Health and Safety policy

- A risk assessment would need to be carried out to ensure the location was safe enough for the audience, e.g. stability of ground, any loose-hanging rocks etc.

- A walk-way for the audience to follow will have to be regularly maintained by Marshalls to ensure it is safe to walk on.

- The audience will need to wear some sort of protective gear, e.g. hard-helmets.

- The artwork will need to be protected from the elements using a thin film of protective plastic over the surface.

- The cave itself will need to be somewhat protected from the elements to make it a safe environment for the audience, e.g. sheltered in evenings etc.

- The four spotlights in the corner must be checked hourly to ensure they don't overheat and to make sure no damage is sustained to the wiring.

- Marshalls will be required within the exhibition to monitor the artwork so no damage is sustained and so that the audience is under no threat of element exposure or general accident due to the exhibition being outside - at least five Marshalls at one time.

-  Torches will be handed out individually, there will be a large collection of torches in case of breakage stored and kept with the Marshalls at the entrance.

- Warnings will have to issued such as not recommending people with visual impairment partake in the exhibition due to the light quality and arrangement of lighting.

- Ensure location does not harm wildlife or is a habitat of any species for the protection of the creatures as well as the audience.

Final exhibition photography

Here are some photographs I took of my virtual cave in the dark when the spotlights were turned on.

Creating the entrance to the Cave

I decided on creating a proper entrance to my virtual cave so that the work would be more enclosed and appear more realistic in structure. I first collaged the front tabs of the box on the inside so that the collage followed on from the images used for the walls inside the cave.

Once I had collaged the inside I taped up the front and cut out an entrance to the box - I wanted the entrance to be large enough so that the inside of the box could be viewed through the gap. I then collaged over the front of the box and used the left over section I had cut out as a ramp at the front of the box. With this design the inside of the virtual cave can be viewed through the small entrance at the front as well as through the top with the open-up lid.

Press Release

Press Release

Title: Cave Works

Basic Information:

Clear-water Caves

Showing through April 25^th until August 25^th, viewing times 9am – 6pm

Curator: Rose Hale

Press Release: 22/04/12

Summary:  Cave Works explores how the artwork of today can interact with the art of the natural work; delving into the beauty of nature by displaying the modern works in a setting deemed untameable within the natural environment as well as looking at the primitive side of art and artists that create work to express nature, patterns and emotions.

Artists involved: Michael Porter, Anselm Kiefer, Cedric Van Eenoo, Paul Klee and Mark Tobey

 Michael Porter has a range of naturally themed paintings, the almost chaotic pieces that portray a sense of undergrowth and untameable nature. The pieces also have a delicate element about them; the illustrative parts of the work such as the leaf patterns are so finely painted which contrasts really interestingly with the array of colours in the background.

Anselm Kiefer’s work is unique because of the sheer size and the majestic qualities about them such as the amount and variety of natural materials, the depth of emotion in his work and the perspective of the work. The work optimises the theme natural world due to the array of natural materials and the arrangements of the pieces; it also seems to create a nostalgic atmosphere portraying a complex beauty in relation to the natural world.

Cedric Van Eeno’s work has an illustrative quality with the use of patterning and the earthly colours create a natural element in the work. The work has interesting mark-making that are simplistic yet bold due to lines and division of colour. The texture and structure of the pieces give the impression of natural surfaces such as rock or bark.

Mark Tobey works express complex patterns and illustration similar to the structure spontaneous formation of plants and express a chaotic foundation that seems to have meaning like the cave paintings do with the patterns. The works also seem to have a primitive sense of story-telling in the swirls and lines of the patterns.

Paul Klee’s artwork reflects interesting illustrations and vibrant colours that express something very primitive and simplistic with a basic sense of structure similar to the cave paintings of pre-historic man. The illustrative content of the work is rather basic and the colours painted in various tones which create an interesting structure to the work but it is the vivid colours of the paintings that bring the emotions and depth of the work alive.

Poster

I began making my poster by using one of my photographs as a background - I used the picture of the roof of my cave as it was natural looking like the rock of a cave and eye-catching.

I also took a look at my previous collaborative work with my tutor group to see what the poster was like in that project to get some inspiration. The layout was simple and clear and it included several pieces of interesting imagery and colour. I would need my poster to be simplistic and to-the-point so that the audience could get an impression of my exhibition immediately. I decided, as the exhibtion was virtual, I would have to invent a location in which the show would take place.

Here is my first attempt; it is simplistic but I think it works well with expressing what the exhibition is about as well as catching the attention of an audience.

Art Arrangement

I messed around with the arrangement of work in the exhibition before final positioning them in a way that I felt reflected the art best - and also a composition which linked all the art pieces together in a successful way. I positioned the artwork around the five walls, arranging them in ways that I thought would attract the audience's attention and intrigued them all the way around the exhibition.
In my 3D model, I printed off small images of the art, mounted them on cardboard and then positioned them with drawing pins while I decided on the places I wanted them.

Final lighting positions

When deciding on the best lighting positions I considered having lots of small lights situated around the exhibition but I thought it would work better if I had a few larger more powerful lights to light up the show. I used some self-standing lights in my 3D model and arranged them in the corners within the perimetre of the walk-way - when switched on the four lights lit up the exhibition space very well and would be out of the way of the audience and not distracting to the artwork. In fact the light shining on the artwork added a glow to the art and made the work seem even more mysterious and intriging.