Zeitgeist Research

INSPIRATIONAL RESEARCH SARAH REESON-JONES DE0064

LUMINARY IS A SERIES OF LED LIGHT DRAWINGS; THESE DRAWINGS BEING DEVELOPED

BY OLDER PEOPLE. THE IDEAS OF THE INSTALLATION COMBINE TWO IDEAS IN ONE; LITERALLY THAT THE ARTWORK ITSELF EMITS LIGHT AND METAPHORICALLY THAT OLDER PEOPLE BRING IMPORTANT KNOWLEDGE AND A LONGER PERSPECTIVE TO THE REST OF SOCIETY.LUMINARY HAS BRANCHED FROM THE ARTISTS LOVE OF DRAWINGS PRODUCED BY AN “UNTUTORED HAND”, AND SKETCHES BY YOUNG CHILDREN AND OLDER PEOPLE HAVE PROVIDED BOTH THE INSPIRATION AND MATERIAL FOR THE FINAL PIECES. THERE IS A SENSE OF POWER, SPONTANEITY AND UNINHIBITED STYLE TO EACH OF THE LED DRAWINGS.

LUMINARY - RON HASELDON BRIGHTON WHAT I LIKED MOST ABOUT THE INSTALLATION IS THAT YOU COULD LITERALLY WALK IN, OUT AND BETWEEN THE DRAWINGS MAKING EVERY ANGLE YOU LOOKED AT THE PIECE WAS JUST AS NEW AND INSPIRING AS THE FIRST TIME YOU LOOKED AT IT. WHICHEVER WAY YOU LOOKED AT THE INSTALLATION YOU SAW SOMETHING NEW AND HAD TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION TO PICTURE WHAT IT WAS YOU WERE SEEING

HERE I EXPERIMENTED WITH BUILDING UP THE SHAPES AND COLOURS FROM THE INSTALLATION.I WANTED TO RECREATE THE IDEA OF WALKING THROUGH THE LIGHTS WHEN YOU GOT TO SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ANGLES OF THE INSTALLATION. THIS COULD BE A DIFFERENT IDEA FOR A PRINT PATTERN OR EVEN EMBROIDERY.

“THE ADVANTAGE OF AGING IS THAT YOU HAVEN’T GOT MUCH TO LOSE WHAT EVER THE RISK YOU TAKE, AND RISK TAKING SEEMS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIANT IN MAKING ART”

THE STRANGER

THINGS HAS BEEN A

MAJOR TREND OF

2016

ONLINE.

AN AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION-HORROR WEB TELEVISION SERIES CREATED BY THE DUFFER BROTHERS. SET IN THE 80’S THE SERIES PLAYS A HOMAGE TO 1980’S POP CULTURE. IT IS INSPIRED AND AESTHETICALLY INFORMED BY THE WORKDS OF STEVEN SPIELBERG AND STEPHAN KING.

