INTRODUCTION This project was done alongside the course material and became a journey into the Fungal Kingdom. From the onset of this project, I was guided by my tutor to consider collaborative agency and read Vibrant Matter by Janet Bennet to assist in my contextual thinking and making process. Making was seen as a reflection […]
PART OF KEEPING UP MOMENTUM SESSIONS ORGANISED BY PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENT HELEN ROSEMIER Tutor-led facilitation: Dr. Bryan Eccleshall Date/time Two 2.5 hour sessions on 9 and 30 October 2021 9 October session I could not attend. Bryan shared a document around a ‘translation game’ of which he was part and that gave me a clearer understanding […]
Assignment Three asks that I take some time to review my sketchbook and project work for Part Three. I should record my reflections and consider the ideas and approaches I explored and what I thought about it and learned. It is suggested to consider a few questions as discussed below in the Reflective Account. REFLECTIVE […]
PARALLEL PROJECT – VISUAL MAPPING EXERCISE 1.4. THINKING THROUGH THE STRUCTURE OF THE PARALLEL PROJECT Method Do at least 3 visual maps as possible routes that this project could take Thinking about thinking and making as a studio process. It fascinates me, is it because I am a student? I love research, but also want […]
Reflective surfaces and framed views – a stage on which to perform Looking at the work of Katherina Grosse (born 1961), Third Man Begins Digging Through Her Pockets, 2012. This is a work on a wall of the Cleveland MOCA Museum of Contemporary art – done with an industrial air spray gun and mainly with […]
Saturday 16 October 2021 I was fortunate to be part of a full day tutor-led workshop, where tutors, Dianna Ali and dr Michelle Whiting took the lead. The invite suggested that the workshop will involve a day of practical making around your practice, considering how you see the visual world around you that you can […]
CONSTRUCTING NARRATIVE Exercise 1.2. Before and after Reading point Link 31 refers to the last part of the text where James Elkins discusses ‘The place of Narrative in Contemporary Art. The essay is in two parts: the first is a survey of representations of time in art; it is similar to the first part of […]
BECOMING AN IMAGE Exercise 1.1. Body as canvas I am uncomfortable when it comes to performance and immediately think of the female artist Marina Abramovic and how she explores bodily experiences/boundaries, there is also a form of learning/discovering through her doing or making. She never knows what will transpire out of a performance. I contemplate […]
RESEARCH POINT 1 Paula Rego I was struck by her connection between, real, pretended (imagined), and how storytelling forms a big part of this process. She views it as the same thing. I believe this is the reason she has always used props in a mostly domesticated setting in her work. I feel I always […]
PROP, PERFORMANCE, STAGE EXERCISE 1. Object as a stand-in for the body Method: . Select one or more items of clothing Using the clothing as a reference point, remake it either in a different material or enlarge it Look at work of artist Yinka Shonibare MBE – histories and issues addresses through his choice of […]