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Induction Project - September 14th-30th
Induction Project - September 14th-30th
To welcome us back to University we were thrust into an Induction Project that was very current to the times we live in. While I'm glad It wasn't based around Miss Rona who we're all fed up of, It was still based around a very important prominent problem in our society, the Black Lives Matters Movement.
BRIEF : "'Colonial Countryside' The toppling of the statue of Edward Colstone, slave trader, by black lives matter protesters focused attention on our colonial past."
This projects aim was to have us look at the history of colonialism in National Trust properties including Penrhyn Castle, which was built on the profits of sugar and slate.
I did initial research in my sketchbook on Penrhyn castle and Edward Colstone. From there I also branched into looking at my ancestors who came from India to the Caribbean to work on the sugar cane plantations after slavery was abolished.
From there I focused more on the BLM movement and made pieces in response to that.
This piece was my favourite that I created. I liked how the figure came out in the gold, it's almost hidden but it's still there which is a reflection of the BLM movement.
I also included a background pattern of sugar cane to represent the past which is something the viewer might not realise to begin with at first glance.
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