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I made 2 diferent collages using past work i had put away: Images of faces doing expressions, used in the past for portrait unit; paper with marks of printing i've kept for other past works as well.

My intention was to create a composition with these, which i experimented before compromising to a definite one.

I then decided to apply some stitching, inspired by Annegret Soltau, but in a diferent way that would work and provoke impact within my collage.

The hand of this one was accidental, i had it cut out already but was distracted doing some more research and when i looked down, i had it on top of my collage and i felt like it worked really well! Happy accidents!

Digital Manipulation: i decide to montage the 2 different collages to create the digital, where i overlaid and played about with diferent settings.

Part I

Annegret Soltau (born 16 January 1946) is a German visual artist, born in Lüneburg, Germany. Her work marks a fundamental reference point in the art of the 1970s and 1980s. Photomontages of her own body and face sewn over or collaged with black thread are the most well-known works of the German artist.

“My main interest is the integration of body processes in my work, in order to connect body and spirit as equal parts.” 

”When I tear out the face of my own portrait, it is not the aspect of destruction which interests me, but I want to find new meanings and significant connections.“

For this workshop i experimented with diferent images i had already at home from past works and the intention was to create something inspired by Adam Pendleton. I'm using the sentence "Mind the Gap" which i saw in an old photo i took in a train station, but the reason i decided to use its because of the deeper meaning this can have in a social and political sense. Meaning the Gap between people and economic levels and how we treat each other, specially now in Pandemic times, where people create even more of a "Gap" between them, among other things. I felt this sentence was very appropriate in so many levels.

After playing a bit with composition i decided to make a stencil of the sentence and experiment with that, using some spray paint.

Digital manipulation response:

I liked both coloured and black and white, but i like more how you can see the textures on the coloured one.

Wassily Kandinsky (1866 – 1944) - He was a Russian painter, art theorist and a printmaker. He is considered the first artists to do abstract works. His works are full of lines, dots and shapes that represent various things.

Allison Kunath - Calirfornia painter and muralist based in Los Angeles. Her work is a self reflective examination of how she connects with her community. Her murals can be found in the US, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica.

Koosje Kunath - Illustrator and art teacher from Amsterdam. Worked for 10years as a Award-winning professional photographer but eventually her love for drawing and painting took over and she became an illustrator. Her work as simples as it is, tells as story and is focuses on the beauty of the mundane, which ties up so perfectly with current project! I find her drawing to be very interesting and her videos online are so inspiring!