Ok so I’ve now finished my digital project. Although I’m not entirely impressed with my final outcome I’ve learnt so so much from creating the film so this is more than enough for me !
A few days ago I visited Aberdeen…mainly to go out with one of my flat mates who lives there, however I had the next day to look around the city. As I was walking around I came across Aberdeen Art Gallery and obviously had to go and have a look inside. I was expecting all the usual traditional artworks, however on entering the pieces on display were a lot more contemporary than I expected !
Tracey Emin’s neon text pieces , Alison Watt’s beautiful realist paintings of draped fabric which I have always wanted to see in the flesh and most impressive and astounded of all: Ron Mueck’s hyper realist sculptures.
Ron Mueck had a variety of his sculptures on display however most breathtaking was his sculpture of a new born baby. However it was no regular sculpture…the baby was of much larger scale and very intimidating to look at for a long period of time, but also beautiful in a way ! It was extremely realistic and had the umbilical cord still attached. I’ve never seen anything like it and was completely blown away and inspired.
Obviously I’m very glad I decided to nip inside of the gallery. Although there was not tons of stuff to see, from what I did see I was very inspired by. It was my kind of artwork which I was not expecting on first entering the space !
Next week I think were doing some sort of drawing project….not to sure what this is yet as were on reading week atm but hopefully it should be good ! I’ll be glad to get back into some drawing !
Thursday, 22 October 2009
Ron Mueck
Tuesday, 13 October 2009
Man-made Disaster
Film I made for Uni project "From Still to Life". First film I've ever made and first time I've ever used Final Cut / Soundtrack Pro ! Such complicated programmes but such amazing ones at the same time.......being introduced to these programmes / way or working has opened up so many possibilities for future work it's actually mind boggling !!
The film is pretty self explanatory so I'm not going to go on explaining what its about...I'll leave it up to you =)
Wednesday, 16 September 2009
2nd Year Begins !
Ok so I've jsut started 2nd year Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone after doing my foundation year back home in Liverpool. It's pretty crazy because at my first meeting I found out there was only 2 other direct entry students....meaning all the rest had come up from DoJ's general foundation last year ! Obviously it's going to take a bit of getting into (Getting to know everyone etc) but everyone seems so friendly so I think it'l be fine !
Yesterday we got given project briefs to choose from. To be honest there was quite a few good ones but I had to go for the digital one ! It looked pretty amazing. Shown below.......
DIGITAL IMAGE - from still to life
Tutors: Norman Shaw (Mon & Tues) and Mark Wallace (Tues)
This project will explore the use of digital technology for manipulating and transforming images, through the re-appropriation of pre-existing images.
You will create a one-minute video collage with sound using Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.
You will learn basic image manipulation using layers etc. with Photoshop, basic sound recording and editing, and image sequencing using Final Cut Pro.
1 st Week
Monday & Tuesday: Introduction to the project; sourcing and gathering images; introduction to Photoshop; scanning and manipulation of your images.
Wednesday & Thursday: Continuing to develop and manipulate images on Photoshop.
2 nd Week
Monday & Tuesday: Introduction to sound. Sourcing, gathering and creating the sounds that will complement your images and form the soundtrack.
Wednesday & Thursday: Developing sound piece, and continuing to develop images on Photoshop.
3 rd Week
Monday & Tuesday: Introduction to Final Cut Pro.
This will integrate your images and sounds into a single narrative.
Wednesday & Thursday: Developing final video on Final Cut Pro.
4 th Week
Working towards completion of project.
Group crit and discussion of final works.
Outcomes
You will produce a final video collage on DVD (duration one minute), plus supporting material (images/sounds/sketchbooks/notebooks/research references etc).
You will have gained a basic knowledge of digital image manipulation and video collage.
Location: Studio 4 and digital suites.
Project begins on Monday 21 st September at 9.30am in studio 4
I really think the title appealed to me a great deal "From Still to Life" ! Just that notion of bringing something to life that's not nesscessarily meant to even move let alone do anything else ! This along with the addition of music / film is what really grabbed me ... I've always wanted to be able to create a film / animation in some way and I've never been able to do so so know's my chance !!
Im off for two days now (Today and Thursday) then i'm back in for a history and theory lecture on Friday. So I'm thinking to go out and take some photo's over today and tomorrow of things I may like to animate or bring to life. At the moment i'm thinking natural things eg...plants, small animals etc however these already move and it may be itneresting to animate objects which arent meant to ! We'll see anyway... I'm yet to fine a great deal of inspiration ! Project starts on Monday...and I start trainign at the Orange shop Saturday and Sunday...so I need to get my skates on !
Yesterday we got given project briefs to choose from. To be honest there was quite a few good ones but I had to go for the digital one ! It looked pretty amazing. Shown below.......
