13 November 2012
The Evolution 2012
the evolution of mankind
Lindi Venter
2012
Plastic and bio-degradable plastic
mankind
Lindi Venter
2012
Book: Paper, plastic, artificial hair,
metal, net, glue and fishing line
the escape
of mankind
Lindi Venter
2012
Charcoal, pencil,
ink, material and net
i won’t stand in your
way
let your hatred grow
and she’ll scream
and she’ll shout
and she’ll pray
and she had a name
and she had a name
and I won’t hold you
back
let your anger rise
and we’ll fly
and we’ll fall
and we’ll burn
no one will recall
no one will recall
this is the last time
i’ll abandon you
and this is the last
time i’ll forget you
i wish i could
look to the stars
let hope grow in your
eyes
and we’ll love
and we’ll hate
and we’ll die
all to no avail
- muse-
stockholm syndrome
The making of our scapegoat with Diane Victor was the starting point of this project. Through dealing with the issues that comes with the scapegoat, I have done away with all visual representations of the scapegoat doll I had. I only incorporated aspects of the doll into the drawings: the net that was used for the hair and imprinting on to the surface with the orange peels from the arms. Only the emotions and the escaping from the representation and issue are left behind.
the
microscopic problems of mankind I
Lindi Venter
2012
Prints
We have been conditioned for abundance and the
lack thereof leaves the Western world confused and helpless. Not conforming to
society’s norms is frowned upon and even rejected.
the
microscopic problems of mankind II
Lindi Venter
2012
Charcoal, pencil
and ink
Constantly trying to contain and beautify
nature, society have estranged, repudiated and declared nature as abnormal.
the microscopic problems of mankind II
Through the course of the year I
largely research and incorporate elements of the human in my work. What
interest me most about the human are all the aspects around the human which
influences the way our minds work. I also try to investigate how it comes about
that human either succumb to or elevate above what their minds and instinct
tells them. Cause and consequence. This is the underlying thought in all my
work.
My work also largely comments on
society and everything that comes or doesn’t come with this signifier. Things
that influence both my own and every other human’s life, whether it’s known or
unknown.
The
printmaking project is titled: “the microscopic
problems of mankind”. I created it with regards to an issue that I’ve been
struggling with for a long time. Society, which tells people how they should
live their lives, with result, the obsession to limit and tame the human body
and nature around us. In the representation there appears microscopic images of
“problems” which society experiences. There are largely four issues. Rhizopus
stolonifer (mould), Propionibacterium Acnes (pimples), Phickuntiatus (dust) en
Iron (ii) Oxide (rust).
Mold shows
people’s obsession with fresh food. Bread and cheese gets thrown away on the
basis that it’s “old”, while there are people without food. In countries like
South Africa, we have an abundant choice of the food we want to buy and eat. For
example: we can choose anything from fruits and vegetables, cereals, bread,
cheese and mostly all types of food, while in other parts of the world people
have to buy the nearly rotten fruits and dried out bread, because there are
simply no other choices.
Pimples is
the comment on people’s, especially women (but for a while also men), obsession
with a beautiful, blemish free skin. The mass media like beauty magazines and
television advertisements proclaim that a woman’s beauty lies in her skin (not
even speaking of slim bodies). Women go to the extreme extents of even going
for plastic surgery when it is not even closely needed. This is directly
contradictory to people with growths on their skins and body and even
underdeveloped limbs.
Dust places
emphasis on especially the housewife and her obsession with cleaning. The idea
that there is not allowed even the faintest particle of dust on any surface.
The constant daily nonintellectual ritual of cleaning the house – that can never
be completely clean. Contrasting is people who literally live in the dust and
experience more drastic problems like an income and food.
Rust
points at the obsession with safety, contrast to wars in other parts of
the world where our burglar bars and alarm systems won’t keep the gunshots out.
We want to protect our belongings while other people’s lives are in danger.
What all
of these elements have in common is that it is all natural occurrences, but we
have been conditioned to try to contain and beautify nature. Society have
estranged, repudiated and declared nature as abnormal.
The process
of making the prints was very delicate, required much precision and was overall
a very slow process. I have decided on the fluorescent colours, because scientists
studies organisms and samples through microscopes which they have dyed,
therefore creating organisms with extremely artificial bright colours. The idea of the “hidden text” is to symbolise
how we highlight these issues to such an extent that it becomes a problem,
where we normally wouldn’t have been so much aware of it.
the microscopic problems of mankind II
I have decided on
making these large drawings to highlight the big problem we make out of these
small natural occurrences. The microscopic problems have turned into a large
scale “problem”.
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