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- 2. The current unit of ‘global contexts’ intrigues me as a former geography student; I believe fixing global issues should be pre-eminent for our generation. The topic I’ve always resonated with is the refugee crisis. I’ve visited refugees in Sicily and learnt, in-depth, about the journey crossing the Mediterranean. I plan to encompass and convey these emotions in a painting or mixed media piece (depending on how my workshops go). I’m branching out and trying the print workshop, as well as painting to try new medias as I hope to create mixed media pieces towards the end of this unit – I’m also interested in collage as a media. My main research source will be the media as they are at the frontier of all political and global crises. I will look back at past exhibitions of Deanna Tyson to illustrate how I was inspired to start this project in my research file. As far as my own practice is concerned, I am choosing to continue my exploration of the female nude with more concentration on the concepts of concealment, power and ownership - I would like to try exercise these through fabric. Any risks associated with my work practice would be from the process of sewing. The refugee crisis is a sensitive subject, and the way I obtain my research must remain ethical. I will not seek out narratives from vulnerable groups of refugees as it would cause distress; I will however get into contact with Norwich’s local refugee organisation (New Routes) for any helpful information they have on raising awareness. As part of my exploration into the job world, I want to create a set of prints related to the female nude, sell them and gain professional experience to aid my employability and skills sets. Statement of Intent 296 words
- 3. CONTENTS: PART ONE... - WORKSHOP OUTCOMES & OWN PRACTICE PART TWO... - GLOBAL CONTEXTS - WHAT DOES HOME MEAN TO ME? - “HIRAETH” & “UTOPIA” & “EUPHORIA” - DROWNING IN LOCKDOWN
- 4. KICK KICK STAR STAR TER TER PRO PRO JECT JECT P A R T O N E : Wo r k s h o p O u t c o m e s & O w n P r a c t i c e
- 5. Kate Chaplin in Mask @ Saint Georges Building
- 7. “A sketch has charm because of its truth - not because it is unfinished” Charles Hawthorn In the painting workshops, I had my first try using oil paints - still focusing my subject matter on the female nude. I worked on the under painting of a figure and chose to keep it without further layers of oil paint to reflect how incomplete but beautiful the human body can be. I treated it as a painted sketch. The body is lifes canvas; billions of unfinished pieces of work roaming the world. SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER / NOVEMBER
- 12. P A R T T W O : G l o b a l C o n t e x t s
- 13. In this unit, I want to raise awareness for the immigration crisis that desperately needs government attention; neglected despite being one of the most crucial, with new laws stating homeless immigrants are liable for deportation, only fuelling the problem.
- 14. T h e J u n g l e C a l a i s
- 19. COLLAGES i. centred around the journey itself across the mediterranean. ii. based on mind map with respects to the politically charged and endeverous year we have just experienced. iii. reflects the culture and story behind what it means to be a refugee.
- 22. INITIAL IDEAS INIT IDEAS INITIAL IDEA INITIAL IDEAS INIT IDEAS INITIAL IDEA INITIAL IDEAS INIT IDEAS INITIAL IDEA INITIAL IDEAS INIT IDEAS INITIAL IDEA INITIAL IDEAS INIT IDEAS INITIAL IDEA INITIAL IDEAS INIT IDEAS INITIAL IDEA INITIAL IDEAS INIT IDEAS INITIAL IDEA INITIAL IDEAS INIT IDEAS INITIAL IDEA INITIAL IDEAS INIT
- 23. TIAL IDEAS INITIAL AS INITIAL IDEAS TIAL IDEAS INITIAL AS INITIAL IDEAS TIAL IDEAS INITIAL AS INITIAL IDEAS TIAL IDEAS INITIAL AS INITIAL IDEAS TIAL IDEAS INITIAL AS INITIAL IDEAS TIAL IDEAS INITIAL AS INITIAL IDEAS TIAL IDEAS INITIAL AS INITIAL IDEAS TIAL IDEAS INITIAL AS INITIAL IDEAS TIAL IDEAS INITIAL Here are my initial sketches/ideas for my interim exhibition piece, inspired by the journey taken by refugees crossing the Mediterranean. The painting will be large scale and I wanted to create an atmosphere using a deep and cold colour scheme and a moving composition that conveys the sense of isolation and emphasises the width and loneliness of the sea. INITIAL IDEAS
- 25. n n ‘Maritime Runaway’ 120cm x 94cm x 3.5cm Acrylic paint on canvas. My politically germane piece is an atmospheric still conveying the horrific journey taken by 76,558 Mediterranean migrants in 2019. This crisis needs immediate attention by governments around the world and I intend to raise awareness for those in need using my art form. A new law was passed in recent weeks, that states homeless migrants are liable for deportation; this is scary to most and I have attempted to capture this emotion using my solemn colour palette and lonesome composition. ‘Maritime Runaway’, an overpowering, romantic landscape, is a symbol of our poor efforts at helping those in desperate need of shelter. Please look at https://newroutes.org.uk/ for more information on how you can help aid the refugee crisis in Norwich.
- 26. W H AT DOES HOME MEAN TO me? P A R T T W O :
- 27. SCAN TO BE TAKEN TO MY YOUTUBE VIDEO (use phone camera) I will explore the meaning of ‘home’ to me and those around me; I will first use photography, collage and digital art to begin this exploration.
- 28. ILLUSTRATIONS OF NORWICH LANDMARKS: I use the work ‘landmark’ to describe a structure important to me that can be used to reflect what home means to me. A CCOMMODATION
- 29. N O R W ICH CATHEDERA L Back in Cambridge, I worked for most of my adolescence in a church so illustrating Norwich cathederal was apt for my journey as I adapt to LOCKDOWN life in Norwich.
