Ideas for final exhibition.

For my final exhibition, I want to be as creative as possible within the ways I display my work - I want to my images to be different sizes, at different heights, at different depths and possibly even a variety of different paper types. This is all to be confirmed at a bit of a later date as I test out different ideas and paper types to see which ones work and with which others.

I already know that semi gloss prints that I have had printed at the print bureau at university has worked really well because of how they have a slight shine, but not too much. I have already ordered to be printed onto a metallic paper type from www.theprintspace.co.uk/, but am also interested in what it would be like to have some images printed onto acetate - this is a clear paper alternative which would be very effective for my project and would add depth to my work. As my project title is "Translucency", which means allowing light to pass through but not being clearly visible, this paper type would add an interest as it relates to my project and my title really simply.

Some other ideas I have thought about are:
Print on tracing paper.
Print onto metallic surface - need to ask about this in the print room at uni as I think this will be the cheapest and easiest way to do so.
Only have images framed that are going on the floor.
Have images overlapping each other:

  • For example, have an image printed onto acetate at an a4 size slightly overlapping an image printed onto semi gloss paper at an a5 size.
Include mirrors in between the images in some way, either:
- Have some really small mirrors so that people can only see small aspects of their face within the reflection.
- Have the mirrors from the actual images in the exhibition included.
- Place mirrors in places in which it is difficult for the viewer to see themselves, making them move into specific places to do so.
Include the pieces of card that I cut out shapes in the exhibition.

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