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This is the first of my two submissions to the upcoming Instantaneous art exhibition. The size of the original art is A4.
Instantaneous, an art exhibition celebrating original comic book panels out of their context, will open at 7pm on May the 1st at the Grace Emily Hotel (232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, South Australia). Coinciding with World Free Comic Book Day on May the 5th, Instantaneous showcases the talents of South Australian comic book creators. Each piece in the exhibition highlights a single panel from the comic book medium taken out of its original story context.
"The idea is to get people thinking about what has occurred before and what will occur after the instant depicted in each piece - the power of a single panel," says Peter Moore, co-curator of Instantaneous. All pieces will be on sale from opening night from between $50-$200, with all proceeds going to a local charity.
All inquiries: please contact Peter on 8231 3433 or visit http://www.pulpfictioncomics.com.au/aussie.htm
Useless Trivia...
When I first heard about Instantaneous, I had a deluge of ideas for panels I wanted to draw. Peter said that the artists could either enlarge an existing panel from a story they had already done, or draw a completely new panel for the exhibition. It was the latter idea that caught my imagination. I had more ideas than I had time to draw, and tried to narrow down the selection to the ones I liked most. Just as I had decided on my final ideas, this image popped into my head and began drawing it almost immediately.
This piece possibly encapsulates what I like most about the concept of the exhibition, which is the fact that taking a panel out of context allows the viewer to create their own context. Because this panel comes from a story that doesn’t exist, the context is entirely up for debate. When I came up with the idea, I pictured it as a scene from a horror comic, and behind the door being opened would be something unimaginably terrifying. But as I was drawing it, I started to see it from a different perspective, and imagined that there might be a surprise birthday party of happiness behind the door. So if even the person who drew it can see the same picture in such different lights, I figure it’s wide open for interpretation, and I like that a lot.
Instantaneous, an art exhibition celebrating original comic book panels out of their context, will open at 7pm on May the 1st at the Grace Emily Hotel (232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, South Australia). Coinciding with World Free Comic Book Day on May the 5th, Instantaneous showcases the talents of South Australian comic book creators. Each piece in the exhibition highlights a single panel from the comic book medium taken out of its original story context.
"The idea is to get people thinking about what has occurred before and what will occur after the instant depicted in each piece - the power of a single panel," says Peter Moore, co-curator of Instantaneous. All pieces will be on sale from opening night from between $50-$200, with all proceeds going to a local charity.
All inquiries: please contact Peter on 8231 3433 or visit http://www.pulpfictioncomics.com.au/aussie.htm
Useless Trivia...
When I first heard about Instantaneous, I had a deluge of ideas for panels I wanted to draw. Peter said that the artists could either enlarge an existing panel from a story they had already done, or draw a completely new panel for the exhibition. It was the latter idea that caught my imagination. I had more ideas than I had time to draw, and tried to narrow down the selection to the ones I liked most. Just as I had decided on my final ideas, this image popped into my head and began drawing it almost immediately.
This piece possibly encapsulates what I like most about the concept of the exhibition, which is the fact that taking a panel out of context allows the viewer to create their own context. Because this panel comes from a story that doesn’t exist, the context is entirely up for debate. When I came up with the idea, I pictured it as a scene from a horror comic, and behind the door being opened would be something unimaginably terrifying. But as I was drawing it, I started to see it from a different perspective, and imagined that there might be a surprise birthday party of happiness behind the door. So if even the person who drew it can see the same picture in such different lights, I figure it’s wide open for interpretation, and I like that a lot.