Concept: Merging Sean as an adult and youngster.
Concept: Painting Sean painting. The method of expression, used to capture expression.
Concept: Drawing style to represent the energy presented in Sean's spirit.
Concept: Exhibiting Sean more literally and physically. Expressing the point of view that his brain is physically no different to any other, even though his facial features are associated with imperfection.
Concept: Bringing physically associated "perfect" forms (the egg, and crisp white threaded cloth) used to represent the duality of perfection and imperfection.
Concept: Bringing physically associated "perfect" forms (the egg, and crisp white threaded cloth) used to represent the duality of perfection and imperfection.
(Detail of message included in sculpture/installation concept: "Although different, he's the same as you.")
Concept: Incorporating Sean's image with that of widely-accepted beautiful and perfect objects and forms. Using lack of gravity to represent the subtle, yet blatant attitudes/ideas/relationships people have with persons with learning challenges.
Concept: Taking the perfect form, the egg, and making it imperfect by adding or retracting elements. Also, evolving the perfection into a different form that is neither perfect nor imperfect.
Concept: Christo inspired concept of "wrapping" objects and presenting a retrospective to an object not typically reflected on.
Concept: Sean looking into a mirror, reflecting on himself. The reflection in the mirror looking at the audience, involving them in the personal and intimate interaction. Merging the self and societal image into one.
Test: Two Eggs used to produce the sculptural reiterations to the previously sketched concepts.
Test: Egg wrapped, made unidentifiable, transformed from a "perfect" form into a "different" form.
Test: Egg wrapped, made identifiable by using clear plastic, yet transformed from a "perfect" form into a "different" form.
Test: Egg wrapped, made identifiable by using string with revealing negative space, yet transformed from a "perfect" form into a "different" form.
Selected View.
Concept: Another Selected View. Allows both forms to be in the same image, allowing differentiation and reflection on 'compare and contrast' terms.
Concept: Another Selected View. Allows both forms to be in the same image, allowing differentiation and reflection on 'compare and contrast' terms.
Concept: Using Bust of Sean placed infront of a mirror, reflecting on himself. Audience, walks behind bust, looking into mirror, inorder to see the face. Their reaction to the face of a Downs Syndrome person will be physically reflected in the mirror from which they are gazing. This tactic can be used to allow the audience member to reflect on their reaction to Sean, the reaction he has to himself and the relationship between the two.
Concept: "Portrait of a Man". Black and White variation. Being void of colour, detracts any distraction from Sean. Photography makes Sean easily identifiable, on several planes. Although Sean is not literally in front of the audience member, the photograph is as literal a translation of the real person, that can be viewed by multiple audiences. Exhibiting a selection of photographs that depict various times in Sean's life presents him as a person, in equal proportions to any other who has a recorded history through photography. Photography is a widely used method of documentation of a person's life. These photographs are the representation of a person, of Sean. The audience member is not directed into a personal ideal but left to reflect and retain what they so wish. Direction is taken from the artist's hands and left to the audience.
Concept: Another variation, allowing various values and hues in the relationship of images. This can allow certain photos to be made focal points or allow the flow of eye to be manipulated differently.
Concept: Bringing Sean's artwork into the display allows his work to represented as a personal representation of him.
Concept: Here, photography and placement is used to allow earlier concepts of self and societal reflection and image. Here, Sean appears to be looking at his own image, reflecting on himself, as well as looking at the audience, engaging them into the narrative of this intimate and personal relationship.
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