For my notebooks I have used a series of notebook recording documenting my various stages within my body of work.
Week 1
27/09/2021 to 3/10/2021
Throughout this website i have chosen to use a series of video and photos for my process and work documentation to show the material i’ve used and my thinking behind the work.
First Initial sketch
This first sketch is of endangered animals that i’ve planned to engrave in glass later on through the documentation of my work.
The reason why i have chosen to use endangered animals is to bring out the core roots of the theme of my work being the Industrial revolution showing endangered animals and skull and cross bones signifying the toxicity of coal around earth as a benchmark signifying that in the days of the industrial revolution society largely relied on factories burning coal for energy usage.
Second Initial sketch
I have added on to the first ketch through using red crayons and charcoal to create more of a contrast to each section of the drawling.
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Eighth final initial sketch in this first part of my process journey
This is the first 8 part sketch i have done showing the starting point for the ongoing creative series of works showing my refined ideas and theme within my specific practice and premeditative thought process.
This video edit shows my process for my ideas behind my projection art that involves glass engraving using acrylic sheets along with a torch for a prototype to test my ideas before using the projector.
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Video edit three shows the progress my video editing when through in relation to my projector with more progress through testing the prototype.
This third video edit shows the process i’ve used for the glass part that i’ve added to my metal framed engraving.
Week 2
October 4th 2021, testing the moving parts of my artwork
Video edit part 1
Thorough this initial video edit i have used the InShOt app to show the way my work functions earlier on during this process of making to show not only the progression aspect throughout my body of work but to be able to use this methodical for of viewing my work through photos and videos as a form of an online diary entries based research narrative.
Video edit Part 2
Above is a video edit that shows another part of my work earlier on during my process that I’m showing added to my golden framed metal engraving that i’m using whilst moving forward through my body of work through my notebook recordings.
October 5th 2021
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Above is a video edit of an electric operated turn-style used to rotate the glass pice that i’m using as a part of the projector pice for my research narrative.
October 6th 2021
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Above is a video edit that shows an engraving done on green acrylic used to as part of this process for the projector that serves as part of my notebooks and final pice.
Video edit 3 October 7th 2021
Above is video edit six this is a framed engraving with rotating glass that is part of my research narrative to do with the Industrial revolution and wildlife, linking to the theme because of the electricity used to rotated that glass that links to the idea of industrial energy thanks to electricity referencing back to the industrial revolution.
October 8th 2021,
Video 4 Part of my experimentation, part 1.
Above is video 7 the first test run of the projector that moves along with the framed engraving that moves both part of my second year final pice and notebook recordings.
October 9th 2021
Video 5 Part of my experimentation throughout my research narrative part 2.
Throughout the making of this pice of my process i have used wood perspex neon acrylic plastic and electric turnstiles rotating glass to create sonic sculptures.
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Through this video and series of zoomed in images show how my work functions as a sonic sculptured made through studio practice that uses electricity, light along with acrylic plastic sheets and glass for the functionality of the work as seen in the video above earlier on.
October 10th 2021
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October 11th 2021
1/10/2021
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During the trip to Folkstrone I saw many new creative works that i haven’t seen before such as the Folkestone Triennial etc.
Video entry for the Folkstone trip with my year and the year 3’s and MA’s with Keith Piper and Tansy Spinks.
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During this second video documentation of the Folkestone trip i saw sculptural hand made structures of houses and a video sculpture with coloured smoke with various artists in the space such as Holly Sherlock’s work invisible lines of connections.
The freeze art fair 24/10/2021
The freeze art fair London southwest Battersea
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Video entry for my own trip to the Freez art fair 2021 in Battersea South west London.
Second of November Camden arts centre trip with John Timberlake and Keith Piper 2/11/2021.
Tate Modern gallery visit with Anne Robinson and Alice-maude-roxby 2/11/2021.
