V&A Exhibition Visit

Memory Place

  Memory Palace is a walk-in story that brings to life, with a new work of fiction by the author Hari Kunzru. The concept of the story is set in a future London, where information has been been wiped. Technology and knowledge have been lost and nature has taken over the ruins of the old city.

From what I can recall from the exhibition was many interpretations of what London could of been like information was lost. There were a lot graphically drawn images as well as sculptures and paragraphs of words. I really liked the connection with the images and words because you understood the exhibition alot more and what the artist was trying to portray. 

On the first wall when you walked into Memory Place was how easy to remember something store in your mind:

*choose a place

*impressing detail in your memory

*remember details around the building/place -form pictures

*trigger your imagination

*to recall merely go into your imagination and find it  

Here are some of the meanings to words that Hari Kunzru has created during this fictional place:

*Memory Place - a technique used to remember, a space in which to place memories

*The Withering - the present time of decline

*The Booming - the golden age before the Withering

*The Wilding - a time in the future when humans live in complete union with nature

*Sign - information and the written word in the time of the Booming

*An Internet - an illegal gathering

All in all I thought that this exhibitions was very unique in the way that someone has created their own little futuristic world, where losing all information could lead to just having a memory of the past!!

The Art of Remembering

 The Exhibition of The Art of Remembering was basically how to display alternative ways of understanding art through out the years, from sketches from the Victorian era to modern day. The difference between what was previous drawn or made hasn't really changed in the way or development and planning but the style of design of art has changed. This exhibition as trying to explain an emotionally resonant space where you may mentally store what you want to recall.   

Illustration Awards

The V&A Illustration Awards celebrate the best illustration published over the last year. Original artwork from the best illustrated book, book cover, editorial illustration and student illustrator of the year are recognised. Here are the 4 designers that won the awards at the V&A they are all completely different in their own right.

On the left I really like the amount of colour and layering the designer has used to create each individual image. I like how detailed it is. 

On the right you can see four unusual illustrations that consists of combining modern and old objects brought together in one drawing.  

With this illustration piece above its is very much based on four main colours:blue, red, white and black. The concept of this deigns is for a series of books that the covers have a new look to the 1930's story. The style of design is digitally drawn which is quite unique.  

Below is the final illustration design is concept of drawings of the artists experiences in Syria. The drawings are minimalistic and quite easy to understand.     

Making it Up: Photographic Fictions

This exhibition was photographs images telling stories and evoking the imaginary, meaning that this photos were just thoughts in someones mind that they recreated for us to see. Below are three of my favourite photos. The top image is made up of chocolate spread, string to create this figure. The artist recreates famous images with the different items like sugar and tread. The middle image is of a model of a building creating this unrealistic world of how people live. I also like the depth of field that has been used as well. The last image is of a some houses in the snow, I like the lighting in this as looks natural and simple.  

 Fig 1-5 authors own