Since catching the shadow on our hall wall, I have become increasingly aware that at every given time of day, everywhere you look, you will be able to find interesting shadows. These photos are a selection from about 20 or so which I have taken around the studio on several days. I really love the idea of ‘catching’ shadows, of capturing the precise moment that they exist in that given state – their shape and the intensity of the darkness of the shadow is constantly changing every second, which I think opens a whole wealth of possibilities for development.
Perhaps the thing about the shadows which I have become most fond of and attracted too is their transitory, changeable nature – indeed all is fleeting in the world of shadows. This could lead to tracking shadows across a set amount of time, through drawing, photographs or perhaps film (many time lapse films could look into as instruction) or trying to build structure which would cast my own shadows by whatever means and seeing the shadows which are made throughout an hour, day or week. Could possibly experiment with the overhead projector, layering shapes and shadows with that? Also one area which I am quite interested in would be the juxtaposition of ideas if I was to somehow create a 3D realisation of a shadow – this could be using the shapes that the shadows cast and then making them into some kind of 3D sculpture, that you could walk around, touch and would be (unlike actual shadows) permanent. The confliction between the transitory nature and then fixing it in time is something I find very appealing.
Perhaps the thing about the shadows which I have become most fond of and attracted too is their transitory, changeable nature – indeed all is fleeting in the world of shadows. This could lead to tracking shadows across a set amount of time, through drawing, photographs or perhaps film (many time lapse films could look into as instruction) or trying to build structure which would cast my own shadows by whatever means and seeing the shadows which are made throughout an hour, day or week. Could possibly experiment with the overhead projector, layering shapes and shadows with that? Also one area which I am quite interested in would be the juxtaposition of ideas if I was to somehow create a 3D realisation of a shadow – this could be using the shapes that the shadows cast and then making them into some kind of 3D sculpture, that you could walk around, touch and would be (unlike actual shadows) permanent. The confliction between the transitory nature and then fixing it in time is something I find very appealing.
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