Monty Python’s Flying Circus

I like the style to this pixelation theme and the way it has used collage to create the effect. It has an old look to it which I think I could try and recreate to fit in with my box/showcase and make my own pixelation. There is an element of drawing included in the piece and also quite a lot of abnormality which I think will fit in for the theme of my theatre.

Moodboards

This is my moodboard for my overall box/showcase. I want to use my idea of having it as a theatre and have decided I would like to go for an old/victorian look.

This moodboard is for my avatar and I have stuck with a similar theme to the one I have chosen for my box/showcase. I would like to create myself as a puppet in my theatre but have not decided on a style or whether I want the avatar to look much like me or just be the same as my tastes.

Ideas for Box/Showcase

I’ve made a brainstorm of ideas for my box/showcase with small sketches to back up ideas. I’m still not sure what idea I’m going to use but think I will go with the theatre to hold all of my objects. For my AS art project I created my own theatre getting ideas from Surrealist artists such as Dali and Magritte so think I will enjoy creating my own theatre representing myself.

I came across these two videos on youtube and really liked the style of them and these have inspired a couple of my ideas in the brainstorm.

My Bedroom Wall

I have a huge board on one of the walls of my bedroom full of photos, tickets and random things I have collected. This is really important to me and when I first moved to uni really made me feel at home in my new room. The collection of things are all really personal and I enjoy collecting things like this no matter how strange the things are that go on my wall. Most of the things here have been collected in the last 2 or 3 years so I feel they would be really appropriate for my curiosity cabinet. I like the way it’s really full and quite cluttered so I feel I should follow this style for my curiosity cabinet.

Collage

I made this collage over christmas with the few bits I had at home as quite a lot of things I left at uni. It mainly consists of things I like rather than objects that can be associated with me. I think this is a good start as it’s hard to choose from everything a few items which really show who I am. I’ve included a theatre ticket as I went over christmas and really enjoy going. Living quite close to London it’s easy to get to a huge range of shows and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all the ones I have seen so far. Next to that is a gig ticket and my Reading Festival band as again I really enjoy going and have been to Reading for the past 3 years. I’ve got quite a few gigs lined up in the next few weeks around Nottingham and Leeds including music and comedy acts. In my collage is a Smirnoff vodka label as I enjoy going out drinking with friends. There’s a chocolate wrapper as I love chocolate and especially over christmas ate a lot! My favourite animation movie at the moment is Cars by Pixar. I think the characters are great, the animation looks so good and the general story was really well planned out. The last 2 objects I’ve put in my collage is a picture of a tube as I really enjoy living so close to London and being able to go to huge variety of places I can visit there. Lastly, there is a picture of a painting by Dali as I really like my art and he’s one of my favourite artists.
I will be making more collages to try and decide on what to include in my curiosity cabinet. I’ll look at objects to show who I am, more things I like and general themes I could use. I have already started to think about the layout so I will post some of my initial ideas up here soon.