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Ah, so i started with an old project, one from quite a few months ago. I own this set of old postcards that i got at a tiny bookstall in what is essentially my home towns 'flea market'. The postcards come in twos, and side by side are images of before and after the beautiful city of Ypres was destroyed during the first World War. As its in Belgium, Ypres was essentially attacked from both sides, resulting in its utter obliteration.
I don't like war, it upsets me so its not a subject i have delved very far into whether through art or history or literature, but the more time i spent in Southampton Row library trawling through ageing images the more i decided i wanted to use this destruction to inspire my own work.
I looked to Victorian stereogram images for most of my inspiration, mainly sourced from here...
http://faculty.kirkwood.edu/ryost/keystoneviews.htm
(i love that site, seriously look at every image)
Image 1 shows some of my sketchbook work, and 2 shows some acetates i created showing contrasting images of mainly people before and after the war.
The 3rd image was my final outcome. Visual restrictive images that appear almost 3D with the glasses on but when you close wither eye you see something totally different and separate from the initial image. The blue eye shows Ypres before the war and the red after.
I don't like war, it upsets me so its not a subject i have delved very far into whether through art or history or literature, but the more time i spent in Southampton Row library trawling through ageing images the more i decided i wanted to use this destruction to inspire my own work.
I looked to Victorian stereogram images for most of my inspiration, mainly sourced from here...
http://faculty.kirkwood.edu/ryost/keystoneviews.htm
(i love that site, seriously look at every image)
Image 1 shows some of my sketchbook work, and 2 shows some acetates i created showing contrasting images of mainly people before and after the war.
The 3rd image was my final outcome. Visual restrictive images that appear almost 3D with the glasses on but when you close wither eye you see something totally different and separate from the initial image. The blue eye shows Ypres before the war and the red after.
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