Assignment 3
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1. Final Assignment 3
2. Thoughts & Research
3. Pre Reflection
Final Assignment 3 is a moving image project and sound need to be turned, headphones may enhance the viewing experience.
Echo Chamber
https://vimeo.com/258691899
Self contained, within a closed system. Everyday we process a constant stream of information both input and output, processing the world. Performing thousands of tasks, thousands of words spoken, hundreds of different contacts and interactions with others. Experiencing feelings and emotions, forming opinions, agreements and disagreements. We travel through the environment. Thousands of thoughts every day and the absurd notion it can be condensed into a 350 words.
Click subsections to view individual parts of the assignment or scroll down to see the continuous version of the assignment.
1. Final Assignment 3
2. Thoughts & Research
3. Pre Reflection
Final Assignment 3 is a moving image project and sound need to be turned, headphones may enhance the viewing experience.
Echo Chamber
https://vimeo.com/258691899
Self contained, within a closed system. Everyday we process a constant stream of information both input and output, processing the world. Performing thousands of tasks, thousands of words spoken, hundreds of different contacts and interactions with others. Experiencing feelings and emotions, forming opinions, agreements and disagreements. We travel through the environment. Thousands of thoughts every day and the absurd notion it can be condensed into a 350 words.
Thoughts and Research
Working the assignments continues to be a little odd in that my developing practice is almost backwards which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I am thinking of ideas and experimenting, it does feel quite natural however it poses other difficulties. The importance of producing work is at the center of the course, it is after all a creative visual medium. But starting with assignment work, thinking, feeling researching and then working on other assignments in tandem the written becomes almost retrospective this is not the issue, the issue arises from my lack of ability to document research, thinking, feeling along the way. This is something that I need to address I am just search for a system that works for me, I need to organize this area.
The diary element initially seems like a pointless exercise, it is something that I have never kept and never had the desire to keep or maintain one, putting so much effort and investment into something that will never be read is a “largely pointless exercise considering diaries are internal thoughts, feelings written and stored in an external manner kept in secret? Really what a strange notion.” and “Photography is a way to communicate my internal world without directly speaking or being there physically. I think that maybe I should keep a visual diary combined with text and speech, a video diary, completely and utterly outside of my comfort zone, in a way that I that rarely openly share”
http://somewhereandnowhere.weebly.com/journal/assignment-3 29/11/2018
Of course here is the paradox I do believe that a diary is a pointless activity and that I rarely openly share my thoughts and feelings, but here I am tapping a way rambling about my thoughts and feelings openly sharing. I have been doing this since EYV. So why I am thinking in this way? Maybe because I see the diary has a daily record, a document of day to day life which does seem quite pointless has it is often the same old same. But the learning log is different it has a point a purpose it is documenting my journey, my development has a photographer and has a person. I continue try and strip the OCA from my work because that is what it is my work. Here is not my learning log, it is my journal.
I decided to work on the idea of a visual diary of the everyday. Things that I see day to day the mundane, I focused on taken photos of things from above mainly of items on the floor. We in general rarely find the floor interesting at home most items found there are cleaned up and put away. I was looking to experiment with a slideshow with some form of repetition.
I stopped way before 28 days was up, it seemed pointless and the images really weren’t communicating with me, yes it showed the mundane and the daily but it was lacking something. I suppose that in this respect it was successful in showing a visual diary of the same old same and what my view of the diary was. I continued to put the work together experimenting with the slide show.
Test slide show of the test project https://vimeo.com/257572766
Then something happened it began to snow.
I was off work and there was snow on the ground I didn’t really think it would be around for long and would soon melt away, I was busy working of the assignment and then it began to snow. I watching it float through the air and then I thought I wonder if I could film the flakes falling into and out view like a cascade of thoughts. I had an old digital compact which recorded video, my DSLR doesn’t have video capabilities being so old - 12 years in fact.
I went out and tried to record the falling flakes, this proved to be almost impossible the camera focusing on everything but. I used a brick wall has a background to see if I could isolate the flakes it failed. I thought of a solution, I had a sheet of black silky fabric this would provide a contrasting backdrop for the white snowflakes which were growing in size. I pinned the sheet to the shed in order to given me a smooth backdrop but it was slightly blowing in the wind which I thought looked interesting so I pegged it on the washing line has it blow in and out I zoomed in towards the sheet trying and eliminate the surrounding garden. I recorded around 15 minutes.
