STAGE 5
RESOLUTION
Tiger, Shark and me Sit Down For Tea
by Emma Haddow
2017
Watercolour on paper
Tiger, Shark and me Sit Down For Tea is part of The Perspective Project, an online platform giving people with mental health issues a space to share their own take and perspective through their art. This piece appears to be of the artist making peace with her inner demons in a way, as if she is settling down with them and agreeing to coexist. This is the resolution of a confrontation with herself, when she can look past everything that has happened and agree to let it all go. There is also a dreamlike quality of the whole painting - the upward drifting colours with stars and fishes in the background, the animal heads and the shark wearing pyjamas. This brings us back a little into our childhood. This makes us feel more welcome to this prospect of being at peace after a confrontation. This is a peaceful resolution that both sides of a confrontation could achieve.
Biospheres
by Tomás Saraceno
2007
PVC, rope, nylon monofilament, acrylic, plants (Tillandsia), air pressure regulator system, hydration system
"Their architecture is similar to that of geodesic domes. In parallel with ideas of interconnected floating cities is the artist’s ongoing interest in the structure of spider webs and their flexibility in a changing environment" (Buttrose, 2014). Saraceno is known for his work revolving around geometrical shapes and strings. The interconnection of the spheres refer to the interdependence between ecosystems. This art piece invokes thought and attempts to make one rethink what they might have taken for granted previously, to think of having to live in these biospheres (Bunting, 2009). Saraceno is exploring the possibility of human civilization having to adapt to the changing climate by staying in these bubbles. This is a solution, a resolution to the ongoing climate crisis - however, it is not an ideal one. In Tiger, Shark and me Sit Down For Tea, we explore a good resolution. Floating Cities explores how we have to adapt instead of how we manage to confront the climate crisis head-on. It is not the ideal resolution, but it is a resolution to this confrontation nonetheless.
References
Bunting, M. (2009). The rise of climate-change art. The Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/dec/02/climate-change-art-earth-rethink
Buttrose, E. (2014). Highlight: Tomás Saraceno ‘Biosphere’. Retrieved from https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/highlight-tomas-saraceno-biosphere-2009/
Guardian, (2018, Jan 17). Eight artworks inspired by mental health problems. Guardian. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/gallery/2018/jan/17/eight-artworks-inspired-mental-health-problems-pictures