Tuesday, 14 December 2010
Feedback Tutorial
Today I had my feedback tutorial with Will, which I thought went well. When marking myself I didn't have a clue as to what level I was up to and also felt quite flustered as I had just done my Assessment and spoke about my work. I found the feed back very usual and definitely have some leads to continue with. My goals for the next few weeks are to research new artists suggested to me and carry on with the idea of video portraits, but in different situations. I think this is quite tricky because the main element of the portraits I want to make is to be unconscious of the camera, but this is hard to do so, as it is myself initially making them. I also need to begin to make plans for networking for next term.
Sunday, 5 December 2010
Review Show and Assessment
When putting up my piece I decided to project it onto the wall and have headphones so that the viewer could listen to it if they wanted to. With it being exhibited in the Link Gallery I knew there would be a lot of passers by and the chances of them to stop and watch the video for too long were quite slim, but I didn't really care about that.
When putting up the piece and projecting it onto white card, I got feedback from people that when I was sat still it looked like a photograph or painting and was quite surprising when I start moving in it. Also people said when they began to listen to the footage they were drawn in and wanted to carry on listening. These were all new comments to me, and I liked how from watching it on my laptop to portraying it in an exhibition changed the perception of the piece. When first watching the footage, I found it really uncomfortable and hard to watch, but looking back from that I like that, and I think it's quite brave of me to put that footage out in public, it has bizarrely made me feel more confident.
I left the footage raw and unedited at one hour, but did experiment with a 2 minute cut version. I didn't think it worked well at all, because what I was experimenting with was how I unfolded and acted in front of a camera, not necessarily the contrast between the two halves of footage.
In my Assessment I found that 5 minutes was not enough and I had so much more to talk about. I thought I spoke about my work clearly though and got some good feedback.
When putting up the piece and projecting it onto white card, I got feedback from people that when I was sat still it looked like a photograph or painting and was quite surprising when I start moving in it. Also people said when they began to listen to the footage they were drawn in and wanted to carry on listening. These were all new comments to me, and I liked how from watching it on my laptop to portraying it in an exhibition changed the perception of the piece. When first watching the footage, I found it really uncomfortable and hard to watch, but looking back from that I like that, and I think it's quite brave of me to put that footage out in public, it has bizarrely made me feel more confident.
I left the footage raw and unedited at one hour, but did experiment with a 2 minute cut version. I didn't think it worked well at all, because what I was experimenting with was how I unfolded and acted in front of a camera, not necessarily the contrast between the two halves of footage.
In my Assessment I found that 5 minutes was not enough and I had so much more to talk about. I thought I spoke about my work clearly though and got some good feedback.
Tuesday, 23 November 2010
'Self Portrait, One Hour'
The video portrait I have created is entitled 'Self Portrait, One Hour', which is exactly what it is. Myself sat in front of the camera for an hour. I wanted to explore how conscience we are of the camera and ultimately watch myself back and see how I felt about the footage. The first half an hour there is people in the room with me and there is general conversation going on, I did this because I wanted to know how unaware I could be of the camera if distracted by other people despite the fact it being right in front of me. There was no strict plan as to what unfolded or what we spoke about, it was completely unscripted. On contrast to this, the second half of the footage is me by myself, alone with the camera. I wanted to get a juxtaposition and see how it looked also.
When looking back at the footage I found I couldn't watch it at first and was embarrassed of what I was seeing. It didn't seem plausible in my mind that that is how I looked. This is exactly what I wanted to happen, but to understand why we felt like this. The people whose voices are featured in the film, but you never see, also said they found it distressing to know that is what they sounded like. I had my anxieties, as such, playing out in front of me.
The piece itself is very simple and I like the idea that you can only see me when other things are going on and that the idea of a picture in the viewers mind is being built. I found when sitting in front of the camera time went by slowly and I was always aware I was being filmed, and make an effort not to look into the camera. What I found most fascinating from the footage i collected was in the last few minutes, there is only a second, where I am not conscience of the camera, and you can really tell, but seconds later I snap out of it. Different layers have appeared to come out of the footage that I wasn't aware of at the time but I am really pleased about.
When getting tutor feedback, they suggested I cut the piece for the exhibition show, and that people will definitely not watch the whole entire hour. To me this wasn't important as it wasn't about what the audience thought or picked up just as yet. I wanted to keep the footage raw.
When looking back at the footage I found I couldn't watch it at first and was embarrassed of what I was seeing. It didn't seem plausible in my mind that that is how I looked. This is exactly what I wanted to happen, but to understand why we felt like this. The people whose voices are featured in the film, but you never see, also said they found it distressing to know that is what they sounded like. I had my anxieties, as such, playing out in front of me.
The piece itself is very simple and I like the idea that you can only see me when other things are going on and that the idea of a picture in the viewers mind is being built. I found when sitting in front of the camera time went by slowly and I was always aware I was being filmed, and make an effort not to look into the camera. What I found most fascinating from the footage i collected was in the last few minutes, there is only a second, where I am not conscience of the camera, and you can really tell, but seconds later I snap out of it. Different layers have appeared to come out of the footage that I wasn't aware of at the time but I am really pleased about.
When getting tutor feedback, they suggested I cut the piece for the exhibition show, and that people will definitely not watch the whole entire hour. To me this wasn't important as it wasn't about what the audience thought or picked up just as yet. I wanted to keep the footage raw.
Thursday, 18 November 2010
Self portrait Artists
Following on from our Cross Course Crit today, I got some useful information and ideas for my video portrait I am currently working on.
Marc Quinn has created a series of self portraits but has done them in a different unconventional sense. His piece entitled 'Self ', is of his head made out of his own blood, the exact amount that is in the human body. He took it from his body gradually over time in order to create this sculpture of his own head, which is encased in a freezer.
I was also suggested to look at the work of Cindy Sherman, who creates portraits in different outfits to portray different characters but they are always initially of herself.
I found looking at different suggestions helpful, but as I am working on my video piece at the moment, I want to find out how it looks from there, and that will give me more of a defined direction that I would like to take it to.
Images taken from : http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_s6gpY93_ouE/TNOQJLK_YFI/AAAAAAAAANE/PrNT-2QQ-r8/s400/MarcQuinn_self1991.jpg
http://www.heathercuriel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/cindy_sherman.jpg
Marc Quinn has created a series of self portraits but has done them in a different unconventional sense. His piece entitled 'Self ', is of his head made out of his own blood, the exact amount that is in the human body. He took it from his body gradually over time in order to create this sculpture of his own head, which is encased in a freezer.
