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thewomminecrafter · 7 years

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Been gone a while to work on my art back now, all works in the photos are in chronological order from the eye to the lego works on the left. The Piet Mondrian styled works begin from the hourglass onto the separated screens.

CURATORIAL RATIONALE

The theme for the selection of this body of work for exhibition has been inspired by a collection of photographs of Bali taken by my father in 2002 and modern day Bali in 2017.

When comparing the differences in the images my father has taken I was struck by the sudden increase of hotels and businesses like massage parlors or bars, and how even rice fields that are of great cultural and social value are sold to supply the land needed to build more hotels or shops. I aim for the work that I have presented to portray a clear message of loss of culture or cultural infringement as Bali goes through this path of modernization.

The motifs and symbols I have explored throughout many of the works include chess pieces which represent the idea of a game and how everything is considered a pawn and easily moved around or removed if decided by someone in a higher position. The lego building blocks represent the desire or concept of construction to highlight the ongoing overdevelopment.

I have investigated hard edge painting and geometric abstraction exploring Destil and artist Piet Mondrian .The use of hard edged geometric shape and cut outs seek to present a message in which western culture is becoming more dominant and pervasive within Balinese life and architecture. Highlighting this movement away from traditional architecture. The colours used throughout much of the work relate both to the limited primary palette of De Stijl as well as referencing the solid block colors of Lego building blocks.

Surrealism played a major role in helping me to create and link my artworks in order to maintain my message throughout my use of the chess piece symbology.

Surrealist techniques such as distortion of scale to create the feeling of unease and repetition have been applied throughout many of the works. This can be seen within series of photographs in which chess pieces are used to distort the reality and are also used as motifs for people being one piece of a game which affects us throughout our life. The use of sky as one of my main subjects is a traditional surrealist technique also used by surrealist artists Magritte and Jerry Uelsmann.

An exploration into positive and negative space influenced by looking at the distorted shadows in the work of Surrealist painter Giorgio De Chirico allowed me to highlight ideas about the movement away from villages into cities and show how crowded the cities have become.

My pieces related to my time spent here in Bali - David Salle, and Jerry Uelsmann styled works - have all incorporated some physical part of bali or aspect of balinese life. This can be seen in my david salle inspired work in which I use a traditional Balinese rice field. This is then further shown in my Jerry uelsmann inspired works where by Balinese beaches and monuments were used, however, with the exception of two pieces “samabia” & “Horizon” Although the styled works did not contain a direct connection to Bali. I’ve position these pieces in chronological order of development and making in order to show both the progression of my own work and how even the message seeking to be portrayed flows through each of the works and slowly gives more and more meaning to each piece as they are viewed one after another.

By the end of the exhibition I intend to have the viewer thinking about the influence of western concepts and ideas on Balinese culture and traditions. A further step although not directly linked to the exhibition would be gaining public support for the Tolak Reklamasi movement going on throughout Bali; as the research behind the movement was also a key player in sparking my interest and thoughts behind coming to this general theme.

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THE ALL VISIBLE OVERDEVELOPMENT Acrylic on cardboard 108cm x 80cm

The use of symbols convey the message of overdevelopment as shown by an eye which was used to witness this current change. The ricefield was used as a symbol of Balinese farming and traditional life that is currently under threat due to the increase of industry and development. I have used monochromatic tonal painting techniques, use of grid to structure the composition, and juxtaposition of dark and light to create contrast. These are techniques used by Neo Expressionist painter David Salle.

CHECKERED DREAM Inkjet print on photographic paper Size: 76 x 76cm

In this series of work I have used photographs I have taken while visiting well known beautiful locations in Bali. I have used digital editing and photoshop techniques to integrate the chess piece and board which when placed into the image disrupt the natural beauty, and reminds me of how industrialization is associated with developing states like Bali.

OCEAN HORIZON Inkjet print on photographic paper 76cm x 94 cm

The sky and ocean within this series is used to present the calm atmosphere of Bali however the distorted scale of the chess piece represents tourism and how it is out of place within the environment. I have used a single piece within each image in order to portray the idea that there is still hope to retain the beauty of these locations by effectively managing and regulating development and modernization.This body of work was informed by the investigation into surrealist photographer Jerry Uelsmann.

THE DE STIJL MASHUP Acrylic Paint, Paper Collage on wooden board 145 x140

This series of work uses repetition of colour and shape and explores hard edged painting techniques similar to that of Piet Mondrian and De Stijl. The use of line and colour has been abstracted from the subject of the lego blocks represent the idea of building and construction. The idea of shape is further emphasized through the irregular edges and removal of pieces from the board. Exploring the DeStijl philosophy that the artwork should extend out beyond the confines of the canvas space.

