background research – Sidi's Journey

A different opinion from an expert

I am surprised that Patricia replied to my email again and recommended me three artists:

‘Dan Kelly is an artist who is also a hairdresser. He runs DKUK hair salon and art gallery in Peckham. ‘ https://dkuk.biz/

‘Katrine Bohm started a beverage company called Company Drinks — which is also an artwork.’Patricia said.

Company Drinks

‘Tom Ellis is a painter. When he was starting out he used to support himself by making furniture. And then he started to show his furniture with his paintings. His furniture is now considered as sculpture and is an important part of his practice.’Patricia said.

Tom’s combination of painting and furniture activates a striking duality. ‘The fact that they are object types of such a different order allows me to move freely between ostensibly art and non-art activities,’ he says. ‘The furniture serves in part to “depressurise” the painting practice by creating a more culturally blurred setting for its display – a painting above a sofa is a very different proposition to a painting isolated on a pristine gallery wall.’ Tom says he feels that The Wallace Collection brings art closer to the ‘unruly multiplicity of real life, and here we have life in all of its wild and wonderful facets. (Nast, 2016)

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/tom-ellis
Nast, C. (2016). *Art: Tom Ellis*. [online] House & Garden. Available at: https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/tom-ellis [Accessed 17 Oct. 2021].

Career model – version 2 – logical or organisational ability

Conclusion: I decided to add the organisation ability to my career model. So far I got: business ability, communication ability, cooperative ability and organization ability.

Now I am thinking logical ability can be added to my career model.

Some people think that when you draw a beautiful painting, it is your natural talent, but there is some logical ability and organization ability behind it.

I got this idea from my own experience. When I was an undergraduate in China, I often watch my teacher painting. (I can say that they are mature and well-rounded practitioners of the arts because they not only teach in universities but also work in the commercial field and so on.) And I found that they have strong logic and organization ability.

The way they painted, the order in which they painted, the arrangement of the objects on the table as they painted, they were all organized. You can also see in the painting that they know exactly what to do next to control the picture.

On the contrary, comparing students, sometimes draw an excellent picture, there is a bit of luck. Without a certain degree of organization and logic, I will suddenly lose control of the picture.

Based on this point, I wanna test whether art students lack logical ability and organization ability.

I find a psychological test about logical ability and sent it to 5 art students: https://www.123test.com/logical-reasoning-test/

There were 10 questions, and two of them got 8 correctly, while the rest got 7, 6 and 9 correctly. From this small test I can see, their correct rate is quite high. It also made me think that maybe logical ability is not the missing link.

Then I found another psychological test which is about organization ability;

Question: What is the first thing you see in the picture?

Answer 1: Tree

Meaning: You are full of energy and love new things, and you can’t accept being stuck in a rut.

Answer 2: Human face

Meaning: You are very organized and methodical, and it is reassuring to have things planned in advance.

I sent it to those 5 students as well. 4 of them said they noticed Tree at first sight, while only one found a human face. Indeed, the friend who found the face likes to have a plan before she does it.

Newton’s Musical Color Wheel

_{ABC Classic (2018). Music in Time: Isaac Newton. [online] ABC Classic. Available at: https://www.abc.net.au/classic/programs/music-in-time/music-in-time/10201654 [Accessed 8 Aug. 2021].}

^{Madcap Logic / Creativity Express (2013). Creativity Express: Newton’s Discovery. [online] www.youtube.com. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ButdiKfJLU [Accessed 8 Aug. 2021].}

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ButdiKfJLU

The Sound of Colours – Kandinsky

_{Google Arts & Culture (2009). The Sound of Colours – Google Arts & Culture. [online] Google Arts & Culture. Available at: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-sound-of-colours/0ALymHuhPl1jLg [Accessed 3 Aug. 2021].}

_{Google Arts & Culture (2021a). How to Play a Kandinsky: behind the Scenes. [online] www.youtube.com. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-h6wQ2rP4M&t=157s [Accessed 18 Nov. 2021].}

_{Google Arts & Culture (2021b). Play a Kandinsky. [online] Google Arts & Culture. Available at: https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/sgF5ivv105ukhA [Accessed 3 Aug. 2021].}

