Print

I really liked how my piece turned out for the recent 2D wall display, and I want to have a large element like that in my show. If I were to print out a poster or banner I would want to use this image (cropped). Currently this is about 8 feet long, and this is the maximum size I can generate through my laptop. Granted if this is a part of a larger component, I'd still like to incorporate my 2D design perhaps by making them smaller and creating more.

tea box

tea box
 

 

flat x II-d: Devon

Thoughts and process behind my wall project.

When the idea was proposed that we would be working with a visual grid on the wall I knew I wanted to incorporate it into my work. I've presented my work in 17 ten inch squares, and the arrangement was inspired by an interpretation of a menger sponge implying that the wall space itself becomes a part of the fractal with the grid in place. Each square shows an important detail from a different 2D fractal surface, and it is notable that they are placed near fractals that follow a similar outputted pattern or algorithm. I liked the idea of working on a larger scale than I normally would which engages the viewer whether it's from afar or up close.

A few pictures during installation:

flat x II-d

for the record. apologies for poor image quality.
jm

 

Adela

 

Alexandra

 

Alexandra (detail, adjusted to show texture)

 

Britney

 

Chase

 

Devon

 

Elise

 

Katie

 

Lauren

 

Li Yun

 

Ziyi

 

Taylor

flat x II-D

improvisatory / pop-up exhibit
Wednesday 12 October – Tuesday 25 October 2016

377 pushpins, 54 columns x 7 rows.
12-inch grid.
pushpins not in perfect alignment, but close.

exploratory work by Design Seminar students

Eleven fourth-year students (designers and a book artist) revisit concepts introduced in their 2D Design foundation class, 3+ years ago, and/or rehearse/develop ideas being explored in their seminar thesis work.
Their content is material — collaged or handled in other ways — that is drawn from, or reflects cultural, personal and other issues and sources that are important to them.
Form and content are in oscillation with each other. Something like matter and energy.
The 12-inch grid of black pushpins is an arbitrary structure, relating to the background arbitrary structure of 14 vertical homasote panels, 4x8 foot but covered – top and bottom – by a 1x4-inch frame, and whose outer two panels are less than 48 inches. (Other arbitrary background structures include the course and the learning institution in which this work takes place.)
Installation started from the center (Taylor’s typewritten names), and spead out, left and right, from that initial move.
Pushpins could be removed where they were inconvenient; enough remain to suggest the underlying grid — a kind of forcefield in which disparate materials come into relationship with each other, and in which negative (unused) space is activated.
Students related their material to the grid as they wished. The work is subject to change throughout the two weeks of the exhibit.

John McVey, instructor
Senior Design Seminar

Alexandra Bonin
Taylor Bowen
Adela Bukva
Li Yun Chen
Lauren Cox
Katie Dygon
Ziyi Feng
Britney Payton
Chase Terranova
Devon Unwin
Elise Walsh
 

eleven dimensions of flat

3F Hardie wall

there are 377 pushpins, 54 columns x 7 rows starting 5" from the top.
(would be 378, but a power receptable intruded where one would otherwise be located)
this is a 12-inch grid. pushpins are not in perfect alignment, but close.

each student is entitled to 4' x 7' 5".
it may be some that some will require less space, less square footage. in such cases, neighbors may take more space.

we can remove pushpins where they are in conflict with work on the wall.

as we discussed earlier, each person shall write a paragraph (or so) that describes and explains the work they have installed. I will make labels and possibly even a take-away brochure with all of the statements.

we will determine who goes where on Wednesday a.m.
be ready to go, at 8:30am, or even earlier. no one should be late, printing stuff out, etc.
we have work to do.
 

Family Narratives Lab

Here is the link to the Family Narratives Lab I was talking about -
There are a lot of different articles on it discussing the intergenerational stories I talked about.

http://www.psychology.emory.edu/cognition/fivush/lab/FivushLabWebsite/