Louise Orwin

LOUISE ORWIN IS AN ARTIST-RESEARCHER WHO DISPLAYS HER WORK IN A VERY POWERFUL WAY . SHE PERFORMANCES HER PROJECTS WHICH I THINK IS A VERY GOOD IDEA CONSIDERING IT IS VERY HARD NOW DAYS TO GET SOMETHING INTO HEADS OF TODAY'S YOUNG POPULATION. WE WERE ABLE TO SEE ON OF HER PROJECTS CALLED 'PRETTY OR UGLY'. THIS PROJECT BASICALLY IS ABOUT SHOWING PEOPLE HOW POWERFUL AND BAD INTERNET IS GETTING. IT IS ABOUT TEENAGE GIRLS POSTING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE ASKING PEOPLE TO RATE THEIR LOOKS. IT IS UNBELIEVABLE HOW YOUNG THEM GIRLS ARE. SOME OF THEM ARE LIKE 12 OR 13. WHEN I WAS THEIR AGE I WOULD NEVER EVER THINK ABOUT EVEN DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHY WOULD YOU CARE WHAT STRANGERS THINK ABOUT YOU ANYWAY? EVERYONE IS DIFFERENT AND PRETTY IN THEIR OWN WAY. WHY WOULD IT EVEN MATTER WHAT SOMEONE LOOKS LIKE? I PERSONALLY THINK THAT PERSONALITY IS MUCH MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THAN LOOKS.  THROUGHOUT THE SHOW SHE SHOWED US AN EXPERIMENT SHE DID ON A WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO STRANGERS WITH YOU WEB CAMERA ON. SHE WAS TALKING TO LOTS OF PEOPLE AND TO VERY SINGLE ON OF THEM SHE HAVE PUT THINGS LIKE 'YOU'RE 3/10, OR YOU'RE UGLY' AND YOU COULD SEE PEOPLES REACTION WHICH SHOWS HOW MUCH PEOPLE ACTUALLY CARE WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING. SOME OF THEM WE'RE FINISHING THE CONVERSATION, SOME OF THEM WERE LAUGHING AND MAKING A JOKE OUT OF IT. I THINK THAT THE WAY INTERNET IS GOING NOW IS VERY BAD AND HORRIBLE. HOW MANY TIMES WE READ ON INTERNET OR NEWSPAPER THAT SOMEONE KILLED THEIR SELF BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS SAYING HORRIBLE STUFF ABOUT THEM OR WAS MAKING RUMOURS ABOUT THEM AND THEY JUST COULD NOT HANDLE IT. I THINK THAT PARENTS OF SUCH A YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD BE MORE INTERESTED ABOUT WHAT THEIR CHILD IS DOING ON INTERNET. HER PERFORMANCE AT THE START WAS A BIT AWKWARD BUT THE IT GOT BETTER. AT THE END OF IT SHE ASKED PEOPLE WEATHER SHE WAS UGLY OR PRETTY WHICH I THINK WAS GREAT BECAUSE COMMUNICATION WITH THE AUDIENCE AS AN PERFORMANCE ARTIST IS IMPORTANT. THE PERFORMANCE REALLY OPENED OUR EYES ON WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW DAYS.

Kashif Nadim Chaudry

NADIM IS DEFINING HIMSELF AS A TEXTILE ARTIST. HIS GRANDPARENTS WERE BORN IN INDIA AND HIS PARENTS GREW UP IN AFRICA. HE FOUND HIS INTEREST IN MAKING TEXTILE ART THANKS TO HIS MUM WHO MADE TRADITIONAL CLOTHES FOR INDIAN WOMEN. NADIM LIKES TO PLAY WITH THE TRADITION AND CEREMONIES OF HIS OWN PAKISTANI MUSLIM BACKGROUND. NADIM IS A BRITISH BORN GUY WHO MAKES AND SEARCHES ART AROUND SEXUALITY, RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL RITUAL. ON THE TALK HE WAS SAYING A LOT ABOUT HIS OWN WORK BUT ALSO SAID WHO HE WAS INSPIRED BY. AS I WAS LOOKING THROUGH HIS WORK I COULD TELL THAT HE HAD NO LIMIT AT ALL WITH HIS WORK. HE USED MATERIALS SUCH AS CHICKEN HEADS WHICH WAS DISGUSTING AND I WOULD NEVER EVER USE DEAD  ANIMALS FOR MY OWN ARTWORK. BUT EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN STYLE IN ART. HE IS ONE OF THEM ARTISTS WHO USES VERY WEIRD, WILE BUT AT THE SAME TIME INTERESTING MATERIALS FOR THE ART HE MAKES. I THINK THAT NADIM IS VERY INSPIRED AND FASCINATED BY ALL THE CULTURES, RELIGIOUS WHICH IS DEFINITELY SHOWN IN HIS WORK. ONE OF HIS ARTWORK THAT REALLY CAUGHT MY EYE WAS THE ONE NAMED 'HAREM' WHICH WERE PAPIER MACHE STYLE FIGURES AND FABRIC, EACH FIGURE IS 5FT 4IN LONG AND THIS IS A MEASUREMENT WITHOUT THE SURROUNDING FABRIC ON THE FLOOR. THIS PIECE WAS MADE IN 2010, IT WAS BASICALLY TO SHOW THAT HE IS NOT ASHAMED OF HIS SEXUALITY, AS HE IS GAY AND IN MY OPINION HE TRIES TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT THERE IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF FOR BEING GAY, HE IS VERY OPEN ABOUT IT AND HE THING A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOULD BE. ALSO HE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE, BECAUSE THERE WHERE HIS FAMILY COMES FROM ARCHITECTURE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND HAS A LOT OF DETAILS IN IT SO HE ALSO MAKES SCULPTURES OF ARCHITECTURE AND TO BE FAIR HE IS VERY GOOD AT IT. TO BE HONEST I HAVE ENJOYED THE TALK BUT AT THE SAME TIME I DIDN'T BECAUSE IT IS NEW AND WEIRD FOR ME TO SEE SOMEONE USING DEAD ANIMALS AND SKULLS IN ART. BUT AT LEAST IT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND LOTS OF HIS WORK IS SHOWN IN A PRETTY AND INTRIGUING WAY.  THE WAY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS WORK MADE ME BE LESS DISGUST ABOUT IT AS IT WAS QUITE IMPRESSING, HIS WORK REMINDS ME A LITTLE BIT OF DAVID'S HIGGINS WORK AS THEY ARE BOT VERY INTO RELIGIOUS STUFF AND CULTURE, THEY BOTH MAKE ART INSPIRED ABOUT THEIR ORIGIN WHICH IS INSPIRING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT MAKE ART. FOR ME IT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT WERE MY FAMILY COMES FROM AND YOU HAVE TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF IT. 

