Weekly Plan (10/05/16)

Start:

Experimenting with 2D

Stop:

Stop concentrating on 3D as its not working and not getting what I want to get, across; try 2D with this

Continue:

Using masculine and feminine shapes and the drawings to make prints

Weekly Plan (03/05/16)

Start:

Start doing drawings from the objects that are seen as masculine and feminine

Stop:

Stop using straws and plaster as they aren't working well with what I want to get across to the audience

Continue:

Experimenting with the masculine and feminine materials

Weekly Plan (26/04/16)

Start:

Experimenting with more of a variety of materials and techniques

Stop:

Thinking to much about having experiments perfect and be more free

Continue:

Using feedback from questionnaire I order to take experimentation further

Weekly Plans (19/04/16)

Start:

Experimenting with masculine and feminine materials

Stop:

Researching artists as I can do this throughout the making process if needed

Continue:

Getting peer assessments

Tim Yip

23/03/16

Tim Yip Lecture

"A renowned artist, Tim Yip has multidisciplinary works in costume and art direction, and visual and contemporary art. For his work in 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon', Tim won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction and the British Academy Film Award for Best Costume Designer in 2001". 

http://www.akramkhancompany.net/company-profiles/1016/

Notes from the lecture:

- Intersted in traditional art/culture

-Costume designer, sculpting, photographer, painting, drawing etc

- Creaturous- not human

- Many different styles- no boundaries

- 10 years in Taiwan to learn other things about traditional culture

- Inspiration from emotion, drama

- Not much content

- Time and space- non existent in his work

- Continuous of spirit and energy

(All pictures taken by myself unless started otherwise with a credited link below the image)

Whitworth gallery Workshop

09/03/16

We had workshops with 2 contemporary artists where we looked at the works of Nico Vascellari and Ben Rivers. I found that Nico Cascellari's work was very inspiring because I loved the use of light and shadow, it briefly linked to a recent project I did so seeing this was very exciting.

Looking at Ben Rivers' piece, I was very confused about the whole concept but read the booklet to understand it a little more.

After this we did short activities where we could either do stop-motion animation or write a few lines of a poem.

(All pictures taken by myself unless started otherwise with a credited link below the image)

Workshop with Paul Granjon

17/03/2016

"I am interested in the co-evolution of humans and machines, and solutions for alternative futures.

I build robots and other machines for shows in performances, art galleries and festivals.

I also create temporary factories and other events where people can join in making, thinking, and playing." - Paul Granjon 

Today we did a workshop at the gallery with international artist, Paul Granjon. He has a exhibition at the gallery at the moment called 'Am I Robot'. "Am I Robot is based on a mobile robot called Combover Jo, that roams a large room on the first floor of the gallery, mingling with the public. It talks in a machinic voice, sometimes to itself, sometimes engaging with visitors. On the second floor the visitors can enter a small room that complements the robot…" From the room in the second floor you can operate the robot and speak through a microphone.

http://www.zprod.org/zwp/

For the workshop we could dismantle old, out of date technology like old DVD boxes, printers etc... I, along with 2 peers went and spoke to the public and asked them to form a sentence that started with the word "Robots...". We had things from "Robots are the future" to "Robots are evil". Then we typed them up on the computer but also wrote the opposite to each sentence too, so if the sentence was "Robots are awesome" the negative would be "Robots are not awesome". This could then get played through the laptop in a mechanical voice which mixes up the sentences and repeats them.

After that I was dismantling old pieces of technology to see if there was anything that could make sound, movement or light.

From routing around in a box I came across this piece from a projector. When you look inside it would be bright pink, orange, red, blue, purple and green colours. If you look straight forward, the sides reflect of it and you can see what is next to you instead of what's in front of you. Then I used the camera and took videos through it, from what was going on through the room to the materials up close.

(All pictures and videos taken by myself unless started otherwise with a credited link below the image)