I was also suggested to look at the work of Cindy Sherman, who creates portraits in different outfits to portray different characters but they are always initially of herself.
I found looking at different suggestions helpful, but as I am working on my video piece at the moment, I want to find out how it looks from there, and that will give me more of a defined direction that I would like to take it to.
Images taken from : http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_s6gpY93_ouE/TNOQJLK_YFI/AAAAAAAAANE/PrNT-2QQ-r8/s400/MarcQuinn_self1991.jpg
http://www.heathercuriel.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/cindy_sherman.jpg
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
Tuesday Talks: David Batchelor
David Batchelor's talk was one of the best out of the Whitworth talks this term. His work is very much about colour and he talked about different ways he explored to manipulate colour. One of his biggest inspirations that he described as defining colour is in the classic film 'The Wizard of Oz', which I couldn't agree more with, even for it's age, the way colour has been expressed in the film is still one of a kind today. It was also quite reassuring that he said he found himself not working as an artist for over 10 years, and now he has books published of his work. This is inspiring because it shows that ideas and opportunities can come at any time and rather than wait around for 10 years, keep on working.
His work visually is stunning to look at but I liked the idea that it came from simple things, colour itself is such a simple thing but has so much power. He created sculpture work out of cheap toys he had bought from £1 shops and that just showed that it is so easy to go out there and find these things we see everyday and ignore and turn them into something we notice. He definitely seems a voyeur in the way that he is always looking out for new things around colour he can use in his work.
As a speaker, I found him very engaging, funny and also easy to follow and understand. It's becoming very clear through these talks I am attending it's very important on how you sell yourself as an Artist.
His work visually is stunning to look at but I liked the idea that it came from simple things, colour itself is such a simple thing but has so much power. He created sculpture work out of cheap toys he had bought from £1 shops and that just showed that it is so easy to go out there and find these things we see everyday and ignore and turn them into something we notice. He definitely seems a voyeur in the way that he is always looking out for new things around colour he can use in his work.
As a speaker, I found him very engaging, funny and also easy to follow and understand. It's becoming very clear through these talks I am attending it's very important on how you sell yourself as an Artist.
Thursday, 11 November 2010
Self Portrait Video
The image above seems to have been inspiration for what I would like to experiment with next. I was really struggling with where to go next, but I knew I wanted it to be around the idea of a self portrait which follows on from our group discussion when ending the Shelter project. This quick drawing seems to have been a door opening for what I would like to do next. I would like to create a video self portrait. I have gained inspiration from Andy Warhol's Screen Shots and how nothing really happens in them but at the same time are quite powerful. Also I want to try a different medium away from mark making and illustration as I feel that I have done all I can with that and it doesn't inspire me at the moment.
The basic idea I have is sitting in front of the camera, just myself. I want to explore the relationship with have with a camera and how we have an unconscious perception of ourselves in our minds, which when shown in reality is not what we want to see. Why is it we have a totally different perception in our minds? and why does it make us uncomfortable when watching ourselves back to see what we really are, which is what everyone always sees us as anyway? This is something I would like to explore, using myself as the experiment.
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Experimental Video
This term I have been attending the 'Alternative History of Film and Video' Lectures and have come across some interesting video work already:
This video by Bjorn Melhus, is quite ambiguous in its theme, were not really sure what is going on when watching it, but it seemed to draw me in, I got the idea of aliens from it, or travelling down a blood stream. I liked the song also and how bizarre it is along with the costume and everything else. What we were discussing in the lecture is how to talk about film and how do we make sense of experimental film.
This piece is by John Smith and is called 'Girl chewing gum', I liked the idea that it is filming in a documentary style but has been narrated with a director as if he is directing the whole thing, and as we watch it we begin to realise how this is not the case as the things he directs get more ridiculous.
This video by Bjorn Melhus, is quite ambiguous in its theme, were not really sure what is going on when watching it, but it seemed to draw me in, I got the idea of aliens from it, or travelling down a blood stream. I liked the song also and how bizarre it is along with the costume and everything else. What we were discussing in the lecture is how to talk about film and how do we make sense of experimental film.
This piece is by John Smith and is called 'Girl chewing gum', I liked the idea that it is filming in a documentary style but has been narrated with a director as if he is directing the whole thing, and as we watch it we begin to realise how this is not the case as the things he directs get more ridiculous.
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Nelly Ben Hayoun
After working with Nelly I researched into her a lot more, she is a graduate of the Royal College of Art after studying a masters in Design Interactions. Her work seems largely based on science but she is able to create her own reaction to it and a lot of her work involves the viewer first hand. As an Artist, when meeting her you can understand why she is doing so well at the moment, she is very hard working and inspirational and from looking at her different pieces is not scared to try different experiments, whether they go right or wrong.
http://www.nellyben.com/
Here is a video of her work that was featured in the Design Disorder Exhibition:
http://www.nellyben.com/
Here is a video of her work that was featured in the Design Disorder Exhibition:
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Tuesday Talks: Jenni Lomax
Jenni Lomax is the director of Camden Arts Centre and discussed her role as a curator and how she managed to get to the position she works as today. She spoke a lot about working with people and artists that I had never heard of, so I found it an effort to pay attention when she spoke. She seemed to enjoy what she does, but it wasn't always clear at times.
When discussing her as a group, it seemed she didn't enthuse a lot of the students along with myself, but it was important to know what kind of relationship you have when working with a curator or wanting to work with a curator. On paper her record seems quite impressive and she obviously has a lot of power in the London Art scene at the moment.
When discussing her as a group, it seemed she didn't enthuse a lot of the students along with myself, but it was important to know what kind of relationship you have when working with a curator or wanting to work with a curator. On paper her record seems quite impressive and she obviously has a lot of power in the London Art scene at the moment.
Monday, 1 November 2010
SUPER K SONIC BOOOOUM!
Networking is a key part of this year, involving yourself in different areas, from working with an artist to doing a placement at a Gallery.
Over the past couple of weeks I worked with an artist called Nelly Ben Hayoun and her team in creating her piece that was part of the Science Festival.