Raphael Daden

RAPHAEL IS A NOTTINGHAM BASED ARTIST WHO MAINLY WORKS WITH LIGHT. SINCE HE GRADUATED HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH LIGHT, INSTALLATIONS, SCULPTURES, GLASS AND RESINS. WHEN HE WAS STILL AT UNIVERSITY HE WAS EXPERIMENTING A LOT WITH A WIDE RANGE OF MATERIALS SUCH AS, WOOD CARVING, COLOUR STEEL. WHEN HE LEFT HE STARTED WORKING WITH LIGHT MOSTLY. FOR ONE OF HIS PROJECTS HE CREATED PEBBLES AS A GALLERY PIECE. ROCKS AND PEBBLES WERE CAST IN CLEAR RESIN, THEY WERE LIGHTEN FROM UNDER TO LOOK LIKE THEY WERE REAL. HE HAS MADE A LOT OF ARTWORK TOWARDS THE FESTIVALS. ALSO HE HAS BEEN MAKING SOME SCULPTURES WITH A CHAINSAW WHICH I THINK IS VERY VERY HARD TO DO AND ARTIST THAT DOES SUCH AS THING NEEDS TO HAVE A LOT OF PATIENCE AND BE VERY CREATIVE WITH IT. ON THE TALK HE SAID THAT HE WAS VERY INSPIRED BY ONE ARTIST NAMED ANISH KAPOOR WHO MADE SCULPTURES WITH PIGMENT IN 70'S AND 80'S. HE HAS ALSO DONE DOME PUBLIC ART AFTER 3 YEARS OF LEAVING UNIVERSITY. FOR THIS HE HAS MADE A PROJECT ABOUT THREE CONE SHAPED SCULPTURES THAT WERE INSTALLED TO CELEBRATE BRIGHTON AND HOVE CITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY CENTRE. THOSE THREE SCULPTURES ARE CREATED OF PURE COLOURED TRANSPARENT POLYESTER RESIN AND ARE LIGHTED WITH LIGHTS PLACED IN THE HOLE MADE IN CONES OF THE STRUCTURES. THE SCULPTURES HAVE ACHIEVED A LIGHT ALL THE WAY FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP AND FROM ONE CONE TO THE THIRD TO EXPRESS VISUAL EFFECTS OF SUNSET ON BRIGHTON SEA FRONT. ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PROJECTS HE HAS DONE IS THE ONE IN YEOVIL HOSPITAL. THE PROJECT WAS CALLED 'LIGHT WALL' AND IT WAS CREATED FOR THE WAITING BIT INSIDE THE HOSPITAL, SLOW MOVING COLOUR CREATED A VERY CALMING SPACE, THINGS USED FOR IT WERE; LED LIGHTING AND GLASS. I THINK THAT THIS WAS A GREAT IDEA BECAUSE USUALLY WHEN YOU GO TO HOSPITAL YOU FEEL DEPRESSED AND SAD AND NERVOUS SO THEM LIGHTS MAKE YOU FEEL RELAXED AND MORE CALM. COLOUR HAS A MARKED INFLUENCE ON OUR MOODS AND FEELINGS SO HE USED CALMING COLOURS WHICH WERE GREEN, BLUE AND MAGENTA FOR THIS PROJECT.  HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON RAW LIGHTING SUCH AS LED, NEON AND OTHER LIGHT SOURCES TO DEVELOP HIS PROCESSES. HE HAS SHOWN HIS WORK AROUND THE UK AND ABROAD. AS A ONE PERSON HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE ALL THOSE LIGHT PROJECT ALL BY HIM SELF BECAUSE IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE OR VERY VERY HARD TO DO AND WOULD TAKE HIM MORE TIME THAT EXPECTED, THIS IS WHY HE WORKS WITH A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS, SUCH AS PROGRAMMERS, SCULPTURE PEOPLE AND  STEEL PEOPLE. OVERALL, I REALLY LIKE WHAT HE DOES WITH LIGHT, HE NOT ONLY DOES ART FOR EXHIBITIONS BUT FOR PEOPLE. THE THINGS HE DOES WITH LIGHT ARE VERY CREATIVE AND INTRIGUING, WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS PROJECTS YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY IT WAS MADE AND HOW BECAUSE NOT ALL OF THEM WERE MADE SIMPLE.