Proposal for $tudent response - Coming Up for AIR 2021 - to coincide with COP26 in Glasgow November 2021
Coming UP for AIR Proposal. 2021 - COP26 https://ukcop26.org/ Working Title: Ghost in the Machine. 2021. Please see attached visual files. This work has come from our recent collage project – working with found imagery and experimenting with the direct photocopying of plants. Combining the natural world elements alongside the image of the lone man ‘at work’ the pressure applied to the white flower through the photocopier echoed by the white overall worn by the protagonist. This photocopying process formed strange shadows which recalled the imagery associated with the ghostly or ephemeral - notions of disappearance of species. This was combined with the symbol of ‘Extinction Rebellion’ ‘Ghost in the Machine’ is the British philosopher Gilbert Ryle’s description of Rene Descartes mind body dualism. Ryle introduced the phrase in ‘The Concept of the Mind’ [1946] to highlight the view of Descartes and others that mental and physical activity occur sim...