John Wynne

John Wynne is a sound artist, his work ranges from huge installations to delicate sculptural works and im some pieces he creates interesting reflections of order and chaos.

I was drawn to the simple block forms of the speakers within a blank,masked space.

Geoffrey Manton evaluation

I began this project from reading the book by Oliver Sacks ‘The Man who mistook his wife for a hat’. The book is made up of a series of short stories each are individual stories about Oliver Sack’s patients suffering from unusual forms of dementia. In one part of the book the patient can’t seem to remember when asked what a glove is? He instead describes what its possible functions could be

-          A continuous surface

-          Infolded on itself

-          Five outpouchings

-          A container of some sort

-          It would contain its contents

 

From these descriptions I then began to approach the making of my samples reflecting them.

On visiting the Geoffrey Manton building itself I wanted to see how the space affected me and how I felt within the space. I felt that the space was striving to preserve some kind of identity through the large pristine, blank spaces. The shapes within made up of lines and gestural markings, shapes due to their masked nature were barely there.

 

My intention would be to create a series of five abstract forms, taking inspiration from the descriptions and merging my thoughts of the building to make a temporary installation. Each separate element would be made from a silk organza fabric measuring a metre by a quarter of a metre and would contain abstract casts of plaster forms within them. So as not to distract from the pieces themselves I believe the best way of attaching them to the space would be by fixing a Perspex rod to the wall and inserting eyelets into each piece, attached with a strong fishing wire to the Perspex rod.

 

 I want the plaster bags to have a somewhat ghostly presence to reflect the idea of a fading memory or thought, relating back to the presence of the building and how you can feel lost within a space of lifeless abstractions. Portraying how the patients suffering from memory loss must have felt, with their worlds gradually fading around them almost loosing the very idea of seeing, seeing something for what it truly is.

Space and placement.

 

 

 

Considering the space and placement of the work. Making a series of five plaster bags hanging central within the space. I think this is possibly the best place for these particular pieces to be exhibited due to heir delicate nature I believe the corridor space would not be ideal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plaster Sacks

It could contain its contents..
Making a series of silk organza hanging forms contaning abstract casts of plaster. Thinking about potentially making five plaster bags, to carry on the theme of the five outpouchings.

Stitched graphs

Making stitched samples using french knots to plot the shapes and then masking the stitching with layers of silk organza, showing how the marks can fade away like a memory. Likewise I created gridded drawings and layered them with tracing paper to create the idea that they are fading.