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- 33. perspective r w i c h
- 35. Matilda Downs Nature Reserve, Fulbourn “Vibrancy & Colour” Her expression of what HOME means. Photogeaphy: Imogen Downs
- 36. home.
- 41. what does home mean to you what does home mean to you?
- 43. ALEX LOOMBE ALEX LOOMBE Year 1 Architecture, NUA What does home mean to you? What does home mean to you? “I guess it’s kind of difficult to explain what home means to me, how can you explain something that is everything? Home is more than just a place, it’s a feeling. Everything is based off of home life; my relationships, my creativity and my work ethic. Home has taught me so much, especially over the past year. I am so much more creative than I first thought and I have realised that I need to grab every opportunity I can. This is what home has taught me over the past year. I had never thought about how much I take home for granted until the first lockdown in 2020; I am so lucky to be able to stay in a healthy and happy environment so I can continue to grow as a person. At times like this, I ask, what about those without a home, or even a country. How can we expect our world to evolve when some people have no home? Why isn’t there help? How can you expect someone to truly live without a home or support. We must support refugees and the homeless through these difficult times, because without our support, their world and our own will just go backwards. Imagine how difficult starting friendships or a new job would be if you didn’t have the support of a home when you grew up...” LOCKDOWN @alex.loombe
- 46. COLLABORATION RATION I asked my house mates to draw, doodle, scribble, anything COL
- 47. LLABORATIONCOLLABORAT that they thought represented what home meant to them.
- 49. MY SPACE; YOUR SPACE collage and acyril paint on board When thinking about the notion of home, belonging and personal space, I realise that lockdown has caused my personal space to become a shrine to my boredom. I used home magazines to create this homely, living room layout that I can use to represent my home. I want to find a way to share my space with others, but that’s not possible with COVID-19. Instead, I have created a mobile space, an area that feels and looks like home to me, that I can share. Sharing ones home is a deeply personal expression of inclusion. ‘MY SPACE; YOUR SPACE’ conveys my longing for that emotional connection to a space, whether it’s my own or someone elses, and the gift that is sharing in a place you call home.
- 50. H I R A E T H a homesickness for a home you cannot return to or that never was. P A R T T W O :
- 51. S O C I A L D I S T A N C
- 52. lockd o w n .
- 53. c o v i d-19
- 54. These photos were collated around the areas of Norwich I affiliate with as I tackle my homesickness engendered by this lockdown. I photographed friends and acquaintances I bumped into on my amble around my city, aswell as enthralling landmarks, landscapes and all that make me belong.
- 55. N O R W ICH
- 57. PIA PIA a word used to describe a perfect imaginary world.
- 59. home we may never return to is the age before COVID-19 and its’ first lockdown. I almost completely disregarded this part of my life as lost, I miss experiencing life without the confinds of quarantine. Each photograph of Norwich reflects my hope for its return, as well as my doubt that it never will. ‘A home that never was’ is a strange concept; when I think of it, I see a Utopia and I find myselfanimatedinjoy. However, our population wistfully refuses to hope for and put the effort in to create a brighter and more colourful world. This emotion incompassed with my desire for a utopic home, encouraged my next photoshoot in which I have collaborated with Victoria Houps, Year 2 BA Photography student of NUA. Together, we created a collection of portraits titled ‘euphoria’, that express, using colour, vibrance and style, my passionate longing for a euphoric home to paradoxically, somehow, emerge from this global pandemic. A
- 60. Trees They are the epitome of nostalgia as their ancestral nature represents Earth’s character before it was ours: before it became our home. We can’t return to the untouched world; it remains extinct, a mystery for our generation to mourn.
- 61. I deem trees as fragments of a fable; each sapling a differnt verse of a poem. Nature has always been profoundly parnassian to me. Amongst it all, I felt compelled to write a poem to express my longing for a verdant utopia we all can share in.
- 62. The Garden Eden is what they call you An Arcady opposing the hell on earth led by tyrants And nirvana is no name for a saint’s home The Elysian Fields are only a reality away Accessed by the sweet ecstasy of animated euphoria Heaven on earth led by tyrants opposing the rapture All I seek is bliss in its entirety in my own idyll Exulting in a utopia full of home Sung of in rhapsody by seven billion voices Homeless is what they call me Poem by Imogen Downs Cow Tower, Norwich, Norfolk
- 64. euphoria
- 65. hiraeth Photography: Victoria Houps Editing: Imogen Downs
- 68. i miss feeling at home, don’t you?
- 69. HOME = UTOPIA HOME = UTOPI HOME = UTOP HOME = UTO HOME = UT HOME = U HOME = U DECIDE
- 70. D R O W N I N G I N L O C K D O W N L O C K D O W N collaboration with Victoria Houps PHOTOGRAPHY: VICTORIA HOUPS EDITING: IMOGEN DOWNS
- 71. Victoria Houps photographed me for her ‘All Human’ project engrossed around the concept of what makes someone human. I used this project as an outlet to express how adrift and lost I felt with respects to the third and feasibly final lockdown that has inundated England. The struggle to breathe for air both under the mask, and amongst the bedlam that is the state of our country, is eating away at ambition and patience. Perpetual barriors arise with everything we do, we all feel held back, held down, like we are drowning.
- 74. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Victoria Houps Oli Elson Matilda Downs Tom Baksh Ikram Ali Kate Chaplin Lewis Stanford Alex Loombe Bethan Oilver
- 76. Created and Designed by Imogen Downs Submission Magazine for BA2a