Contamination | Containment

 After more research and group discussion we wanted to bring a contrast into our work. We had been concentrating heavily on the idea of contamination , the multiplying and the spreading of things. Creating our own imagery from experiments. These have been working well but we have decided to further this idea and bring out its best by flipping it on its head and involving  a new aspect. Containment. The idea of containing things. Keeping things in a clinical ordered way and teaming this with the messy irrational contamination images. 

Furthering on from the idea of having sections in our book called modules. The theme for these modules will now be seperated by the titles of contamination and containment.

MODULE

After further discussion and looking at the work we already had we wanted to move forward with the idea of making our trend book similar to that of a text book. We have many images that we felt needed to be catogerized and so we have decided to create sections within our books that will be called 'Modules'. Each module will have its own title and theme. 

The Alchemist by Nina van Bart

'In her trend forecast, we become alchemists, mixing minerals, powders and liquids into our own body care products in a quest for the ultimate treasure of wellbeing ' I like the colour palette of these photos and the art direction, the concept of the photos also relate to our science theme. 

Contamination - Petri Dishes

Fusion of Art and Science
Magical contamination

Magical Contamination is a blog which collects images of beautiful and interesting petri dishes. Each dish is made up of different bacterial organisms which have created a number of visually exciting shapes and forms. As a group we talked about experimenting with petri dishes maybe trying to create our own visual outcome. 

Kim Keever. Abstract Liquids

New York-based artist Kim Keever experiments with colorful tinted paints and water to create these beautifully abstract, hypnotizing formations. As a former thermal engineer for NASA projects, Keever tends to veer his work towards the scientific and experimental. These images look like an explosion. I like the way Keever has used accessible media to create something magical and large scale. The real life of these images are small scale but Keevers techniques have been able to turn this into something large scale. These images remind me of chemical reactions and contamination, the spreading and multiplying of materials to form structures.

Klari Reis

Klari uses the tools and techniques of science in her creative process, constantly experimenting with new ways to apply materials and methods. Klari takes advantage of collaborating with local biomedical companies and receive inspiration from the cutting edge of biological techniques and discoveries. 

The Baltic- Simon Bill

Lucky Jim

When in Newcastle I visited the Baltic Art Gallery, I came across Simon Bill's work it reminded me of the petri dishes structure and patterns we had previously looked at. I like various use of media , the light watercolours but also the thick layering of paint. I feel we could use these techniques if we wanted to recreate similar petri dish structures and patterns.