During the Christmas holidays, I found it difficult to get back into the mind set of experimenting and working, having lot of external factors. To get back into the mindset of making, during the times that I was frustrated and needed to let some energy go, I would start making models using the energy to rip apart the wet mod roc. Below are 3 models that I created, one each time that I felt the need to release some energy. The process of ripping the wet mod roc was a painful but therapeutic process, it took a lot of force to rip the netting and the models left have some really interesting moments. There were more of the straggle bits that I had mentioned from the exhibition model that caught my attention. Each model shows how much energy is put in, depending on the emotions felt that day. It's hard to get up and make things as I have learn, especially in lockdown but these models though small and ding these experiments definitely helped me get back into the mindset of making and also thinking about the work. I think what would be interesting if I were to continue creating this pieces and see the difference in the models depending on the energy. What would also be interesting is to see how the mod roc continues as the models are much more delicate with the torn pieces compared to the larger models previously created. Perhaps they would break and fall apart quicker? What does that then say about the energy that had been put in before hand?.
Figure 1 - 3: Mod Roc Energy Models
(Source: Yi Ting Liong, 2020)
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