British museum Grayson Perry Late
Installation / Head – The British Museum 2011
British Museum Great Court
11 Nov 2011
On Friday 11 November 2011, students from the University of the Arts London took over the British Museum for one exciting night curating projects for the public to enjoy that were inspired by the exhibition Grayson Perry’s The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. In response to the Grayson Perry Exhibition – I wanted to make a piece that incorporated craftsmanship / history and anonymity. I looked at the origin of silhouettes and the early development of the Daguerreotype and folk art and craftsmanship that surrounded these early pioneers of portrait likenesses.The silhouette room was an interactive instillation – a paper curio within the museum and a collector of likenesses for one night.The general public queued and were ushered inside where they were alone in the space. The artists was hidden within by a glass panel and in the dark space there was a single light source and a specially constructed chair .The experience was about sitting in the chair and hearing the artist drawing their profile from the other side of the glass as well as the cut silhouettes covering the structure at the end. A total 89 profiles were cut in 3 hours – thanks to : Jane Gorvet, Jo Lawrance, Maria Pavedis, Andrew Carter, Ralph Overhill, Heather Meyerratken.
British Museum Great Court
11 Nov 2011
On Friday 11 November 2011, students from the University of the Arts London took over the British Museum for one exciting night curating projects for the public to enjoy that were inspired by the exhibition Grayson Perry’s The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman. In response to the Grayson Perry Exhibition – I wanted to make a piece that incorporated craftsmanship / history and anonymity. I looked at the origin of silhouettes and the early development of the Daguerreotype and folk art and craftsmanship that surrounded these early pioneers of portrait likenesses.The silhouette room was an interactive instillation – a paper curio within the museum and a collector of likenesses for one night.The general public queued and were ushered inside where they were alone in the space. The artists was hidden within by a glass panel and in the dark space there was a single light source and a specially constructed chair .The experience was about sitting in the chair and hearing the artist drawing their profile from the other side of the glass as well as the cut silhouettes covering the structure at the end. A total 89 profiles were cut in 3 hours – thanks to : Jane Gorvet, Jo Lawrance, Maria Pavedis, Andrew Carter, Ralph Overhill, Heather Meyerratken.
Making the work in the Studio
