Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

On the 15th of November, we visited Yorkshire sculpture park to help get influence for our own journey project, my overall impression of the park was that it was a lot bigger than I was expecting,

 One thing about the park that intrigued me was the landscape itself, the wide field of view allowed for almost 360 degrees of nature, without any obstructions of buildings. I took some photos of the surrounding landscape. the water was so peaceful which allowed for the skys reflection to bounce off the water creating almost a mirror effect. This first photo was taken of the river bank, with a sculpture hidden behind a tree, but the trees in the foreground and the bending bank add depth to the photo was a whole.
 This photo was taken from the other side of the lake, the lake itself was huge, and the north side had a small river running along it. This photo shows both the river and the lake. But still shows the reflections of the sky too.










The next set of photos are from a sculpture on the south bank of the lake. It's in the photo above but it blends in so well with the surroundings it's hardly noticeable. It's difficult to get the full effect of this sculpture in a single photo, so this set is from 4 different angles, and shows how this piece seems normal from some angles, but seems warped from others.
I drew these sketched to show the different angles of the piece using pencil.



The next exhibit that I felt was quite powerful was called 'The Garden of Good and Evil" by Alfredo Jaar. There was no photography allowed in this exhibit so I don't have any photos. The piece, in particular, was called 'The Sound of Silence (2005)' and was an emotional piece about a photographer who had captured a very distressing image of a child who was a victim of the 1993 Sudanese famine. The piece itself was an installation, a box with the front covered in long fluorescent white lights, that were very bright to the eye and almost forced you to look away. So from the start, this piece was very loud and made me want to learn more. Inside the box, there was a film we could go and watch, so once in the box, it was pitch black with benches around the outside and a projector screen and some old-fashioned studio lights, but they were off. The short film lasted around 10 minutes at a guess and was almost completely black with white text appearing then fading away onto the screen. It was about a photojournalist Kevin Carter, and throughout the film, his name would flash several times on the screen, making it more impactful on the viewer and therefore made his name more memorable. The whole film was very moving and the plainness of it meant all the thought and emotion was on the words, how a photographer, whose life wasn't very lucky, took this photo which he thought would launch his career as this photo was the center of attention. But even when this photo won prizes, he lost his life to suicide a few months after, and it also mentioned in the film he'd attempted suicide before. Straight after the screen mentioned suicide, the bright lights flashed and made a bang, which definitely made everyone jump, but it was meant to. Then it made sense more, the lights on the outside which were too bright that we had to look away, symbolized the photo Kevin Carter had taken and ultimately his death. This influences my journey as I had a newspaper article i want to incorporate into my piece as its very emotive and it think, if used the right way, could be very powerful, but its just trying to figure out the right way to get it across, and the fact this piece just presented the plain text and it gave a great powerful message is definitely something I could use as inspiration.


 I took the image from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park website to show what I saw. (https://ysp.org.uk/exhibitions/alfredo-jaar)

I did some observational drawing too of different textures of the sculptures using pencil and some chalk in black and brown.

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