I originally saw her work at the Designed Disorders exhibition at the cube gallery of the rocket chair, but sadly did not see it live. From a fellow student I heard she was looking for volunteers to help her put together her 'SUPER K SONIC BOOOOUM' piece for the Science Festival held on the MMU campus. The process of finding out how to help was quite exciting, especially when you got a reply asking you when you could start. I emailed my details of who I was and that I was a student studying Interactive Arts and would love to help out.
Not fully knowing what I was volunteering for, I knew it was a good opportunity and from images I had seen, I thought it looked really interesting to be part of. On the first day, I painted and waterproofed the bottom of the boat that was going to be used in the piece. At this point I found I still wasn't sure as to what 'SONIC BOOOOUM' was all about, I was just there to help out.
I went back to help the following day and met Nelly. She told me all about the Science Festival and how her piece she had created fitted in and what it was all based on. The piece designed by her was an interactive replica of a laboratory in Japan where they explore and find information about Neutrons. These neutrons are monitored and rarely make a reaction in which creates this giant boom, the 'SUPER K SONIC BOOOOUM!'. The idea was people travel in the boat surrounded by balloons which are in fact neutrons and are given a lecture by a Scientist as it is all happening around them.
When setting up the piece there was a lot to be done, one of the first jobs being blowing up 1200 Gold balloons. I was given a number of jobs to help prepare including:
Picking up speakers
Buying 6 pairs of Wellies
Buying Fish tank sealant
Picking up Gas Canisters
It soon became obvious how things can go wrong but can be worked around and how different people had different roles in the team into putting this large scale show together. As well we Nelly's piece there were other areas of the disused lab in which it was held, being used for different activities. The scale of it as a project was huge and came with so much responsibility. I met many different people who had different jobs, this was really interesting because it was from Nelly networking she was able to get help from different people with different areas of knowledge.
On the first day the Science Festival was open to the public, I had volunteered quite a lot and found from doing this I was trusted and a reliable volunteer. I was asked to be part of the show in which everyone is dressed up as workers in white over alls and helmets and I worked along side Nelly who played the chief warden, and instruct and direct people into the boat for their SONIC BOOOOUM adventure. The idea was the audience had tickets and were abruptly instructed by the chief warden to put on the overalls get into the boat, like they were at the real thing in Japan.
I managed to help out behind the scenes and in the actual piece which was brilliant. From volunteering also I found the piece quite personal in terms of I now understand how much work, effort and planning that goes into something that it only shown temporarily. From this experience, I feel I could contact Nelly again and see if I could work for her in the future. She was very inspirational and it was good to see how an artist brings together such a large scale, funded event. I felt I did get behind on my own practice but I hope to work with Nelly in the second term, so from this it has been beneficial and very enjoyable.
Over the past couple of weeks I worked with an artist called Nelly Ben Hayoun and her team in creating her piece that was part of the Science Festival.
I originally saw her work at the Designed Disorders exhibition at the cube gallery of the rocket chair, but sadly did not see it live. From a fellow student I heard she was looking for volunteers to help her put together her 'SUPER K SONIC BOOOOUM' piece for the Science Festival held on the MMU campus. The process of finding out how to help was quite exciting, especially when you got a reply asking you when you could start. I emailed my details of who I was and that I was a student studying Interactive Arts and would love to help out.
Not fully knowing what I was volunteering for, I knew it was a good opportunity and from images I had seen, I thought it looked really interesting to be part of. On the first day, I painted and waterproofed the bottom of the boat that was going to be used in the piece. At this point I found I still wasn't sure as to what 'SONIC BOOOOUM' was all about, I was just there to help out.
I went back to help the following day and met Nelly. She told me all about the Science Festival and how her piece she had created fitted in and what it was all based on. The piece designed by her was an interactive replica of a laboratory in Japan where they explore and find information about Neutrons. These neutrons are monitored and rarely make a reaction in which creates this giant boom, the 'SUPER K SONIC BOOOOUM!'. The idea was people travel in the boat surrounded by balloons which are in fact neutrons and are given a lecture by a Scientist as it is all happening around them.
When setting up the piece there was a lot to be done, one of the first jobs being blowing up 1200 Gold balloons. I was given a number of jobs to help prepare including:
Picking up speakers
Buying 6 pairs of Wellies
Buying Fish tank sealant
Picking up Gas Canisters
It soon became obvious how things can go wrong but can be worked around and how different people had different roles in the team into putting this large scale show together. As well we Nelly's piece there were other areas of the disused lab in which it was held, being used for different activities. The scale of it as a project was huge and came with so much responsibility. I met many different people who had different jobs, this was really interesting because it was from Nelly networking she was able to get help from different people with different areas of knowledge.
On the first day the Science Festival was open to the public, I had volunteered quite a lot and found from doing this I was trusted and a reliable volunteer. I was asked to be part of the show in which everyone is dressed up as workers in white over alls and helmets and I worked along side Nelly who played the chief warden, and instruct and direct people into the boat for their SONIC BOOOOUM adventure. The idea was the audience had tickets and were abruptly instructed by the chief warden to put on the overalls get into the boat, like they were at the real thing in Japan.
I managed to help out behind the scenes and in the actual piece which was brilliant. From volunteering also I found the piece quite personal in terms of I now understand how much work, effort and planning that goes into something that it only shown temporarily. From this experience, I feel I could contact Nelly again and see if I could work for her in the future. She was very inspirational and it was good to see how an artist brings together such a large scale, funded event. I felt I did get behind on my own practice but I hope to work with Nelly in the second term, so from this it has been beneficial and very enjoyable.
Wednesday, 27 October 2010
Tuesday Talks: Jacqueline Donachie
The Whitworth talk this week again was very good. Jazqueline Donachie was a very good speaker when it came to her work and really got the audience interested. She discussed her work from the nineties up to her most recent work. The piece that stuck in my mind was the piece she did with the community of a small town and how they rode bikes all day creating marks on the roads. It seemed quite nostalgic and it was clear that a lot of her work was based around the public, using them and incorporating them.
What I found in this lecture was how she came across as a speaker. She was very confident when speaking which allowed the audience to always be switched on to what she was saying. You could also see her passion for what she does, and how she has brought different factors from her own life to the public into that, so in that way I think she is easy to relate to, and quite down to earth when it comes to her work, it isn't intimidating, if anything it invites people to be part of it. This seemed to work in her favour because her art work was very public based, public art.
