Sharing Space.
Last Wednesday night was spent sipping tea, and enjoying some beautiful artwork. I attended an exhibition in Ballyfermotte called "Sharing Space." The project was started by students in February and will be on display until June.
The purpose of this project was designed to be a project which helped the community and art students of Ballyfermotte College of Further Education interact together. It allowed people to question the idea of both sharing and space. According to professors of the college; "The project brings together residents from the area with art students from the BCFE."
I went to this project to support my lovely friend Sophie. Who is now finished her first year in Ballyfermott and is now going on to study at the National College of Art and Design. No surprise as you can see from some of her artwork below. On the right is Sophie beside two of her pieces.
Sophie explained the idea behind her pieces which was a really clever idea. Basically, the students of the college worked with the local Youth Club. One of the main objectives of the overall project was that the spectators could not tell which pieces were done by the students and which pieces were done by the children from the Youth Club. Unquestionably, it's a very charming idea.
She continued to explain how the children she worked with were "real characters" and she really enjoyed working with them. An element of their personality can be subtly seen in each picture. For example, in this piece which was my personal favourite, I asked why she used these colours (a mix of turquoise, purple, blue, and black done in charcoal, I'm guessing?) and she explained how it was actually chosen due to the hoody which the girl wore regularly whenever they met up.
This was one of the other pieces also done by one of the students of BCFE which I really loved. It was maps of Ballyfermot which were gradually layered on top of eachother. I think I enjoyed these pieces because of the development seen in the second picture below.
