Bobbie Connolly

Bobbie Connolly talks abit about the piece she will exhibit in the show:
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Inertia; Disinclination to move; lifelessness
"Inertia is a sculptural installation that showcases the relationship between two interlinked objects or beings and plays with the idea of the roles they each play in the others existence. It also creates an ideology of death and how it effects this existence. Inertia also relies on the physical aspects of the sculpture to project a notion of lifelessness."














Piece shown is not yet finished.

George Jones

George Jones talks abit about the piece he will exhibit in the show:
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"My instillation's focus is upon the leather sofa, which has been covered with bizzare and quite explicit text. This sofa was vandalised during a party I had at my house at new years eve of last year, and was completley unaware of people writing on it until the next morning. The action to do such a thing however is due to the influence of alcohol, and the nature of the party in my eyes. This sofa is representative of modern teenage culture, and how harmful substances and the adrenaline rush of a night out can make you do odd things, like this. So i have decided to install this sofa, accompanied with an ipod, some imagrey and dark lighting, to represent what i consider the life of 18 year old. As well as this I intend to display used alcohol bottles, and maybe even a condom, to create a virtual world where whoever sits in the chair is enticed within youth culture. The ipod idea echoes how music serves as an influence to teenage life (i.e punks, anarchy) and by physically engaging in my piece within a small dark cupboard it captures the sensation of the modern teen lifestyle, no matter what age you are. "

Joe Smith

Joe Smith talks abit about the piece he will exhibit in the show:
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"The piece started off as a product of an investigation ie carried out into forgery in Art and Artefacts . Where I was interested in how an object can hold significant meaning and value simply with some sort of back story. In museums objects hold meanings and status due to it's historical relevance , in Art an artist would make a piece to present a certain issue or to carry a certain meaning. So I started to cast an object creating multiples. I choose to cast a little Buddha figurine, I could of cast anything but i choose a Buddha as it already holds religous value. I created 50 in the attempt to raise questions like if you were to cast an object a million times over does it hold the same meaning/value as it's original or does the meaning change. By creating 50 of these Buddhas and exhibiting them all together and to place them in the context of an Art Gallery they as a collective then were made more than they originally were. For me the piece holds different subject matters, things that are not so obvious on the surface. As i also think this piece can be seen in the sense of personal identity, they are all the same object yet due to the technique and process of a cast they are not all exactly the same. They each hold individual qaulities others may not, chips in the plaster, air bubbles at random places."

John O'Grady & Joey Nguyen

John O'Grady & Joey Nguyen talk bout their collaborative work that they will exhibit in the show:
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"The piece is as much about the process as the final product, an Art of body painting through unorthodox means, exploring the ways of creative style and social function. The idea originated from the competetive nature between the two, urging for a standard boxing match, under professional guidelines and rules. With the painting twist however, face shots were excluded for safety (humpth.)" -John O' Grady

"This fight has been long in the making, knowing each other for a solid seven years or so, this is what is has leaded to, a bout with the addition of paint. I see it as an interesting way to end the years at Welling in an artistic, explosive fashion with two Art-consumed students. Keeping the project simple, the addition of paint to the gloves gave a great effect to the piece, each hit landing with a visual mark and resulting in our bodies completely covered. Personally, this boxing match shared many characteristics associated with my studies of Art & Design over the past few years: bruised, battered, and messy, yet a sense of achievement, pride, and a whole lot of paint. It might not cater to everyone’s taste, but I’m sure everyone tends to feel the need to ‘let go’, a need of release therapy – this is just one method I recommend if the going gets tough!" -Joey Nguyen

Sipui Tuong

Sipui Tuong talks about the piece she will exhibit in the show:
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"For the exhibition, i decided to put in my Memo Notes piece because i liked how it could make the spectator feel intimidated and creating such a large piece of work isn't something i'd typically do.
Inspired by Joseph Grigely, i used small pieces of memo notes and put them together to create a huge piece of work.
I wrote the notes about a year ago for the previous project and i think it's quite nice to re-read them and reflect on my 2 years in art.
They were notes that i wrote everyday about things on my mind, things i heard and conversations i had with people. Plus, they were things i wouldn't normally say outloud so they also acted like a diary which made the piece personal; allowing spectators to step inside my world and catch a glimpse of who i am. Also, because they aren't very specific, spectators aren't really sure who or what i'm on about. "

Here are the Notes stacked. Images of Notes in gallery coming soon.

Emma Gower

Emma Gower talks about the piece she will exhibit in the show:
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"This piece I’ve chosen for the exhibition is focussed on lights, sound, movement that you experience at a fun fair. I choose to associate type with thoughts, feelings and emotions at fairs and spell them out on wood with nails, then light them up by wrapping neon glow sticks around them. When entering a room/shed full of neon, loud music and the smell of candyfloss, I wanted the viewer to gain a sense of visual excitement and motion that you would expect at a fun fair, I love the fact that walking into a room full of neon lettering in a closed area can be quite intimidating."

Gallery Prep 1st July

Here are some Photos taken of the Year 13's preping the Gallery for the show:














Bethany Webb is shown here re painting the Gallery walls white after John and Joey splattered the walls with paint whilst fighting for IreNam. John and Joe are stuffing the cardboard used to floor the gallery for the fight in the recyling bin














John O'Grady is shown tearing up the carboard used for the floor to more manageable pieces to put in the bin.













Joe is sweeping the floor. Joey Nguyen and Laura Lloyd are admiring his technique. I like the silhoutte appearence of this photo.














Emma Gower is assembleing her shed for the piece of work she is exhibiting.














Laura Llyod and Helen Skinner are working on the text on the wall which states the show title and artists.













The text was projected on to the wall that they then penciled before painting in the text. Si Pui Tuong is shown here painting in the penciled text.

Photographs taken by Bobbie Connolly