DIGITAL IMAGE - from still to life
Tutors: Norman Shaw (Mon & Tues) and Mark Wallace (Tues)
This project will explore the use of digital technology for manipulating and transforming images, through the re-appropriation of pre-existing images.
You will create a one-minute video collage with sound using Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.
You will learn basic image manipulation using layers etc. with Photoshop, basic sound recording and editing, and image sequencing using Final Cut Pro.
1 st Week
Monday & Tuesday: Introduction to the project; sourcing and gathering images; introduction to Photoshop; scanning and manipulation of your images.
Wednesday & Thursday: Continuing to develop and manipulate images on Photoshop.
2 nd Week
Monday & Tuesday: Introduction to sound. Sourcing, gathering and creating the sounds that will complement your images and form the soundtrack.
Wednesday & Thursday: Developing sound piece, and continuing to develop images on Photoshop.
3 rd Week
Monday & Tuesday: Introduction to Final Cut Pro.
This will integrate your images and sounds into a single narrative.
Wednesday & Thursday: Developing final video on Final Cut Pro.
4 th Week
Working towards completion of project.
Group crit and discussion of final works.
Outcomes
You will produce a final video collage on DVD (duration one minute), plus supporting material (images/sounds/sketchbooks/notebooks/research references etc).
You will have gained a basic knowledge of digital image manipulation and video collage.
Location: Studio 4 and digital suites.
Project begins on Monday 21 st September at 9.30am in studio 4
I really think the title appealed to me a great deal "From Still to Life" ! Just that notion of bringing something to life that's not nesscessarily meant to even move let alone do anything else ! This along with the addition of music / film is what really grabbed me ... I've always wanted to be able to create a film / animation in some way and I've never been able to do so so know's my chance !!
Im off for two days now (Today and Thursday) then i'm back in for a history and theory lecture on Friday. So I'm thinking to go out and take some photo's over today and tomorrow of things I may like to animate or bring to life. At the moment i'm thinking natural things eg...plants, small animals etc however these already move and it may be itneresting to animate objects which arent meant to ! We'll see anyway... I'm yet to fine a great deal of inspiration ! Project starts on Monday...and I start trainign at the Orange shop Saturday and Sunday...so I need to get my skates on !
Sunday, 5 July 2009
Foundation Work and Final Exhibition
Put some pics up on this album =) Finally all done =D !
Foundation Work - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=638&id=100000042339755&l=31802c72de
Final Major Project Exhibtion - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=639&id=100000042339755&l=41005f6345
And also got a distinction =D ! Bring on the Summer and Uni !!!Friday, 19 June 2009
Finished !!
I'm now basically done with my FMP ! I knowww I knowww - I haven't been updating this atall and I never do. I think it's best for me just to accept that I will add to this now and again ! Possbily when I start degree I will try and make better use of this space ! Anywho the exhibition starts on Monday !! I'll try and get some pics up when I can ! I'm really pleased with how it's all went and cannot wait for the show !! =)
Monday, 4 May 2009
"Out of the Box"
Thats what I've decided to call my project ! I NOW NEED SOME MOTIVATION !!!! I don't know whats wrong with me lately ! I know this is what I want to do but I just need something to really get me going !!
Tuesday, 28 April 2009
FMP !
Havn't done this in ages but I now feel the need to ! So i'm about to start my final major project at college ! This is the only thing that actually gets a mark so it's a pretty big thing ! We had to write a statement of intent on what our project will be about / what we are going to do in it which i've included below.....
Final Major Project – Statement of Intent
Section 1
Is it the amount of control involved when taking a picture that stops people from being particularly creative when it comes to photography, and thinking literally “outside of the box”? What would the effects be if this control was to be somewhat broken? I plan to explore these effects by investigating different ways of producing a photographic image. This exploration will include producing a series of pinhole cameras in a variety of different ways and observing the effects which they give. I also plan to introduce new aspects into what is considered a “normal” camera such as experimenting with the effects of mirrors and different materials. Experimentation into different developing options and materials which I can record the photographic images onto will also be carried out within the project. (129 words)
Section 2
The starting point for this project spanned from a college project on “Light” explored earlier on in the course. Artists researched within the project such as James Loftus have been very influential to my initial ideas and in particular how he records multiple images at one time using a self made pinhole camera. Further research and experimentation using this idea will be carried out along with researching other artists who use pinhole photography in their work such as Thomas Hudson Reeve’s “PaperCams” and Steve Pippin’s “Laundromat” series. The idea of introducing mirrors into this project came from ideas I had during a “Site Specific” project I also carried out earlier in the course. I’m interested in the different effects they can create such as the kaleidoscope and never ending effect. Artists I will research in relation to this idea will include Yoyoi Kusama, Mike Nelson and Olafur Eliasson and how they explore mirrors within their works. (156 words)
Section 3
A large part of this project will include pinhole photography and I will therefore need to construct the different pinhole cameras in the relevant way. As I will be using light sensitive materials to record the images onto I will need to have access to a dark room and the relevant chemicals needed to process photographic images. I intend on making positives from the negatives produced by the pinhole cameras and will therefore require an enlarger for this process. Ilford black and white photographic paper will be used to develop the images onto as colour processing is a much more technical process which I haven’t yet explored. Digital photography will also be used to explore similar techniques and processes however different developing and colour options will be explored through the use of Photoshop. The images I produce digitally will be printed out professionally by an online printing company. (148 words)
Section 4
I plan to produce ongoing evaluation of my project within my sketchbook as well as producing a general weekly evaluation. I will also produce a questionnaire which will be handed out fortnightly to my college colleagues and tutors so I can gain their opinions on my work so far. (49 words)
(488 words)
There was different sections to this and alltogether it couldn't be over 500 words ! I felt this very restrictive and to be honest I don't think this is the way a project should start ! You never know where it's going to take you ! However all this said it doesn't really matter if your ideas change slightly (apparently!)
