Galen Catholic College - Emerge 2021 Arts & Technology Exhibition

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Arts & Technology Exhibition Media Studies

Product Design and Technology

Studio Art

Visual Communication Design

www.galen.vic.edu.au

Welcome Galen Catholic College acknowledges the Traditional Owners of country the Yorta Yorta Nations including all 8 clan groups and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture.

We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.

Amid another year of uncertainty, the fact that Visual Arts and Technology are important and a vital part of education at Galen has never been more apparent. Both Junior and Senior School students have commented that their Arts subjects have been their outlet during the past two years. In particular, the actual process of creating visual pieces has provided our students with an opportunity for quiet reflection, a distraction from rolling news coverage, and a chance to grow spiritually and emotionally. Students studying Visual Arts and Technology subjects are to be commended once again on their ability to adapt to constant change, between periods of learning on-site and remotely. Your teachers are all very proud of how well you have performed and we’re also pleased that the delivery of our subjects has allowed you an opportunity to learn in unique ways, and highlight your view of the world through your artworks, designs and constructions.

There is often comment that schools need to prepare students for jobs of the future, even though we mightn’t know what these professions may be yet. This calls upon alternate modes of learning, which the Visual Arts and Technology Learning Areas provide.

To our students, your ability to communicate in arguably one of the most inclusive and immediate mediums – through visuals, will be a valuable skill in your toolkit as you continue to grow and adapt to professions and opportunities in the future. Likewise, with the growth of STEM career pathways, technology and design studies naturally lend themselves to innovative, future-forward, creative thinking and problem solving ability.

During the middle of Term 3, Arts staff were considering how we might be able to showcase the work of Unit 3 & 4 students in the absence of a physical exhibition. We hope that the exhibition booklet that you’re reading right now provides something physical and tangible that you can hold with pride. As your teachers, we feel that you should cherish it because it’s a token of your unwavering resilience, that every one of you have displayed during the last two years. At times things were difficult, but you proved to yourselves, your teachers and each other that you are determined, talented, skilled, unique individuals and we all look forward to seeing each of you continue to flourish.

Mal Webster

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Contents Media Studies Product Design and Technology Studio Art Visual Communication Design

Media Studies Teacher: Mr Matthew Turnbull

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Media Studies

Olivia D'Agostino My film, ‘After the Rain’ is about a girl and a boy who fall in love but their relationship is destroyed due to a cursed ring. My intention was to create a short film that breaks the rules of genre, by combining the best elements of romance and split it half way making it into a horror.

Olivia D'Agostino

Media Studies

Zac Essex My film, ‘Welcome to the West’ is a film about a child with a vivid imagination which takes place in his mind, as he reenacts the actions of his toys in a combination of a western/real modern world environment. My film sought to subvert a combination of a western, comedy, adventure and kids film genres.

Zac Essex

Media Studies

Ella McInnes My film ‘Take Your Time’ is a western/thriller following the journey of a daughter seeking revenge on an outlaw who murdered her father. However, a magical pocket watch disrupts her along the way.

Ella McInnes

Media Studies

Georgina Stallard My film, “Bella” is a surrealist short that surrounds the ideas of image and beauty. It follows the protagonist ‘Bella’ as she is narrated by a voice that represents society and negative views in relation to vanity and image like “That woman’s not wearing nearly enough makeup” and juxtaposed with “She’s a walking paint shop!”. It is intended to challenge audiences' views and strive for a better and more accepting outlook on perception of beauty.

Georgina Stallard

Product Design and Technology Teacher: Mrs Debra Doyle

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Product Design and Technology

Aaron Cox-Willis Modern Bedside Table

My end-user was wanting a bedside table to store small clutter items, like chargers, jewellery or any other small items that would otherwise be sitting around the room. The bedside table needed to add to the modern simplistic look of the room and house and brighten the space in the room by being noticeable and eyecatching in design.

Aaron Cox-Willis

Product Design and Technology

Harrison Guthrie Display Shelf

My end-user has a space in the office/spare room in their house and they were seeking a piece of furniture that can be used to both fill the space and display personal items such as photos and other valued items. By filling the space in the room, it will bring the aesthetic together and complete the room.

Harrison Guthrie

Product Design and Technology

Jack Nolan Multi Functional Storage Unit

My end-user wanted to eliminate single-function furniture that is in the teenage boys bedroom. They wanted a product that would cater for all his needs whilst eliminating bulky single-function furniture that limits the space in his room. The end-user wanted storage to include a place to hang clothes, store books and shoes, among other numerous items that will make the bedroom visually neater and cleaner.

