Molecular Perspective. ( photographed from the wrong angle without spotlight)

Molecular Perspective.

I have been interested in the Big bang theory ever since I learnt about it. The theory that everything that exists in the universe came from one infinitely dense mass of particles that exploded many many billions of years ago. All these particles used to be as one, but are now still expanding outwards beyond what the human brain can comprehend. I find this theory fascinating because it claims that everything that ever was still has a connection, everything is made up of atoms that are arranged in different ways, molecular forms that scientists have created to help our understanding of the smaller picture, which is ultimately the bigger picture, we just can’t see these molecular forms as they are microscopic.

  The anamorphic drawing works because all of the lines are drawn so that when they are viewed from a certain angle they appear to be continues lines. This is an optical illusion because when the piece is viewed from all other angles the drawing doesn’t make sense. Some of the circles appear stretched out and distorted. All of the angles and lines have to work together to make sense of the drawing, much like the atoms that form together to create objects.

  My aim is to show the viewer that everything has to be lined up perfectly to create the illusion, if one looks at it from other angles then there is gaps and distortions that result in an unfinished looking drawing that doesn’t seem to make sense.

  In the process of drawing I decided to paint everything in the space white, this is because I wanted to show the similarities of the objects. They are similar because they are all made of a complex network of atoms which are invisible to the naked eye. I could have put anything in the space because everything is made of atoms.

  I call the piece ‘Molecular Perspective’ because it shows a molecular form which can only be seen from the correct perspective. Aimed in encouraging the viewer to think about how everything has to work in harmony to create a product. 

Molecular Perspective

M-exhibition success!

 Its all over! the opening night was a great experience for me, for all those who took part as well I am sure.
although its hard to tell exactly how many people turned up, we do know how much booze we gave out
- 102 bottle of wine
- 100 bottles of beer

 I think this reflects the attendance for a 2 hour show. Every body seemed to be enjoying themselves and I heard a lot of intelligent discussions about the work as i was walking around the space.  The feedback I received proved that people liked the alternative ' run down ' look of the space juxtaposed to the white walls that we had erected in other parts of the space. A quote from a friend of mine, ' Im shocked to see the professionalism that the students are capable of, I was expecting to see an A-level type exhibition'. I agreed with his statement because the last exhibition I hanged was at my previous college, and the M-exhibition did have a very different feel to that.

 There was a lot of spare space that could have been utilised, and I think the one and only toilet was playing up slightly, which was a major problem on the opening night. I would also liked to have seen the floor  squeaky clean, but perhaps this added to the rustic feel of the show. Other than that I think the exhibition was a success, considering that we only had the space for 4 weeks.

More photo's to follow.

my work titled 'Molecular perspective' installed at the M-exhibition. ( this is the view from the viewfinder placed in front of the piece to achieve the right angle)