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Into the Water 일련의 예술 작품은 by Sonia Alins

Into the Water 일련의 예술 작품은 by Sonia Alins is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2017 A' Design Award 동상 in 순수 예술 및 예술 설치 디자인 Competition Category.


동순수 예술· 2017

Into the Water 일련의 예술 작품은

by Sonia Alins

Client: Sonia Alins

A' Design Award 동상 Winner in 순수 예술 Category

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The Design

About Into the Water 일련의 예술 작품은

이 시리즈는 운명의 희생양이자 엄청난 비율의 표정이 풍부한 인물들이 등장하는 신비한 수중 환경으로 시청자를 놀라게 합니다. 작가는 투명성과 흐림의 가능성을 탐구하고 작품에 깊이를 더해 다양한 인식 수준을 구축합니다. 이 모든 것은 주로 종이와 폴리프로필렌이라는 재료의 미니멀한 계획된 조합 덕분입니다. 따라서 상징적이고 초현실적인 성격을 지닌 암시적인 개념적 작품이 등장합니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 동상

Into the Water 일련의 예술 작품은, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 동상 수상작으로, 창의성, 독창성, 영민함으로 돋보이는 뛰어난 디자인에 수여되는 높은 권위의 인정입니다. 동상 수상작은 충분히 숙련되고 인상적으로 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 폭넓은 경험, 상상력, 기지를 입증합니다. Into the Water 일련의 예술 작품은, 이 작품은 높이 평가받고 감탄과 사랑을 받는 사물로서 두드러지게 전문적이고 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 동상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 모범 사례를 담고 있으며 세부에 대한 주의로 훌륭합니다. Into the Water 일련의 예술 작품은, 이 작품은 필요를 훌륭하게 충족하고 욕망에 닿으며 감정을 매료하고 호기심을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
Into the Water is a series of artworks with which the artist explores, in a special way, concepts such as surrealism and visual poetry. Besides that, the unique personality of this series is the consequence of a studied process of creation that experiments with the idea of generating, in a minimalist way, ethereal atmospheres through different levels of transparency. The result are mysterious and delicate collages that contain very expressive figures emerging from an aquatic environment.
Dimensions & Packaging
500 mm x 500 mm x 45 mm each artwork
Tags
surrealism, minimalism, illustration, art, atmosphere, symbolic, collage, blurred, water, mysterious
Production Technology
For the production and realization of the artworks the following materials have been necessary: watercolor paper and cardboards of different shades for the trimmed figures, that are inked with black ink and painted with watercolors and colored pencils. On the other hand, polypropylene sheets were used for the aquatic environment. Some of the pieces also include wool to add different textures. Once the different pieces were assembled in a inner frame, they were inserted into a outer frame with a height of 45mm. Thus the pieces have depth and we obtain different degrees of blur.
Design Challenge
Behind some seemingly simple images there is a demanding search job. It was necessary to find a material that offered different degrees of visibility depending on the distance between this and the figures. After several tests with tracing paper, the final solution were the polypropylene sheets, perfect because of its consistency and a suitable degree of blurring.
It was also difficult to find a perfect solution for the coloring of the background and the figures and how to place the figures in order to obtain the exact grade of blurring and the maximum expressiveness to the whole scene.
Research
The aim of the artistic research was to create artworks full of visual poetry and lyricism.
After defining the artistic idea, the objective of the technical research was to create an environment with different degrees of transparency that gives tridimensionality to the artwork. So, I tested papers and cardboards for the figures and many semitransparent materials for the background. I also tested tulle, cloth or wool, in order to represent different textures.
The results were positive, as the definitive collages convey the feelings intended at the beginning of the project.
Inspiration
Inspiration for these artworks comes from the contemplation of several of my favorite artists namely Joseph Cornell, Yves Klein, Francesca Woodman, Wynn Bullock and Barbara Morgan. Also, Hieronymus Bosch is always present as a referent due to his narrative. Apart from that, I felt the need to explore, in a subtle way, the idea of transparency and different levels of perception, in order to achieve the unreal atmosphere I wanted in my artworks. To me, this was the perfect setting to develop my narrative and convey emotion.
Project Duration
The project started in February 2014 in Lleida with a short collection of five pieces (230 x 230 mm each). The definitive artworks (500 x 500 mm) were completed in November 2016 in Lleida. One of the pieces, called Into the water, was selected as a finalist at the World Illustration Awards 2016 (backed by the AOI): currently, it is part of the exhibition tour all around the UK.
Operation Flow
The originality of the technique and the delicate but strong personality of this collection, ensure that the interaction with the viewer is very intense. "Into The Water" series try to convey an ethereal sensation when looking at the bodies fading subtly under a translucent veil that brings depth to the pieces and adds to the work a strange feeling of unreality that disturbingly combines with the situation of extreme expressiveness that the characters are experiencing.
Patents
© Sonia Alins, 2016.
Team Members
Creative Director: Sonia Alins
Assistant: Juanjo Barco
Image Credits
Image #1: Artist Sonia Alins, 2016
Image #2: Artist Sonia Alins, 2016
Image #3: Artist Sonia Alins, 2016
Image #4: Artist Sonia Alins, 2016
Image #5: Artist Sonia Alins, 2016

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