Anicka Yi
Through my visit at the Tate modern art gallery some of the work I feel relates back to my own practice for example the work done by Anicka Yi titled In love with the world created at the Bankside Turbine hall 1972 photographer unknown.
Tate modern Anicka Yi In love with the world
2/11/2021 video entry
Tate modern description of the work In love with the world by Anicka Yi 2/11/2021
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The reason why i feel the work of Anika Yi relates back or has similarities to my own work thanks to the aspect of movement used in the artists work seen at the Tate modern titled In love within the world, further more relating back to my work in the sense that her work can be seen as an installation or sonic sculpture, with the similarity of my own style of working taking up a room through the aspect of light projection beamed off from glass and movement thanks to the rotating turnstiles or mirror ball motors used through my own practice.
Chryssa
The artwork that i saw at the Tate modern i feel most relates to my practice is an artwork titled Study of gates created by Chryssa from 1933 to 2013 an artist born in Greece, worked in Greece and the US through out her career, the work she’s done shown at the Tate modern was created through the use of Perspex, 8 neon lights and a timer.
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Another artist i feel relates to my practice is the artist Victor Grippo work titled Energy of a potato (or untitled or energy) 1972, made using a Potato, electric meter, electrodes and wires.
In my opinion the work of Victor Grippo relates to my practice thanks to his use of electricity in his work, similar to the way electricity is used in my work through the perspective of mediums used through the artwork itself being electricity is were i see the commonality between my work and how he’s portrayed through his work energy of a potato.
Energy of a potto 1972 by victor Grippo
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The reason why I feel the work of Victor Grippo titled Energy of a potato relates back to my practice is because of how the artist uses electricity through the work to represent the meaning through the work relating similarly to my own practice within the sense that it relates to referencing the septets of the industrial revolution also relating to Victor’s work through the work being a form of an interactive pice thanks to electricity being an art representation through his work alining to the idea of chemistry being another way his work relates back to my own through the aspect of fuel and the linking between this and the industrial revolution through the burning of coal relating back to pollution through smog.
Engraving on acrylic process video
7th of Novmeber 2021
During this process in my work I thought of documenting the stages whilst producing the work in person through a video format as this can inform the people that see my work in more of a direct and deliberate way in my opinion rather then showing my process only through photos as this allows me to create more variety throughout my body of work.
7th of November 2021
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During my creative process I had originally an A4 picture frame to show my ideas that broke in the wood workshop, this accident I’ve found improved my ideas since it allowed me to buy an A3 picture frame that made me think of including a mirror in the frame adding a new visual dimension to the display of the framed appearance of the work.
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The L.U.X Art gallery with Nic Sandiland and John Dack, 11/11/2021 multimedia trip.
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During the L.U.X exhibition i saw various artworks shown through projectors and through the use of sound, light and computer generated effects with multiple works commissioned by LG and created by using flexible OLED displays, with various artists by the names of a’strict, Refik Anadol, Je Baak, Cecilia Bengolea, Can Yuxi, Es Devlin, Iart Studio, Julianknxx, Carsten Nicolai, Hito Steyerl, Universal everything.
The L.U.X Art exhibition artists work plus descriptions 11/11/2021
Artist Carsten Nicolai
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Uncolor 2014 at the L.U.X exhibition
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Book Research on the artist Hans Haack 13/11/2021.
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The reason why I chose hans Haack is because of how the artist uses movement and site specific methods of portraying his art the I can see within my artwork along with the formality aspect of Haacks body of various works similar to my own.
Second year process photos and video update 14/11/2021 engraving on glass and wood processes.
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25/12/2021
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Portfolio entry 27/12/2021
Why have I used frames in my work and how has that Impacted my practice this year so far?
The reason why I have thought about using shadow box 3D frames and an A3 frame is because of how this way of visually displaying my ideas has a strong sense of formality and uniqueness within the context of object arrangement and art collectivism within my own practice through this installation of the Industrial Revolution that I believe uses the idea of collectivism through each shadow box and frame working together as a unite to amplify the Installations meaning with sound holding all the ideas together.
