Project 05: Ideas - Psychedelic Drugs

After visiting the 'High Society' exhibit, which was based around psychedelic drugs. I decided to research into the main types of these drugs that have a psychedelic effect on people.

The main types I found were:

Hallucinogens

• Salvia Divinorum
• Psilocybin Mushrooms
• LSD
• Mescaline

Depressants

• Opiates
• Tranquillisers
• Alcohol
• Heroin
• Cannabis

Stimulants

• Nicotine
• Amphetamines
• Caffeine
• Cocaine

From this I researched into the effects, the appearances and the slang words for them. This then lead me to research the chemical symbols of these drugs, as it is a visual representation of them and I thought I could present these in a graphical way.

Below are the diagrams for 11 of the drugs listed above.

Project 05: Ideas - London Boundaries

These are photos of compositions of the final pieces for London Boundaries.

Project 05: Ideas - London Boundaries

From the list of outcomes i had to create i decided by starting to look at the boundaries of london.

I found a map of the boundaries of london from

http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/maps/london_map.htm

From this I thought that I could trace around the outskirts to create an outline.

Afterwards I looked at the different postal areas that made up London which I found from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_postal_district

From the list I created a typographic piece.

To make this more personal I highlighted my postcode.

I quite liked this piece as I thought it portrayed the boundaries of London, but I wanted to take it one step further and print it onto letters ( as it relates to the postcodes). I also thought of printing it onto a travel card and a tube map, as this related to the boundaries of traveling.

Project 05: Expected Outcomes

Beyond the Boundaries Outcomes

• A personal interpretation of Beyond the boundaries loosely inspired by the excursions, exhibits and films (any medium possible).

At least three of the following projects:

• Take a series of photos without a camera
• Do an exhibition in an unexpected space, fro example your fridge, your coat
• Where does London start and end
• Find a place in London that doesn't look like London. Document it
• Make a documentary about outsider art
• Create a video, photo or graphic novel placed in a unknown place
• Research the subject of immigration and boarder zones
• Write a 100-word review of Ptrick Keiler's London, Davis Lamela's A study of the relationship of inner and outer space and Saint Etienneie's Finisterre
• Develop a narrative on people isolated from society, like miners trapped underground, gypsies, royalty, etc.

Project 05: Excursions - Wellcome Collection

High Society - Mind-altering drugs in history and culture

I found this exhibit to be truly fascinating, when I arrived at the exhibit I thought there would be a lot of information around drugs, but instead I found a lot of visual documentation about drugs in history in culture. This meant could really look at this exhibit from a graphic design point of view, this gave me a lot of inspiration.

This is defiantly a subject that I would like to research further.

Below are photos soured from the Wellcome Gallery.

Project 05: Excursions - White Cube

Gregory Crewdson - Sanctuary

Crewdon's work consisted of 41 black-and-white photographs, thats showed a variety of locations.

I thought that his work portrayed physical and mental boundaries, as the locations he captured seemed strange, lonely and alienated.

Here are a few photographs, sourced form the White Cube Gallery.

Project 05: Excursions - Frith Street Gallery

Fiona Banner - The Naked Ear

This was another exhibit that I really enjoyed, showcasing works from Fiona Banner. I have researched her work before but it was really interesting to see her work up close.

My favourite piece was '1066', 2010. Indian ink on wall, 2150 x 400 cm.

This was a wall drawing describing the battle of England's last invasion.

Below are a few photos I took while at the exhibit.

Project 05: Excursions - Serpentine Gallery

Serpentine Gallery

At the Serpentine, we watched a few films from the artist Philippe Parreno.

I found these films quite random as I didn't truly understand the content. Im not particularly interested in artist films, so this may be the reason for lack of interest. I also found it rather difficult to relate the films to 'beyond the boundaries'.

Below are stills from the films, sourced from the Serpentine Gallery.

Project 05: Excursions - Shadow Catchers

Shadow Catchers - Camera-less Photography

Below are images from the artists that were in the exhibition.

The artists include:

• Floris Neususs
• Pierre Cordier
• Garry Fabian Miller
• Susan Derges
• Adam Fuss

I thoroughly enjoyed this exhibit, it was very interesting and inspirational. I could have easily have spent hours in this exhibit, it is defiantly a must see!

Project 05: Excursions - Woolwich

Another part of the excursion was to document Woolwich.

We had been travelling all day by now and we ended up arriving at Woolwich quite late, so we didn't have much time to document.

Quite a few of the people I was traveling with had never been to Woolwich before, and they weren't very keen to stay there very long, as it looked like quite a 'rough' area to them. However I have previously been here before so I knew what to expect but to me Woolwich was just like any other town i've been to.

However these are a few of the photos I took if Woolwich.

Project 05: Excursions - Tate Boat

As part of the list of excursions we had to visit, going on the 'Tate Boat' was one of them. We had to record the journey of the boat trip.

I have never been on the Tate Boat, so as I was documenting the journey, I seemed to be fascinated by all the different bridges we were travelling through, so I focused on taking pictures of these.

Below are just a few of the bridges I photographed.

Project 05: Excursions - Mike Nelson

Mike Nelson - The Coral Reef

Mike Nelson's 'The Coral Reef' was first shown in Matt's Gallery, East London in 2000. It was recently acquired for Tate's collection. The work's title alludes to a collection of complex fragile belief systems that form a layer - a coral reef - beneath the 'ocean surface' of dominant ideologies.

In Nelson's words, he wants viewers to feel 'lost in a world of lost people'.

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=1&roomid=6275

These are a few of the photos I took while at the exhibit, held in Tate Britain.

Project 05: Brief

3 Week Exploration Investigation

Beyond the boundaries is a suggestive term that refers to something that can't be defined because we have not yet experienced it. It suggests a place outside of our sphere to which we would not normally go. Although a spatical description it can relate to other areas of our lives.