KithKin Presents » poetic

Niamh McCartney, 2009

Lorna Robertson — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:57:11 +0000

As with many of my poster works, Niamh McCartney explores the ‘use’ of products and purchasing decisions, and the relationship this economic activity has with emotive reactions and experiences. In line with these thoughts, I became interested in producing text objects as means of communication, exploring language in its printed form and presentational formats. The narratives emerge by drawing on the condition of the anecdote and the act of recollecting, sharing and passing on, particularly the crossing over between everyday fact and fiction and the area that exists between them.

This particular work is based on a story told to me by my friend Niamh McCartney, who received this offer from an intoxicated older man, whilst working in a clothes shop on the Irish Border.

Subsequently Niamh did not take him up on his offer.

Notice Me

Vahakn Matossian — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 18:21:24 +0000

‘Notice Me’ uses the london transport aesthetic, designed by Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert. In a visually hectic place like London, where graffiti and street art can be too easily lumped into an ignorable and pesky visual attack, ‘Notice Me’ blends into the city-scape to evade detection, but have maximum automatic readership.

They speak in a caring, loving, surreal and overall positive way, but in the colors of the authority. Although at child height (mostly) they are also for the parents who may notice that their children are being targeted, hopefully sparking a mixed emotion.

The signs attempt to plant a seed in peoples’ minds, that might grow with the other thoughts throughout the day. Design for every day life. The most personal design in the most plublic of ways.

Bag stuck in a tree

Ed Vince — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:49:32 +0000

It is a common occurrence in an urban environment but one that is often overlooked and unappreciated. To see it blowing gracefully in the breeze, filled with the warm glow of the sun can be quite mesmerising.

I wanted to capture this moment in its entirety by suspending the branches in space, so it appears to float, completely detached and isolated from its surroundings.

The branches have been rendered in a stylised, almost abstract form to exaggerate the re-contextualisation of the object itself and the colour selections help to push this further.

The use of a real plastic bag as the diffuser creates a stark contrast with the finely crafted branches that display it, and enables the mood of the light to be altered by either crumpling the bag up or replacing it with one in a different colour or graphic.