I got really into pinhole photography when I was doing a project on "Light" so I thought i'd return to it for my FMP ! I'm quite excited although i've got "artists block" atm and don't know how to get into my sketchbook / start any work etc !
To add to the stress of this i'm waiting to here back from Dundee ! My portfolio had to be there last Monday and thankfully it did get there (by post!!), i'm jsut waiting now to see whether I have got into the art college there ! I really hope I have because it looks amazing and I could so see myself there !
Anyway, i'll hopefully keep the blog updated on this project as I think it will help me aswell !
Final Major Project – Statement of Intent
Section 1
Is it the amount of control involved when taking a picture that stops people from being particularly creative when it comes to photography, and thinking literally “outside of the box”? What would the effects be if this control was to be somewhat broken? I plan to explore these effects by investigating different ways of producing a photographic image. This exploration will include producing a series of pinhole cameras in a variety of different ways and observing the effects which they give. I also plan to introduce new aspects into what is considered a “normal” camera such as experimenting with the effects of mirrors and different materials. Experimentation into different developing options and materials which I can record the photographic images onto will also be carried out within the project. (129 words)
Section 2
The starting point for this project spanned from a college project on “Light” explored earlier on in the course. Artists researched within the project such as James Loftus have been very influential to my initial ideas and in particular how he records multiple images at one time using a self made pinhole camera. Further research and experimentation using this idea will be carried out along with researching other artists who use pinhole photography in their work such as Thomas Hudson Reeve’s “PaperCams” and Steve Pippin’s “Laundromat” series. The idea of introducing mirrors into this project came from ideas I had during a “Site Specific” project I also carried out earlier in the course. I’m interested in the different effects they can create such as the kaleidoscope and never ending effect. Artists I will research in relation to this idea will include Yoyoi Kusama, Mike Nelson and Olafur Eliasson and how they explore mirrors within their works. (156 words)
Section 3
A large part of this project will include pinhole photography and I will therefore need to construct the different pinhole cameras in the relevant way. As I will be using light sensitive materials to record the images onto I will need to have access to a dark room and the relevant chemicals needed to process photographic images. I intend on making positives from the negatives produced by the pinhole cameras and will therefore require an enlarger for this process. Ilford black and white photographic paper will be used to develop the images onto as colour processing is a much more technical process which I haven’t yet explored. Digital photography will also be used to explore similar techniques and processes however different developing and colour options will be explored through the use of Photoshop. The images I produce digitally will be printed out professionally by an online printing company. (148 words)
Section 4
I plan to produce ongoing evaluation of my project within my sketchbook as well as producing a general weekly evaluation. I will also produce a questionnaire which will be handed out fortnightly to my college colleagues and tutors so I can gain their opinions on my work so far. (49 words)
(488 words)
There was different sections to this and alltogether it couldn't be over 500 words ! I felt this very restrictive and to be honest I don't think this is the way a project should start ! You never know where it's going to take you ! However all this said it doesn't really matter if your ideas change slightly (apparently!)
I got really into pinhole photography when I was doing a project on "Light" so I thought i'd return to it for my FMP ! I'm quite excited although i've got "artists block" atm and don't know how to get into my sketchbook / start any work etc !
To add to the stress of this i'm waiting to here back from Dundee ! My portfolio had to be there last Monday and thankfully it did get there (by post!!), i'm jsut waiting now to see whether I have got into the art college there ! I really hope I have because it looks amazing and I could so see myself there !
Anyway, i'll hopefully keep the blog updated on this project as I think it will help me aswell !
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