exploring formal elements
In today's lesson we had to explore what Line, shape, colour, texture and collage mean as definitions and what they mean in relation to Politics, Society, Culture, History, Technology or Aesthetics. we started off as groups thinking about definitions of formal elements and how certain formal elements can represent concepts, it was interesting to think of how the weight of a line or the force with which you use the pencil can represent a mood or a concept. At the moment the idea of the concertina sketchbook is a bit scary to me, how do I represent culture with line? with collage? or more specifically how do I represent the themes I'm focusing on within culture, such as class divide and the rich and powerful. to give me some starting points I made lists of the different elements and how they might specifically relate to culture
line:
- delicate, detailed, expensive line
- angry fast line
- decorative line vs functional line - industrial rev
collage:
- money controls us - drowning in objects
- jewels, coins, watches, consumerism
- advertisements buy now - consumerism
- big people squashing small people
- capitalism, one person over many, owners over workers
- photography - shift from rich portraits
- corporate monsters made of advertisement
texture:
- shiny smooth textures, connotations of wealth
- woven fabric, coarse - working class
- industrial revolution woven cotton, workers clothes
- denim - proletariat, velvet - bourgeoisie
- silk, cashmere, fur
- leaves, nature - land art
shape:
- diamond, jewels, cut crystal shape
- coins, money money money
- the frame - the gallery space
- architecture, plinths
colour:
- colour connotations - purple = rich, brown = poor
- use of rich colours vs muted or washed out colours
- colour was wealth, pigment was expensive, vivid vibrant rich
- black v white, racial hierarchies
- green/gold = money
mind maps from the lesson:
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