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The reason why I have added a sketch to this process is to use it as a template to engrave in the glass and plastic of an art pice that is part of my final pice that I thought was finished a couple of months back that I now realise can be Improved on for more of a direct meaning to the Industrial revolution with the focus of my new design 18th century Animal Power.
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Portfolio entry 27/12/2021
Why have I used frames in my work and how has that Impacted my practice this year so far?
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The reason why I have thought about using shadow box 3D frames and an A3 frame is because of how this way of visually displaying my ideas has a strong sense of formality and uniqueness within the context of object arrangement and art collectivism within my own practice through this installation of the Industrial Revolution that I believe uses the idea of collectivism through each shadow box and frame working together as a unite to amplify the Installations meaning with sound holding all the ideas together.
Portfolio entry 10/01/2022
New Image series
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The Image on the right shows the Electric engraver that I use for my procedure within my practice when I engrave on hard surfaces.
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The Image on the left is a glass sheet that I’ve done detailing on through my engrave procedure were I’ll produce a series of sketches as seen before in my process that will translate into the engraves I produce during my process.
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Image on the right has been engraved with a sharpie marker drawn on the marks to define the lines of the Images and words.
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The Image on the right shows Industrial bulbs that I’ve bought to use for my 3D frames to make the Coal more visible whilst inside the frame.
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This Image shows the frames on the wooden board that I’ve shown to emphasize as a template for how I’m thinking of laying out my work.
Coal machine Fig. 16
This Image is of a Coal mine from the Science museum that I have chosen to be the mane centred aspect for what I’ve honed in on throughout my body of work.
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Sound effects used for my artwork
Above are the sound effects that were recorded on an MP3 player seen through my body of work in earlier stages through the process.
Original source for the sound effects
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These are some of the ideas that I’m thinking of using to fill the other half of the frame.
Relating mainly to the Coal mining aspect of my work.
Portfolio update 22/01/2022, Lino cut and printmaking documentation
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At this stage within my practice I have drawn onto Lino some designs to infuse within my practice through mixing print making into my body of work allowing my multimedia practice to have more varied visual representation.
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The Lino cut was done in detail to make the print be as detailed and clear as possible that I’ve planned to do with black Ink to give the Lino print a more monochromatic aesthetic.
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The results of the prints a feel have allowed my work to have more visual ambiance and formality to enhance my body of work throughout the discourse of my process.
Whilst going through the process I found that adding the print to the acrylic material inside the frame not only added more flair to the formality and ambiance of my work.
But also allowed my body of work to have a more expansive approach when mixing printmaking with glass engraving and projectors etc …
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When doing these prints I have planned to have the words be seen going from right to left so that they can be seen through a mirrored perspective as seen earlier in my body of work.
The Image I’m print making is of a mining Axe and shovel with a Miners shadow manifested in the form of a silhouette.
With the Skull and CO2 written on the second print done deliberately to show the Chemical reaction and symbol for Coal.
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When using frames for these two prints seen through my process having them pot side by side and mixed with the other frames.
I regard this as an effective way of portraying the subject matter of Coal mines and the sense of Industrial materiality seen within this framed and highly expanded use of displays seen within my work used for my methods that culminate my heterogeneous art practice.
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Update 28/01/2021
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Artist research on Der Lauf Der Lingen by Fischli and Weiss
Peter Fischli, David Weiss The way things go 1986
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The work of Peter Fischli & David Weiss is a 30 minute to 16mm film that shows the non-stop chain reaction of common day to day objects as they clatter whilst passing on a Conveyor belt through a ware house studio space in Zurich.
Lyndsey Seers and Dean Kenning’s work with robotics
Linsey Seers artwork every thought there ever was 4th of may 2018 – 29th of July 2018
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The work of Lyndsey Seers Every thought there ever was is a moving Image artwork that explores human consciousness through the Schizophrenic mind and artificial intelligence.
