The set, spatialising illustration

Regan, Chloe

Abstract

Chloe Regan has created an illustrated book ‘The Set’. It is a book within books. It is a book that has come from drawing in many books. ‘The Set’ explores a woman and the spaces she inhabits.

As an illustrator I reflect on human behaviour and the psychological effects of space through drawing. I illustrate people I have met and whose lives intrigue me. Taking a woman I know, I observe and draw.

She has lived in the same flat for 40 years. She demonstrates a repetitive nature of rituals informed by the flat and the city. I have never been to the flat but have heard much about it. It is sparse. Her persona in the city is a contrast. She is glamorous, citing film as an inspiration for a way of dressing and urban existence.

My speculation about a person and a sense of space can be ruminated on the page and it is the note like and loose marks that I make in response to my observations and thoughts that are more reflective of a human existence, in flux and unstructured.

'I chose a specific friend because she spends most of her time between two spaces, the city and her flat. These spaces are both reflective and evocative of her psychological state and inform her patterns of existence. My protagonist responds differently to her flat- the private domestic space and the city - the public urban space. The staircase from her flat to the city bridges the two spaces.'

• Presentation Conference Type: Presentation / Talk
• Conference Name: Spatialising Illustration
• Start Date: Jan 24, 2013
• End Date: Jan 25, 2013
• Acceptance Date: Jan 24, 2013
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/935516
• Related Public URLs: https://theaoi.com/resources/research-and-insights/varoomlab-2-spatialising-illustration/; http://reportager.uwe.ac.uk/projects12/regan/set.htm
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : Spatiallising Illustration; Corporate Creators : Association of Illustrators, Swansea Metropolitan University