Jack Nolan

Product Design and Technology

Angus Piccolo Complexity Coffee Table

My end user was seeking a modern and unique centerpiece for the living room. A unique bespoke coffee table that would make an artistic statement, as well as being a practical place to place objects. The coffee table required features distinctly different to anything else in the room. It also required a reasonable amount of storage which allows the end user to store books, board games and other items on.

Angus Piccolo

Product Design and Technology

Harrison Sinclair Relaxation Outdoor Chair

My end user was seeking a seat that can be used indoors and out. They wanted the seat to be aesthetically pleasing and provide comfort for at least two people. They also want to be able to easily move the seat if weather conditions were to get out of hand. They specified that they wanted to be able to relax outside whilst remaining in comfort and have a place where they could place their drink.

Harrison Sinclair

Product Design and Technology

Darby West Comfy Coffee Table

The end user was seeking a coffee table that can store items such as board games, remotes, books and other accessories in their lounge room. They requested that the height and the size of table top was comfortable for playing board games whilst also housing drinks.

Darby West

Studio Art Teacher: Mr Andrew Sinclair

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Studio Art

Allira Brookes My three untitled digital photo prints revolve around myself as the subject matter surrounded by colourful flowers and foliage.

My watercolour artwork titled ‘Self Portrait’ also utilises myself for the subject matter, with a colour ink wash in the background.

Throughout all four of my pieces the element of colour is prevalent, the bright tones create contrast and a sense of unity between the works.

I was inspired by everyday objects and things. I wanted to make the everyday look beautiful.

I chose flowers, leaves and butterflies because I enjoy nature.

My goals as an artist is to create art that I like, explore different mediums and convey parts of my personality and have fun.

Allira Brookes

Studio Art

Gemma Casagranda I explored the configuration of natural forms. The piece was created by taking photos of natural specimens under a stereomicroscope and presenting it in a projected movie. For me this meant that I was able to explore my passion for nature and correlate all the unique forms I’ve discovered with natural materials under the microscope. I hope this will be a way for individuals to be able to experience what I saw under the microscope while investigating natural objects. I explore the ideas of scale in nature. The work was made by capturing images of a butterfly wing under the microscope and enlarging it by making separate panel drawings of the image and transforming the image from micro to macro. This piece to me means exploring the hidden and unnoticed micro world of nature and enlarging it in hopes that I can show others the micro details within nature that many don’t see or disregard.

Gemma Casagranda

Studio Art

Harsh Chaudhary My artworks titled ‘Cricket as Still Life’ and ‘Cricket in Motion’ consist of cricket gear and a cricket player as the subject matter.

My first artwork aims to capture cricket equipment as a still life in the aesthetic of a classical still life painting from the renaissance.

My second artwork aims to capture a cricket player in motion. I used movement through multiple stacked images to capture the movement of a bowler. I used colour by creating black and white images and scale by printing the photos on an A1 size paper to express my theme of cricket. I used a Canon 800D to photograph my subject matter and positioned studio lights in a way that would put emphasis on the chiaroscuro elements in the composition.

Harsh Chaudhary

Studio Art

Olivia D'Agostino The subject matter wears a black suit to express that power all women hold and suits shouldn’t be restricted to just men. The titles for these artworks were “This is me” and “Do You Know Who You Are?” and “I Know Who I Am.” I chose the second title as a reference to Harry Styles as he was the source of inspiration for this theme. It’s a question to ask the viewer questions themselves and it may be blurry which works well with the artwork. The artwork is blurry and unclear which is how some people feel about their sexual identity. The third title is a response to the second, the person knows their feminie side and their masculine side but feels more power over the other.

Olivia D'Agostino

Studio Art

Isabelle Devers The starting point was the subconscious and exploring the ideology of how subconscious forms and what it forms. The potential direction I used was dreams and how it could present it in an art form. The projection artwork I've done is computer generated coloured auras to relate to the subconscious it reflects the deeper levels of one's mind. I have made nine different colour field artworks and animated them to shift and change. Colour was a major element that played a role in my artworks as that was how I communicated the dreams

Isabelle Devers

Studio Art

Annabel Martinac My theme was relationships and connection between nature and humans, for this artwork I focused on connection between nature and human through biological structure. I wanted to express that humans have a closer relationship to nature that we always forget because we like all living organisms in natural worked are made up of cells. Nature and humans are connected at our fundamental structure. In these artworks the main art elements are shape and colour. The shapes create the cellular structure and pattern with in the artwork. Colours are used to contrast against the black and white. The artwork where I cut out the cell shapes and layered a black and white background shows the fundamentals and structure of out nature are missing with out cells and the artwork where I layered the coloured cells onto the black and while face express life and connection made form cells.

