art summer project

Art summer project

Introduction

For my second year of art I have decided to use themes that have been a major influence in my life and have always piqued my interest, these themes are technology and nature referring to comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences using the styles of different artists along with the colours and textures of both technology and nature.

Chosen theme

After considering multiple ideas I have chosen the theme of technology and nature using elements primarily associated with juxtaposition to bring the two subjects together, also the two themes have a major impact on each other in the real world and that can be a focus within art allowing for multiple interpretations of this theme. The reason this theme was chosen overall is because both technology and nature are both major influences within my art and also my greatest point of interest as both are the result of both natural and unnatural selection as both adapt and change to the world around them but in very different ways that can be illustrated using juxtaposition. Nature and technology are both very broad and have many applications ranging from the saving of lives to the destruction of lives and all in-between.

Nature represents all things that are the products of millions of years of natural selection and elements that have existed longer than the earth itself and shows itself in a variety of forms, textures and even sounds and is perceived in many ways by different cultures in which it is resected, feared and even worshiped which I intend to show throughout the year. Nature is not only a physical theme, it is also physiological as nature can be shown for example in the behaviour of an organism that allows it to fully utilise its physical feature and not only survive, but thrive even in the most unforgiving environments.

Technology is both the same and the opposite as nature as the evolution of technology is completely controlled instead of left to the hand of chance, because of this technology changes much faster than natural organisms, also technology is created by humans therefore technology can only be related to nature to an extent as it was formed by organisms unless a religious perspective is taken then in that case then mankind is essentially the gods of our creations that have potential to have as much variety as the five kingdoms of organisms.  

Primary research

The primary research from technology and nature will be from either visiting various art exhibitions, personal experiences and the subjects of IT and biology.

Technology

The main research from the technology will be from observational studies of the systems provided for the information technology course in which I have access to, knowledge obtained from taking notes from lessons in IT. Also by utilising the technology which I have at home can be considered primary research. The main art gallery that can be visited for this topic would be the Coventry transport museum as it focuses in the advancement of technology used in automotive and devised used to enhance user experience, the centrepiece of the transport museum the thrust ssc is a primary example of technology as it was created to break the sound barrier and be the fastest land vehicle created and now is exhibited in the transport museum. 

Nature

The primary research for nature would be visiting and taking photos of natural environments such as walking trails and exhibitions meaning that most of the research regarding nature will be primary such as photos of environments and animals, also photos of people will also be primary.    

Secondary research

Secondary research is gathered from external sources such the internet, books and by word of mouth, for example during my information technology lesson I am required to research using various sources such as the internet and book information, biology especially requires information from a book. The research that I have gathered have been knowledge from lessons and internet research, such as the structure and functions of technology. In terms of biology mostly books were used to provide a visual understanding of the subject.  

Art summer project

Introduction

For my second year of art I have decided to use themes that have been a major influence in my life and have always piqued my interest, these themes are technology and nature referring to comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences using the styles of different artists along with the colours and textures of both technology and nature.

Chosen theme

After considering multiple ideas I have chosen the theme of technology and nature using elements primarily associated with juxtaposition to bring the two subjects together, also the two themes have a major impact on each other in the real world and that can be a focus within art allowing for multiple interpretations of this theme. The reason this theme was chosen overall is because both technology and nature are both major influences within my art and also my greatest point of interest as both are the result of both natural and unnatural selection as both adapt and change to the world around them but in very different ways that can be illustrated using juxtaposition. Nature and technology are both very broad and have many applications ranging from the saving of lives to the destruction of lives and all in-between.

Nature represents all things that are the products of millions of years of natural selection and elements that have existed longer than the earth itself and shows itself in a variety of forms, textures and even sounds and is perceived in many ways by different cultures in which it is resected, feared and even worshiped which I intend to show throughout the year. Nature is not only a physical theme, it is also physiological as nature can be shown for example in the behaviour of an organism that allows it to fully utilise its physical feature and not only survive, but thrive even in the most unforgiving environments.

Technology is both the same and the opposite as nature as the evolution of technology is completely controlled instead of left to the hand of chance, because of this technology changes much faster than natural organisms, also technology is created by humans therefore technology can only be related to nature to an extent as it was formed by organisms unless a religious perspective is taken then in that case then mankind is essentially the gods of our creations that have potential to have as much variety as the five kingdoms of organisms.  

Primary research

The primary research from technology and nature will be from either visiting various art exhibitions, personal experiences and the subjects of IT and biology.

Technology

The main research from the technology will be from observational studies of the systems provided for the information technology course in which I have access to, knowledge obtained from taking notes from lessons in IT. Also by utilising the technology which I have at home can be considered primary research. The main art gallery that can be visited for this topic would be the Coventry transport museum as it focuses in the advancement of technology used in automotive and devised used to enhance user experience, the centrepiece of the transport museum the thrust ssc is a primary example of technology as it was created to break the sound barrier and be the fastest land vehicle created and now is exhibited in the transport museum. 

Nature

The primary research for nature would be visiting and taking photos of natural environments such as walking trails and exhibitions meaning that most of the research regarding nature will be primary such as photos of environments and animals, also photos of people will also be primary.    

Secondary research

Secondary research is gathered from external sources such the internet, books and by word of mouth, for example during my information technology lesson I am required to research using various sources such as the internet and book information, biology especially requires information from a book. The research that I have gathered have been knowledge from lessons and internet research, such as the structure and functions of technology. In terms of biology mostly books were used to provide a visual understanding of the subject.