A number of evenings prior to this over a few beers in the kitchen I experimented with video again using the compact hand held just mainly to see if anything happened visually or audibly just chatting with wife, just look for a trigger. I recorded varying focal lengths zooming in and out, moving in closer to the subject so it became soft and out of focus, panning from center to left and center to right. I recorded around 20 minutes.
The trigger for the work was not a single event it was a combination of the two experiments and my thoughts surrounding the assignment. I viewed recording on the same morning of the falling snow with the fabric blowing in and out the wind has I sat alone in the kitchen not a sound in the house the snow falling outside, I recalled the conversation with my wife regarding the video I did of her has she expressed a reluctance and was self conscious of appearing on video - I said I was never going to use it after all it was just a test and we had a few beers, just talking like we do about the everyday, having a laugh, probably talking bollocks to a degree after a few beers kicking back on a Friday night at home, relaxed, comfortable in our personal and private space that we have shared for so long.
The fabric blowing in the wind was rhythmic almost most organic continually changing shape has new folds appeared and disappeared the flakes of snow did the same, in and out like breathing or a beating heart like internal thoughts that come and going but the surrounding garden always came into view regularly.
I decided to begin to edit the snow video using microsoft movie maker 2.6, removing all frames that contain any trace of the world beyond the fabric and falling snow. I made further cuts and the more cuts the more noticeable this rhythm became. When run has one the jarring of the small number different sections it became a hypnotic loop creating a disjunction, by removing the original ambient sound further stripped its context.
I took the same approach with the test video of my wife cutting and selecting the soft out of focus close ups, cutting them into short sections, slowing some of them, stripping the original sound, I built further on the rhythm by alternating the falling snow and my wife.
The snowflakes that should be silent and the mouth that should speak subverting this notion silencing the speech removing its true context of a private Friday night and placing a mechanical sound along side the silent snowflakes creating a juxtapose.
I was influenced not just by the function of keeping a personal interaction private but slightly influenced by a Radiohead music video “Just” directed by Jamie Thraves back in 1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIFLtNYI3Ls
Speech (without sound) accompanied by subtitles, In which the main character suddenly lies down in the middle of busy street where a passerby trips over him after not seeing him which open a dialogue between them questions and answers has a crowd begins to form all wanting to know, which leads to not knowing an real answers. The people want to know whats wrong, what he is doing, why is he laid on the floor only he knows why but he can’t tell them, the more he refuses to tell them the more they want to know until he gives up the reason. When he finally gives up the reason the camera close in on his mouth there are no subtitles has he speaks there is no sound and is cut two or three times in order to disrupt making hard it to read. It pans out and the whole street is laying down. It is the last 10 second of this dialogue which can’t be heard or read which drives viewer into wanting to know what he said, what his answer was. Jamie Thraves never shared what was said or why.
While in part it is slightly influenced by this music video it is approached in completely different manner and reason. So I feel that it is the most delicate of touches has I am always mindful of the dangers of imitation/ plagiarism - the passing off work has your own with no acknowledge of its original source - this is quite common with the music industry. Although I do recognize there is a space for homage and appropriation which can still fall fowl. Mark Ronson ft Phantom Planet produced a cover version of Radiohead's "Just" which is accompanied by a tongue in cheek homage but both clearly different and open with the source. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2DlKf8_8Ck
The importance of being true to oneself and open and honest with others. The main concern was with the end text "I am just" because of the influence, although I guess that's an over reaction but a concern never the less and I need to be able to justify it not just because it seems right or because its seems cool but the reason and purpose why it is there "I am just" at the end is completely open to interpretation for the viewer it almost poses a slowly lingers a question with without directly posing the question “I am just”..........just what?, For me when I am asked to describe who I am? I often describe myself as “I am just me” because it a complex question and probably one I will never truly find out has self is continually changing has we move through life. "Just" is a complex word on its own without context it is difficult to decide if its contexts is an adjective or adverb https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/just and without it the viewer needs to interpret what it could be. I am just me is a simplified response maybe even a deflection.