Annabel Martinac

Studio Art

Regan O'Brien To create my first artwork which I titles ‘Normalla’, I placed a zip lock bag on my hand, dipped it into a container of black acrylic paint and smeared it across two canvases. The smearing of the paint relates back to the big idea of ‘Agitation’ by creating lines that weren’t perfect. To add colour to the artwork I created two lines which were different colours across the two pieces however lined up when put aside together. To finish the artwork and once again, relate to the theme, I made a frame for the canvas with off cuts of cardboard.

My second artwork was a portrait piece which was drawn on cardboard and black posca markers. The portrait doesn’t contain significant details however I don’t think that is necessary as the background was quite full of texture and uniqueness. To relate this artwork back to the theme and with the first artwork, the portrait was made on a large piece of cardboard that related back to the framing of ‘Normalla’.

Regan O'Brien

Studio Art

Sarah Simonetti Initially inspired by conversations about what makes us human, my artworks concentrated on exploring the similarities and differences among people of all different walks of life. Through this, the photographs focused on the idea of one’s soul through depicting our own experiences and memories, all the while attempting to investigate both the physical and social/emotional elements of humanity. Eventually, this deeper connection with our existence allowed me to grow in empathy for those around me and explore who we are as human beings.

In addition to the portraits, this year enabled me to create two paintings (‘Duality’ and ‘What Makes Us Human’) in which varied colour, line and texture worked to explore the different views and opinions of people I met, celebrating how different we all are, yet identifying the key features that connect us all.

Sarah Simonetti

Studio Art

Isabelle Walton I was inspired by fashion and the cycle of fashion trends. My final artwork was created using my potential direction of the trend cycle through photography and design. In my second artwork “the over lapping of patterns”I expressed the cycle of trends through photoshopping the opacity to show the overlapping of digital photos i took. I used a projector with patterns from different periods of time in the darkroom as a background. I then got the model to stand in front which created a textured pattern on her but also created shadows that i also photographed. I did this to show the cycle of making a new design by using older designs. In my first artwork, I showed how the cycle of trends repeats itself by taking photos of my friends throughout the year of 2021 on a minolta film camera, as film cameras which were popular during the 1990s are now seen as ‘trendy’.

Isabelle Walton

Visual Communication Design Teacher: Mr Mal Webster

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Visual Communication Design

Breanna Arcuri Client: Deakin University Wellbeing Centre Presentation 1: Wellbeing Centre design Presentation 2: Care bag and Wellbeing Centre branding

The purpose of my design is to provide a Wellbeing Centre for Deakin University students. The wellbeing centre should promote some headspace for students in addition to mental health awareness for young adults. The care bag should promote and guide students to access counselling and help if needed. The items should attract students and encourage mental health strategies.

Breanna Arcuri

Visual Communication Design

Sarah Barnes Client: Jean & Mark Luxury Accommodation Presentation 1: Accommodation design and interiors Presentation 2: Branding and packaging design

The purpose of my design was to create an eco-friendly and modern tiny home constructed out of shipping containers and a range of products and packaging to go inside the accommodation. The building design aimed to be natural and blend into surroundings of the area and the packaging design reflected the eco-friendly purpose of the design using cool, natural colours and floral patterns.

Sarah Barnes

Visual Communication Design

Emily Bartel Client: Flora Skin Presentation 1: Logo and website design Presentation 2: Packaging design

My design aims to promote the skincare line ‘Flora Skin,’ encouraging the use of animal cruelty free and vegan products to aid in reducing the significant rates of death and suffering that is put on animals. The design includes a colourful and abstract pattern that is suitable for the intended target audience (15-35)​​.

