YO.
Having an extremely stressful few days as I am burying my head in the sand when it comes to this project as I am not feeling it at all. I have good days but mostly bad days when I genuinely want to start the whole project again. I am struggling with the photography element, my strongest point that so far I have not included at all...shit. This is what is really stressing me out, but I am also stressing over the cost of the flowers for my original idea - a free standing 3D installation that would require thousands of flowers.... talking £2,000 upwards for a piece of work that wont even last a god damn week. NO THANKS.
On a brighter note, I did visit the Modern Contemporaries at the RSA which was a collection of the best work from the graduates last year. I was actually surprised by the choices as I was sure I had seen work in the degree shows last year that were a lot more creative and interesting... but maybe that's my taste.
I hope that eventually the Art and Design degree at Forth Valley College is invited to display pieces of work. I am definitely going to make sure to invite the RSA members to our degree show event.
Anyways, moving back to this headache of a project, I have decided to look into the possibility of making the installation a bit more cost effective but also surprisingly more relevant to the message I want to convey - using a waterfall..a symbol of energy and representative of life.
Monday, 14 March 2016
Friday, 4 March 2016
Spring Time Catch-up
So it is officially spring, perfect for my project in particular as the flowers are beginning to bloom and provide me with plenty photo taking opportunities as well as fresh flowers straight from the garden.
I haven't wrote for a while because I didn't think I was doing very well with my project so I was trying to focus on that without thinking about much else. I was beginning to panic because I wasn't panicking about not having a solid idea... catch 22 much.
As a way of solving my creative block I looked into other possible ideas of preserving flowers as this was the most sketchy part of my project, as I didn't trust that the flowers would keep for the duration of my exhibition. I experimented with the idea of having a 3D box image of a flower or possible 6x4 framed images of flowers.
Having at least three or four solutions actually helped calm me down a bit, before I knew exactly how much I was freaking out - great timing. I just really wanted photography to be a big part of my project as that is my strongest and most comfortable field to work in, however speaking to my tutor Staci, she made me realise that I didn't have to compromise the fresh flower installation element of my work. I could do both, in fact I am going to use the photography to give the audience a better understanding of the installation.
For my next experiment with photography I am going to use a technique that I first seen used by Richard Silver, in which he takes several photos of a landmark at different times of the day, layering them on top of one another to great a single image.
I want to adopt his technique but use it to document the process of birth and decay in flowers, starting from them in bud to them wilting away - I want this to be a representation of the lives that my installation will depict through flowers placed strategically.
So, I feel I am back on track and just need to get cracking with taking lots of photographs and sourcing plenty of flowers.
cya x
I haven't wrote for a while because I didn't think I was doing very well with my project so I was trying to focus on that without thinking about much else. I was beginning to panic because I wasn't panicking about not having a solid idea... catch 22 much.
As a way of solving my creative block I looked into other possible ideas of preserving flowers as this was the most sketchy part of my project, as I didn't trust that the flowers would keep for the duration of my exhibition. I experimented with the idea of having a 3D box image of a flower or possible 6x4 framed images of flowers.
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| Sketch and prototype of 3D box idea |
Having at least three or four solutions actually helped calm me down a bit, before I knew exactly how much I was freaking out - great timing. I just really wanted photography to be a big part of my project as that is my strongest and most comfortable field to work in, however speaking to my tutor Staci, she made me realise that I didn't have to compromise the fresh flower installation element of my work. I could do both, in fact I am going to use the photography to give the audience a better understanding of the installation.
For my next experiment with photography I am going to use a technique that I first seen used by Richard Silver, in which he takes several photos of a landmark at different times of the day, layering them on top of one another to great a single image.
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| Copyright Richard Silver |
So, I feel I am back on track and just need to get cracking with taking lots of photographs and sourcing plenty of flowers.
cya x
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