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BSix Update

Those of you who attended the last AEN event – the Ideas Bank at Iniva – will  remember Ben Green’s presentation on the work that he has been doing with his BND Art & Design students at BSix Sixth Form College. Here, Cansu Aladag, one of his students, updates us on the project:

We are used to thinking about the way our buildings and places look but how often do we consider how they sound? We have been exploring the boundaries between sculpture, sound art and architecture as part of our BND in Art & Design.

“Bir adam köprü kurar, bin adam geçer”
“One man builds a bridge, a thousand men walk through”
-- Özbek Atasözü

By designing and making a euphoric sculpture, I aim to spread brightness all around the environment in London. The sculpture aims to promote a peaceful and dynamic atmosphere for everyone; where the public have equal access to discover and experience different textures, colours and materials to excite them.

In order for me to achieve my aims successfully, I made a sculpture in a chaotic form. Personally, I always had an interest in the type of textile work that artists, such as Tracey Emin, Kim Sooja and Steve Roden have exhibited. I took inspiration for the structure of my sculpture partly from Tracey Emin's tent 1963-1995. In addition, I explored the techniques used by Kim Sooja by wrapping various colours of wool and strips of fabric around each bamboo stick I used to create my structure. This added strength and colour. In between the bamboo sticks I created small huts. Inside these huts there are limited spaces which gain natural light from the sun.

My sculpture is placed on top of a textile base which is sewn in the style of Tracey Emin and Steve Roden. On the textile base I stated "Euphoric Sculpture on River Thames London", which is sewn in simple lettering.

I planned to site my building in London's South Bank, as I have early childhood memories of events on the South Bank. The South Bank is attractive and hosts many events where people from the United Kingdom and abroad are welcome to contribute and develop their knowledge and understanding of a multi-cultural and multi-dimensional society.

For my soundtrack I used recordings of the River Thames, children playing, a train crossing a bridge and transport such as cars and buses. I then added effects on these recordings by amplifying, layering, reversing and repeating the sounds for my sculpture. I hope that this building connects the visitors with their daily routines and experiences with others, within the South Bank. Therefore, I think that after the visitors have left, they will respond to the sounds in the building positively because the mood is euphoric, and I would expect this to spread around the city.

Please follow the link for more images of Cansu and other BSix students’ work

 

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