3D Spacial

Here are some photographs of a few of the 3D structures I created. I found this challenging and having done the excersice using limited resources- the simpler ideas have turned out better.

Visual communication project- images, images, images

Here working with an orginal set of 9 photos I have manipulated them in order to make the narriative-'an unwanted intrusion'.

Visual communication project- Audience

Here the letter box is trying to tell the post box to stop sending it junk mail. Gradually the post box is becoming more and more covered by junk mail 'men' which has been sent to the letterbox so eventually the postbox can no longer physcially send the letterbox junk.

Context....

When art is put into conext it is put in a place to give it an appropriate reading, painting for a specific place thus says something about the piece. Now art has been decontextralised, paintings move around, hence we cannot make art for one context. Taking this onboard we mistify the pas, we need to put things into context. Taking this onboard, looking at art of the masters it makes me perhaps look at them differently than beforre and take thier background into account ie the fact that they were forced to do art from such a young age and this was their life from that age. It makes me think when looking at the work of the 'greats'' about hte history behind the making of the piece.

100% design

What immediately struck me about the exhibtion was the diversity of exhibitors formt he design world. What I found that particularly interested me was the different textures colours and materials, for example the leathers and fabrics from Spanish31, to the glasses and ceramics of various stands. Yet also the wallpapers,  for example Anne's, the woman who created some of the furniture for the Sex and the city 2 film and had a stand full of texturered wall designs. Upon talking to her I decided this could be a pathway of interest, not only did she create designs for walls, but also furnitures, with colour and vibrancy I was immediately drawn to her stand and the pieces on the wall you wanted to touch and get close to them to see how they had been made.

Exposed, voyeurism, surveillence and the camera

I found this exhibtion really interesting although I thought in various areas it was rather tame, much of the voyeurism wasn't really for me voyeurism. Never the less the idea of an unseen photographer, cameras watching you and being under constant surveillence whilst going round the exhibition made me feel rather uncomfortable, yet this did not distract from the intriging and for me rather humourous photographs. On coming away it highlighted for me my rather nosy nature, perhaps as a society we have always been nosy like this but only now with recent technology is it being highlighted.
In the past and start of photography photography was used for identification purposes and there was a relationship between photography, power, surveillence and control, at this exhibition it made me think of the primitive uses of photography and how much it has evolved, the exhibiton also highlighted that its not peoples nosy nature that has evolved- simply technology.

Ways of Seeing by John Berger

This book talks of how we see things and how what we see is influenced by assumptions for example concerning the nature of beauty, class, gender and political stance. He refers to the difference between seeing and looking and how what we see is an act of choice and thus we only see what we chose to see whereas looking is not. For example when a photographer sees something in the camera lens he is selecting an area, a choice subject, this is his perception of the environment whereas looking is not selecting an area of focus and is hence not choice.
However what I found interesting in theis book is when Berger talks about reproductions and how the camera has influenced paintings uniqueness. Before the camera paintings were unique to the place where they resided , they could not be seen in two places at one time moreover paintings were produced to suit the environment, for example a church. Yet now with reproduction of work this has fragmented the meaning of the pieces, for example when work is seen on the television, there is a different atmosphere depending on where the television is, the background etc, the painting goes to the spectator, rather than the spectator to the painting. The uniqueness of a painting is therefore not related to what the painting shows but the copies, further with reproductions it also allows the meaning to become tranmittable, lending itself to the environment for example in film making. I found this topic interesting as I then began to see like Berger was suggesting how there becomes a political issue as many people just see the reproductions where the meaning is lost and are thus unable to understand art and hence there becomes divisions within society depending on your perspective.
Another thing I found intersting is his analogy between possessing and the way of seeing which is incorporated into painting ie buying a piece of work because you want to possess what it shows. This comment made me think about why I would buy a painting or would not buy a painting and I think this is very relevent within art, for me I am not going to buy a painting of a dirty dustbin, yet would prefer to buy a painting of something glamourous. I found within the book many comments such as these that are so simple but made me immediately think about there relevence to modern society, for example again the difference within art of the nude and naked and how modern society and the media have made use of this within advertising.
Overall although  I found the book rather dated, I found the comments very relevent within society today.

Gregory Crewdson

Not sure I like his photos....
However I like the idea that the narrative within his images is small yet the moment is transformed by light and colour!

Eadweard Muybridge Exhibition

For me what was instantly obvious was that Muybridge was well travelled- there was a complete range of photographs, some so small I think if you sneezed they would have blown away! For me the landscapes were interesting I think mainly due to the water and clouds. Muybridge halts the flow of water with his photography allowing reflections within the water which I feel is really effective and creates a mysterious mood and atmosphere. Yet what I also found interesting in these landscapes is the clouds for example in 'Ruins of a church, Antigua, Guetemala'. The clouds create a sense of drama yet calm and peace at the same time. The church in this photo looks abit like a prison with the pillars and the dark shades of the building, yet the clouds brighten this and thus I feel create a sense of prosperity at the same time.
However at the exhibition I particularly liked the photographs of movement which allows one to see exactly how both humans and animals move which is interesting in itself, when you split up such a quick movememnt into slight changes of angles, leaving the exhibition it really made me think about my own movemements. In some of these photographs for example of a man hitting something, it also made me begin to see a change in human attitude throughout the movement which I had never considered.
My favourite image from the exhibition was the dancer moving as I had already seen the horse moving and thus wasn't really as interested in it second time round. The image of the dancer I thought highlighted the elegance of her movememtns and created a sense of purity and tranquillity- I also liked this image shown on a disc as I liked the idea of it being like a cycle and a flow which dancing is. The skirt also made me feel like I was there watching I think probably due to the slight, precise changes in its pattern.
Overall good trip- I was somewhat suprised!!!

First Week at Chelsea

So.... what I expected- perhaps... fast paced, a sense of independence and a sense of freedom- BRILLIANT! In this first week I have come up with more ideas not just from doing the projects but from looking around the class for inspiration than I did during my whole A level course!