Fine Art Kingston University Degree Show

Kingston University Degree Show

16th June Private View

1-7pm

17th-22nd June Public View - open 1-7pm

Knights Park Campus (Kingston University)

Overture

Various Artists

Some guys from the chippie next to my house were kind enough to donate a large oil can for a new experiment of mine - using a whopping 50 vinyls or so! (They were Dido and Dizzee Rascal for all the vinyl record lovers out there don't worry :P) The initial intention was to create a larger version of RePlay, however as it turned out this would have been ridiculously hard to pull off - a happy coincidence then as this new version came out of it - making it much more obvious what material it is made of the focus can possibly stay more on the sound qualities of the tin can. A speaker here for an absence of sound?

                                                   Various Artists
                                                   36cm x 28cm (diameter)

RePlay

Experimentation with vinyl and of course a tin can - still obsessed. Creates an odd aesthetic as there is so much potential for sound in the material it is made of, yet it looks very dense and therefore has a silence about it. Still enjoying the mundane quality of the tin can as an object.

                                                RePlay
                                                10.5cm x 7.5cm (diameter)

Material love

Getting a bit frustrated with the intricacies of inventions and kinetic logic I've had a bit of  a material love revival - the notion of such complicated sound being produced by a simple material got me thinking about what other materials could be used. Below is a series of records made from various materials...

                                                        Acrylic paint

                                                        Jelly
                                                         

                                                        Resin

Website launch!

I finally have a website up and running properly!

The address is:

www.liz-osborne-artist.com

Here you can find a comprehensive gallery of my work, CV and my artist statement.
Please have a look and spread it about...

Showcase Cities at Richmix, Shoreditch (18th Jan 2012)

Many thanks to Rohan Samuel for pointing me in the direction of this! And also to Marc Farrington for allowing me to exhibit in this exhibition. I met loads of interesting people, hopefully interested in future collaborations. It was good to get a gauge of how audiences would approach it, particularly given that the intention was that they'd be able to pick up all aspects of the work, indeed they are necessary to complete the tin can telephone piece as it contains a recording of a tin can being opened. Once people felt they could pick it up there was a range of responses from confusion to a slight addiction to the escapism is gave them. Lots to ponder for future works...Might have to think up ways to make the spectator know they can touch the objects.

Video coming soon of this piece, I'm filming it on Monday 30th January.