First Theme: Procrastination
procrastinator: messy room, loose gesture, bed, lie, sofa, sleep, no impetus, indolent, muscleless, drowsy.
Second Theme: Shadow self
The Stanford prison experiment (SPE) was an attempt to investigate the psychological effects of perceived power, focusing on the struggle between prisoners and prison officers. It was conducted at Stanford University between August 14–20, 1971, by a research group led by psychology professor Philip Zimbardo using college students.[1] It was funded by the U.S. Office of Naval Research[2] as an investigation into the causes of difficulties between guards and prisoners in the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. The experiment is a topic covered in most introductory (social) psychology textbooks.
The movie explores the influence of environment triggers the dark side of human nature, as it gives people an appropriate reason to bully and be violent. The dark side and evilness are always in our heart, only lack of an appropriate environment to commit it.
keywords: dark; simple deep; intense emotion
keywords: week; fragile like an egg; conflict; breakthrough; sharp edge; vintage; impulse; a sense of humour; hypocrisy; look sanctimonious
keywords: harsh sharp delicate colour-field charcoal; scarred; quick strokes; grotesque; whimsical; existential questions; anxieties; motch; impulse; dark; vague; eerie
characters merge with the darkness as if they come from the darkness
Shadow Experiment
fabric and aluminium mesh
The shadow and the aluminium piece as if fuse together become a whole due to its metal texture and colour.
transparent; glowing
beautiful and dramatic flowing shadow of liquid
keywords: still life; half-animal; half-metallic; unnormal daily scene
hidden and indescribable forces at work in our daily world
keywords: organic; sexual; mechanism, science fiction quality
capture the inner world of the mind, evokes a mental landscape in an extreme combination of eroticism and violence.
keywords: abstract; monochrome; white; shadow; three-dimensional material; simple element; solid; composition; geometric; square; layering
subject it to the system of changes, not knowing what would happen to it, based on curiosity
make relief using nails
the white composition allows the nails to create the pattern of shadow cross the surface
responding to the light in the room but also seeming to change in relation to the viewer's own position
keywords: overlaid sheets of plastic; regular intervals; three0dimensional spatial quality; semi-transparent
mind-brain
shadow self- unconscious mind
ram's head represents evilness, Satan; chaos and lust
Pan- Greek mythology
Baphomet-one of the demons in Christianity
A film explores the shadow self and perfection, to accept our own shadow self, release the repressed alter ego.
Nina (Natalie Portman) is a ballerina whose passion for the dance rules every facet of her life. When the company's artistic director decides to replace his prima ballerina for their opening production of "Swan Lake," Nina is his first choice. She has competition in newcomer Lily (Mila Kunis) however. While Nina is perfect for the role of the White Swan, Lily personifies the Black Swan. As rivalry between the two dancers transforms into a twisted friendship, Nina's dark side begins to emerge.
thoroughly remould oneself, destruction and rebirth
The film talks about growth, to overcome all hardships and dangers and reinvent themselves.
Perfect Blue (パーフェクトブルー Pāfekuto Burū) is a 1997 Japanese animated psychological thriller film directed by Satoshi Kon and written by Sadayuki Murai. It is based on the novel Perfect Blue: Complete Metamorphosis (パーフェクト・ブルー 完全変態 Pāfekuto Burū: Kanzen Hentai) by Yoshikazu Takeuchi.
The film follows Mima Kirigoe, the member of a Japanese idol group who retires from music to pursue an acting career. As she becomes a victim of stalking, she starts to lose her perception of reality and fiction. Like much of Kon's later work, such as Paprika, the film deals with the blurring of the lines between fantasy and reality in contemporary Japan
Mirror image suggests the "ideal self" or an imagery self
Mima's room represents her inner heart, messy room=chaos in the heart
keywords: layers, various patterns and shape,
there are several layers hidden under the fake surface which just like the shadow self
Inspiration from underwater world shadow and ripples
the plastic did not work very well as the shape would slight deformed and changed back when it cools down
It is too heavy when it contains water, I will rethink the design because the texture of the plastic piece already presents the element of water. I might consider multiple layers without water to suggest the various sides of shadow self
The shadow really works very well, so dramatic just what I expected, I am very satisfied with my final outcome.
1. encourage type
2. avoidant type
3. determine type
human, half is the angel, half is the demon
expressions: fury; suddenly sorrowful suddenly joyful; unnormal behaviour.
Sometimes no signs of it
Everyone has the dark side of the personality, it is normal, an animal instinct in our mind, relative to the persona(the side we would like to show to others)
We cannot wipe out shadow self, but we can further control it. Understand it, knowing the reaction we are going to respond so we could change it. It is beneficial for us to face our shadow self, we should fuse it into our personality, or we are just half person. We need it for knowing our essence.
Hannah Elizabeth Allan finds an uncanny domestic space at The International 3 gallery: where the familiar is transformed into the sinister.
