Samantha Gibbs
Fine Art
Final year project
Attraction, Curiosity and Perception [Read more]
Bumblebee
This diptych displays a photograph of a bee wing situated alongside layered manmade materials. I have digitally merged the photographs of manmade materials to mirror non-human nature.
Spider
This is a screen-print depicting a spider at a microscopic level. The image was taken using a microscope in the STEM Lab.
Beetle
This diptych consists of a photograph of a beetle beside manmade materials.
Spider
This photograph is of a spider taken at a microscopic level.
Butterfly
This photograph depicts a butterfly wing at a microscopic level.
Installation
Using acrylic paint and clingfilm on acetate I have mirrored the form and structure of insect anatomy using manmade materials.
Plastic Wrap
Photogram of manmade materials using an enlarger. This image consists of abstracted sections of bubble wrap.
Fly
Abstracted section of a fly. This photograph was taken with a microscope in the STEM Lab.
Samantha Gibbs
My project is inspired by Anthropocene - a period of time used to describe the impact that humans have had on Earth’s climate and ecosystems. I have explored the interconnected relationship between human and non-human by analysing their form and structure in forensic detail, demonstrating how they are permanently intertwined even to a molecular level.
I have explored Insect and Arachnid anatomy alongside manmade materials, comparing how abstracting these subjects reveals similarities in their form and structure. The use of photographic techniques eliminated the apparent element of touch; leaving viewers to rely on only their sight. Vision is the most deceptive sense, and this enabled the images to take on new forms and structures in instances where the viewer must develop their own perception of the subject.
Final year project
Attraction, Curiosity and Perception