Light blue – Flutes

Dark blue – Cello

Deeper blue – Double bass

Deep, Solemn blue – A deep organ

Vermilion – Tuba

Yellow – Trumpet

Red – Violin

Play a Kandinsky experiment – hear the painting https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/sgF5ivv105ukhA

IK Prize 2015: Tate Sensorium

^{Tate (2015). IK Prize 2015: Tate Sensorium. [online] Tate. Available at: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/display/ik-prize-2015-tate-sensorium [Accessed 24 Jul. 2021].}

_{Sillito, D. (2015). Taste the art at Tate Sensorium. BBC News. [online] 25 Aug. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-34049150 [Accessed 25 Jul. 2021].}

Stimulate your sense of taste, touch, smell and hearing in this immersive art experience at Tate Britain.

https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/display/ik-prize-2015-tate-sensorium

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-34049150

Muny Oudom (2015). Taste, smell and feel artwork at Tate Sensorium BBC News. [online] www.youtube.com. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-13eXcHaf3M&feature=emb_imp_woyt [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].

I think this is a good example of exploring the use of multi-sensory experience in art. They have also used some modern technology to make devices that utilize sensory perception. For some interactions, such as the black ball painting, the audience can feel a ball shape by putting their hands in the installation. This installation is very creative, but I still can’t understand the painting better through this device.

Visit the exhibition: Catrin Huber-Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii

^{Huber, C. (2021). Expanded Interiors at Herculaneum and Pompeii. [Contemporary Art Installations].}

I went to this exhibition this month, and I think it’s a good example of how artists communicate their work in an art exhibition.

This art exhibition is quite abstract for me. I don’t understand the meaning of this huge painting but feeling cool.

When I walked through the corridor to another exhibition hall, I saw a 3D dynamic image projected on the wall, and there was a gamepad next to it that could be manipulated.

When I walked through the corridor to another exhibition hall, I saw a 3D dynamic image projected on the wall, and there was a gamepad next to it that could be manipulated. After I picked up the handle and manipulated it for a few minutes, I instantly understood that this work was originally placed in an archaeological site.

Light Trap 3D real-time environment

This is what it looked like when it was exhibited at the archaeological sites, and it is also the complete look of this work.

image from:
http://pompeiisites.org/en/comunicati/expanded-interiors-at-house-of-cryptoporticus-catrin-huber/

Let’s not say whether I, as a viewer, like this work, whether I feel sympathy. At the very least, through 3D dynamic images, I can understand what the author wants to express.

Art therapy + New direction

In the process of studying the relationship between artworks and audiences, I am also looking for special audience groups.

Then I thought about art therapy.

If I can use art therapy to help people in need of psychotherapy get good psychological counselling, and at the same time let artworks be sold, wouldn’t it be a win-win thing?

Specific Groups:

This is a group with high similarities. For example, the reasons for their depression are very similar. Most of them are caused by the panic when they became mothers at the first time, the inability to adapt to their own identity conversion, the changes of their bodies and so on.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (2016). “Baby Blues” — or Postpartum Depression? YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kaCdrvNGZw [Accessed 1 Jul. 2021].

TEDx Talks (2019). Understanding Postpartum Psychosis | Rachael Watters | TEDxHieronymusPark. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qgV7Yug-xs [Accessed 1 Jul. 2021].

TEDx Talks (2018). Parenting through Postpartum Depression | Camille Mehta | TEDxStanleyPark. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd130O67nlo [Accessed 2 Jul. 2021].

Some secondary research about Art Therapy:

UQ Faculty of Medicine (2020). What is Art Therapy? YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BZynyGzyow [Accessed 2 Jul. 2021].

UQ Faculty of Medicine (2020a). The why and how of art therapy. YouTube. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8QOTzjLP-4 [Accessed 2 Jul. 2021].

