project proposal

This is the work that I’m most pleased with in my previous experiments. At the very start of the project I wasn’t quite sure what idea I would be focusing on so I did some experiments by using keywords like enlarging, simplifying, etc. Trying to think about the focusing idea while I’m experimenting. The focusing point until here I would say I was trying to capture my status of physical location in a particular moment. In each of these photos I was holding something, pen or a street lamp and I convert them into a pin by using Procreate.

Title

For my individual project I would like to keep the idea of ‘enlarging’ and playing with the scale of an object as a theme.

Contest and content

  Considering what object should I choose, Ros asked me what object i bring around with me, the first thing that comes to my mind is my stuffed animals. I feel really emotional attached to my stuffed animals especially those comes from my friends and my parents, I bring several of them with me each time when I travel. Many people see stuffed animals as comforters for kids, some of them threw their toys away when they grow up cause they no longer needs that comfort. But I believe that they shouldn’t be see as just a toy, each of my stuffed animals are infused with memories and story, each of them represents something to me that I want to have around me when I’m away from home.

Toys reminds me of an artist whose object is also toys — Florentijn Hofman.

He show the beauty of these mass-produced toys and show them in a different way. 

He did several shows which enlarged his previous work, for example the rubber duck. ‘Rubber Duck, which presents a common object rendered in an unusual size floating in the harbours of international cities, has drawn a lot of public attention. Hofman believes his over-sized sculptures in public places allow people to easily access art and experience familiar and positive emotions from their childhood regardless of their nationality or religion. Hofman aims to create works that are interactive and generates dialogue with the audience; many of his public artworks aim to bring people together.’1  
I like how he enlarge a common object into an unusual size and place it back into the public like it meant to be there. His work is really healing and amusing to see and very accessible to the audience.  Although he changed the size of the object but he didn’t change the purpose of a toy, which is to bring people comforts and healing. 

Media and process & final outcome

After talking to Jake , we decided to start with photographing my object within a day in different scenarios. And enlarge it in some scenarios to see how it goes. I will do some drawings based on the photo as well. Jake recommended me to do a series of story board by using the photos, so my final outcome might be a series of story board and it is related to my specialism as well.