WELCOME TO THE CITY Acrylic paint, paper collage on wooden board Size: 121cm x 91cm

One of the motifs I have used for the symptom of Bali’s path to modernizing itself is the cityscape as this will eventually be Bali’s final destination. In order to create this piece a variety of shapes were used to create different sized cityscapes and skylines composed of cutouts which were later layered onto board. Tonal blues creating atmospheric perspective, as well as two and three point perspective has been used to create a sense of depth. Positive and negative space and contrast has been explored in order to highlight the idea of elevation and overcrowding.

ONCE A RICE FIELD… NO LONGER A RICE FIELD Inkjet print on photographic paper 21 x 107.5cm

This piece illustrates how Bali has changed over the years from being an island of ricefields and few buildings to an island of poorly maintained ricefields and large towns/cities. The photos portrayed in this piece span from 2001-2017. The first photo on the left was taken by my father when first visiting Bali, the second a few years later and the third rice field photograph is from this year. I have appropriated these images and digitally manipulated them, adding lego structures to show the overdevelopment of Bali and how even traditions have slowly began to lose value.

A PHOTO WITHIN A PHOTO… WITHIN A PHOTO? Inkjet print on photographic paper Size: 30x65

This piece is composed of 3 different photographic developments and explorations. The first exploration was that of distorting lego pieces, these were later projected onto white boxes to create shadow and further distortion. These photographs were then turned into three dimensional boxes using photoshop and placed within another three dimensional space, a ricefield & kite room. The photo editing techniques explored here are similar to surrealist photographer Erik Johansson. The aim of this piece is to highlight how overdevelopment and building has become a serious issue within Bali.

TANAH REKLAMASI Wooden sticks, photographic inkjet print and sand 45x90

This sculptural piece consists of three repeated De Stijl style triangular based pyramids placed into an hourglass shape and laid on top of a designed monopoly board filled with hotels and services in Bali only to be covered in sand from the hourglass. The techniques explored here were traditional hard edged painting, carpentry & photo manipulation. The aim of this piece is to convey the idea of land reclamation and how it can be achieved united over time.

BALIOPOLY Photographic inkjet 45x90

This photography body consists of a self created monopoly board wrapped around a balinese tradition this tradition is then surrounded by western architecture and services. The photo editing techniques explored here are similar to that of neo expressionist artist Madi Bayak. The aim of this piece is to highlight how overdevelopment has become a serious issue and is a threat to traditions; Also seen as a culture on fire.

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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The Under Quarries

Map Overview

1) Over world Village photo

2) Chest Room

3) Farm Area

4) Underground Server Statue Area & Personal Cave System

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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Villager Purifier Design prototype

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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The Under Quarries

EPISODE 3

The Modern Quartz Redstone Guesthouse

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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The Under Quarries

EPISODE 2

The Underground Server Statue Garden

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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THE UNDER QUARRIES

EPISODE 1

Recently moved into town with Mentos, Gintoki & Skuby;

Decided I’d showcase what i’ve been up to:

1) Hell’s Quarry

2/3) Bio Sphere project

4/5) The lovely house

6/7/8) The 450 chest chest-room

9/10) Industrial furnace room & one of the many farms

11) wait and see

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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Teaser

A small little snippet of my current build on the server.

only 36/101 layers done, full thing inside and out coming once its fully finished.

- Hellfreeze

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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DOME LIFE PROJECT EPISODE II

Dome 1

Status: Complete

Map area

Trippy design

Automated farm area

Status: Work In Progress

1 automated melon farm

1 automated wheat farm (Being repaired)

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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Underground home

Once a glorious place to live now but a vacant shadow within the 5k zone if anyone stumbles upon it please dont forget to call it home.

Coordinates: Within the 5k zone (look for it if you dare)

Last goodbye,

Hellfreeze

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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Ok, for those of you wondering what my house looks like especially since i seem to have mislead people into believing I live in a dome. Here it is.

You can also find this on the server i listed prior.

If you want the schematic just send me a message

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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DOME LIFE PROJECT EPISODE I

some of the builds in my current “Dome Life Project”

This is the first dome of 3 in the series.

Images of above show the bio dome, chest room, Automatic potion brewer (and some of its redstone), Trophy room and lastly a chest that informas the player how full it is (plus some of its redstone work)

More to come.

Current server: 1.9 mc.vanillahigh.net

Location: N/A

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thewomminecrafter · 8 years

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