emerging artist: Ruth Charlton
emerging artist: Na Young Im
movie day: Vanitas
Vanitas from charlotte cornaton on Vimeo.
charlottecornaton.com
Juin 2009///
Terra est vanitas, casts, cracks, vanities and voids//
Thèse Vanitas.
Master Art graphique ESAG Penninghen, major mention excellente.
Vanitas is a state of emptiness.Vanitas is a parallel between ceramics and graphic design through a triptych of contemporary vanities : body, knowledge, morality. A ceramic skull divided in 13 pictogrammes is the starting point of this thesis project. A stop motion video with ceramics confront new technology and tradition. Each pictogramm of the skull is “destroy” in order to show time flying.
A book and the volumes are another part of the thesis project, which you can see on my website.
Earth is memory, permanence, roots.
Earth is matter, ephemera, transition.
Earth is strehgth and fragility, belief and uncertainty.
Earth is vanity.
SCREENINGS
Biennale d’Issy, Paris. 2011
Magmart CAM, Naples. 2011
Cooper Design Space, Los Angeles. 2009
Illustrative Award, Berlin. 2009
LYRICS
luchini :
The truth of this world, dear Élifore, is death.
Life is a drunkenness, a lie. It is delicate and indispensable.
sir alice :
Psychophase.
Nothing,
being nothing,
return to origins,
not even being someone who does nothing.
Be nothing.
That is a noble ambition.
I want to be everywhere
I want to be everyone
and I want to know everything.
CREDITS
Director – Charlotte Cornaton
Performer – Charlotte Cornaton
Music – Prefuse 73, Sir Alice
Voice – Luchini
technical tuesday: How Was it Made? An Agate Teapot by Michelle Erickson
monday morning eye candy: Naomi Clement
emerging artist: Sarah Hahn
Artist Statement
Sarah Hahn
My work is a reflection
of past cultures, distorted by a mirror of aged antiquity, seen through a haze
of modern neon lights. In this blurred reflection appear the remnants of
shared beliefs, fears, joys, mistakes, angers, atrocities, and hopes. Is
it possible that in thousands of years of civilization, the motives, drives,
and emotions behind human behavior have remained the same; that every step
forward is just a reinterpretation of forgotten pathways?
of past cultures, distorted by a mirror of aged antiquity, seen through a haze
of modern neon lights. In this blurred reflection appear the remnants of
shared beliefs, fears, joys, mistakes, angers, atrocities, and hopes. Is
it possible that in thousands of years of civilization, the motives, drives,
and emotions behind human behavior have remained the same; that every step
forward is just a reinterpretation of forgotten pathways?
Currently this
reflection is manifested in the appropriation of western iconic classical
sculptures. In these appropriated sculptures, the ancient god, hero, or
saint is replaced by a contemporary celebrity, politician, or sports
figure. This is done in order to draw a parallel between the past and
present cultures, and to open a dialogue on the function of these figures
within each society. Throughout time these ancient figures, given form by a
sculptor’s hand, represented societal virtues. The figures have
functioned differently within each culture, spanning from the Greeks, to the
Romans, from the popes, and up to the present. When first created, they
were imbued with meaning, carefully thought out and executed in order to
illustrate the intended function. Unfortunately, for most their original
meaning is lost. All that remains is a hunk of marble chiseled in the form of a
strong muscular male form or a seductive female figure. The same fate
awaits our current icons.
reflection is manifested in the appropriation of western iconic classical
sculptures. In these appropriated sculptures, the ancient god, hero, or
saint is replaced by a contemporary celebrity, politician, or sports
figure. This is done in order to draw a parallel between the past and
present cultures, and to open a dialogue on the function of these figures
within each society. Throughout time these ancient figures, given form by a
sculptor’s hand, represented societal virtues. The figures have
functioned differently within each culture, spanning from the Greeks, to the
Romans, from the popes, and up to the present. When first created, they
were imbued with meaning, carefully thought out and executed in order to
illustrate the intended function. Unfortunately, for most their original
meaning is lost. All that remains is a hunk of marble chiseled in the form of a
strong muscular male form or a seductive female figure. The same fate
awaits our current icons.
By appropriating the
classical sculptures and substituting contemporary figures I am seeking to
perpetuate the aura of the original artwork. In doing so I am making the names of the forgotten gods,
saints, and heroes known, the ancient myths and scriptures remembered, and
immortalizing current celebrities.
classical sculptures and substituting contemporary figures I am seeking to
perpetuate the aura of the original artwork. In doing so I am making the names of the forgotten gods,
saints, and heroes known, the ancient myths and scriptures remembered, and
immortalizing current celebrities.
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