Emily Bartel

Visual Communication Design

Dani Ciccone Client: Skin Sense Skincare Presentation 1: Logo design and promotional poster Presentation 2: Packaging design

Dani Ciccone

Visual Communication Design

Tahlia Corrigan Client: 'Dust till Dawn' Music Festival Presentation 1: Logo and poster design Presentation 2: Packaging design

Tahlia Corrigan

Visual Communication Design

Olivia D'Agostino Client: Scoops ice-cream shop Presentation 1: Logo design and branding Presentation 2: Shop design and interior styling

The aim for my designs were to create a logo and floor plan that are minimal but eye-catching for an ice-cream shop on the beach in Queensland that can be a place for young people to hang out.

‘Scoops’ is a 50s diner inspired space that brings back the sense of community that diners used to bring people back then.

Olivia D'Agostino

Visual Communication Design

Isabelle Devers Client: Haze & Co. Interiors Presentation 1: Logo design and social media Presentation 2: Design of headquarters

My design for Haze & Co. Interiors was to create a stylish and abstract logo for the business that was eye catching to viewers to differentiate themselves, as well as designing a functional workplace that allowed for collaborative work in a new environment.

Isabelle Devers

Visual Communication Design

Jessica Henry Client: Homeless Australia Presentation 1: Pod accommodation design Presentation 2: Promotional poster designs

My design is purposed to provide homeless young women and teenage girls with housing that supply basic necessities such as individual space, bathrooms and support staff to assist them on their road to gaining permanent housing. I used posters to engage the target audience to investigate information about the personal pod accommodation spaces.

Jessica Henry

Visual Communication Design

Meg Higgs Client: Southern Ocean Preservation Fund (SOPF) Presentation 1: Package labelling Presentation 2: Environmental awareness poster designs

My presentations aimed to raise awareness for endangered sea life and the issues facing our oceans. For my first presentation, I developed a packaging design that focused primarily on endangered animals, and for my second presentation I created poster designs that raised awareness for the issues facing the ocean and endangered animals.

Meg Higgs

Visual Communication Design

Maddie Lewis Client: Salt Water Cafe Presentation 1: Logo design and packaging Presentation 2: Menu design

My design aims to re-create a modernised minimalistic logo and menu design for Salt Water Cafe. I wanted to use environmentally friendly packaging to incorporate the logo onto the coffee cups and the takeaway sandwich boxes. My menu design incorporated coastal tones on an easy to read menu design which will meet the expectations of being environmentally sustainable.

Maddie Lewis

Visual Communication Design

Sean McMahon Client: Miniscule tiny homes Presentation 1: Logo and business card Presentation 2: Tiny home design

​My presentations aim to create a tiny home that is eco-friendly and includes a variety of space saving mechanisms and/or designs for the tiny home. The brand logo and business card should communicate the idea of tiny living and the brand’s ideal of eco-friendliness using colour and shape.

Sean McMahon

Visual Communication Design

Ebony O'Donohue Client: Alchemy tattoo parlour Presentation 1: Logo design, business card and signage Presentation 2: Parlour floor plan and interior design

My aim for my designs was to produce an engaging look for ‘Alchemy’ that was different and original compared to most tattoo parlours. The goal for my logo was to incorporate elements of alchemy, e.g. natural elements, while being clear and attracting the chosen audience. The aim for my second outcome was to relate the interior to minimalistic and modern styled buildings. My goal was to create an open and inviting parlour that would attract the chosen audience and be spacious for the artists. In addition, because my logo lacked colour I wanted to add a pop of colour to the interior to brighten the parlour and relate to the style of the audience.

Ebony O'Donohue

Visual Communication Design

Bonnie Shanley Client: MYCASE protective airpod cases Presentation 1: Logo and airpod case designs Presentation 2: Packaging design

My design was aimed to create a sense of creative and new design elements to the public. I choose to incorporate new items such as, old fashioned camera, pot plant, car, pear and lantern and turn them into cases for airpods. I created a modern website and logo to create a buzz about the new MYCASE company to get their brand out to the public.

Bonnie Shanley

Visual Communication Design

Jayelle Walsh Client: Deaf Owls Music Festival Presentation 1: Logo design, tickets and merchandise Presentation 2: Stage design

I hoped to design merchandise for Deaf Owls Music Festival which was sustainable and unique, with colours that compliment each other and worked well in different formats. With the stage design I hoped to create a somewhat unique and interesting stage for permanent use at Mt Dundeed Estate.

Jayelle Walsh

Visual Communication Design

Isabelle Walton Client: Concrete Surf Presentation 1: Shopfront design Presentation 2: Logo and t-shirt design

Isabelle Walton

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