Brief
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Project name
Sublime shapes
Sublime shapes
Processes
Screen-printing
Screen-printing
Duration
4 weeks (2019)
4 weeks (2019)
Aim
An investigation into how we translate form and meaning. The project is made up of a series of workshops that explore an idea and theme responding to each shape.
An investigation into how we translate form and meaning. The project is made up of a series of workshops that explore an idea and theme responding to each shape.
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In the final week, we were tasked with combining our findings from the first two weeks in a final piece.
The inherent human fixation on perfection is explored through the simple metaphor of shapes. It presents the shapes as perfection, sought after as a paragon by humankind. The shapes are the embodiment of the visual ideals we attempt to exercise in what we create.
However, it is the nature of ideals to remain unattainable, much like mirages in the desert. Its elusive quality is reflected in the presentation of the project, with the shapes screen-printed on various mediums and in translucent ink; and finally, a printed box, revealed to be empty after layers of paper are peeled away. Even when we are certain we have perfection in our grasp, it reveals its evasive persona.
