maker as a timeline, and comparing it to my journey as a creative

January 11, 2023June 26, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

The content focuses on the evolution of art and the artist/designer/maker's role from Modernism to Postmodernism and Post-Postmodernism, exploring movements like Poststructuralism, Posthumanism, and Transhumanism. The struggle against a grand narrative, influence on the artist's evolution, and societal impacts like the Covid-19 pandemic are examined. Various artists and thinkers are referenced, offering a comprehensive exploration of art's evolution.

Evoking Emotion: Can augmentations of a piece of art alter how it is perceived?

July 21, 2022June 25, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

The dissertation discusses the author's independent inquiry into affect theory, aimed at understanding emotion perception in art. It includes a study on key thinkers of affect theory, perceptions of emotions, and applications of affect theory in art. The study involved three case studies - color, greyscale, and narrative, and an analysis of the data collected. The findings revealed intriguing trends, challenges, and insights into perception and emotional responses.

Rebel/Gift – Mission Gallery Live Brief

June 16, 2021June 24, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Hello all. In this post, I will be going through my process for the Rebel/Gift live brief showcasing the step-by-step process of how my project evolved and taking you through all the practical experimentation I conducted. What is Rebel/Gift? When given the brief, I wasn’t sure what pathway to take when deciding between Rebel, Gift … Continue reading Rebel/Gift – Mission Gallery Live Brief

Netting – Repetition

January 14, 2021June 24, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Hello all and welcome to this odd little project. Honestly, I know I had a lot of fun with this one but it also took place in a very chaotic time. I mean it was the middle of a pandemic and a lot of moving and changes made it sadly very foggy in my mind … Continue reading Netting – Repetition

Magpie Collections

January 13, 2020June 24, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

In the summer when I was transitioning from the foundation to the BA course, I was given a task to showcase myself as a Magpie Artist which is essentially an artist who hoards whatever materials they can find concerning their craft. This involved keeping a Magpie Diary and categorising all of the materials I had … Continue reading Magpie Collections

Intro to Design Craft

October 24, 2019June 24, 2024 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Hi all and welcome to my experience of the first week of the Design Crafts BA course, an induction week filled with various experimentation and drawing techniques that had no connections to the beginning of my next project but had to be documented somewhere so that it is not lost to the sands of time. … Continue reading Intro to Design Craft

“The 4 R’s” Project

May 19, 2019March 18, 2021 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Another year, another round of interesting projects. After assessments for the first semester were all set and done, A new group of topics came flying through for us to complete. These projects consisted of 2 two week long projects within one module and a large project spamming across 2 modules. This project was the first … Continue reading “The 4 R’s” Project

Packaging Project

January 10, 2019March 18, 2021 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

Now this is what I call specialism. I'm back in the realm of 3D and for good this time. Going from a 2D driven mindset to a 3D driven creative process is quite the change but it definitely is something for the better. Although I love illustration and developing my own narrative in my work, … Continue reading Packaging Project

Intro to 3D

January 9, 2019March 18, 2021 ~ samuelmathias.art ~ Leave a comment

When going into the second week, I was feeling more confident and expressive with myself and also the way I brought out and created my work. However, the physical element of the carousel was put into effect and subjects of change are never my strong suit but I grew to cope with it as weeks … Continue reading Intro to 3D