The first thing I wanted to investigate was the geography of Africa, since this will be the main struction of the mobile. The map below shows all of the main diamond mines in Africa. This map becomes the delicate balance of my mobile. I wanted my figures to hang below Africa, in the sense that tehy are buried beneath this curse and weighing down the natural beauty the continent holds. Each figure will be accompanied by diamonds as if carrying a burden. The areas where the figures hang from are holes in the main piece placed stratigically where the diamond mines are. The empty holes represent the wasted land and material that these mines leave behind (they also allow light to filter through the mobile to shine on the figures.
This painting (anonomous) was an aethtic inpiration for me throughout the process of creating the main structure.
These figures (approx 1/2" tall) where also an inspiration when creating the figures on my mobile that hang beneathe Africa.
Other sites I visted while doing research were:
various youtube clips on conflict diamonds
This painting (anonomous) was an aethtic inpiration for me throughout the process of creating the main structure.
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