Here Are The Photos from My Experiment in Vibration, Using Elasting bands in an MDF box

These works are by Leigh McCloskey and are the same piece of work positioned in different ways.

I like how they show the detail and movement of an explosion. I also like that you can get a sense of how the explosion sounds just
from looking at the image as it
goes from start to finish, or maybe thats just my interpretation of the images.....

I also like how they are a form of kinetic art, you really get that sense of movement. It's as if the
image is literally exploding.

                                                  
  

                                                   


After further investigation I have

out that the piece is infact of a serpent building a nest. The nest bursting and it blossoming. I find it interesting to find out how other people perceive these images.

Leigh J McCloskey

FINALLY! I found an artist who I like! Leigh J McCloskey.


   I particularly like this piece as it has an extreme sense of movement and also, in certain ways depicts a space originated explosion, sort of Supernova type piece.

I have yet to fully research this artist, as I literally just stumbled upon him.

Where I Am At Currently

So, I have started making things out of clay (pictures below) and I am pleased with the results as I have never used the wheel before and have never coiled in the way that I was shown by one of my tutors. I made 8 pieces and currently I am awaiting them to be fired in the kiln.

As part of my project I thought it would be important to experiment by using clay as I have an interest in ceramics. Also you can do many things to manipulate the clay into various shapes and I found it a good way to try and represent the vibrations in water.

Currently I am working on my other idea of using paint to represent how chaotic vibrations can be.
This idea is based around a box, made with MDF, that is painted white on the inside and has 4 or 5 elastic bands threaded through it. The idea is to use different coloured paints to help represent how an elastic band will vibrate after someone pulls it, when paint is on it, and then lets go causing the paint to spray everywhere within the box. I may even record this from the side of the box and try and slow it down to show clearly how truly chaotic the vibrations are.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Will i incorporate music into my work?

I've been thinking more and more, recently, about adding music to my work. I personally feel that it adds more emotion to the work as well as it helps the piece comes to life more, as people associate with music in their own unique way. As a 'metalhead' I would most likely use songs by some of my favourite artists such as: Machine Head, Trivium, Lamb of God and Static X to portray some kinetic ideas I've had and discussed with some friends.

Kinetics

After having a talk with one of my tutors on Thursday, Kieran Whitehall,  my thought process has sort of gonna a little.... how do  say it?... kinetic? Kieran suggested to me that i start to experiment with kinetic art and see where that takes my thought process. He also said to me that i should try working with clay, may to for a ceramic piece of work, (i had intended to use ceramics to try and help visualize my ideas, initially to begin with, but it was good to know we were on a similar wave length)

I am unsure as to what to do with my project at present, though I have a few ideas. One of which is to make a kinetic influenced model.

Kinetic Art is really amusing, yet can be an annoyance to ones eyes. They can be also hypnotizing.

Here is an example of what I mean. It's one of those things that is eye catching and has you staring at it for time on end.

Do you notice the way the image seems to be pulsating? How about this following image? Can you see the way the image seems to tick like a clock?

 

One such artist of Kinetics is Marchel Duchamp. He became interested in Kinetics in 1915 when he created his first work, with the assistance of Man Ray,

 

 

 

 

 

 Rotative plaques verre, optique de précision

 ("Rotary Glass Plates, Precision Optics").

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am currently looking for a way to create this type of art work.  Does anyone have any ideas on how to do such a thing?

 

so far i have come up with a number of ideas, astronomy (literally taking the concept of space into consideration), vibrations and sound waves and my latest idea of aquatics.

still trying to come up with ideas of how to progress in each of them, but i am looking up things online and within the college library. i am recording everything in my sketch book atm.


SPACE

space in its vastness offers much exploration, wonder and even fear and apprehension. there are many objects, planets, perhaps even life out there in the unknown. stars exploding and whole worlds being swallowed up by giant stars they once orbited.

i am interested in space as a whole, it is interesting and i am always excited by every new discovery they make.

to explore this space and try and portray it in an interesting way would be something i would love to achieve and something i can only truly dream about.




                                                                                         VIBRATIONS



The interest in vibrations came about due to my
being a musician. I am a bass player, an
instrument that gives off the most intense vibrations
out of any amplified instrument.  I also play drums
too, which also give off intense vibrations. These are
more of a forced vibration, the vibration would not
exist unless one was to pluck a string or beat the skin
with a drumstick.

Vibrations are the things that allow us to hear everything
we hear. They are in the form of sound waves. Each sound
wave is different and each note and vibration is in a different
key, unless one was to pluck a D chord the whole time on the
same fret.