Shelter project

we have been set our first and most likely only set project of the year.
Its on the theme of shelter.

and yet again like last year, its reli dificult to get inspired.

We have brainstormed and jotted down notes as a group and individualy, our big brainstorm has gone walkies n has dissapeared of the face of the earth, if someone has binned it then they owe us a brainstorm ¬_¬.

so we have  sat and discussed for horus what we can do, what inspires us and time is slowly running out.
After discussing with a fellow 2nd year who isnt part of our group it looks liek were not the only ones struggling, n have also realised a reocurring theme in all of the 2nd years work.

Useing the body as a metaphor for a shelter. which i am also leanig towards.

so considering we dont have much time left at all for this project now i think i better kick myself up the arse a little and get cracking.

ive looked into the work of Cindy Sherman and how she embodies different identitys.
link to cindy shermans website

i have other artists names suggested to me from class members.
but at the momant it sems to me that the approach is exactly the same for eveyone.

im curently lookin up definitions of shelter,
so far the work danger is poping up a lot, and one definition which i find quite intereesting is

something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.

found on this site
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/shelter


Ive logged onto diviantart and searched the word helter to se others approahes to the theme and to see if anythign can link towards what i have in mind.

This image by Violator 3 i find extrely dramatic simple yet perfect, relating to the way i wish to portray shelter using the body and featureing an anti shelter at the same time.

my main ideas is to take my body get rid of all the aspects of shelter from it, wipeing out my identity and how i portray my personality through my image, leavign me bare and vonerable, unsheltering me and creatign images that are almost distressing.

Naked by paint-dima, the photo of just her back is a suggestion of beign naked were as for all we know the woman could just be topless.

I liek the use of the landscape in the background it shows how the shelterof the body is in the open playing on the open space as well which is an unshelter of its own.

maybe the contrast of 2 is also an idea, for example i could create a situation were a person is dressed for the wrong type of shelter.

Sheltering body parts with nature.

got lots of images and ideas to throw about i best get on now i guess got just over a week left to get some results.