Poster series, laser cut paper digitally printed, 2018
The “Energy Collector” cardstock posters may be folded into an imagined solar energy collecting mechanism, addressing the interplay between functional design and art while providing the viewer the option of following the printed instructions to pop-out and assemble the prototype technology. I’m interested in the dissemination of the artwork through the multiple, the engagement of the viewer/participant in 3D form construction, and the idea of modifying and developing a tool through improvised experimentation. This project has taken various forms, including a stack of 1000 offset-print and die-cut take away posters, and a smaller A4 version given to viewers at Plan Z in Altea, Spain.
Along side this poster work, I developed the “Solar Array” projected animation specifically for Plan Z. It depicts the transportation, unfolding and installation of a solar energy collector device in a northern landscape, locating an abstracted schematic in proximity to a naturalistic reflection of the surroundings. I was interested in expanding ideas regarding connection to natural cycles implied in the “Energy Collector” posters to fully represent the landscape as a reflection in the panels, and relating to an engagement with atmosphere, romanticism and colour field developed in my paintings on canvas.