Keywords: minimalistic; elegant; co-exist; harmonious; calm
keywords: surging; nostalgic feel; layers; deep helical; cloud:thought
primitive art; Stuckism; distorted character and figures; notion of experience and naivety.
renders the grim side of human nature
keywords: dark; unnerving; thrilling; whimsical; creepy vibe; grotesque; provocative&beautiful; drab; industrial scenery; sensual; medieval visions in a modern setting; narrative; hunger; starvation
keywords: blurred; cover; hide; silhouette; inspired by spiritual place; shadow ; natural light; fabric; monochrome; mysterious; sacred; shrouds; spiritual; focus on the form
keywords: cinematography; wearing shadow; organic; animal; pierce; metal; simple form; cast; detailed shadow; space; transient; minimal; geometric; holes; gorgeous; dramatic
shifting the light to observe the shadow, the farther of the light source, the bigger of the shadow
beautiful and dramatic effect of the shadow, sort of hard to distinguish the object and the shadow
more organic form here, the shadow appears in motion
Tate Modern
keywords: cubist; warm greys and burnt sienna; bulk; earth palette
shifting directions of the brush strokes indicate the depth of the surface-shadow self
keywords: expanded space; spatial illusion; geometric; texture; intense colour; various sizes; distance
keywords: triangles; sharp edges; white reliefs; geometric structure; monochrome; white; plain; repetitive; shadow;
play with light; volume and form
keywords: simple geometric forms; transparent plastic sheets; regular structures; combination; repetitive; delicate layering;
difficult to determine the position of each shape in space and in relation to each other
place colours in parallel strips and at right angles
demonstrates the way colour changes according to the position and movement of the viewer
the mirror effect was originally created using a material called lumaline
a metal reliefs
the square pattern of curved elements, which gave the surface an optical rhythm, accentuated by colour and light effects.
elegant; pure; graceful; beautiful; fragile; delicate; sensitive
mirror-hidden the alter ego
The pieces of minor fragments stabbed herself, destroyed her, but also helped her
The fish tank is an important clue to distinguish reality and dream.
The dead fish triggered her deeper inner conflict.
Keywords: mirror, reflective
suggest the idea of imaginary self, hidden the alter ego
keywords: nape, curvy structure
the nape defines the bottom hairline of the back, where the skull meets the neck.
I like the position the artist sets the jewellery piece, where people usually do not notice
I think that position responds to my concept idea, as it is hidden under the surface
I might do a few design sketchings in this position
I like the structure of this model best, as it is simple but effective
But the position where I set it on the neck is not very successful as it is not stable to hold the two pieces of wooden sticks
I would reconsider the position, it might be on the shoulder
Material experiment with shadow
it does not work well to cast the shadow, as it is flat that the water converges in one place, so that shadow created is less interesting and dramatic
the acetate works quite well, as it is transparent and thin, the shadow created is very clear and dramatic. I used the heat gun to create texture on it.
this plastic is thicker than the acetate piece, however, it could be changed the shape and created texture easily by the heat gun and would not change back. It is stronger than the acetate but also do good work of casting the shadow
Testing and Making final outcome
The air dry clay is much stronger than plastic, the making of the shoulder parts is successful.
I covered it by polyfilla to give it a nice finish as the surface is bumpy
Negative procrastination: cannot finish the task on time.
Positive procrastination: give me more time, I can do better！ (perfectionist)
shadow self is primitive, incongruous. Intense emotion could be the trigger of shadow self and also alcohol, drug those could lower the effect of self- control.
Alter ego=shadow self
Freud used the analogy of an iceberg to describe the three levels of the mind. unconscious mind.
On the surface is consciousness, which consists of those thoughts that are the focus of our attention now, and this is seen as the tip of the iceberg. The preconscious consists of all which can be retrieved from memory.
The third and most significant region is unconscious. Here lie the processes that are the real cause of the most behaviour. Like an iceberg, the most important part of the mind is the part you cannot see.
Artists Research
keywords: layers; inner being; strong outline
the part of us show to others
express the duality of the human being.
keywords: portrait; light; airy; motion; dichotomy; two different emotions; geometric texture; digital to physical; weaving; soft; hide; two aspects
The shadow created by the form of the piece and the texture of aluminium mesh, the texture looks quite nice, I might play with shadow and aluminium mesh only later.
keywords: plane&line; photograph; film; braze; solder; metal; fragment of past; space and time; shadow and object; memory; experience; connection
keywords: monster; sinister; abstract; inexplicable combination
suggest images from a dream and the Freudian technique of free association
keywords: sphere; circle; stability; geometric; composition; shadow; movement; balance
the illusion of space create created on a two-dimensional surface through shadow
keywords: layers; pasted newspaper; hints of pale blue; paint;
pierced to reveal the different layers underneath
contrast between delicacy and violence
Wellcome Collection
mask: disguise the anguish; camouflage ; hide; persona
Visualise the keywords of concept by found materials
sexy; indulgent; resolute; tameless; release the nature of human being
The clothing in rape scene is similar with the CHAM costumes which means the previous pure idol image was completely defiled in Mima's heart.
She can say confidently "I am real Mima" now. After various tests, Mima found herself, live in the way she wants.
keywords: deep, tranquil, mysterious atmosphere, shadow, light,
I would capture the form and shape of these images to do a few design sketchings as it creates a mysterious atmosphere like the shadow self what we usually do not realise, but it is hidden under our surface deeply
Making Models
I like the texture created on the small pieces of acrylic board, however when I tried to the same thing on bigger piece of acrylic board, it took me really long time to come out some dot-like texture, it was really hard to produce the bubble texture on big acrylic board.
the material for the shoulder part did not work very well, as it kind of fragile, the texture is slightly messy
When I made the shoulder part, I used the bigger size acrylic tubes, the holes are quite big. Therefore I had to fill the holes with polyfilla to make it suitable for the new four solid tubes. I found it is quite hard to do it, the fill bits were broken a few times because of the height of the tubes and also I did not wait for long time for it to dry and made the next quickly.