Just the beginning..

Could it really be...

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Is this the end of Rubix?

Word Of The Day.

From The Rubixtionary...

'Extended Collage'

Mitch

By any chance could you post up your '6 circles' and your whisper...for the 'zine'

One of our photos...

Where it began,

Circle number one.....

Zine/Fanzine

WOO GO RUBIX!!!!!!

RUBIXTIONARY

UPDATE

Currently in the studio. Rubix are hard at work.

Damien Hirst

Inspiration.

'When the circle becomes circular, does it become more like a circle than the square" JL

Original text use.

This is the typographic outcome, at the early stages....Perhaps the 'circle' could be representative of the full stop?

Proposed Chinese Whispers.

'A man does only when he walks down'

I decided on a typographic outcome, but i thought it was appropriate to add some of the circular imagery( influence of Popova/Rodchenko)- as the type looked very 'constructivist' (i can't take myself seriously)

Also- i looked at the original brief and the expected outcome is type and image.

Pantone 6

I colour picked this orange from one of the original collages.

Proposed Final 6

Here are my black and white circles, for the 6 each we are doing in order to have a huge wall installation of circles...

Just a snippet

MadeThought / Typographic Circle.

marbles

A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those points in a plane which are equidistant from a given point called the center. The common distance of the points of a circle from its center is called its radius.

Circles are simple closed curves which divide the plane into two regions, an interior and an exterior. In everyday use, the term "circle" may be used interchangeably to refer to either the boundary of the figure (known as the perimeter) or to the whole figure including its interior. However, in strict technical usage, "circle" refers to the perimeter while the interior of the circle is called a disk. The circumference of a circle is the perimeter of the circle (especially when referring to its length).

A circle is a special ellipse in which the two foci are coincident. Circles are conic sections attained when a right circular cone is intersected with a plane perpendicular to the axis of the cone.

From the free encyclopedia.

Stop me if you think that you've heard this one before

Jonathan Monk - 2003

Popova & Rodchenko

Here is an exerpt from my journal last year about the rodchenko/popova exhibition at the tate...which you can read if you want...

Thought the work look very relevant to our work.

Popova/Rodchenko

Defining Constructivism

Made up of twelve rooms celebrating the remarkable period of artistic experimentation known as Constructivism, obviously a huge influence on Artists and Designers today, constructivists explored how art could contribute to everyday life through Design. Architecture, industrial production, theatre and film.

The exhibition centres on Luibov Popova (1889-1924) and Aleksandr Rodchenko (1891-1956), pivotal figures in defining Constructivism. Considering Popova was female and Rodchenko male, this perfectly represents the ideas that constructivists believed about how art should transcend gender differences, therefore this was one of the first periods of history when female artists were valued as highly as male counterparts.

Each room develops chronologically beginning with paintings from 1917-18, moving on to graphic works, as well as other influences within constructivism, namely Wassily Kandinsky. Then the exhibition moves onto architecture, sculpture, advertising, film and finally textiles and theatre.

I found the paintings surprisingly contemporary, especially considering the time, often paintings become overlooked within galleries for the more contemporary work, but in this case, it was the paintings, which were contemporary regardless of how old they were. Timeless. This made me realise some of the huge impact, which constructivism had on graphic design today. The attention to the choice of colours, materials and surfaces to create a specific aesthetic is something all graphic designers need to be aware of today.

The next few rooms contain paintings and graphic works. "In a series of debates, they rejected ideas of 'composition' — a subjective approach to art that expressed the personality of the artist, guided by ideas of taste and emotions — in favour of 'constructivism', a more impersonal method dictated by the materials at hand and stripped of anything decorative or unnecessary." Even colour, tone, texture and surface could be eliminated as decoration making the line the sole essential element in a work of art.

The role of the 'art-constructer' lies in determining how elements can be arranged on a page, which is somewhat the role of a graphic designer today; therefore, free hand drawing was discarded, seen as unnecessary and replaced by the ruler and compass. "The brush became an insufficient and imprecise instrument in the new, non-objective painting and it was crowded out by the press, the roller, the ruling pen, the compass."

Architecture was said to be regarded as an intermediary between aesthetic and everyday life, Rodchenko and Popova's architecture and sculpture signified the abandonment of painting and the move towards real space, becoming one step closer to fulfilling the constructivist aims to make art of use in the world.

The next room contains 5x5=25 paintings from a two-part exhibition (Moscow 1921); this was known as a farewell to painting. Twenty-five handmade catalogues were made, five from Rodchenko, Popova and their fellow artists Varvara Stepanov, Aleksandr Vesnin and Aleksandra Exter. The most recognised aspect of this exhibition being Rodchenko's triptych; Pure Red Colour, Pure Yellow Colour and Pure Blue Colour. 'I reduced painting to its logical conclusion and exhibited three canvases: red, blue and yellow. I affirmed: it's over.'

From room eight onwards after the farewell to painting, the work of constructivists proved how art could play a role in the real world, adopting the slogan 'art to life.' The advertising work in this part of the exhibition shows a level of expertise and shows how rapid the constructivism movement developed. From painting and laying down fundamental rules, to creating work, which was witty persuasive and useful in the real world.

Towards the end of the exhibition, Popova and Rodchenko's propaganda and educational posters are displayed as well as textile design and costume, which inevitably filtered into theatre and set design. Popova is quoted saying-'No single artistic success gave me such profound satisfaction as the sight of a peasant woman buying a piece of my fabric for a dress,' showing that constructivism had reached beyond the art world and had started to change and impact upon the everyday lives of the masses.

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Interesting

Its interesting how the boy changes how he writes each letter, as he is influenced by the letters being drawn next to him.

Rubix Blogs first Christmas tree.

Isn't it lovely.

Our initial brief.

After a phone call with worldwide prestige, it has been brought to my attention that we should look at the original brief. Hitch is quoted as saying that the best marks will go to the groups that stick to what they presented. Therefore I have copied the original brief that we set ourselves below:

"we were united in the decision that the quote represented the idea of admitting when you're mistaken. However, we each had a slightly different idea of what the quote meant. We decided that it could be interesting to each simultaneously visually represent the quote in our own personal way. We would then pass on the piece of work systematically around the table and the person adjacent to us would then add their input. Essentially 'correcting' eachothers work/mistakes.

Within 30 minutes we will have transformed something, just like actors are transformed into a character after the 30 minutes. The display of our work will be the performance.

Further development: how these pieces changed at half hour intervals by the environment"

Obviously not necessarily exactly to the brief, but we do need to have it in mind when we decide our final outcome, as its what they will be expecting when we present.

Jen's word of the day..

Re·group (r-grp)
v. re·grouped, re·group·ing, re·groups
v.tr.
To arrange in a new grouping.
v.intr.
1. To come back together in a tactical formation, as after a dispersal in a retreat.
2. To reorganize for renewed effort, as after a temporary setback.

Mistakes

As I was working on some of the layers my mac decided to have a heart attack/break down.. as it was doing this it created these.

Amanda only has one leg

Let's play Chinese Whispers

Me and Mitch gave sections of our quote to groups of people to pass on via chinese whispers. We got them to write down what they thought they heard; and have used colour to show the changes that occurred from person to person, and combined this with images that show how different these phrases might be interpreted.