As I enjoyed working with tracing paper on the piece "Anthurium", I decided to further experiment with it in a wallpaper based project. What I particularly liked about the tracing paper as a medium was its transparency, lightness and movement, and it was these three elements I wanted to accentuate in this wallpaper design.
I wanted to create a wallpaper that would interact with the presence of the people who walked by without being overtly visible. The use of plain tracing paper links to the opinion that much of the time, everyday wallpaper goes unnoticed-it is not until somebody passes by this wallpaper that its presence becomes clear. The thin, cut-out strips sway and rustle lightly as the person moves and displaces the air infront of it.
As is often the case, time and space restraints meant I was only able to produce one strip of wallpaper for the 'Link' exhibition (mid year exhibition) so it was not as effective as it could have been if it covered more space. However, I plan to further this work and possibly collaborate with a fellow student who's work is based around the movement of people. We will look into the possibilities of projection onto the wallpaper ans well as filmed documentation and photography.
I wanted to create a wallpaper that would interact with the presence of the people who walked by without being overtly visible. The use of plain tracing paper links to the opinion that much of the time, everyday wallpaper goes unnoticed-it is not until somebody passes by this wallpaper that its presence becomes clear. The thin, cut-out strips sway and rustle lightly as the person moves and displaces the air infront of it.
As is often the case, time and space restraints meant I was only able to produce one strip of wallpaper for the 'Link' exhibition (mid year exhibition) so it was not as effective as it could have been if it covered more space. However, I plan to further this work and possibly collaborate with a fellow student who's work is based around the movement of people. We will look into the possibilities of projection onto the wallpaper ans well as filmed documentation and photography.
