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| The rope with l.e.d.'s inside. |
The question has been raised about what on earth is going on with Cast in the Past and its a bit of a long story...... an allegorical one at that. Some stories can only ever be considered just that .....stories but in the case of my degree show work the characters escape from 2D fiction into 3D real life. They do this by means of an anchor which has been thrown out through the window and these people are attached to it using a rope. The doors needed to be burst open for this phantasmagorical event to take place. I need some more detailed pictures of the hands that are holding the rope methinks.
It turns into a bit of a tug of war between what is considered to be real and those other things regarded as fabrication. Personally I think life is more fun when the line between these two things are blurred. Perhaps its advisable to take a ladder down a rabbit hole with you but I certainly don't think Alice would agree! Unfortunately this work is the kind of thing that really needs to be seen face to face to get. You can see it for yourself if you can get down to New Designers in London between Wednesday and Saturday next week.
I like double meanings and in this case scenario the rope looks like an umbilical chord and the anchor does look a bit like an embryo. This wasn't deliberate, the glass was in control. I was stretched for time trying to do so much in a short time space so I just allowed it to happen.
The anchor actually lights up and there is an animation projected onto the central characters face which you can watch if you scroll through my blog. Unfortunately its not dark enough here to see it in all its glory. Hopefully I'll get some more pictures of it when its on tour throughout the summer. The real beauty of what happened here was that I was asked to move my work unexpectedly as it had really annoyed somebody so I almost had to anchor myself onto it to prevent that from happening. It would have been quite a scene if I'd had to attach myself onto it along with all the other characters!!
In this case fantasy certainly did become a reality and I'm quite proud of this fact although it was really unpleasant at the time. Just to show I've still been busy since I finished my degree here is my new business card design of which I am also very proud!!
