Project Proposal - Idea 2 – Flu – Hospital on black Alert

Project Proposal - Idea 2 – Flu – Hospital on black Alert

My second idea is, on a sheet of card, A2 size, I would draw and colour many different items to show the state of emergency at the hospital.

When the product is finished, it will look like a collage of many items that will be drawn by hand the coloured in afterwards. Items that I might draw could be bacteria, the hospital, injections, a high figure number in the colour red to show the amount of people ill with it.

What made me think of the idea was the major flu outbreak that is happening at the moment, at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge. The hospital is on ‘Black Alert’, which is the highest alert. Also many people have died of it at the moment.

To create this, I will need a sheet of A2 card, a drawing pencil, and colouring pens. When it comes to being displayed, it will be stuck on a wall with either blutac or pins. I think that it will work in the exhibition space, as it will draw the people in, as they would be interested in looking at it. I hope that they would agree that flu is a serious problem at the moment.

I want to communicate in my work that the flu is a big problem and that people should take it seriously. I want the audience to be interested in my work. I don’t really know how I would expect them to react, as I don’t know that person that would be viewing it. But I hope that they will understand it and take it seriously. For my mentor I would like to ask Steve Thorne, who is another media teacher at college. He has a history with art experience, so if I need any help or support he could guide me.