When I think of public art it seems quite mundane and just there for the sake of it. It was interesting to see stories behind the public art and how an artist has to work around things to create it. She was very successful in what she did and has created a name for herself. So if in fact people like myself find public art boring, that's her job, she is getting a lot of commissions and paid well to do it, so in fact, she is having the last laugh. I realised this when discussing her work as a group, I'm finding it easier to understand and be open to different artworks and to get out of this head as viewing things as a viewer, but as an artist.
What I found in this lecture was how she came across as a speaker. She was very confident when speaking which allowed the audience to always be switched on to what she was saying. You could also see her passion for what she does, and how she has brought different factors from her own life to the public into that, so in that way I think she is easy to relate to, and quite down to earth when it comes to her work, it isn't intimidating, if anything it invites people to be part of it. This seemed to work in her favour because her art work was very public based, public art.
When I think of public art it seems quite mundane and just there for the sake of it. It was interesting to see stories behind the public art and how an artist has to work around things to create it. She was very successful in what she did and has created a name for herself. So if in fact people like myself find public art boring, that's her job, she is getting a lot of commissions and paid well to do it, so in fact, she is having the last laugh. I realised this when discussing her work as a group, I'm finding it easier to understand and be open to different artworks and to get out of this head as viewing things as a viewer, but as an artist.
Tuesday, 26 October 2010
Shelter: Tights Piece
From showing our pieces today after working on the theme of 'Shelter' for the past 4 weeks, I had mixed opinions and feelings towards the day.
I was not totally happy with how much work I had done on the project and it felt like a constant struggle all the way through the project, I kept myself busy with drawing and trying different techniques of mark making in my sketch book. The piece that I showed, I thought was okay, but I felt I didn't want to carry on with it. I admittedly think that I could have done more artist research too.
I presented an A3 drawing of built up lines, which I had based upon the fabric of tights when stretched, and I think it was a strained attempt at connecting it with Shelter by taking the idea of clothing as our shelter and combining that with my practice.
On the other hand,the aspect I think it worked quite well when the piece was up. It was very basic, and below the drawing was the pair of tights I had based it on, and from this, I wanted the audience to connect the two.
I didn't think the idea of people writing down what they thought worked well. Where I had put my piece I found it got missed out by a lot of people, and when people did give me their input it didn't seem helpful at all. I also thought that the video pieces that were shown were given more commitment by the audience as opposed to just quickly passing by everyone else's pieces.
I did find it enjoyable looking at other peoples work, but I felt I couldn't criticise or give helpful feed back to the piece because it was not always obvious what it was about. This is realistic in gallery terms but with the idea of helping each other and maybe taking someones idea and thinking about it, I think was a bit foggy.
It was the discussion later on in the day, when asked to read our feed back back, that I felt benefited me. The feedback people wrote didn't help me as such, and in some instances didn't seem to be serious. But when asked about my work, and if it was purely about aesthetics, I could immediately say it wasn't but still struggled to put it into words what it was about. It was something I enjoyed doing, it was me. So therefore could be considered as a self portrait. I see myself when I create these style drawings,and the idea of getting lost and hypnotised when drawing them is something quite calming to me. I did find myself stuck though still, do I really want to carry on with drawing or has it come to an end of inspiration for me.
I was not totally happy with how much work I had done on the project and it felt like a constant struggle all the way through the project, I kept myself busy with drawing and trying different techniques of mark making in my sketch book. The piece that I showed, I thought was okay, but I felt I didn't want to carry on with it. I admittedly think that I could have done more artist research too.
I presented an A3 drawing of built up lines, which I had based upon the fabric of tights when stretched, and I think it was a strained attempt at connecting it with Shelter by taking the idea of clothing as our shelter and combining that with my practice.
On the other hand,the aspect I think it worked quite well when the piece was up. It was very basic, and below the drawing was the pair of tights I had based it on, and from this, I wanted the audience to connect the two.
I didn't think the idea of people writing down what they thought worked well. Where I had put my piece I found it got missed out by a lot of people, and when people did give me their input it didn't seem helpful at all. I also thought that the video pieces that were shown were given more commitment by the audience as opposed to just quickly passing by everyone else's pieces.
I did find it enjoyable looking at other peoples work, but I felt I couldn't criticise or give helpful feed back to the piece because it was not always obvious what it was about. This is realistic in gallery terms but with the idea of helping each other and maybe taking someones idea and thinking about it, I think was a bit foggy.
It was the discussion later on in the day, when asked to read our feed back back, that I felt benefited me. The feedback people wrote didn't help me as such, and in some instances didn't seem to be serious. But when asked about my work, and if it was purely about aesthetics, I could immediately say it wasn't but still struggled to put it into words what it was about. It was something I enjoyed doing, it was me. So therefore could be considered as a self portrait. I see myself when I create these style drawings,and the idea of getting lost and hypnotised when drawing them is something quite calming to me. I did find myself stuck though still, do I really want to carry on with drawing or has it come to an end of inspiration for me.
Monday, 25 October 2010
Liverpool Biennial: Sachiko Abe
Drawing piece from 'Scissors Paper Film'.
Image taken from: (https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZTWkvEyMcPCMOyMrEZWH6fmwjWApwz7cnk0qwRJDp03HxGU-xfrbKSQa7s5Yax0-Wahu73U45J7tQSIvL2btW_x9fQ8jacFrbHKd7mV6Fs4d2veZMT9eL3nslF_DAOh6zN_QJDVZ5fY/s1600/sachiko+abe+drawing.jpg)
This live installation piece was very beautiful and consisted of using paper and illustration.
As the artist herself, sat high up on a ledge in the large space, she cut out paper into thin strips which fell across the room and collected together into a large mount in the centre of the room, in a 'rapunzel style' fairy tale way.
I found her drawings more inspiring and outstanding due to detailed they are and how no mistakes seemed to be made. The framed pieces seemed to be drawn with pencil and having attempted very detailed and repetitive myself, how clean they were seemed amazing. Her work seemed very clean and peaceful, but the drawings quite chaotic in their nature.
Her work inspired me, because I found myself doing similar style mark making already.
Saturday, 23 October 2010
Liverpool Biennial: Ryan Trecartin
Ryan Trecartin's work at the Biennial was one of my favourite pieces. What was a converted space from an old shop called 'The Visitor Centre' had his work playing in the basement of the shop, and you almost stumbled upon it by accident along with the other pieces in the maze like shop turned gallery.
