ASSESSMENT SET UP

I can't believe the year is basically over now. I feel like I've  done nothing and the first year is over. Its mental! 

Hopefully I've done enough to pass,... I'll find out in 2 weeks! 

Douglas Gordon 

I DECIDED TO ADD A FACE TO THE VIDEO I PREVIOUSLY LOOKED AT. THIS SO IT LINKS WITH THE IDEA OF DISTORTED MIND AND THINKING.

I really loved the piece involving the mats by Efthis Patsourakis. I was interested in creating something with a similar composition. Although the idea of collecting things which show a particular memory - such a s plasters... they are used to protect the wound or stop it bleeding. It has an idea of the inside coming outside (blood/puss). I've been collecting some plasters for a while now, keeping them as memories of what I've done to my body over time. Although I've never really thought of them as art?
Looking at the piece with the mats, made me think I could put them together - stitch? creating a collection of memories of pain/accidents.

Efthis Patsourakis

I really loved the composition of this piece, it layering different floor mats - but they are all slightly different. As though he has collected them from places.. for they belong to particular doors/houses. 

Inviting you to step on them and feel the mats.

SCANS OF HAIR

I've been really interested in looking at subsections of the body and I was randomly cleaning the hair off of my hairbrush and its all tangled up almost as though its been knitted together. 

Tony Orrico

I really love how this artist uses the motion of his body. As the pieces become an almsot gester imprint of what the body can do.