Group Critique on Form Fracture Frame
This was a 12 hour project and experimentation was encouraged by our tutors.I wanted to use the human figure as the form for this task because figures mirror and record the human experience.I used a transparent plastic jar since it depicts the human body as a vessel.I worked with the theme of metamorphosis .I feel that the animal, bird or other creatures hidden inside the human form suggests the person's internal state or character.I made a human figure in clay,fractured it by cutting it into three parts-had,body,legs and reframed it by removing the clay body and replacing it with a plastic bottle containing a papercut forest.This project had infinite possibilities and was interesting because I was curious to know where it would lead to.
The feedback I received-:
Jilliene thought it is reminiscent of Louis Bourgeoise's stacking portrait pieces titled "femme volage"
Joseph Cornell's Shadow Boxes could be explored.Joseph Cornell's shadow boxes were ahead of its times,very surreal and full of surprises.Loved them!!Thankyou Jennifer Boldt for suggesting it to me.
I could explore an interactive installation of heads,bodies and legs and the audience can mix and match them by stacking up these parts to create different figures.I like that idea and would attempt it in future. Thankyou Judith Farr!!
