Claire Jasmine
Light and Shadow
Photographing the materials around my house and observing how they react to light and the shadows that they create.
Analysing how the different levels of permeability and transparency of the materials are affected by light, and how they start to frame, block, blur, and enhance views.
Knitted fabric
- weave becomes more transparent and visible when there is direct light
- allows light to filter through
- completely changes the appearance of the fabric
Metal gate
- the angle of the light creates odd and distorted shadows
- contrast between light and dark changes the state of the material
Tracing paper
- held up against the window with no direct sunlight and direct sunlight
- changes its visibility and transparency qualities
- in direct sunlight, the shadow is clear, however, there is no result when no light is shining through
- held up against a solid and transparent material to see how it reacts to the background
- allows some light to filter through and can vaguely make out the shadow of something behind it
- the intensity of light changes how clear and defined the shadow becomes
Perforated fabric
- normal state permeable to its background
- overlaying and folding of the material which creates more odd shapes overlapping each other
- material held up against the window to frame a view
- still visible and permeable
- opens and closes a space by disrupting the view
- flexible movement of the mesh becomes overlayed, further disrupting the view
- it reacted to light by casting shadows
- using the stool as the support to hold the fabric and photograph the shadows
- metal stool also has perforations to create an assemblage of shadows
- combining shadows and the material qualities become ambiguous
Tissue
- held up against the window with no direct sunlight, and in direct sunlight
- changes its visibility and transparency qualities
- does not show any views, shadows, or reaction to light when there is no light
- thinness and fragile quality of the tissue shows marks and creases
- reacts to light and causes shadows when light is directly shown
- colour and shape of my hand becomes visible
- contrast of negative and positive space
“Form, material, and orientation can facilitate pathways and hence draw attention to thresholds, or conversely, blur them or even let them disappear. Changes in material can be heard, felt, or seen and thus mark the breaks.”
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