The crop of the work is close up which creates a sense of intimacy sense that the closer we look the deeper we try to peer within, has I gaze at her she gazes back a reflection of self and our relationship with each other. This closeness almost uncomfortable even with its intimacy has we only have a select few that we allow within this private and personal space, a visual fixed gaze often something we avoid within day to day social interaction others and here is an audience the viewer almost looking through my eyes.
I am an introvert by nature when I am not talking, I am thinking or day dreaming drifting away or both. There is a constant noise a stream of consciousness that bounces and echoes within my head. We are the only constant within our world and the outside world is transient. We cannot escape ourselves.
Circles and dots are a point of curiosity and continues to provide me with questions that I do not have an answer to, why I am seeing them everywhere, why am I drawn to them, why are they import to me and some of work. Of course this on this occasion the appearance of the circle was an act of serendipity due to camera artifact caused by unfocused light reflecting from the liquid film on the the eye creating the orb. Being able to spot serendipity that is becoming a useful tool in the creation of work adding a different layer of meaning moving it into different directions but it has to offer something adding to the work, rather than casually dropping the term to deflect error and mistakes.
It strikes me that I am currently working in a visceral and intuitive. This is not intentional nor an act of deception but somehow I find myself drawn similar elements within some of the work I am producing. I understand that facial features are a key part of communication verbal and non verbal and that it is only natural to be drawn to them we are from birth hardwired to do so. We are here without knowing and we search for meaning. Maybe this is one of the difficult area of the written and one reason it takes me such a long time has I dig for answers not just about how it does or doesn't relate contextual within the world of photography but how I connect and engage to my own work.
Alan Fletcher 2017 https://whatifiamwrong.weebly.com/assignment4--final.html
In James Welling's work titled- drapes, uses both black drapes and white flakes. Making use of flexible nature of fabric in order to make shapes and folds which turn creates further shapes via the use of shadows and highlights, the white flakes providing a contrast and depth against the black which would other wise be quite flat. While the elements within the work are representational - i.e it is clearly a draped piece of fabric with white flakes of some description and that the title also confirms the obvious they are indeed drapes, this where it stops. The disruption created by the isolation of any other visual information leads us to seek further clues within the individual titles. This challenges the viewer has the individual titles have no obvious connection to what is seen. It is an expression and abstraction of something not otherwise seen. http://jameswelling.net/drapes
This is similar to the use of the black fabric and snowflakes within this work, information only know to me and my subject. The removal of background - the domestic environment of my garden, isolating the main elements and the disruptive mechanical sound which fits neither a domestic environment or the gentle breeze and delicate snowflakes.
This is similar to the use of the black fabric and snowflakes within this work, information only know to me and my subject. The removal of background - the domestic environment of my garden, isolating the main elements and the disruptive mechanical sound which fits neither a domestic environment or the gentle breeze and delicate snowflakes.
Which is in contrast to the appearance of a domestic background in this case the kitchen again only known to me and my subject (wife), the isolated eye and mouth with the silences where there should be sound with the panning in and out of view. And maybe the domestic setting is just has important to this work has the fabric, snow, face and sound even if it is completely absent. The use of this color was also explored in part two has was the idea of reflection of myself within a mirror and with facial features obscured although this idea has been turned on its head.
Abstract.
Andrew my tutor had pointed out, aesthetics of abstract. And it has been something I have been thinking about, and I must admit that in the previous unit there was an assignment which was quite abstract and in fact there was an element of abstract in the previous assignment.
This has challenged what I thought abstract was or was not. When I think of abstract I go to the default notion of the visually unrecognizable expression of something not readily given up. I guess that this stance is grounded in traditional stereotypical abstract art moment and I had never considered that abstract work could contain recognizable elements and still not readily give up what it is expressing or exploring.
It strikes me that shape and form is becoming quite an important element in some of my work even though it may not be overtly evident it can be seen in my past contact sheet selections and my developing interest of dots, spots and circles continues to be a source of inquiry one of which I am sure I will continue to pick at for a long time.
