What, How, Why - Art - Feb 23 - 2018

#whathowwhy

So, in Art we are doing a portfolio. We have done brainstorms of what we care about and I choose Mental Health and Disabilities, I choose this subject because I like the idea of people hallucinating, or the way people see things in their view, I find it interesting the way a young child will see things and then how an adult sees it. There is also the fact that I can take the concepts of horror for hallucinations and see how our imagination can be used against us because of paranoia and fear which can lead to many different mental health issues.
For disabilities, I just hate how people can just leave people out because they want to do something instead, I prefer to miss out and keep the other company and watch with them, or do something together. So for this one I want to show how those with disabilities need more help, and that they are still human.

My theme is: Mental health and disabilities  

Choose 3 IDEAS which are covered by your THEME
(e.g. global warming, water pollution and overpopulation)

Idea 1: Person hitting a dead end, doing multiple (or one) thing/s (Self harm, homeless, cold, raining, crying, hiding from the world or running from problems)
Idea 2:  Hospital area (No help, running, hiding, struggling, escaping, locked away)
Idea 3: Access ability

SUBJECT MATTER is what you see in an artwork e.g. the subject matter in ‘The Mona Lisa’ is a woman. For each of your IDEAS, choose 3 things that you could use as SUBJECT MATTER that fit the idea
(e.g. wilted plant, polar bear in a desert, weather map)

Idea 1 could have these things as subject matter:

1. Dark smokey ghost like beings laughing at someone or something
2. Being chased by real people, maybe some changing to be fake hallucinations
3. Hiding from problems, which can take form as something they fear, or seek comfort from, having multiple things or people talking to them.

Idea 2 could have these things as subject matter:

1. Experimented on? (Changing slowly without knowing? Or knowing but trying to resist, fear?)
2. Apocalyptic or demonic/ghost based theme (Hallucinations of fears, or using this as a way of showing how they think of the things in the hospital) happening in the room or hallways, or looking through/out of windows
3. Insane hospital effect (Possible hallucinations, fearing that they may be crazy and that they’re apart of an insane asylum)

Using fear against the person to show maybe a child's perspective of how they see adult jobs, or maybe their parents in an operation, or seeing their parents as a monster for ‘killing’ someone with a failed operation, or because it was a disease that no one had a cure for yet.

Idea 3 could have these things as subject matter:

1. Someone in a wheelchair in front of a building with stairs
2. Someone not being able to get out of a room or unable to move to another spot, or unable to join in with a game
3. Sitting out of many things, being bullied because they’re different

I think I'm going to work more on the ideas of 2 or 1, using sketching and painting as my two main mediums.

I may be using things like a empty wheelchair to signify someone having recovered, or maybe add a ghostly figure to show that someone never recovered or the past.

Possibly a mark on a wall to signify pain or struggle, maybe a chain to also signify struggle.
I could use a form of internet, maybe use facebook or twitter and put two things side by side and see what others prefer (Maybe a disabled person (Or someone who suffers from mental health) and the other someone that is classed as 'handsome' doing the same pose)