Natures Sweetner
Title of exhibition: Natures Artificial Sweetner
Proposed Date of exhibition: 2nd September 2010
Social Implications/ Theme of Exhibition: Global warming
I have chosen to this this piece as I want to communicate the social awareness anout the implications that global warming has within our world. In modern day society Global warming has become an increasingly debatable and controversial issue. Early spring arrival is just one of the many affects that global warming is having in our world, particularly within nature. Natures Artificial Sweetener, an installation piece has been designed to evoke social awareness to this overwhelming issue and portray a futuristic view of how nature will operate with the effects of global warming.
Natures Artificial Sweetener is an installation piece that is going to merge both the artificial and natural world. The concept will incorporate nature through the use of a barren tree on campus and the artificial with the use of PVC material sheets in the form of carnation flowers.
I am using a barren tree as my canvas which will infact represent a lifeless dead tree. Trees are a soild structure that tend to remain on this Earth even when they are no longer living. This will portray a futuristic vision of a sterile , lifeless society in the wake of climate change.
I have assembled carnation flowers out of yellow PVC material. . I have chosen carnation flower in yellow as it symbolises disappointment. A thought that I am trying to evoke from the viewer if nature is to head down this path due to global warming in years to come. I have also used yellow as it is a bright colour that will attract viewers to the installation piece. It is an colour representing optimism, energy and creative thought which is what is needed for viewers to get pro-active.
The installtion piece is a floral inverse piece so to speak having the flower arrangement reversed from branch to trunck.I have chosen to place the carnation flowers on the trunk of the tree and the start of the branches. They will be placed on this area to give a sense that the flowers are emerging up and covering the whole tree. The idea of the placement of the flowers is to show the growing and emerging take over that global warming is having with our natural world. I also chose to do this because I want to represent an upside down feel, an upside down way of nature which is what nature may become if we ignore the the Earth's changing climate.
A a bare tree situated amongst an outdoor eating area is the location for this installation piece. It has been decided to install the artwork there as it is a public forum and global warming is a public issue. It will hopefully will evoke thoughts, ideas and communciactaionn with the viewers.
This artwork will be installed before class on Wednesday 2nd September. It is estimated that the starting time will be 7am taking up 2 hours. The special installation need required will be the use of ladders to help install the piece within the trees.
