Portrait of Place - Initial Ideas 20/10/11

Place:-

Sense of space – Open/ Claustrophobia/ Fear/ Eerie/ Free/ Atmospheric/ Creepy/ 

Physical – Weather/ Rocks/ Trees (Branches, shape of tree can portray a certain mood or emotion)/ Fields/ People/ River/ Streams/ Buildings/

Animals – Birds (Coincide with sense of space?) / Sheep/ Cows/ Insects/

 Emotion – Anger/ Fear/ Depression/ Desire/ Excitement/ Fearlessness/ Frustration/ Guilt/ Happiness/ Hatred/ Love/ Loneliness/ Passion/ Terror/ Seven Deadly sins – Lust/ Gluttony/ Greed/ Sloth/ Acedia/ Wrath/ Envy/ Pride/ Vainglory.  

Possible Ideas:-

1)      Physical representation of the contrast between open and enclosed spaces.

2)      Trees representing emotion – Seven deadly sins/ The  way the tree is formed can represent a certain emotion e.g. Curved or intertwined can represent Love/ Lust

3)      Emotional journey representing in a physical way.

4)      Decay of nature – Urbanisation/ Abandonment/ Decay through time and nature.