The live brief I have chosen is the Chaplaincy Commission. This involves designing a piece of artwork to fit in one of two spaces within the chaplaincy on Oxford road. I decided to pitch for this brief as it gives me a chance to explore the possibility of my work fitting into an installation / sculptural context.
The space allows people of different faiths to meditate and pray on a day to day basis. The words that came to mind were togetherness, reflection, faith, harmony etc. These are the themes I want to incorporate into the piece. The space is also of modernist 70s architecture which is another reason I believe my work could fit quite well within it. The space I have chosen to pitch for is the entrance as I don't feel that my work is meditative enough for the alter space. Both the brass door and the cylindrical radiators have influenced my design.
The design is based around the idea of togetherness which reflects the idea of closest packing in nature (which I have been studying in my sampling). The design is also loosely based on a sunflower head, which uses this technique of closest packing. I am pitching to use the hexagrammic 3D printed shapes that I have been using in my project as I believe they fit with the modernist architecture and they will also bring more interest to the space through utilising a new and exciting technology. They will be made of 3D printed plastic, brass and ceramic and will be different sizes to reflect the difference in faiths and people that pass in and out of the space. The pieces will be mounted on a circular mirror (made of mirrored perspex) which suggests the idea of reflection within the space.
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