Maybe the abstract element is borne out of expression of self, subjective perception of who I am or am not, my relationship with myself, others and the world around me. Maybe the work is ontological in nature but this is a vast area that I am not even going to try and pretend to understand. Self contained within a closed system (our head) everyday we process a constant stream of information both input and output processing the world, thousands of tasks performed, thousands of words spoken, hundreds of different contacts and interactions, feelings and emotions, opinion, agreements, disagreements, life events, travelling through the environment, thousands and thousands of thoughts every single day and the absurd notion it can be condensed into a 350 to 750 words diary entry. A diary that traditionally is private never to be read an echo, we experience the day, we remember the day (the important part), we write about it, we forget about it, we read, we remember it. Again memory is complex subject that I haven’t even scratched.
On a final note regarding the of introducing text - 1440 minutes in a day, 50,000 the number of thoughts per day according to many sources on the internet which in fact say a range of 50,000 to 70,000 although there is no evidence of any medical/ neurological research papers in which this number is cited, so the number has more than likely been pulled straight of the air. However what is certain we all continually thinking about something. 350 words again according to some of the internet is the number of the ideal entry of course there is no ideal but never intended to be read by anybody else. Because these numbers of also apart of a different echo chamber no direct reference has been made and this is more of an indication and acknowledge of where these numbers have echoed from.
Sources of learning regarding abstract
Aperture Panel: Abstraction in Photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDYBJV4ylzw
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/abstract-art
https://www.photopedagogy.com/threshold-concept-5.html
Reflection
Overall I think that this has been a difficult process in terms of my working practice, the visual element seems to be an idea and the making first. Then I continue to work in reverse this is not really a bad thing to be doing but it is making the written and research element quite difficult and laborious, this has slowed my progress down and has had impact on my motivation. I see this written has a huge barrier, I need to break it down.
I need to develop a way of making the written element and research aspect somehow more manageable because if this area is not addressed it will have an impact on my study especially with critical essays, critical/ theoretical engagement and articulation of my own work and working practice. I need to really learn how to reference.
I have also have been thinking why my reflective practice is one of my strengths and how to continue building on this. I understand that it is apart of my personality (introvert) and also it is something that I do on a daily basis at work within the healthcare sector reflective practice is a core skill and I have managed to transfer this skill to my working practice and engage in the same manner with fellow students. But because it is almost second nature I rarely think about how it works and David Kolb learning style makes complete sense in the way. I am currently working well but I do need to learn how effectively convert areas that I identify has weaknesses or I am going to fall into the trap of a repeating loop of a the same approach that I know isn’t working.
I have in the search of trying to improve the written and research element have focused on note taking and a system of classifying various areas, this is based on the Cornell method hopefully this will help improve this area which I am struggling with.
There is one issue that I had not consider in the making of this work - there is no audio with the speech, I had not taken into account people who can lip read. This would change the work and their viewing experience. Has it is an experimental piece and an approach I feel I can allow myself a little room for error.
Andrew my tutor had pointed out, aesthetics of abstract. And it has been something I have been thinking about, and I must admit that in the previous unit there was an assignment which was quite abstract and in fact there was an element of abstract in the previous assignment.
This has challenged what I thought abstract was or was not. When I think of abstract I go to the default notion of the visually unrecognizable expression of something not readily given up. I guess that this stance is grounded in traditional stereotypical abstract art moment and I had never considered that abstract work could contain recognizable elements and still not readily give up what it is expressing or exploring.
It strikes me that shape and form is becoming quite an important element in some of my work even though it may not be overtly evident it can be seen in my past contact sheet selections and my developing interest of dots, spots and circles continues to be a source of inquiry one of which I am sure I will continue to pick at for a long time.
Maybe the abstract element is borne out of expression of self, subjective perception of who I am or am not, my relationship with myself, others and the world around me. Maybe the work is ontological in nature but this is a vast area that I am not even going to try and pretend to understand. Self contained within a closed system (our head) everyday we process a constant stream of information both input and output processing the world, thousands of tasks performed, thousands of words spoken, hundreds of different contacts and interactions, feelings and emotions, opinion, agreements, disagreements, life events, travelling through the environment, thousands and thousands of thoughts every single day and the absurd notion it can be condensed into a 350 to 750 words diary entry. A diary that traditionally is private never to be read an echo, we experience the day, we remember the day (the important part), we write about it, we forget about it, we read, we remember it. Again memory is complex subject that I haven’t even scratched.
