Material News

Damian Ortega, over three months took articles from news papers and turned them into sculptures, his intension was to question and examines the role of the media in their representation of the truth.

Taking the news from a single day we had to identify something in a newspaper that stood out to us. I went through the Sunday Times from 21st October and found a few things that could be used to develop into sculptures.

The Same but Different

The first was a combination of two images, an article on Tilda Swinton at home in Scotland and the cookery section. I liked the pasta dish and the fishing rope and how similar they were. I like the idea that every time the pasta and rope was picked up and put down, it would sit in a different way and the original formation would not be repeated.

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I thought about getting thick string and throwing it down in a pile, then taking the same length of string again and throwing that down, then repeating this a few times. Each time the formation would be different yet the length of string thrown down was always the same. I had the idea to set the string once it had settled, so that that form would be kept permanently.

What I want for Christmas

Another idea was the X Game ad, where they had a note to Father Christmas for a list of gifts. Here i could have come up with some ideas of gifts. I was thinking of things that were in the news and relevant today. Like Syrian children who had lost their parents, or their homes, and creating a sculpture of families or houses. But felt this was too difficult for me to produce.

20% Missing

The Boden ad was offering 20% off, meaning 20% off the price. However, I liked the idea that I could have clothing where I actually took 20% of the item away instead of the money. eg. Have a shirt, but remove one of the sleeves.

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Talking Heads

Finally I found a page on a Photographer Steve McCurry who was a travel photographer and who had the most amazing photograph of the Asaro Tribe from Papua New Guinea. I found these masks to be quite fascinating.

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PART ONE- 2018

PART ONE- 2018

MATERIAL NEWS

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