Study Trip: Gillman Barracks

This statue was exhibited outdoor at Gillman Barracks remind me of the term biomimicry which is part of my trend development. When I saw this statue, I felt like I can feel the nature element by just looking at the artwork. Even though the material used doesn't have any green colour which usually the common thought colour when nature was mentioned, doesn't mean that this artwork doesn't goes under biomimicry. The environment around the artworks (outdoor and full of grass) support the artwork itself. The surroundings make the artwork become more meaningful.

Another example of the outdoor exhibition in Gillman Barracks, this artwork which consist a bike with a cart at the back depicts how traditional this artwork look like. However, even though it looks traditional, by looking at the surrounding itself, the clean and green grass and tree, it makes the exhibition looks very greenery and natural. It gives kind of minimalist elements because there are no other artworks exhibited around it, so that it makes this traditional artwork become the main focus of the exhibition.

Well, for this exhibition, I was confused what was it from far. However, when I went closer and took a look, I realized that it resembles a hippopotamus or a seal when they open their mouth. I feel like this is a very good example of biomimicry, by taking an animal as the inspiration and observing their anatomy. I start to think that this might be turned out nicely if we combine it with the fashion design element. For instance, the outline of the artworks can be as the silhouette of the garment with a boxy cut or a bubble with gathers.  

I saw this unique statue at the corner of the street. I amazed how the artist could think of the idea put the bike vertically and floating from the floor. What normal and other people will think on how to exhibit a bike is mostly touching the floor. In my point of view, this unique placement of the bike can be adapt to the design process by thinking on what will happen if we move or rotate the nekline into the armhole, or armhole to around the legs, or skirt opening become a neckline. The silhouette of the bike itself can be applied and be an inspiration into fashion brand or designs. Not only about the bike alone, but the surroundings (the grass, tree, buildings, cars, etc.) also can be inspirations for any designs.

In fact, this is my first time coming to  Gillman Barracks. I heard about this place before, but I didn't have time to visit it even once. Now, I had chance to visit this place and I didn't expect that it will look so greenery. This remind me of the 2017 Colour of the Year "Greenery". By looking at the environment at Gillman Barracks, I could feel the meaning behind why they choose Greenery as colour of the year. Freshness, calmness, and the wind from the outdoor can be feel and it just looks so eco-friendly and can depicts nature very well.