On a final note regarding the of introducing text - 1440 minutes in a day, 50,000 the number of thoughts per day according to many sources on the internet which in fact say a range of 50,000 to 70,000 although there is no evidence of any medical/ neurological research papers in which this number is cited, so the number has more than likely been pulled straight of the air. However what is certain we all continually thinking about something. 350 words again according to some of the internet is the number of the ideal entry of course there is no ideal but never intended to be read by anybody else. Because these numbers of also apart of a different echo chamber no direct reference has been made and this is more of an indication and acknowledge of where these numbers have echoed from.
Sources of learning regarding abstract
Aperture Panel: Abstraction in Photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDYBJV4ylzw
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/a/abstract-art
https://www.photopedagogy.com/threshold-concept-5.html
Reflection
Overall I think that this has been a difficult process in terms of my working practice, the visual element seems to be an idea and the making first. Then I continue to work in reverse this is not really a bad thing to be doing but it is making the written and research element quite difficult and laborious, this has slowed my progress down and has had impact on my motivation. I see this written has a huge barrier, I need to break it down.
I need to develop a way of making the written element and research aspect somehow more manageable because if this area is not addressed it will have an impact on my study especially with critical essays, critical/ theoretical engagement and articulation of my own work and working practice. I need to really learn how to reference.
I have also have been thinking why my reflective practice is one of my strengths and how to continue building on this. I understand that it is apart of my personality (introvert) and also it is something that I do on a daily basis at work within the healthcare sector reflective practice is a core skill and I have managed to transfer this skill to my working practice and engage in the same manner with fellow students. But because it is almost second nature I rarely think about how it works and David Kolb learning style makes complete sense in the way. I am currently working well but I do need to learn how effectively convert areas that I identify has weaknesses or I am going to fall into the trap of a repeating loop of a the same approach that I know isn’t working.
I have in the search of trying to improve the written and research element have focused on note taking and a system of classifying various areas, this is based on the Cornell method hopefully this will help improve this area which I am struggling with.
There is one issue that I had not consider in the making of this work - there is no audio with the speech, I had not taken into account people who can lip read. This would change the work and their viewing experience. Has it is an experimental piece and an approach I feel I can allow myself a little room for error.
Formative feedback
Assignment number 3
Type of tutorial Written
Overall Comments
This assignment was approached with a genuine ambition to find a direction through, what for you, became a very complex and intertwined understanding of yourself and your experiences. Your writing is very open and at times creative as you tried to unlock an area to explore visually.
Thanks for the link that let me revisit the excellent Radiohead track and video.
Assignment 3 Assessment Potential
I understand your aim is to go for the Photography/Creative Arts* Degree and that you plan to submit your work for assessment at the end of this course. From the work you have shown in this assignment, providing you commit yourself to the course, I believe you have the potential to pass at assessment. In order to meet all the assessment criteria, there are certain areas you will need to focus on, which I will outline in my feedback.
Feedback on assignment
Demonstration of technical and Visual Skills, Quality of Outcome, Demonstration of Creativity
Because you are studying I do know, therefore, about the context within which both scenes were developed so I am trying to see what someone who sees the work without this knowledge.
Essentially from the viewer’s perspective the film consists of two key scenes. Both scenes present different observational experiences and use of sound. The edit switches from one of these two scenes and then back to the other in a poetic and rhythmic way.
Somewhere and Nowhere is a well chosen title for the work and it resonates very well with your underpinning concern for how such complex human life could become reduced to a few hundred words or to a small number of images. It is impossible to make material equivalents for such complexity, but there are many artists who have made significant and thought-provoking works that encourage the viewer to examine their own lives of the inner landscape below the surface.
The strength in the work is your growing confidence to analyse the basic provocation of the assignment and then, once underway with the visual research, to identify and capitalize of observed phenomena within the everyday. You stepped out into a moving image format that I presume was unknown to you and produced work that was outside of your comfort zone.
The key challenge that I have in giving you feedback lies in two key areas.
