Experimentation

I was toying with the idea of making 3 small, really small, canvases & on them showing this progression of legacies & the role of women, down the line of women in my family, from my great-grandma to me. The first canvas would posses the legacy and heirlooms of my grandma. The second canvas would show my mummy's legacy. And the final canvas will be me, showing how their have shaped me & maybe what legacy i wish to create. Each canvas will have rhizomes, showing our connection though the generations.

Rhizomes

In philosophy, the term rhizome has been used a both a metaphor & a concept, & refers to the botanical rhizome, which is the roots of plants that grow underground in long strands.

Carl Jung used the word 'Rhizome' to emphasize the invisible & underground nature of life. Rhizomes were a concept we explored in Year 10 in our Serendipity unit. I want to use Rhizomes in some of my body of work to show the connection of my family generations, I want to use them to show that although through each generation of the women in my family there have been progressions in values & their roles & the legacies, that they all all connected underneath. I want to show that some values or roles run constant through the generations, also showing that the latest generation is the product of the past.

Christo

& the late Jeanne-Claude
"Wrapped Coast, Little Bat, One Million Square Feet, Sydney, Australia, 1968-69"

Here are their first sketches of the idea, i would like this kind of look to come through in my sketches. i like how delicate they look. I also like this sketch with the blue in it, i want only small bits of colour in my sketches.


Here are the photos of the finished work.

Sharon Green

I was rather drawn to these photographs of Green's. Although i wouldn't say that the concept of her work relates very closely to my ideas, i do think they relate on some level. She explores the hobby of hunting & in the image 'Never Hunting' she shows the hunted deer head on the natal piece showcased as a prize. The deer head is put up on the mantelpiece as an object of value, showcasing the effort that was put behind it being there. i think that this relates to the ideas i want to explore, as we work out whole lives, evolving, gaining knowledge, changing our values & beliefs, & our legacies are the only remaining aspect of that work in our lives when we pass on. Our legacies are kind of like the deer head on the mantelpiece.