FMX 463

Abandoned  In this project I will be projecting in a living room with my sofa (tilted on an angle if possible) and other props and lights , I'm trying to make this give off an almost post apocalyptic vibe. There will be lots of textures and plants (growing from the shadows) to further enhance this piece. Materials : -cloth -flood light -wacom tablet -foam core -chair -projector -curtains

website: Marina Abramovic:        Marina Abramovicis a Serbian performance artist, writer and art film director and producer.  Her work explores body art, endurance art and feminist art, the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind.        Her work explores body art, endurance art, feminist art, and the relationship between performer and audience, the limits of the body, and the possibilities of the mind. Abramović does refers to herself as the "grandmother of performance art". Marina has been pushing boundaries, causing controversies, and influencing the youth with many of her performances. She is known for her sometimes risky performances, such as her work rhythm 10; where she has a variety of different knives layed on the ground and starts to jab it in between her fingers sometimes grazing her. After each cut she would switch to a different knife.

"Bottled Up Emotions" Statement: For this project I really wanted my piece to give off a sort of 'magical' vibe.  I created these bottled up containers hosting 3 different emotions.  I noticed that having a back light helped create a more complete ambiance and with a click of a button it could also change the mood.  The 3 emotions being contained are, in order: Love, Sadness, and Anger. Emotions that sometimes- I myself have a hard time conveying thus, keeping them bottled up and stowed away.

Made sure to bring my flood light to enhance my installation . Process Post 1: Painted my bottles white, had to repaint it 5 times for it to become opaque. Bought corks then cut and sanded them to the size I wanted.  Process Post 2: Started creating 3 different particle animations using Maya. Had a hard time with this since it looked a lot different when rendered out but still decided to use them. Process Post 3: Rendering the animations with TWO computers because I needed to bring the footage to premiere as soon as I could. Created masks in premiere and later added some royalty free youtube vids of sparkles/ lightning to enhance the effect.