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The Art of Vicki Couzens

Yanmeeyarr

Frank Gehry’s Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles, 2003 Thelma Plum’s song ‘ Better in Blak’ Do you know what it feels like? To get calls in the middle of the night? Saying you’re not worth it, you deserve it Go on, have another drink Do you know what it feels like? To get stuck in the middle of a fight? Screaming you’re not worth it, you deserve it Go on, have another drink But if I just keep quiet I’ll be the one who’s lying too Why should I keep hiding, always crying? Tell me what did I do? You took the colour from me, darling, I’ll get it back You took the colour from me, but I look better in black If I knew what I know now, maybe I would take it back But fuck that, I look better in black Do you know what it feels like? To be told that you are never right? If I had a lighter skin maybe I would win Does it make you want to think? Do you know what it feels like? ‘Cause I know what it feels like! If I had a lighter skin maybe I would win Does it make you want to think? But if I just keep quiet I’ll be the one whose lying too Why should I keep hiding, always crying? Tell me what did I do? You took the colour from me, darling, I’ll get it back Our model takes on the three precedents by devel- I’ll get it back, I’ll get it back, I’ll get it back, I’ll get it back oping a design inspired by the ideas of Thelma Plums You took the colour from me, but I look better in black song by taking something that is considered not ‘ideal’ If I knew what I know now, maybe I would take it back through the textured crumpled paper that forms the But fuck that, I look better in black shape over the Reginald saunders canopy to overall Hey! I look better in blackcreate a beautiful structure. The shape is inspired by the Disney concert hall in the same way it has a central point to the building and the elements or panels span out from the entral point. The colouring is inspired by YanHey! I look better in black If I knew what I know now, maybe I would take it back But fuck that (fuck that!) I look better in black meeyarr of red black and yellow.

Displaying the model / Building in the style of Vicki Couzens. In her displays she experiments with light and reflection. creating a depth to her instalations. I tested with the idea of creating depth to the presentation of the model through casting shadows of people and flora onto a draped printed sheet.