded me of my original photos that I took. The thing that I most like about this photo is how the circles are clearer even though they are out of focus and I also like how they overlap like my photos of the lights. 



One morning when I woke up I saw these shadows across my room and then I saw that it was my 2D piece that was creating these. This then gave me the idea of experimenting with shadows and colours for my final 2D piece as I found this unusual but really interesting to look at.