His film works shown immediately drew me in, they seemed very bizarre and had no context to them. Using real people and make up and costume, editing was fast and manipulated, and gave a drug trip type of element to the viewer. They seemed be basic story lines- but chewed up and spat out, making it not so basic. There were places to sit, which in themselves were quite random, along with the work, the sits were not just ordinary seats but were picnic benches and also rows of aeroplane seats. I found myself sat in the aeroplane seats watching one of his films to the very end, which was over 20 minutes. This in itself seems an accomplishment when an artist portrays their work, because it is allowed to be walked away from, the viewer can watch it for how ever long they please. I found his work very intriguing and I just wanted to watch more.
It didn't seem important to know what was going on, but still there seemed to be a story going on and the way it was put together seemed quite dream like or in some instances- nightmarish.
What impressed me were the people he used in the video and how they played these bizarre characters, which in reality could be connected with real people. The editing and the way it was put together was very sophisticated but also seemed carelessly put together. The costume and colours used also seemed brilliant to the piece, and I cannot answer why I think this is. Maybe it's because it is like something I hadn't seen before, or the idea of 'playing dress up' as a child, but done by adults and put on screen. I think his work is quite confident in that aspect that he can go out and create the work he does. I had never found video art work that drew me in like this before, I was always quite dismissive of it.
From seeing many pieces at the festival this was one that stuck with me the most.
I looked online at his other work and he creates sculptures too and along with his film there is a definite connection when it comes to colour and the context add randomness of the pieces.
Taken from: http://vimeo.com/5841178
His film works shown immediately drew me in, they seemed very bizarre and had no context to them. Using real people and make up and costume, editing was fast and manipulated, and gave a drug trip type of element to the viewer. They seemed be basic story lines- but chewed up and spat out, making it not so basic. There were places to sit, which in themselves were quite random, along with the work, the sits were not just ordinary seats but were picnic benches and also rows of aeroplane seats. I found myself sat in the aeroplane seats watching one of his films to the very end, which was over 20 minutes. This in itself seems an accomplishment when an artist portrays their work, because it is allowed to be walked away from, the viewer can watch it for how ever long they please. I found his work very intriguing and I just wanted to watch more.
It didn't seem important to know what was going on, but still there seemed to be a story going on and the way it was put together seemed quite dream like or in some instances- nightmarish.
What impressed me were the people he used in the video and how they played these bizarre characters, which in reality could be connected with real people. The editing and the way it was put together was very sophisticated but also seemed carelessly put together. The costume and colours used also seemed brilliant to the piece, and I cannot answer why I think this is. Maybe it's because it is like something I hadn't seen before, or the idea of 'playing dress up' as a child, but done by adults and put on screen. I think his work is quite confident in that aspect that he can go out and create the work he does. I had never found video art work that drew me in like this before, I was always quite dismissive of it.
From seeing many pieces at the festival this was one that stuck with me the most.
I looked online at his other work and he creates sculptures too and along with his film there is a definite connection when it comes to colour and the context add randomness of the pieces.
K-CoreaINC.K (section a) from Ryan Trecartin on Vimeo.
Taken from: http://vimeo.com/5841178
Friday, 22 October 2010
Liverpool Biennial: Tenching Hsieh
Liverpool Biennial was so inspiring, seeing so many different Artists and different pieces of work and exhibitions.
I loved Tenching Hsieh's work at FACT entitled 'One Year Performance 1980-1981 (Time Clock Piece)'. What Hsieh had done was for a year, he clocked in every hour and took a photo of himself every hour, and did this constantly for a year. When going around the exhibition you follow the journey of him, even though every photo is the same setting and has been taken every hour with the same expression, knowing that he did it for a year seems gruelling just to look at the photos themselves, and how we can see change in his appearance we walk around to each photo. Also the show reel of each photo allows us to see a sped up version of each photo created into a film.
I found this piece intriguing because it delivers more so the question of why did he do it?
When looking into his work more so, it seems to be around the idea of how the illusion of each photo is of working in a factory of some sort and clocking in every day was actually in his studio and how his he has done this piece every hour for a year because the art work is his life. So in portraying it as a factory working photo he personifies and questions what is important in peoples lives.
Taken from: http://vimeo.com/16280427
I loved Tenching Hsieh's work at FACT entitled 'One Year Performance 1980-1981 (Time Clock Piece)'. What Hsieh had done was for a year, he clocked in every hour and took a photo of himself every hour, and did this constantly for a year. When going around the exhibition you follow the journey of him, even though every photo is the same setting and has been taken every hour with the same expression, knowing that he did it for a year seems gruelling just to look at the photos themselves, and how we can see change in his appearance we walk around to each photo. Also the show reel of each photo allows us to see a sped up version of each photo created into a film.
I found this piece intriguing because it delivers more so the question of why did he do it?
When looking into his work more so, it seems to be around the idea of how the illusion of each photo is of working in a factory of some sort and clocking in every day was actually in his studio and how his he has done this piece every hour for a year because the art work is his life. So in portraying it as a factory working photo he personifies and questions what is important in peoples lives.
Tehching Hsieh - One Year Performance 1980 – 1981 (Time Clock Piece) from FACT on Vimeo.
Taken from: http://vimeo.com/16280427
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Whitworth Gallery: Tuesday Talks- Wu Chi-tsung.
Wu Chi-Tsung 'Wire I', (2004)
Image taken from: (http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/artesmundi2006/chi-tsung/)
Today I attended the first of the Whitworth Talks at the Whitworth Art Gallery.
The Artist speaking today was Wu Chi-tsung. He spoke about his work from past years up to present. His work was interesting and seemed to portray a lot of manipulation in his work process using different means from video, photography and installation.
One of the pieces that struck me the most in his talk, was a piece that he created using a piece of mesh and projecting it onto a wall, and through movement the mesh changed and gave a different illusion every time it moved. He created machine type objects to make his pieces work, which seemed very complicated. This theme of juxtaposition in his work reoccured. The machinery creating an illusion that of something that looks quite simple, peaceful and organic.
It was interesting to see and listen to the journey the Artist had and is still on, and how creating pieces all the time moves onto different things. His work all had a similar style, very muted and peaceful, I thought. Also in context of speaking about your work an audience, preparation is key. When going through the different stages of work on his computer his lecture flowed quite nicely and was interesting to listen to all the way through.
When being shown the movement on 'Wire I', I liked how the simple the lines appeared on the walls and could see a connection in how they looked like a drawing, similar to the work I enjoyed putting together. Rather than be caught up in the mechanics of how it all works, what struck me was the the projection itself.