The way Lindsay Seers uses sound in her work with the lighting used In the space that shows her work provides feelings of unease and mystery both aspects I see through my artwork through its use of light and sound.
Changing material from Mirrors to Mirrored acrylic plastic
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When looking over my previous Ideas of using actual Mirrors for my Installation artwork for the ( IAF ) Islington Arts Factory show I found the glass Mirrors would have been to heavy to use within the space so I found a much safer and lighter alternative switching to Mirrored Acrylic plastic Instead.
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Double sided Industrial tape was used on the back of the acrylic material to stick the plastic to the wooden board underneath.
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Then I painted the wood black so it matches the wooden floor I made earlier on through my body of work.
Portfolio update 29/01/22
Final Image of my artwork before videoing my Light & Sound based pice at the (IAF) Islington arts factory exhibition
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On the right are the acrylic Mirrored plastic material that I’ve shown earlier on in my body of work that I previously used to swap with the heavy glass mirrors.
This lighter weight material I feel works much better with my artwork because the material look more clean and neat compared to what I had originally planned to use.
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Portfolio update January 30/01/22
Refining of my artwork before the (IAF) Exhibition
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During the refining of my work before the IAF show I thought that the floor for my artwork would blend in much better if painted black to mach the other components within my body of work to give my Installation sculptural pice a more formal and conservative aesthetic.
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Portfolio update 2/02/2022
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During this part of my process Ive added a metal pivot to help turn the glass part of the projector within my body of work.
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I painted the pivot that I’m suing for my artwork black so it matches the projectors to keep a uniformed and tidy appearance to my artwork.
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I applied gorilla glues and gorilla tape to Join the pivot and glass cube together and integrated both of these materials into my artwork.
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Projector with new pivot installed done just before the I.A.F show as a last minute tweak to Improve my work
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14/02/22 final update just before the IAF show
I’ve come up with the idea of making an arrow to communicate the idea of cause and effect within my work so the meaning of my work has a centred point to be shown in a more direct way.
Video process for creating the black arrow
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Update 18/02/22, First year final pice compared to my second year final pice
First year final pice, Urban decay and human dereliction
The final pice I had for the first year of my fine art degree had less variety in material compared to my second year final pice with the work Ive done for second year showing a higher level of ideas with how acrylic, glass, plastic and lights have been used comapred to realying on just one material for ideas.
Along with this aspect of the work I can also see structurally my new for work for this second year is more evolved for instance structuraly with a floor being used to hold the boards instead of the artwork leaning against walls with wooden blocks for stands for instance I can see is a more pronounced aspect of improvement within my own work when comparing my first year of my degree to second year.
Urban decay and human dereliction video one
Urban decay and human dereliction video two
High 130cm
Width 75.4cm
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By Leon Westbroek
19th – 24th of February Islington Arts Factory exhibition, 2 Pankhurst road.
Exhibition title Gaining Momentum
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Second year final pice, Industrial revolution meets nature
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My final pice is titled The Industrial revolution meets nature an I see the art pice as an Improved version compared to what I finished with in first year thanks to how the newer artwork has moving parts combined with lights & mirrors so the pice can be seen form any angel compared to my first year work that could be seen in only one way.
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(IAF) exhibition final pice Industrial Revolution meets nature.
By Leon Westbroek
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By Leon Westbroek
Islington arts factory, (IAF) Private view 21/02/22
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This artwork is made of two artworks that connect through the idea of cause and effect, the first one is made of two projectors together with moving parts & golden renissance picture frame, the second artwork is made of two boards with the frames and black floor combined together for the second pice.
Together these two artworks represent how the Industrial revolution lead to endangered animals thanks to western societies Industrial boom of the 18,00s.
Hight 136cm
Width 194.5cm
Depth 153cm
Leon's kinetic & light sculpture 