houses behind plants

indoor plants

swing fashion

23rd oct, the Horniman Museum

In Horniman Museum you can almost find specimen and artifacts from every country at any age or style, it's like a mini version of Victoria and Albert Museum, but with green and beautiful garden space and buildings, standing within such a lovely space, you feel refreshed and clear.

'Victorian tea trader Frederick John Horniman began collecting specimens and artefacts from around the World in the 1860's' (the Horniman Museum site), Horniman has some of the most famous collections in the world, for example the music instruments, which I was intrigued very much.

THere is an unusually looking accordion, distinct from the common accordions in the market, regular rectangle shape on one side and the other is a keyboard resembling a tinier piano. It has the shape of a hexagon on the button side, similarly , another hexagon on the keyboard side,two boxes joint by exquisitely patterned bellow(in between the body), it makes people want to hear it sing.

ah the wisdom of human being.

christian marclay

lee evans

Chris Ofili 12 February 10

A very special and different experience, the whole exhibition, which I would describe as walking through a kaleidoscope, has drawn so much attention not just on the beauty of itself but also the techniques in which.

'His exuberant paintings are renowned for their rich layering and inventive use of media, including balls of elephant dung that punctuate the canvas and support them at their base, as well as glitter, resin, map pins and magazine cut-outs.'( Tate Britain, about the exhibition.2010)

There were more than 45 painting presented in the rooms, based on different style of paintings or drawings.

one of the biggest rooms that you entered earlier has a large and light space which allow you to access the details of paintings thoroughly, I had noticed the one with magazine cut-outs, in which Ofili created an interesting relationship between images of human forms, elephant dungs and map pin written out a few words.

The image of the painting at the top is called Afrodizzia (2nd version), 1996, lookes like a black boxing star to me, I love how the black star is painted everywhere, beautiful layering.

As you walk past quite a few rooms, soon you would see a long dark dark tunnel on your right, well, there are lights coming through from the bottom actually, but still, it gives you the feel. So you come to the 'chamber of secret', where paintings with same patterns are quietly sit all around the walls and one of my favorite is the one above, detailed gold patterns against the rich colored swirls, with a big dung on the head, wit.

In another room,Chris Ofili has created panels of pencil and watercolor portraits, the rhythm of which filled the room with joy. Some drawings looks like he did it from the front of the person while some from the side, and the exaggeration of man's beads added personality to it. It seems that each character carries a story of his own and you want to hear what they say.

object ana lysis research

To discuss how different patterns were brought out by people according to their experience.

Distinct experience enables people to create individually.

I’m interested in the sort of non verbal communication we share with patterns and imagery and to understand this process will potentially improve my skills and ideas of making one.

I’m going to look into different period of time in modern history, discussing how people dressed and decorated houses with the use of patterns in response to their lifestyle and feelings.

Also, places varies so does patterns, I will research on patterns created in different cultures and times, finding out what was reflected on those people.

Extra note: the original concept of the essay has changed over the group discussion and individual tutorial.

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in between space

there are plenty of space.