Camberwell Graphics Degree Show -Multimedia

TESS O'LEARY
A big thank you to the following for their support:
Bee's Auto Bits
55 Camberwell Church St, London SE5 tel: 0171 252 7043
International Pet Centre
360 Edgware Rd, London W2 tel: 0171 258 3051
Spandex PLC (vinyl lettering)
1600 Park Av, Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol BS12 4HA tel: 01454 616 444
Your Best Friend Pet Shop
118 Camberwell Rd, London SE5 tel: 0171 701 6012

I have been hoarding animals and insects for a while now and have only recently become interested in livestock. Spending a lot of time frequenting pet shops, 'tropical houses' and aquariums, I will never cease to be amazed at the lack of imagination used in the display of nature.
In these developments animals are wrenched from their natural context and placed within these sterile but promiscuous environments where pussy cats can be found squashed inbetween Frill-Necked Water Dragons and Imperial African Scorpions.
I have been developing ideas on the subject of display within entomological collections, trying to break the stale, traditional forms that have always been used.
On other research missions I could not fail to notice that the graphics in these establishments are usually bits of dog eared card stuck on to the side. The seed was sown for my grande finale: I wanted to produce some form of information graphics which would be far more integrated within the design of the existing 'vessels'. Something that would work across the board - in the commercial world, possibly within architecture and in the comfort of your own home!
I am currently producing a triptych: a series tanks with sandblasted facades which compliment and reflect the livestock within. One design will be purely information graphics, another typographical and the final, more abstracted. The lighting within the tanks will illuminate the sandblasted text and illustrations and throw all the detail onto the surrounding walls: a trip to the light fantastic!
Although the subject matter is close to my heart I work in many other forms too: costume, vacuum forming and multi media. I am confident on the Mac and can use Photoshop, Quark, Director and word processing packages.
Ideally I would like to collaborate with professionals from diverse fields, from theatre designers and architects to ecologists and musicians.

TESS O'LEARY A big thank you to the following for their support: Bee's Auto Bits 55 Camberwell Church St, London SE5 tel: 0171 252 7043 International Pet Centre 360 Edgware Rd, London W2 tel: 0171 258 3051 Spandex PLC (vinyl lettering) 1600 Park Av, Aztec West, Almondsbury, Bristol BS12 4HA tel: 01454 616 444 Your Best Friend Pet Shop 118 Camberwell Rd, London SE5 tel: 0171 701 6012 I have been hoarding animals and insects for a while now and have only recently become interested in livestock. Spending a lot of time frequenting pet shops, 'tropical houses' and aquariums, I will never cease to be amazed at the lack of imagination used in the display of nature. In these developments animals are wrenched from their natural context and placed within these sterile but promiscuous environments where pussy cats can be found squashed inbetween Frill-Necked Water Dragons and Imperial African Scorpions. I have been developing ideas on the subject of display within entomological collections, trying to break the stale, traditional forms that have always been used. On other research missions I could not fail to notice that the graphics in these establishments are usually bits of dog eared card stuck on to the side. The seed was sown for my grande finale: I wanted to produce some form of information graphics which would be far more integrated within the design of the existing 'vessels'. Something that would work across the board - in the commercial world, possibly within architecture and in the comfort of your own home! I am currently producing a triptych: a series tanks with sandblasted facades which compliment and reflect the livestock within. One design will be purely information graphics, another typographical and the final, more abstracted. The lighting within the tanks will illuminate the sandblasted text and illustrations and throw all the detail onto the surrounding walls: a trip to the light fantastic! Although the subject matter is close to my heart I work in many other forms too: costume, vacuum forming and multi media. I am confident on the Mac and can use Photoshop, Quark, Director and word processing packages. Ideally I would like to collaborate with professionals from diverse fields, from theatre designers and architects to ecologists and musicians.