Stelarc

THIRD HAND, 1980-98

Aluminium, stainless steel, acrylic, latex electronics, electrodes, cables and battery pack.

n: excess

v: interaction

adj: engineered

Ai Weiwei

SUNFLOWER SEEDS, 2010

n: unity

v: grow

adj: meticulous

Louise Bourgeois

CELL (CHOISY), 1990-93

Pink marble, metal and glass,
306 x 170,20 x 241 cm
Photo: Marcus Leith

n: voyeur

v: threaten

adj: historic

Three pictures and some words

A: YOUR BEST PIECE OF CREATIVE WORK BEFORE COMING TO THIS COURSE

As a hobby, I use art to express things that I like (mostly). I sit down and do it almost every day or whenever it should take my fancy and isn't necessarily very well thought out or executed. At this stage, it's a fast, fun means of communication. I was working on this collage/drawing in my sketchbook to support Joseph Gordon-Levitt's organisation, hitRECord, sometime mid-late last year. I was pushing myself to experiment with incorporating different media into my sketches (this being my second attempt). This is a progress shot of it around the point I liked it the most.

B: AN IMAGE OF A GREAT PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE

Simply put, the Musée du Louvre is just impressive even if you don't have time to look at all the artwork they have to offer. The glass pyramid entrance lets an obscene amount of natural light into the main lobby and it feels like an amazingly refreshing modern respite after being overwhelmed by the sheer amount of cultural history in one place, including the Palais du Louvre. The 12th century palace is solid and starts to feel suffocating after a while, so they've found a nice balance with the open space and light. It's like a palate cleanser in between courses at a particularly long dinner.

C: AN ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL

Food is a beautiful thing. Tastes, smells, textures, sounds (when you eat it). Food photography, I think, is a beautiful thing too. To capture all that, as well as the contextual atmosphere when applicable! Moods, feelings, and the people you eat with is all equally as important as the food. I've suddenly become very hungry. Raclette is one of my favourite things to eat. It's a social kind of food. You don't, after all, eat raclette alone. Well, you could, but it's better in company. I don't actually have a camera (aside from my phone), so I don't have the original of this photo. Desperate to preserve the memory of good food, good company and good cheese (which decidedly deserves a separate category), I quickly snapped a picture of the picture, which is what you see here.