Anti-War Art

Dadaism 

Dadaism was an art movement during World War 1 protesting against war..

Hannah Höch- 

World War 1 machinery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanks_in_World_War_I

I really like this war beaten tank, the way its falling apart gives a real sense of destruction and violence that a war brings. When designing this mutated soldier puppet, I will use this as an inspiration - as if the soldier is a designed war-made 'machine' 

World war 1 photos

http://www.firstworldwar.com/photos/index.htm

This website has a huge archive of World War 1 photos which I have been using to draw sketches from. Really useful website for primary research!

Sketch book - 'soldier character'

These are just a few sketches to show my first ideas of a character I am designing to reflect the horror and gore of war.. 

Process of making puppet cont...

Extraordinary Personal Stories of WW1

http://blog.europeana.eu/2012/05/extraordinary-personal-stories-of-world-war-1/

BLOG: Europeana enables people to explore the digital resources of Europe's galleries, museums, libraries, archives and audiovisual collections.

''Untold and extraordinary real-life stories from World War 1 have come to light and will be shared online as a result of family history roadshows run by Europeana. ''

'' In preparation for the 100th anniversary of the conflict, WW1 roadshows have been held in Germany, England, Ireland, Luxembourg, Slovenia and Denmark. People are invited to bring along WW1 memorabilia to be seen by experts and digitised. The Europeana 1914-1918 website also shows people how to upload their own digital scans. ''

 ''...45,000 photos of objects, scanned letters and diaries have been uploaded onto the website...''

Markus Geiler - pictures of his grandfather’s life-saving Bible, with the lump of shrapnel embedded in it from the grenade that killed his comrades while they slept

 

 

My nan

Saw my Nan this weekend and took down some notes whilst talking to her; watched her manor-isms to help influence the way I manipulate my elderly puppet:

• She talks then pauses, leans forward and then leans back, then carries on talking
• Looks at ground sometimes when in thought during what she is saying  
• Hand gestures - sometimes fast and sometimes slow
• Rocks forward when asking something
• Drinks tea slowly and carefully
• Very still
• Fixes scarf now and then
• Leans forward when listening