Through my research looking into exhibitions has played a large part in the content of the exhibition as well as the layout and structure of the space, in this post I will be exploring this from my research sources from my sketchbook.
Radical landscapes (Tate):
The radical landscape exhibition a fresh look at British landscapes and further expands on the art that inspires them. The themes covered in this exhibition are activism, trespass, and the climate emergency. The space expands landscape art being limited to lush greenery and exposes the diversity in British landscapes and the communities inhabited the landscapes. What interested me about this exhibition was the inspiration from local British landscapes and how they are interpreted through different mediums, everyone views nature through a different lens in some respects and viewing how natural inspiration has influenced artworks gives me an impression of how nature can influence artist’s outcomes. The exhibitions also have a political factor to the work expanding local issues of immigration and the climate crisis. Interweaving these issues into artworks reflecting the British landscape connotates a larger issue of our political stability crumbling alongside our environments if these issues aren’t faced by our governing or leaders.
Horniman Museum:
The Horniman Museum had lots of natural structures and patterns that really inspired me, the fossil and shell exhibits really shined to me as a lot of the natural colouring and patterns influenced my desired design and colour palette. Through the cultural exhibitions, I was searching for ancient biodesign that was used during different periods, a lot of natural resources were used for decoration such as shells which are shown below but some more interesting designs were a bag made from honey and clothes made from animal skins. As the technological advances were lacking in this period I find the use of natural materials even more impressive as they were working through experimentation to survive and thrive. I really enjoyed my experience at this museum as the focus was strongly on natural structures and even involved the adaptation of evolution species. While at the museum I questioned the mutualistic relationships between species and how that has evolved through the animal kingdom. I want to conduct further research on these relationships and connect them to the brand symbiosis as animals have these relationships humans should have the same impression of benefiting the environment while we use a majority of their resources.
Take a green break:
Take a green break is a project that hopes to encourage and inspire urbanites to incorporate more nature into their breaks. Nature can enhance the effects of taking breaks thus, in this fast-paced society where our lives are increasingly dominated by work and screen time, urbanites can tap on the restorative power of nature to complement their stressful living. What stood out to me was the interactive feature of this exhibition the focal point of reconnecting with nature through the sensroy elements helps the user connect to the subject. This is something I want to incorporate in my exhibition space involving the sensory elements. Im unsure I want to have these feature for the biomaterials or natural elements as I think both need to have a connection in my final space. Potenitally a range of both elements one to represent the mutalistic relationship with the ecosystems and second to understand all tactile feature of the biomaterials.