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The two corners are meant to represent the clash between the old generation of “powerful” people, and the younger generation of people who are quickly becoming much more aware of the world around them.

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Finishing the entrance.  I used melted down hummus pots sown together into strips and hung them in the entrance. I did this to show something decorative made out of something recycled, and also to add extra interest to the experience of entering the space. I was lent a curtain by my teacher Gale, which worked really well. Using a door was a very last minute decision, my Dad was chucking it out and it was the last few days of FMP. However, I had been thinking about how I could design the entrance. Originally, this was meant to be a series of layers that people had to get through, inspired by movie “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.” During this time though, I had realised I wanted to style my exhibition as a child’s den, and I remembered back to being a child and making dens out of anything I could find; old chairs, ladders, scrap wood etc. So, I thought this would fit perfectly. The entire project I had been contemplating different ways I could add allure to entice the audience to enter, even though I didn’t want it to be apparent what was on the inside. So the door is great, because you can see a little what might be inside so you become curious, but you have to actually enter and get up close to observe the details and get a feel for what it’s about. 

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Final bits of detail. I thought the plastic I had applied to the walls looked like smoke/ pollution, so I drew on a power station. It filled the space well. I wrote on it “are you really comfortable now”. I keep writing this because most aspects of life which damage the environment, are caused by a means of making people more comfortable/ at ease, for example fast fashion, fast food, cars, money.

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Previously, when I had considered using cardboard on the floor, I wrote text onto the cardboard. I decided instead to paint the floor, however I really liked the text that written. So I wrote it on the walls in the last remaining spaces. “are you really comfortable”  “do you think you’re really special”  “let’s all stay really comfortable” 

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I decided to continue with the idea of using the pages of this book, as it was a big inspiration to me and what is written is incredibly important. It highlights the message that I am trying to portray in my project, and describes in an outright manner the abusive, greedy and ignorant attitude of rich businesses/people in power. I folded one page up and placed it in the pocket of the “politician”. I photocopied around 30 copies. I placed a few inside the bin with it, and the rest I stuck to the floor around the bin. I have used highlight to guide the viewers attention to the sentences which I think are most necessary to read.  I also changed the position of the bin so it was further into the corner, as I felt it left the room in a state where the audience will be able to walk round it more easily while still being able to see everything. 

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Further illustrations and details.

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I had wanted to add this into the space as a centre piece, a message that politicians are old-rhetoric now, since they aren’t doing enough or acting quickly enough to do anything about climate change, obviously more on the side of rich business who want to continue fuelling their own greed. It’s the job of the children now to change the future. I wanted the style of this to be almost funny or satirical. I used a mannequin of a mans torso, an borrowed a suit from my Dad. It’s his wedding suit and it was so hard to make sure I didn’t get any paint or pen on it! I used a hat from my fancy dress box and plastic plant props which I found in college. I dressed the mannequin, and made a hole in the hat to post the plastic plants through. I then put it in the bin. I want to add something to this, either string which attaches to the wall which says “You must obey/ you have no choice you have no voice”, or I want to use the sentences from the Micheal Morpurgo book somehow, perhaps written on the floor around the bin.  I think this ties in with the statement on the wall, “we can drink oil we can't breathe money”. 

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Details of radiator, inspired by “Running Wild” by Micheal Morpurgo.

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I tried to add red paint to everything I could within the space, to add to the sense of mess and disarray. I couldn’t get any paint on the toys as they are borrowed.

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The use of flash when taking pictures of my project walls makes me wander what my installation would have looked like if I had used some sort of bright light within it. The bright light of my flash brings out all the colours and layers, making everything clearer and bolder. It might have looked even more chaotic and overwhelming, perhaps much more towards the style of Paul Yore.

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Close-ups of the litter used within the far wall. I also used handfuls of string and ribbon. There’s something about this which looks very bodily, like internal organs. This very much ties in with other aspects of the wall, like this shirt where I burn a hole into what eludes to the head or neck. All of this is about the exploitation of the environment being the cause of the same attitude/evil which murders and tortures animals, uses children in poorer countries as salves, and continues the participation of behaviours which cause climate change which is effectively taking away children’s futures and will murder many people and animals. 

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I kept this experiment I made during studying female exploitation, as I painted it with my fingers so the style of it looked childish and fits the chaotic and sinister tone of the walls. “home is not safe”. I used “fragile” tape in various places over the walls, to emphasise the fragility of the state of the environment. 

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If a young child knew what humans did to animals through industry/ sport (agricultural, palm oil, testing, hunting etc) and the effect climate change has on animals, it’s obvious they would be incredibly traumatised, as children have an innate respect and adoration for animals. Its something I parent wouldn’t want their young child to know about. This “child” is obviously well aware of these scenarios, and that in itself is unsettling to adults.

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Further details. Flash/ no flash.