In yesterday's post we looked at an advertising campaign that combines different mediums - in that case real spaces and augmented reality. Let's continue the thread by looking at two drafts combining two mediums, photography and drawings. The drafts refer to Christo Javašev and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon's temporary installations entitled "The Umbrellas" (1984-1991).
The installations consisted in 1,340 blue and 1,760 yellow umbrellas installed in two inland valleys in Japan (located north of Hitachiota and south of Satomi, in the Prefecture of Ibaraki) and in the USA (located north of Los Angeles, along Interstate 5 and the Tejon Pass) to comment about the similarities and differences in the life and the use of the lands.
In these photographs by Wolfgang Volz, the silhouettes of the fabric and aluminum umbrellas with steel frame bases and wooden base supports were traced in wax crayons, with elements of the landscape retraced with charcoal and pen.
The idea is basic (how many of us may have drawn onto or played around with photographs for a personal project), but it could be a technique to rediscover and transform, useful even for arty Christmas cards. In the meantime, art collectors can buy the original drafts showing the yellow or blue umbrellas from Sotheby's (price upon request).
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