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STY F O SE N E DS E X ELA

ST PAULS CATHEDRAL COLOUR INFLUENCES

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ROOF DETAILS COULD INFLUENCE SHAPE AND PATTERN

WINONA RYDER ONE

90’S

OF THE THE MOST PROFITABLE AND

1990’S MOSTLY KNOWN FOR HER DARK, QUIRKY ROLES IN FILMS SUCH AS HEATHERS AND GIRL INTERUPTED. ICONIC ACTRESSES OF THE

TAPESTRY COULD INFLUENCE EMBROIDERY IDEAS

MATCHING TWO PIECES

YAYOI KASAMA - VICTORIA MIRO THE EXHBITION REFLECTED KASAMA’S LIFELONG PREOCCUPATION WITH THE

CHANDELIER OF GRIEF - 2016

INFINITE AND THE SUBLIME AS WELL AS THE TWIN THEMSE OF COSMIC

INFINITY AND PERSONAL OBSESSION; AS FOUND IN PATTERN AND REPETITION

ALL THE LOVE I HAVE FOR THE PUMPKINS

STEEL, ALLUMINIUM, ONE WAY MIRROR, ACRYLIC, CHANDELIER, PLASTIC

& LED

INSIDE YAYOI KASAMA’S INSTALLATIONS

A REAL SERENE ATMOSPHERE WAS CLEAR. ESEPCIALLY IN THE ‘WHERE THE LIGHTS

IN MY HEART GO’. WITH THE ROOM BEING OUTSIDE YOU GOT THE SOUNDS FROM THE SURROUNDINGS THEN ALL OF THE LIGHTS

REFLECTED IN THE BOX,IT WAS VERY SUBLIME.

WHERE THE LIGHTS IN MY HEART GO

REDEFINED MUSIC AND MASCULINITY

FASHION AND TEXTILE MUSEUM

GARMENT RESERACH AT DOVER STREET MARKET

THESE PICTURES WERE ALL TAKEN AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS BACK HOME, I LOVED THE CONTRAST IN TEXTURES IN THEM ALL; FROM THE SOFT DELICATE FALLING OF THE LEAVES ON THE WINDOWSCREEN TO THE HARSHNESS OF THE ROCKS AND THE SHELLS AT THE BEACH. I ALSO REALLY LOVED THE COLOURS THROUGHOUT THE PHOTOS, THEY ARE ALL VERY RICH.

I TOOK THESE PICTURES AT MY LOCAL BEACH AT HOME, I REALLY LOVED HOW THE COLOURS IN THE SUNSET REFLECTED ONTO EVERYTHING ON THE GROUND. ESEPECIALLY THE LIGHT COMING THROUGH THE BEACH HUT CURTAINS AND WINDOWS. IT ALMOST GIVES A SC-FI/ EERY KIND OF ATMOSPHERE WHICH I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING.

“LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY” THIS QUOTE WAS USED AS A SLOGAN THROUGHOUT THE COLLECTION.

INTERESTING WAY OF

“LOVE WILL SAVE THE DAY”

RODARTE A/W 2016

SACAI A/W 2016

LAYERING PATCHES

ONTO LIGHTWEIGHT FABRIC.

I LOVE HOW THIS COLLECTION HAS VERY FEMININE QUALITIES BUT ALSO CARRIES

A VERY GRUNGE/GOTHIC AESTHETIC.

I ALSO

LOVE THE MIX OF FABRICS AND THE USE

OF FABRIC MANIPULATION.

TAPPING INTO THE FANTASY ELEMENT OF FASHION, THE RODARTE A/W 2016 COLLEECTION SUMMON THE LUCID SENSIBILITY OF KIDS PLAYING DRESS UP. THERE WAS A MANIC LEVEL OF EMBELLISHMENT IN THIS COLLECTION WHICH INCLUDED RUFFLED LEATHER, HAND CUT FLORAL PAILLETES AND MESH AND LACE SEQUINED IN WATER LIKE PATTERNS. THE COLLECTION SEEMED TO RECALL A CHILDS TAKE ON GLAMOUR, WITH ANY AVAILIABLE GOOD PILED ON.

I REALLY LOVED ALL OF THE OUTERWEAR PIECES IN THIS COLLECTION, ESPECIALLY THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE USE OF COMPONENTS. I THINK THE USE OF FABRIC CHOICES WAS ALSO REALLY INSPIRING, YOU HAD THE STRUCTURED WOOLS BUT ALSO SOFT ORGANZE AND FURS WHICH REALLY CONTRASTED.

VINTAGE SPANISH POSTCARDS WHILST ON HOLIDAY IN MAJORCA I CAME ACROSS THESE POSTCARDS WITH THESE VINTAGE LIFE STYLE IMAGES ON. I REALLY LIKED WHAT THE WOMEN WERE WEARING IN THESE, SHOWING A TRADITIONAL SPANISH OUTFIT. I THINK THE LAYERING IS REALLY EFFECTIVE.