Online Art Therapy Course:

https://www.centreofexcellence.com/shop/art-therapy-course/?utm_voucher=GARET&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8vqGBhC_ARIsADMSd1ACppKcAGMIa_eeva0yd6ppmjsuQALpKRugtM0PQUixszEMeTXxdXsaAha6EALw_wcB

Potential experts and stakeholders:

MA Art psychotherapy course – Goldsmiths University of London

https://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-art-psychotherapy/

MA Creative Arts and Mental Health – Queen Mary University of London

https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/coursefinder/courses/creative-arts-and-mental-health-pgdip/

MA Art Therapy – University of Hertfordshire

https://www.postgraduatesearch.com/university-of-hertfordshire/52980868/postgraduate-course.htm

MA Art Therapy – University of Derby

https://www.derby.ac.uk/postgraduate/therapeutic-practice-courses/art-therapy-ma/

MA Art Therapy – University of Queensland

https://future-students.uq.edu.au/study/programs/master-mental-health-5151/art-therapy-artthx5151

Synesthesia

_{Smith, K., 2021. Bauhaus Color Theory. [online] Sensational Color. Available at: <https://www.sensationalcolor.com/bauhaus-color/> [Accessed 23 June 2021].}

^{Miller, R.B. (2014). Wassily Kandinsky’s Symphony of Colors | Denver Art Museum. [online] www.denverartmuseum.org. Available at: https://www.denverartmuseum.org/en/blog/wassily-kandinskys-symphony-colors [Accessed 20 Jun. 2021].}

^{Listening In (2019). What’s the Sound of Colour? Kandinsky and Music. [online] www.youtube.com. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xDnxkzQtdI&feature=emb_imp_woyt [Accessed 23 Jul. 2021].}

One of the most enduring influences, though, is the Bauhaus colour theory that was taught under four prominent artists. The contributions of Johannes Itten, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Josef Albers undergird much of what we currently understand and believe about colour, and an examination of the teachings of these four artists helps us understand not only the formation of modern colour theory but indeed how colour theory is developed and transmitted.

Wassily Kandinsky, the Russian painter best known for his bold, geometric abstract works, taught at the Bauhaus from 1922 until it closed in 1933. He considered colour to be an utterly transcendent language of sorts, a way to examine the universal aesthetic. He adopted a synesthetic relationship with colour, associating particular colours with both specific geometric shapes and with musical tones and chords. Yellow, for example, was best expressed as a triangle and was the colour expressed by a middle C played on a brassy trumpet. Circles were blue, and the colour black in musical terms was the colour of closure. The examination of colour in terms of the fullness of its expression is certainly one of Kandinsky’s legacies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xDnxkzQtdI

Reading notes and new clients

_{Vessel, E., Starr, G. and Rubin, N., 2013. Art reaches within: aesthetic experience, the self and the default mode network. Frontiers in Neuroscience, [online] 7. Available at: <https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnins.2013.00258/full> [Accessed 8 June 2021].}

But our results suggest that the strong effect of certain artworks can be understood in terms of the physiological state they generate and how this state is experienced, or interpreted, by the observer (Vessel, Starr and Rubin, 2013).

But the emphasis on a diversity of artistic styles and topics may have, serendipitously, also increased the chances that a few of the artworks resonate with each observer in a particularly powerful way (Vessel, Starr and Rubin, 2013).

Many individuals consider their artistic test to be an important part of their identity, their sense of who they are. (Vessel, Starr and Rubin, 2013).

VR exhibition

https://www.galleriesnow.net/shows/codruta-cernea-paradise-of-lost-desires/

I don’t think VR technology can help to strengthen the connection between the audience and the artwork. It was even less realistic, and I lost the sense of understanding the space and feeling the size of the painting. Although I can see the higher resolution picture with more details, sometimes the proper blur is the real thing.

Finding another group of people as new clients:

I made a list of the potential requirements for new clients. This may be a group of people with their own unique taste and attitude, and they will express their taste through their clothes, decoration, collection and so on.

They are people who have worked for 3-5 years, have a certain amount of savings, and are positive about life and pursue the quality of life.

Immersive Art Exhibition

Some research about the multi-sensory of art-viewing.

It’s quite popular with this kind of exhibition in recent years. This kind of research is about knowing how other experts combine different media in art exhibitions and what else I can do/ change.

personally, I think it looks super cool, but most people only use it as a beautiful place to take photos rather than try to understand it, understand what the authors want to express. In addition, it’s not environmentally friendly in some way. It also made me think that does van Gogh like it? does he like his painting to be shown in this way? we have no answers.