KARYN EASTON
Oct 27
by Karyn in Abstract Art, Ai, Animation, Augmented Reality, Culture, Experimentation, Graffiti, Ideas, My Work, Photography, Risk Taking, Unit 2 Blogs, Videos 0 comments tags: Abstract Art, ai, Animation, Augmented Reality, Culture, Experimentation, Graffiti, Ideas, my work, Photography, Risk Taking, Unit 2 Blogs, Videos

MACBA Metamorphosis

Barcelona’s Hidden Artists – While visiting Barcelona, I became fascinated with the vast swathes of graffiti covered walls.  It felt as if collectively everyone had given up on cleaning the walls.  Indeed, it felt as if the walls themselves had become works of art.  In stark contrast I also noted the pristine internal walls of the MACBA (One of Barcelona’s contemporary art museums). I was so ‘taken with’ the beautiful light inside of the MACBA that I decided to photograph it.  I also photographed many graffiti laden walls across Barcelona.  There really was a such a stark contrast between the pristine and the messy that I began to wonder what the MACBA would look like if it was plastered in graffiti? The internal walls of the MACBA were so beautifully clean that I felt an irresistible urge to ‘plaster’ them.  The vibrant colours and designs found externally on the Streets of Barcelona seemed a logical choice. Unfortunately, my dream of taking spray paints to the MACBA walls was pretty much out of the question.  However, I did have access to Photoshop, Ai and augmented reality. As a direct result of my thinking I managed to self publish 3 small art […]
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Jun 29
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Barcelona Graffiti #2

Hidden Away – During my recent trip to Barcelona, I was was mesmerised by the colour and variety of the street art both in and around the city.  I briefly touched on this in part one of this post called ‘Barcelona Graffiti’.  I still don’t know exactly why I was so drawn to the graffiti (street art), except to say that the colours were amazing!  It seemed to relentlessly permeate throughout the whole fabric of the city, weaving a disjointed tapestry of colours.  Indeed it could even be described in some places as a riot of colour on an otherwise typical traditional cityscape and its walls.  All of this was in stark contrast to the walls of one of Barcelona’s most famous contemporary art museums, namely the MACBA.  Here there was no graffiti.  Everything inside was pristine with beautiful gleaming white walls.     A Short Recap Below is short video recap from Barcelona Graffit part one. It helps to illustrate the scale of graffiti and street art that can be found in and around the city.     In stark contrast to the brightly coloured graffiti in the video above, the following image gallery illustrates the crisp, clean, neutral […]
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May 19
by Karyn in 3d, Abstract Art, Artists, Culture, Galleries, Photography, Unit 2 Blogs, Videos 0 comments tags: 3d, Abstract Art, Artists, Culture, Galleries, Photography, Unit 2 Blogs, Videos

MNAC

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya –  While I was visiting the Banksy Gallery one of the guides told me that I really needed to visit ‘Museu National d’Art de Catalunya.’  He explained that this was an amazing gallery and a ‘must see’.  He was not wrong!  The museum is set high above Barcelona and the views are breathtaking!  Luckily I had my DSLR with me on this trip, so I decided to take lots of photos.  My memory card was pretty full so I had to be a little careful about wasting frames but I managed to shoot everything I wanted. The building is very imposing! In fact everything about it was imposing, including the security and guards.  After a relaxed and friendly visit to both the Banksy (they actually made me a coffee), and the MOCA and MACBA museums, I was left in no doubt that one false move and I’d be in serious trouble.  One guard shouted at me for just holding a bottle of water – maybe he had heard about the ‘Just Stop Oil’ protests in the UK and thought I was about to throw it over a painting or something? I duly complied and the […]
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May 15
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Barcelona Trip

Time to Unwind and Return To Blogging – The last 3 weeks have been incredibly busy.  At work this is the time when we are preparing students for their art exams.  However, for me the biggest task and time consuming activity is the production of the end of year film.  There are more details about this in the blog post ‘A Temporary Distraction’.  I always enjoy seeing the wide variety of work produced by our students but assembling it all into a coherent narrative can often be quite challenging. After nearly completing the film, luckily I was able to take a break in Barcelona.  My students were now on a reading week, so it was the perfect opportunity to get away.  This blog is a record from the start of the trip in England, to the return journey and most importantly everything in between.   Sunday 14th May – Morning Sunrise The weather started off well enough and as we drove off to Bristol Airport we were greeted by a lovely sunrise.  Unfortunately my camera was packed away, but I did manage to capture this iPhone shot.  Apologies for the poor resolution.   What Greeted us at Bristol Airport Although […]
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Jan 10
by Karyn in Abstract Art, Ai, Artists, Collaborations, Culture, Evaluations, Experimentation, Ideas, My Work, Problem Solving, Sound, Videos 0 comments tags: Abstract Art, ai, Artists, Collaborations, Culture, Evaluations, Experimentation, Food for Thought, Ideas, My Learning, Problem Solving, Sound, Videos

Vilde Rolfsen – Inspired Work

Beautiful Destruction – For a few weeks now I have been wrestling with ideas for my research statement.  Ideally I would like to integrate some form of current affairs or pressing agenda into my work but I wasn’t quite sure how to approach this.  I then remembered a shoot I’d done a little while ago. I stumbled across an artist called Vilde Rolfsen. I found her plastic bag landscapes absolutely fascinating. Not only was her idea clever it was also visually very appealing. Her images are certainly creative.  There’s just something special about taking such a mundane object like a plastic bag and transforming it into an amazing landscape.  Below is a small gallery of her images.   Vilde Rolfeson – Plastic Bag Landscape   Responses to Vilde Rolfeson I felt that Vilde Rolfeson had produced something truly unique. However, inspired by her idea I wanted to use her imagery as a base to experiment further. I was also keen to incorporate elements of animation and time into my experimentation as this ties in heavily with my theme.  Most of Vilde Rolefson’s plastic bag imagery is light and bright, therefore I decided to take a slightly darker approach. I wanted […]
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