Sunday, 10 October 2010
Struggling
Still struggling with the theme of 'Shelter' and how I can create a reaction to it within my style of work.
I have been creating some drawings in my sketch book, which are more about the idea of mark making as opposed to getting myself bogged down with the theme too much, I want to get into a flow of something that I am enjoying and incorporate Shelter into that.
Here are some of the mark making drawings I have been working on, they seem to appear and are based on fabric when looking at my legs wearing tights.
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Shelter Project
We have been given a project to last 4 weeks with the theme of 'Shelter'. When going through this idea as a group and creating a spider diagram of different words we connect or could be to do with Shelter, a lot came out. From the literal sense of a Bus Shelter to an emotion sense of how we as people may Shelter ourselves.
This project already has got me stuck for ideas, and has not inspired me.
Today when having a group tutorial and asked what ideas I had come up with, I found myself really struggling.
How do I start a Project?
I am always thinking of ideas which often leads to too many ideas and I find myself putting pressure on myself.
When discussing this I found that ideas gradually started to come easier, and given the idea of Reflective (is it for a reason?) and Reflexive (just doing it), which one was I?
For the theme of Shelter, the idea I think i have invested in as a starting point is my room, the idea of being alone, I quite enjoy and having personal barriers up. This could maybe be what Shelter is to me. I want to carry on with the style of work I enjoy, which is linear style drawings and illustrations.
This project already has got me stuck for ideas, and has not inspired me.
Today when having a group tutorial and asked what ideas I had come up with, I found myself really struggling.
How do I start a Project?
I am always thinking of ideas which often leads to too many ideas and I find myself putting pressure on myself.
When discussing this I found that ideas gradually started to come easier, and given the idea of Reflective (is it for a reason?) and Reflexive (just doing it), which one was I?
For the theme of Shelter, the idea I think i have invested in as a starting point is my room, the idea of being alone, I quite enjoy and having personal barriers up. This could maybe be what Shelter is to me. I want to carry on with the style of work I enjoy, which is linear style drawings and illustrations.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Recorders Exhibition vs Designed Disorder
Today I visited Manchester City Art Gallery and The Cube Gallery, to see two separate exhibitions.
At the Manchester City Art Gallery was the exhibition 'Recorders' by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. I had not heard of him before went into the exhibition without any information at all. When looking around the pieces, it seemed to me that they may not be classed as pieces in the traditional art sense. They were very audience based and it was the audience that initiated and made the pieces work and what they were. When walking around the space, there were different objects around the rooms that you had to interact with. In the centre of the room were a circle of microphones on stands which invited the viewer to speak into them. There was another piece in which you placed your personal items on a scanner that gave the illusion of scanning objects at an airport. In the entrance of the exhibition it also appeared that the first piece was a screen with blown up finger prints on, in which the audience placed their thumb in a scanner and it appeared on the screen, getting smaller and smaller every time one was scanned until it could not be seen anymore.
The exhibition was very enjoyable, but I didn't really know what the work was about and found myself just giving into interacting with the pieces as if it would give me some kind of answer.
Following on from this, I went to The Cube Gallery to see the Designed Disorder Exhibition.
This Exhibition, was part of the AND Festival, (Abandon Normal Devices) in which different events were held around Manchester.
Immediately I found myself dismissing the work and not really taking it in. Again, I didn't take the time to find out what the work was really about and I found that in this exhibition the lack of information I chose not to gain, really effected my opinion on the work to begin with.
James Gilpin was an artist there who spoke about his work, and how he created whiskey from Diabetic urine. His talk was interesting about his piece and how he created it, through distillation and other means. It also invited the audience in as they could taste a sample of the whiskey. It became clearer after hearing James speak that the work for Designed Disorders was about science and products, not art pieces.
When discussing the two exhibitions back at University with the course, they both unveiled different outcomes that were not expected. It appeared at first that the majority of the course enjoyed the Recorders Exhibition more so than Designed Disorders, because we found it entertaining and easy to interact with, it didn't matter that we didn't fully understand what the work was about, because we seemed to be too distracted by the things we could touch and speak into or scan.
Carrying on from this, to me out of the two exhibitions this one was more memorable. It didn't strike to obvious to me at the time, but everything that had gone on in the space was recorded, if you scanned your thumb, it was now recorded, same when speaking into the microphones. This idea seems quite un nerving and intrusive, but because we are so blind sighted with the fact we can touch things, and in an art gallery you usually can't, we don't realise this. This seems quite an intelligent aspect that may have been deliberate by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
Comparing it to the Designed Disorder exhibition, it became clear that the pieces were not art pieces but products. Each designer had created something that questioned something or experimented with an idea and changed it. It became evident through the discussion on the course, the Recorders exhibition was momentarily fun and entertaining which is why it seemed more preferred. The Designed Disorder was less obvious and allows the audience to take it upon themselves to find out more about the work when looking around.
It could be said Recorders was more popular because it was entertaining as opposed to Designed Disorders where the audience had to think, and in reality we didn't really want to. We expect to be entertained, and have become ignorant to Art. What we gained today, from discussion is that we have to not judge as quick and under the layer of work.
At the Manchester City Art Gallery was the exhibition 'Recorders' by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. I had not heard of him before went into the exhibition without any information at all. When looking around the pieces, it seemed to me that they may not be classed as pieces in the traditional art sense. They were very audience based and it was the audience that initiated and made the pieces work and what they were. When walking around the space, there were different objects around the rooms that you had to interact with. In the centre of the room were a circle of microphones on stands which invited the viewer to speak into them. There was another piece in which you placed your personal items on a scanner that gave the illusion of scanning objects at an airport. In the entrance of the exhibition it also appeared that the first piece was a screen with blown up finger prints on, in which the audience placed their thumb in a scanner and it appeared on the screen, getting smaller and smaller every time one was scanned until it could not be seen anymore.
The exhibition was very enjoyable, but I didn't really know what the work was about and found myself just giving into interacting with the pieces as if it would give me some kind of answer.
Following on from this, I went to The Cube Gallery to see the Designed Disorder Exhibition.
This Exhibition, was part of the AND Festival, (Abandon Normal Devices) in which different events were held around Manchester.
Immediately I found myself dismissing the work and not really taking it in. Again, I didn't take the time to find out what the work was really about and I found that in this exhibition the lack of information I chose not to gain, really effected my opinion on the work to begin with.
