The Circle Project

A brief history on wall artwork.

The idea of the wall is to create a continuous piece of work, with each individual artist using their own unique style to blend the previous piece into their own work.

An example can be seen here:
http://www.invadespace.com/random/wall/wall.html

Each artist is only given a small segment of the previous piece from which to work, meaning that although they have to think hard on how they make their piece continue the whole wall, ideas that have gone previously do not overly influence their design. A successful wall will have many very individual works, but still flow together as 1 continuos wall.


The Circle Wall

This wall will be built in a giant circle, like the outside of a world, however there will be one crucial difference in the construction of this collaboration.

Not only will you be blending the previous work into your own, making it a part of your own work, you will also be required to carry a line through your segment.

What you do with this line, how you represent it in your design and the idea you come up with to carry your line through is totally up to you. You can make the line thicker, thinner, explode it into a million other lines, turn the line into type, or a flock of birds. The only requirement is that the line clearly exits the other side of your segment (in whatever style you care) for the next person to take through their own segment.

The line doesn't have to go straight through the segment from point a to point b. Take it on a journey, use the space you have be creative.

You are not limited to any style or colour, however you should pay considerable attention to the way your work blends from the previous, making the circle flow from piece to piece. It's best not to work to hard on your design until you see what you have to work with, but it would be a good idea to think about your segment and prepare in advance.

Remember this is all about the idea first, and using your creativity to carry it off. if you think you are up to the task, sign below to be considered for this project. I hope to include everybody that signs depending on the numbers.

I will build the template and assign one person to start us off once we have the figure for participants.

Please see the attached diagram for a visual representation of how this wall is constructed.

I'll watch

i want to walk that line.

Mate, i've just wet myself. Definitely count me in.

I'll give it a shot too

^ it does work, ve. and yes, your methods will fly

anyone and everyone can do as many/few as you wish

Well now! that is good then....Let me state this:




please

count me in.

I'll be busy with a new baby soon, and other things prob until mid-late august if not September.
but in light of other collaborations that should still fall fairly early in the timeline :P
I'm sure once I dive into it I'll be able to complete it quickly though. if I'm a later link/last link that'd be cool with me.
-w-

ps: I'm back!!!! (for about a week then ya, moving and baby and stuff....)

there will be a portion of the segment you are handed that you wont be allowed to touch (before the blend area) just so you know what you are doing, I'll update the diagram, or show it on the template.

Just so you can see what you are blending from ofcourse, the area will be the same size as the blend area so you can use 'half of that' in your design. It will all be clearly marked.

aha, not full - so i'll stick your name on the list - nice one!

yay. im not on the list.

echoes and chicken both just signed up, it seems. nice to have you aboard, guys!

Added this to the brief:

The line doesn't have to go straight through the segment from point a to point b. Take it on a journey, use the space you have be creative.

lol@ chicken dragooned!

Yayyyyyyy!

seems an easy fix assuming first entrant doesnt disappear to the amazon

urbansurgeon said...seems an easy fix assuming first entrant doesnt disappear to the amazon

yeah im not saying its bad but the last two that connect will have to wait a bit

Might be easier if the first person just makes a full canvas on one end
and the last person connects on two...im just sayin

with thick wads of cotton wool, bubble wrap, oodles of sarcasm and buckets of one-upmanship.

no

this just makes me so happy.

thank you base, for pursuing the idea to something that can become very wonderful (is now, imo), and for the genius way it's organized.

x

be vewy vewy caweful.

look what happened to chicken.

see?

there should be an "entry at your own risk" tag.

no, but this circle is getting huge, or we all have tiny segments.