Georgia Hillas Spatial Art

If I were to actualise this project, I would order a custom 2m sphere from Jalex, and have a laser cut stencil of the QR code applied to the ball to spray paint a crisp QR code. 

Mirror Glow (Oriental Green), 2017 Stainless steel and lacquer 66 9/10 × 66 9/10 × 7 9/10 in; 170 × 170 × 20 cm

Mirror Glow is a geometric circular form that flips reality upside down. 

Sky Mirror, on view Rockefeller Center from Sep 19, 2006 – Oct 27, 2006.

It was a  ‘35-foot-diameter concave mirror made of polished stainless steel’ 

‘Since the mid-1990s he has explored the notion of the void, creating works that seem to—and sometimes do—recede into the distance, disappear into walls or floors, or otherwise destabilise our assumptions about the physical world.’ (Public Art Fund, 2006)

He is interested in the non-object whereby the work reflection allows the work to blend into its surroundings, making the object invisible. 

I am interested in this material quality of the work, his use of a reflective surface to cast an image of society. 

After applying a second coat of the paint, the overall shine and reflection still wasn’t a quality that I would like. To achieve my desired outcome I believe purchasing a pre-made large mirror ball is my best option. 

The glass ball shattered soon after,  I didn’t have the chance to paint on a QR code. 

Here is possible option for purchasing a more durable and effective mirror sphere. 

Large Gazing Globe on Amazon

Inspiration Image - this will be how the final object will look (with the QR code added) 

Process of plastering a medicine ball...

Finished layering bandages...

Additional plaster for thickness.... 

Jeff Koons, Gazing Ball‘s Exhibition at the Gagosian gallery in New York

Koons had 35 masterpieces repainted with a little shelf added to hole a shiny, reflective blue sphere of “gazing ball”. Bauble often used as garden ornaments. 

Koons said that the gazing ball “represents the vastness of the universe and at the same time the intimacy of right here, right now”.

Looking into the gazing ball, the viewer sees oneself within the shiny reflection alongside the masterpiece.  “This experience is about you,” says Koons, “your desires, your interests, your participation, your relationship with this image.”

“not about being a copy, this is about this union, the concept of participating” 

As I will be able to photograph the mirror ball, I will replicate it with an existing 3D model from the Sketch Up application 

Further Development:

Little versions of the large mirror balls  would be scattered around the QUT campus near Z block. The all have QR code printed onto the mirror surface. This code will lead them to an Instagram that has filtered images of the environment in which the project takes place. They will be unfiltered images taken by someone anonymous. Anyone could end up on the feed. It will capture the everyday mundane, blasé, joyful, dejected moods of daily life. It is a behind the scenes page, a contrast to the highly curated idealised common Instagram feeds. It is an honest mirror to society. 

Here is a trial of the Rust-oleum Mirror Effect spray paint.

My first patch trial worked, however, when spraying the entire ball, the mirror effect wasn’t overly successful.

Pre-existing Christmas decoration, I would like to somehow re-create this in a greater size. 

I trailed painting a medicine ball (for scale), and think that a possibility might be to create a silicon mold of this ball and then spray paint it. 

I would like to have these scattered in all different locations around the university. 

One idea is to somehow recreate them using perspex or a clear material that I will then add text to using the sand blower. 

Blenheim Palace 2017 

In an interview, Olafur Eliasson states that art is a reality machine and socially engages the world.  Art has the capacity to verbalise what you feel but have not yet verbalised yourself. It creates a space where you can share ideas without necessarily having to agree.

I am interested in this idea of having the viewer interact with their silhouette form that is created as a result from a projected vibrant light. In my installation, I would like for the perspex to cast a vibrant light onto the passers by so that their body forms a silhouette on the ground. 

Your uncertain shadow (colour), 2010 Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, 2010 Photo: Jens Ziehe

Experimentation of how I will add text to the perspex. 

Here I have used stencil stickers and the sand blower. The block is purely there to support the perspex. 

I think this technique is quite effective and would like to try it on the materials listed below once purchased. 

Purchase this in a few different colours 

Testing how I will create lettering - here is a trial using the sand blower and masking tape 

Gona Parade  - where people sit in between classes or walk through on their way to class - often looking at their screen -  acts as a symbol and prompt to look up

- the large sheets of perspex will hang from the trees and lights will shine on them at night to cause a reflection on the ground below

- during the day the sunlight will create the reflection