James Gilpin was an artist there who spoke about his work, and how he created whiskey from Diabetic urine. His talk was interesting about his piece and how he created it, through distillation and other means. It also invited the audience in as they could taste a sample of the whiskey. It became clearer after hearing James speak that the work for Designed Disorders was about science and products, not art pieces.
When discussing the two exhibitions back at University with the course, they both unveiled different outcomes that were not expected. It appeared at first that the majority of the course enjoyed the Recorders Exhibition more so than Designed Disorders, because we found it entertaining and easy to interact with, it didn't matter that we didn't fully understand what the work was about, because we seemed to be too distracted by the things we could touch and speak into or scan.
Carrying on from this, to me out of the two exhibitions this one was more memorable. It didn't strike to obvious to me at the time, but everything that had gone on in the space was recorded, if you scanned your thumb, it was now recorded, same when speaking into the microphones. This idea seems quite un nerving and intrusive, but because we are so blind sighted with the fact we can touch things, and in an art gallery you usually can't, we don't realise this. This seems quite an intelligent aspect that may have been deliberate by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer.
Comparing it to the Designed Disorder exhibition, it became clear that the pieces were not art pieces but products. Each designer had created something that questioned something or experimented with an idea and changed it. It became evident through the discussion on the course, the Recorders exhibition was momentarily fun and entertaining which is why it seemed more preferred. The Designed Disorder was less obvious and allows the audience to take it upon themselves to find out more about the work when looking around.
It could be said Recorders was more popular because it was entertaining as opposed to Designed Disorders where the audience had to think, and in reality we didn't really want to. We expect to be entertained, and have become ignorant to Art. What we gained today, from discussion is that we have to not judge as quick and under the layer of work.
Friday, 1 October 2010
Summer Project
Over the summer, I was given the project of creating a wearable gallery, portraying where we had been over summer and create something out of it. In summer, I had travelled to Rhodes, and it was there I received the email for the project. When looking around I didn't know what to do.
I found that the area I was staying in was very British Friendly, and catered a lot to British taste, making sure that when they were on holiday they were at home, away from home. I found this quite tacky and embarrassing being English myself. The idea of going to Greece and being able to get a Yorkshire Dinner there seemed really bizarre. The tourist shops were very interesting. They sold traditional things to very novelty things, such as rude postcards to phallic bottle openers.
It was this home away from home idea that I wanted to make a piece out of. I bought adult themed playing cards and knew that was the item I wanted to do something with.
I created a playing card bikini, and covered all the rude images on the cards with novelty items, such as objects and food, in a touch in cheek playful way, because it was still obvious what I was trying to cover up on the cards. I thought the idea was quite interesting and was a lot of fun to create. I looked at artists work such as Martin Parr and Jeff Koons. Martin Parr's photography work captured British Culture beautifully, and also in a quite endearing way. The cards I had bought were very seventies-esque. I saw a connection with the highly saturated colour in Parr's and also Koons' work. Jeff Koons' work also had a very sexual theme in some parts but also very tacky.
When making the bikini it became a challenge in itself to come up with ideas to cover up these adult themed cards.
It was a very light hearted project and was fun to show the rest of the course. Sharing ideas in which it had came from and the piece itself.
Saturday, 25 September 2010
Very late.
I have started my blog again very late on. My blog this year will discuss, demonstrate and criticise my work and personal development. Showing my experiments and what I have been working on will allow me to progress with my ideas, dismiss them, or go in another direction with them, helping my self become a better practising artist.
I propose that I will visit a lot more galleries, research more artists and take chances with my own personal practice, documenting them on this very blog.
Watch this space...
I propose that I will visit a lot more galleries, research more artists and take chances with my own personal practice, documenting them on this very blog.
Watch this space...
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Envelopes
Continuing with the theme of everyday things and how we never notice them. Moving on from the barcode I noticed that in envelopes we get different patterns on the inside, this is due to privacy and not being able to read the content of the envelope even when held up against light. I found a page on flickr dedicated to finding different prints inside envelopes.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/sets/72157594547931731/
Image found on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/3524260806/in/set-72157594547931731/) , contributed by Alicia- (www.flickr.com/photos/halix)
contributed by nina mettler- (http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/2877728305/in/set-72157594547931731/)
contributed by keith leber- ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/666550212/in/set-72157594547931731/ )
contributed by Kariann Burleson- ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/446783165/in/set-72157594547931731/ )
http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/sets/72157594547931731/
Image found on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/3524260806/in/set-72157594547931731/) , contributed by Alicia- (www.flickr.com/photos/halix)
contributed by nina mettler- (http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/2877728305/in/set-72157594547931731/)
contributed by keith leber- ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/666550212/in/set-72157594547931731/ )
contributed by Kariann Burleson- ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephking/446783165/in/set-72157594547931731/ )
polaroids continued
Other images found that I liked, also can see a resemblence to the colours and tones used in my work.
White blossom, shot by- angie_lemon (image taken from:http://polanoid.net/)imaged loaded onto site- Apr 18, 2010.
No title, shot by- compulsive, (image taken from: http://polanoid.net/) uploaded onto site- Oct 09, 2007.
Morning at the donut plant, shot by- futurowoman, (image taken from:
http://polanoid.net/) uploaded onto site- jan 16, 2010.
These images are not mine, they can by found by typing in the name of the artist on the website.
White blossom, shot by- angie_lemon (image taken from:http://polanoid.net/)imaged loaded onto site- Apr 18, 2010.
No title, shot by- compulsive, (image taken from: http://polanoid.net/) uploaded onto site- Oct 09, 2007.
Morning at the donut plant, shot by- futurowoman, (image taken from:
http://polanoid.net/) uploaded onto site- jan 16, 2010.
These images are not mine, they can by found by typing in the name of the artist on the website.
Saturday, 17 April 2010
Polaroids
Early on in the term for the food project, not knowing what to do or where to go with it, I did take some photos made with a home made polaroid edge, giving an illusion of an actual photo but framing just a significant part of it. I did not follow up on this as I have always found that photographing through polaroid is more of a personal hobby.
Recently, I have found myself wanting to explore it more once again. When researching different polaroid sites, I found www.polanoid.net. A site where people load their images, taken with different cameras and film and explaining different effects that they got. A few images stood out for me, and made me want to make my 'home made' polaroid shots again.
