DONE AND DUSTED.

So as you can gather from the title of this particular blog post I have finished my second project for third year. It was a streneous project that tested my patience, skills and confidence but overall I am happy with my outcome (well it is too bloody late to not be happy).

 final piece of work on wall.

 Artist Statement accompanying wall display.

Unseen

Rebecca Young

Photography Installation

As the title suggests my finished work relates to what the human eye does not normally see especially when it comes to a non-place. I began with research into the general idea of a non-place then I looked into my personal understanding of a non-place. I think of a non-place as the opportunity to catch someone’s attention, to make them smile and ultimately make their transition to a ‘place’ more interesting.

I developed the idea of a Facebook Page, ‘The Smile Project’ in which I logged pictures and captions of what I was doing in order to inform people and amass interest. I generated interaction as people liked and shared my posts and you can have a look at the page using the QR code on the right.

Ultimately from the onset, this project was going to test my confidence as I was determined to do a publicly interactive piece of work. I finalised the idea of making areas of the street we don’t normally see into huge photographic pieces of work. I displayed the work in the street I had taken the photos on to see people’s immediate reactions as well as online reaction through my Facebook page, hoping I had made their day somewhat more interesting.

  

Statistics accompanying wall display.

 

So, as you can see I scrapped the idea of display my work the way it was displayed outside although the prints are damaged from their time outside which I wanted to keep therefore I didnt attempt to re-order prints.

I am so pleased with what I have achieve and I believe big is definately better and hope my future projects are even BIGGER.


CHIN CHIN,

Bex