Preview of the final installation!

The Remote Viewer

This work presents two different views of a city which no longer exists.

Using archive images of Leeds, the installation explores the photograph as representation of loss – the impossibility of time-travel, despite our saturation in pictures and traces of the past. By placing these artefacts back in the scenes in which they came from, the modern city is re-haunted by a change we can no longer fathom, by the scale of urban transformation which has taken place.

Two views of the same city are contrasted. Godfrey Bingley’s vision of a bucolic Headingley, just before its rapid urbanisation, and Leeds Corporation’s record of a condemned slum on Quarry Hill. All of the original images used were taken between 1888 and 1910, but the lost cities they represent seem very different – which is not to say they can be easily categorised – urban or rural, rich or poor, heaven or hell.

Rephotography usually tries to take exactly the same photo again, so we can compare then with now. But all these locations have transformed beyond recognition, so here the images of past and present cannot be reconciled. In attempting to take the rephotographs anyway, the form deconstructs itself. Further deconstruction is provided by the accompanying sound, recorded at various stages of the image-making: scanning the glass plates, walking the two areas looking for the disappeared streets, and the sound of the camera itself, recording the new views of Leeds. Quarry Hill is being developed again. We can hear the sound of construction in the background, haunting the old images from the future.

This is the final output of my vector tutorial last time :-)

I have decided to design a look book to explain how Stella McCartney sustainably source their wool. This would be placed in stores and explain to the customer how the process works and how they can use the system in the store to identify which items of clothing are part of this range.

As i have started using the "E" as the mark for this branding identity, the idea would be that on the labels and signs around the shop, the 'E' would feature to show that that item of clothing is part of the sustainability range.

I will be using this article be stella mccartney and how they source and use their wool sustainably to inform the content of the look book. and will be accompanied by a series of collage designs to promote the items of clothing and the journey the wool has taken to be in the store.

Florescentia | If Walls Could Talk

Our final output, “If Walls Could Talk”, is an output where we will incorporate all the lessons learned in AESTETA. For me, This final output will be a challenging one because this is where I determine and know how my mindset and thinking changed as I develop ideas in aesthetics. Throughout the course, I can clearly tell that I improved on how I see art. Analyzing art is important to us as we make our own understanding and interpretation to a certain artwork. This output gave me the challenge to think critically as to what I’m gonna do that represents me for who I am as a person. 

For my process of doing this project, I thought of something that really impacted my life in general that I want to revisit every time. Of course, I want it to be as creative as possible because I also want to impress not just my professors but also myself. I made sure that I incorporated parts of the lessons that were tackled throughout the term. 

Just like what I’ve mentioned in my video presentation, Thomas Aquinas really made an impact in my installation because it enables us to perceive the underlying structure and purpose of the world, beauty can be viewed as a form of knowledge. It's not just about having fun with your senses; rather, it's about acknowledging the divine intelligence that made the world and gave it meaning and purpose. As for my installation, I acknowledge that the garden of flowers have their different meaning and purpose about my growth as a human being.

3 strengths: - The ability to synthesize different concepts from multiple sources in order to elevate the point I want to make.

- The ability to write descriptive, flowery prose even though I know that it might not be effective/necessary sometimes.

A strange ambience lingers in the air, in the halls, above single-leaf magazines splayed out on crooked oak, in whispers, in yawns, and in the silence that follows. Tiny-spiked boots click-clack against hard cement floors, and tiny musky fingers thumb through glossy yearbook pages and memories of old. Inside, a muted white light flickers, illuminating a ghost town of a school office after working hours. Outside, a watercolor sky of pinks and teals and oranges begins to fall.

What were once rowdy football children have been reduced to their purest forms: dusk creatures glowing with gold and innocence and love in their hearts. They are peaceful, muddled by nothing but the tick of a wall clock and the shallow breaths of a tiring day. They are raw, sincere, no longer flighty about Little Rascals taunts and cooties, but tender with the mutual sentiment that comes with chasing a ball on the ground together from harsh light to sundown. Grasping the rough stitches of their bags, clutching their lunchboxes to their chests, they lull in a shared silence and wait to be picked up.

Here’s a couplet I wrote that I believe allowed me to get more comfortable with writing poetry.

you laugh now but eventually you’ll see i’ll carry on twenty-three’s legacy

I thought about how an ambitious young Kobe so intensely desired to be like Michael Jordan (#23) and thought it was cute. I decided to write about it.