Contextual Studies - Week 9
13/12/2016
Leanne Faye 0327020
Kevin Todd, arriving from Australia (University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland)
Time: 11am-12pm - OPENING EVENT
Venue: CoDA Gallery, Taylor's University Lakeside campus
Date: September 21, 2016 (Wednesday)
Date: September 21, 2016 (Wednesday)
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Time: 10am-12pm - Lecture and discussions with Kevin Todd
Venue: LT3
Date: September 22, 2016 (Thursday)
Venue: LT3
Date: September 22, 2016 (Thursday)
About the Artist. Kevin Todd has an extensive record of exhibitions and commissioned work in Australia and overseas and he has undertaken residencies in Australia, Malaysia, Turkey, India, Ireland and the United Kingdom. He is a regular visitor to Malaysia and is currently doing design work with his students for the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Center in Sabah. Kevin is a Senior Lecturer at the University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
Colours of Malaysia chosen by design students in Malaysia
Text survey in relation to key words for Malaysia
smaller breakdown
and in Argentina
text survey using keywords in Argentina
In Africa
key words
smaller breakdown
in India
key words
breakdowns
Kevin Todd’s Chroma256 International Colour Project explores relationships to colour involving design students from Australia, the USA, Germany, Ecuador, South Africa, Turkey, India and China, with exhibitions at University of Sunshine Coast, in Johannesburg and in Stuttgart throughout 2014. Chroma256B is a second colour project with partners in Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, India, Argentina and the USA that explores colours in a psychological context with similarities and difference apparent in each country. Exhibition begins September 21 – October 3, 2016
The work in this exhibition was produced from the responses by design student in six countries to a colour and text survey in relation to key words. Chroma 256 had both environmental and conceptual component and while there was a clear difference in the colours chosen from the environment, the colours chosen in relation to key words showed a marked similarity for each country. This similarity is further explored in Chroma 256b where students responded here. Although the colour palettes for each country are broadly similar there are differences and the relationships between text and image are also interesting. An understanding of relationships to colour can help artists and designers to better communicates cross culturally.
lecture and discussion with Kevin Todd
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