Shadow ART- HUNGER STRIKE

Hunger strike research articles:

 

Irish Hunger strike: 

http://www.irishhungerstrike.com/ 

 

Hong Kong Hunger strike: 

http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=24295

 

Suffragette Hunger Strikes: 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/jul/06/suffragette-hunger-strike-protest

 

Hunger Strike research: 

Hunger strike is a non-violent form of resistance. Usually people don't consume food during this period of time expect water. People want others to feel guilty in order to make changes. This usually applies to political changes.

 

Outside influences: 

1. Shadow art artist Kumi Yamashita:

Although this is not cutting shadow artworks, I like how the artist used different shades of white, grey and black and lighting to create the mood/ feeling for the photo. I found that lighting is very important to a photo since it can create shadows and different mood. Lighting can affect the idea that the artists wants to represent and how the audiences think about the photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Interior design 3D models 

I learned how to make 3D interior design models from an art university during Summer. Since my artwork has a government building, I wanted to make it 3D just like the below models. The structures are very similar and i can use the techniques from the models below and make it stands out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Sand Art

I looked up some sand artworks while i was designing my shadow art's layout. I think our shadow artwork and sand art is very similar since it both uses dark and light shadows to create pictures. 

Here are some images for sand art: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Hong Kong's umbrella revolution

 While i was researching for the topic hunger strike, it reminded me of the umbrella revolution in Hong kong last year. People were having hunger strike and occupying Central in order to fight for political changes. It was a very important event that happened in Hong Kong. This is a great example for hunger strike and the reason that they started it was because they want political change. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Photoshoot's lighting

 All photoshoots have different kinds of lightings in order to represents different mood. I think it's very similiar to what we are doing in this project since we were working with shadows too. I think shadows are very powerful since they can represents different moods.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. Black and white graphic design 

 Graphic designer uses space, colours to design logo and words. Grahpic designers are able to add designs on to the letter by using different shadows. A good design is able to represent different ideas and make people relate to the topic by a simple design. 

It's important for us to use the negative and positive space.