The following images are ones I found on the website, that stood out to me more than others.
Image is not mine, taken from http://polanoid.net/cover
This image entitled, 'Sunshine City', taken by Lilou (http://polanoid.net/).
I liked this image more due to the content rather than it being taken on a polaroid. The city scape at the distance the image has been taken at has created marks that seem very monotone, giving a similar effect to the barcode collages I am currently working on.
Recently, I have found myself wanting to explore it more once again. When researching different polaroid sites, I found www.polanoid.net. A site where people load their images, taken with different cameras and film and explaining different effects that they got. A few images stood out for me, and made me want to make my 'home made' polaroid shots again.
The following images are ones I found on the website, that stood out to me more than others.
Image is not mine, taken from http://polanoid.net/cover
This image entitled, 'Sunshine City', taken by Lilou (http://polanoid.net/).
I liked this image more due to the content rather than it being taken on a polaroid. The city scape at the distance the image has been taken at has created marks that seem very monotone, giving a similar effect to the barcode collages I am currently working on.
ABC3D
I have been noticing different things lately that I never noticed before. It may be the situation of having a different mentality when in a different city. A sense of exploration occurs, maybe because not knowing an area makes you want to do so. I have been exploring different books, just seeing how many different styles of everything that seems to be out there. I am finding this is helping my broaden my horizons when it comes to my work. Working on collecting barcodes at the moment, I am at the early stages of what to do them, meaning I can do anything I want with them.
I came across a book called ABC3D by Marion Bataille, and it took something simple, the letters of the alphabet, and made a pop up book, that seemed to be aimed at entertaining adults more so than it would children. What impressed me was how the book seemed simple to first appearances but then how each letter is crafted individually. From this idea of exploration, It has given me ideas that I can do anything with my work, but for myself: I will try not to get overwhelmed.
I came across a book called ABC3D by Marion Bataille, and it took something simple, the letters of the alphabet, and made a pop up book, that seemed to be aimed at entertaining adults more so than it would children. What impressed me was how the book seemed simple to first appearances but then how each letter is crafted individually. From this idea of exploration, It has given me ideas that I can do anything with my work, but for myself: I will try not to get overwhelmed.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Patterns
Following on from barcodes I have found myself noticing patterns that I did not before. Beginning to document them, i will hopefully find a meanings to portray them. From past work, I would like to continue with collage.
Monday, 15 March 2010
Interactive!
Visited this exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London. What a hidden gem. The buildings architecture was amazing and the piece I went to see was a real INTERACTIVE piece. As you walk down a dark corridor there are images of hands playing guitars being projected onto the walls, at this point you do not see anything. When carrying on down the walk way you then enter this large room with zebra finches flying all around you. They land on guitars and symbols that have been placed flat on their stands. Connected to these are amps so when the birds land on the instruments they create sounds.
The sounds created were random and came out of the amps in different places, the irregular effect created was quite unique.
I love the free feeling of this piece and how simple it seemed but very effective. It was really enjoyable.
RASHID RANA VEIL I II & III
Image taken from: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mansishah.net/browntown/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/32rashidrana3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mansishah.net/browntown/2708&usg=__DrYN3O7UtkQVzYn7kVUQ6YzojE8=&h=480&w=480&sz=83&hl=en&start=6&itbs=1&tbnid=jL3ZlHZsBFEmFM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Drashid%2Brana%26hl%3Den%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1
RASHID RANA
Not knowing anything about the artist and just seeing his work at the Saatchi Gallery. I found i remembered this piece more than others. The piece at first appears as photographs of traditional Burqas, worn by women as part of their religion. But when looking closer at the pieces the image is constructed of tiny images of pornographic scenes. When reading about the artists work he wanted to portray a political reaction using the Burqa against the pornographic images of women, "forcing the viewer to look beyond them and critique the so-called machinery of truth from which they are born."
Quote taken from :
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/rashid_rana.htm?section_name=new_india
Why is it this piece has stuck in my head? When immediately working out what the images were of it did shock me. Which is what the artist thinks wanted to happen. But also this kind of first appearing 'shock art' effects can wear off because after a few moments I became immune to the fact they were of sexual scenes. Is this because today through media, we have become numb to seeing images like these.
It is becoming more and more intriguing to me about why as people we see some things as shocking and other things as not. That we take notice of some things and not other. People have different values as to what is important. I find that in everyday life we neglect a lot of things. I will begin to portray things that would not normally be portrayed. I hope to explore with collage, sound and video.
LONDON
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01559/wilsonsumpoilpic_1559180c.jpgSaatchi Gallery Exhibition
Richard Wilson
Really inspired by Richard Wilsons piece at the Saatchi Gallery name 20:50, when looking over the balcony and down it appears to be another floor, but when looking closely it is a reflection of the ceiling. His installation piece is oil on the floor that creates a mirror image. Visually it was spectacular and really got the viewer involved in an illusion.
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/richard_wilson.htm
BARCODES
Looking at barcodes can be a simple every day thing. They are seen on every product sold and we see them everyday but do not register them in our minds, because we are so used to seeing them. When we buy products, society seems to have a robot manner about it, we are directed and influenced by signs and directions, deals on products that make us just consuming identities. I want to explore barcodes and change their meaning. I find them visually quite appealing. They can be taken out of their everyday consumerism context.
By collecting barcodes, I hope to bring together something new to their meaning and not just a product on consumerism.
We ignore everyday things, but I find those things the most fascinating.
Peoples body Language
Sounds in the street
Shops
Advertising
Media
I will explore different ways these things can be portrayed contextually.
Saturday, 9 January 2010
New means of researching.
At the moment I am finding a lot of inspiration from online searches. Reading and looking through other peoples blogs I find really inspiring and makes me want to create a blog like theirs.
http://blog.yimmyayo.com/
This blog is a collection of images I have been looking through. I love the photography you can find on it and there seems to be an overall style to it, even though the images found on the blog are from different sources and different places.
Giving me drive to look at things in a different way, and also I would like to go back to the practice of Photography.
Food, Literally?
Not my image, found online: http://media1.break.com/dnet/media/2008/11/84%20Weiner%20Dog.jpgLooking online I have found a lot of inspiration and ideas I could use and get ideas from in my work.
This image I found is not my own, but has made me see that you can have fun when experimenting with work. Photography will be a future aim in my work as it seems most accessible and has no boundaries.
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