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Contemporary: Alan Webber: I went to see Alan Webbers exhibition 'My Order' at the Contemporary. Webber, who was born in Brazil is a multi disciplinary artists who works across a range of mediums such as assemblage, installation sculpture and photography.  This exhibition took place over two spaces, gallery 1 and 2, gallery one was spacious with works mounted on the wall and some on the floor. There was a mixture of photography, collage, sculpture and video. The second space held a large rope installation. Bothe areas were large and bright, the first seeming more spacious due to the lack of work being placed in the middle of the area, gallery 2 felt slight more cramped as the work took up the majority of the space and the viewer needed to walk around it.  My favourite piece from this exhibition is the hanging installation, this piece features parts of a motorbike such as the seat, helmet and even a delivery bag being highly bound by the rope. When looking at this piece I ...

 Contemporary: Daniel Lind Ramos - Ensamblajes: This exhibition took place one spaces with four large sculptures. these sculptures were made out of fabric and items such as sandbags, chairs and shovels. Each piece was nicely spaced out from each other which I think allowed the work to be shown fully while still keeping the overall space light and roomy, allowing for the viewer to walk freely. The space that was chosen for this exhibition was Gallery 3 and 4, this space is light, bright with many windows and I believe that this helped to elevate the work and allow the viewer to see every detail.  My favourite piece is the sculpture of a group of humanoid figures named 'Centinelas de la nueva',  when looking at this piece I notice that all of the figures are facing outwards, one with a hand shielding a smaller figure as if they are protecting it from the viewer. I think that although the figures have no real human features, the way they are staring out at the viewer cr...

 Professional practice: Helen Stratford: Helen Stratford is a practicing artist and teacher at Sheffield Hallam university and conducts performative research in and around public space.  She has created many performance art pieces including 'Mechanical operations' in 2009 and 'A day with a duck' in 2012. 'Mechanical operations' was based in Cambourne, Cambridge and focused on how spaces are created and maintained within an area, how they are maintained and what rules and regulations make up a space. through this Stratford found that every space can be designed accordingly to a different set of principles.  Stratford mentioned that during her performance pieces some of the techniques and processes that she finds the most helpful within her work are drawing, mapping, interviews, talking to people and researching the historical context about the area.  during Stratfords piece 'A day with a duck' she found that there was and immediate negative reaction to th...