18/8 The BEGINNING of blogmadblog (1st blog ever)

Starting a blog, its seems like a good way of making me journal my thoughts/ideas/processes/questions etc for documentation purposes of my MAD (Masters in Art & Design), I have been very slack in terms of this thus far :/


I most definitely welcome discussion, comments, or suggestions, -however know this will be somewhat boring for an outsider to view! I won't blame you for getting confused (as I am), lost (as I am), going crazy along the way (if you stay that long) as I will be (and am) also.


Its already started...

Abstract:

Not enough nature

This visual arts project explores nature and a present day disconnection to it. It investigates the effects that technology, fear, and urbanisation has had on people’s connection to nature -asking why people have digressed from it and how can art encourage people to become more aware of it?

Multidisciplinary mediums within installation are explored in order to express this disconnection and create an awareness of the widening gap between humans and nature. Final works are aimed to present an allegorical image that encourages the viewer to step outside and experience the real thing; as "The meaning of a life is not to be found in anything other than that life itself" (Lefebvre, 1991, p. 145).