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Vik Muniz

Muniz was born 20th of December 1961 in São Paulo Brazil, now living and working in New York and Rio de Janeiro. Muniz is a Brazilian artist and photographer. He primarily works with unconventional materials such as tomato sauce, diamonds, magazine clippings, dust and dirt. 

At 18 Muniz got his first job working in advertisement. Muniz travelled to Chicago in 1983, using money he had got after being accidentally shot in the leg. In Chicago he worked in a local shop while attending night school to study English. 

Muniz was inspired by the work of Man Ray and Max ErnstHe decided to become an artist after seeing the post modernist work of Cindy Sherman and Jeff Koons. Muniz often says he doesn’t believe in originals but rather believes in individuality.

He attained awards such as the 2013 Crystal Award by the World Economic Forum. Davos-Klosters, Switzerland and the 2005 National Artist Award granted by the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Colorado. 

Muniz created a giant installation paper boat, made of news clippings about migrant deaths. Deaths of perhaps 900 people in the Mediterranean, due to peoples ignorance towards migrants. He stated that ‘the project is a metaphor for a vessel, something that saves you, takes you from one place to another. It’s not a criticism; it’s a platform. Once you’ve seen it and you’ve thought about it, you might have the need to discuss it…’  this piece was Muniz response to the migrant death’s crisis at the time, a boat carrying migrants from Libya capsized leaving up to 360 people dead in October 2013. This is a 45 feet paper boat that sailed the canals.

For some Muniz’s Venice piece is not enough, a writer from the Guardian claims that the artist might be trivializing a tragic humanitarian and political crisis.

“Will it be a powerful or in any way adequate artistic response to this vile betrayal of common humanity? An interview with Muniz online suggests not,”

“Perhaps, in theory, it seemed reasonable to make a vaguely thought-provoking, ‘playful’ piece about migration,”  “But now the scale of our cruelty, the true consequences of all the rhetoric that dehumanizes migrants, have become so lethally clear, surely art on such a theme should be less equivocal, more angry,” - Jonathan Jones (the guardian)

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Assessment set up.

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I painted 5 paper boats in this piece. One for each year which I suffered with eating disorders. The boats float away from the harsh and violent waves of the waterfall. For me this indicates an escape. I splashed paint on the work using a paint brush, this adding texture and release as the motions of splashing the paint was very free and wide. This showing a reluctance to hide or stay small.

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George Wyllie

Born December 31st 1921 and passing the 15th of may 2021.

In the 80’s Wyllie emerged into the contemporary art scene, this bothered some people as Wyllie’s life was seen as ‘too good’ to be able to create contemporary art and he seemed to have upset some people through his ‘playfully serious art’.

Born in Glasgow Wyllie trained as an engineer with the post office. Serving in the Royal Navy from 1942- 1946. 

Wyllie attained awards such as the Scottish arts council travel award in 1977, the Calouste Gulbenkian award for the paper boat in 1989 and the Scottish arts council creative Scotland award for standing stones of Scotland in 2000.

Wyllie was a customs and excise officer for 30 years before becoming a full time artist in his 50’s. He made work in his home until he was in his 80’s, dying at the age of 90.

Wyllie’s ‘paper boat’ was built in 1989 and sailed through Glasgow, London, Antwerp, Dumfries and the east coast of Scotland. It was 78feet in length the ‘paper boat’ had a steel frame covered with sheets of plastic and gauze, Velcro’s together. 

‘We used to build ships like Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary, and I thought we’re not building anything of any consequence now; we can only build paper boats. So I came up with this cock-and-bull story about an order from the Origami Line to build a paper boat.’- George Wyllie.

Funded by Gulbenkian ‘Paper Boat ‘ provoked different interpretations in every place it went. The boat made its ‘final voyage’ in 1996, sailing under the fourth bridges to Inverkeithing shipbreaker where it was dismantled. This was seen as a loss of the West of Scotland. 

Wyllie’s feeling of loss at the disappearance old Glasgows shipbuilding industry inspired his ‘Paper Boat’ Using engineering, street theatre, visual art and performance. Wyllie wanted the visual beauty of the piece to be appreciated just as much as the political aspect. Wyllie admitted, ‘we were never sure what QM stood for. It’s always good not to know something about what you’re doing. We had notions it might mean Queen Mary or Question Mark or Questioning Mind’. 

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written on the boats is my letter which is addressed to my younger self. I let 5 boats sail down the river, one for each year which I struggled with an eating disorder. for me sailing the boats represents letting go of those years or freeing my younger self from the pressure of body image.

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film stills

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hand made canvas.

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Edited images

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3D paper boat.

Using a A1 sheet of paper I wrote some highlighted words for me in red paint. This making them stand out and grab the attention. Using words like “woman” “diet” and “700”. I also used gold foil to emphasise the beauty which is hidden among these words of hate and suffering. I then folded it into a paper boat -which symbolised a few things for me- the innocence which was lost as I spent my childhood counting calories and measuring out grains of rice. Also representing the journey I took to recovery, letting go of my past self and that idea of innocence. The writing on the boat is that of the letter which I wrote to my younger self. Sailing the boat suggests that I am sending the letter to myself.

Unedited pictures

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Layered print for 3D work. I overlayed my written letter to myself using screen printing. I did this to create an ineligible and chaotic page of work. I used different opacities of ink by adding more medium to the ink in each layer and by moving the paper slightly each time it allowed me to fully fill the page. I did this on both sides so that when folded into my 3D form the text is visible from all angles.

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MY EXPERIENCES

Over the span of 4 years, I struggled with eating disorders which I often ignored and did not see as a problem because I was a heavy child. By the age of 13 I was at the gym every evening, restricting my food intake, comparing myself to everyone else. Scared of any foods that wasn't in my daily routine. Once I couldn't keep this up I stopped going to the gym but only allowed myself 700 calories a day. This became difficult to keep up and I would then binge eat, which soon led me to a long battle with bulimia and joining pro anorexia and pro bulimia websites and chatrooms.

It was drilled into my head that my worth was determined by my weight, I was happy once I wasn't the largest person in the room. I was ashamed of who I was.

I have been recovering for 2 years now and am in a much better place and am ready to share my story and struggles through a creative outlet. My struggle has inspired my work and encouraged me to not only represent how I felt during my disorder but also portray my recovery.

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FIRST PAPER BOAT EXPERIMENT

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PAPER BOAT MIND MAPS

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Why I have chose paper boats.

after waking up in the middle of the night to the thought of paper boats I was inspired to do work of paper boats. For me the idea of letting a paper boat float away represented letting my past self go and setting my younger, innocent self free. This could also represent letting go of my past mistakes, thoughts and disorders. letting those thoughts move on. using a boat made of paper (as opposed to a stronger and more sturdy material) suggests fragility, I will emphasise the fragility of the situation by using a letter addressed to my younger self as the structure of the boat. This could be that I am sending the letter to myself. I also thought of being buried at sea, I am burring my past self (the letter).

After initially thinking of paper boats I researched what they symbolised. I found more than I expected. 'Paper boats often symbolise life. Like life, the paper boat won't float forever and eventually, it will sink because everything has an end. And like life the paper boat is fragile and can easily be destroyed.' In Stephen King's 'IT' George's boat represented innocence. it can also represent a journey, a crossing, adventure and exploration. In dreams; a boat represents that you want something in your life to change.

In a way I feel as though my boat represents all of those things.