Week 4: Exploring Abstraction
This project brief instructed us to take 7 identical objects and were asked to apply 7 different transformations to these objects, these were subtraction, addition, symmetry, asymmetry, as well as 3 dimensional transformations which were distortion, fragmentation and abstraction. I used transformed 7 cans, cutting, manipulating and moulding them so they clearly embodied singular transformation.
Symmetry: Proved to be one of the more difficult transformations in my opinion because complete symmetry is not easily achieved, it requires attention to detail and accuracy.
Abstraction: Relatively straight forward to produce, was more creative and in my opinion had no rules as to what it could and couldn't be.
Addition: I used the remaining pieces from the subtraction transformation to create this, I wanted the additive elements to overlap to add texture to the original smooth can.
Asymmetry: By making holes in the can I created a look on the can which lacked symmetry and proportion.
Distortion: I stood directly on top of the can to create distortion, creating a warped, deformed can.
Fragmentation: Ripped a can apart, each piece representing a fragment of what the cans form once was.
Subtraction: I wanted people to be able to see-through the can and imagine how it once looked before the pieces were removed.
This exercise was subjective and down to opinion, the above is just a representation of my personal opinion of what each of the transformations could look like. there is no right or wrong. In my opinion symmetry was the hardest transformation to execute completely accurately as pure symmetry is hard to achieve when the item has to taken apart to achieve it, and the easiest would have to be both addition and subtraction because for me, I understand those transformations the most.
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