The first is in the aesthetics of the imagery. The images by their nature give the impression of an image-maker who has relinquished full control of the outcomes in favor of shots that are intentionally ambiguous, shifting and out of focus. Because you seized he opportunity of the falling snow, this is very difficult to recreate which raises a consideration on whether reshooting something similar would work. I wondered if for instance if the creases within the fabric that you used are a distraction from the physical/emotional response that the viewer might have in these intrinsic scenes. If the fabric was not creased would we more simply experience the folds and their appearance created by the light, the effect of the flow of the fabric in the breeze and the movement of the snow as it falls. This is quite a complex set of elements to take on board perceptually and I think that it makes a strong impact on the level of metaphor or simile. You’re of course right that the overall aesthetic of the film is extensively used within both still and moving images.
Below I’ve recommended Rexer’s excellent book that I think would help you to develop a deeper understating of abstraction and photography to feed into your writing.
The second is in the area where these relatively still scenes of the facial features are assembled into a moving sequence with sound/silence. When watching the moving piece I found my attention slightly wandering a bit as it progressed over the time line. I wonder whether the reason for this is in the pace and editing of the work. This might well be a product of the use of repetition and looping - which I think works very well with the snow /fabric scenes and the bringing in of sound within one scene and of silencing the sound in the scenes of the facial features. Whilst I appreciate your rational about the human face and communication it can be quite hard to keep experiencing a return to a face without gaining any insight into what might be being communicated. Frustration for the viewer and removal of clarity or obvious understanding is a hallmark of the work, and this is strength. You achieved this very well through concentrating on the capacity of the medium to isolate and frame the world in very particular ways. This is s good step forward for you so well done.
When I look at the piece on a large HD screen it does change the work so do always bear in mind that we now encounter imagery at very high resolution and be sure that quality and resolution is not simply a by-product of the camera or system that you had to hand. Do try to get your hands on some varied equipment to use in your periods of experimentation. This matters greatly if your work is to be seen in a gallery/cinema format or projected in a festival or similar. This also applies to the quality of control that you exercise over the sound – this would matter a lot in this work as you move from a mechanical/distortion type of sound directly into absolute silence. Sound can go beyond stimulation for the ears to stimulation of the body itself.
Although the film does not offer an obvious narrative (in the everyday sense of the word) is does explore an emotional or psychological dimension so you need to consider how might you talk about this in a precise way in your introduction. This juxtaposition switches attention from one experience, which is non-human and feeling cold, to another. Although we discern a human face in this second scene you offer a very intimate and restricted experience. All speech is removed and so we are only encouraged to observe the slowly shifting sensation of the mouth and eyes.
Coursework
Demonstration of technical and Visual Skills, Demonstration of Creativity
Your blog has a heading of EVY under learning log and you only use Part and Part two. You normally engage well wit coursework so please ensure that all of the projects and exercises are completed.
Research
Context, reflective thinking, critical thinking, analysis
An important area where you need to invest time is in the accuracy of your writing and grammar. You might not think that others will read your thoughts that underpin the making of new work, but they will and, therefore, any writing needs to be checked for errors and for correctness in terms of what you are expressing.
Below I’ve added a couple of web-based links which might help you to build your appreciation of abstraction and filmmaking. Because of the grainy and uncertain quality the work resonates with early Super 8 film makers in the arts and of amateur filmmaking. I think that your work relates to a number of areas so it might be worth you exploring movements such as Dada and Surrealism, and it would certainly show assessors that you work is grounded in an understanding of art and film/video making beyond the connects that you included in your writing.
I thought that described very well the ways that the imagery evolved and how you took advantage of the two principle scenes of the snow falling over the ‘breathing’ fabric and of the extracts taken of your wife whilst you both talked and relaxed in the comfort of your home environment. I do like the way that the direction of the work was also steered through forms of serendipity and fortune within your visual experiments.
Learning Log
Context, reflective thinking, critical thinking, analysis
Your personal reflection during the making of the work and after completion was complex and exploratory. You have an obvious curiosity around the self and philosophy and I believe that your approach has resonances with artists working in fine art, contemporary movement/dance and with the qualitative research methodology of autoethnography.
The assignment offered a chance to explore yourself through different processes and visual strategies. I would like to see in your 300 word introduction more of what it is that for you the work explored and that you aimed the work to convey. You started with confusion and frustration around the real complexity of being human and you eventually made something that is very intriguing, but what aspects from the holistic sense of first-person do you think the film engages with. No ne would expect answer but they would expect you to explore this terrain.
In the way tat you described in your section on thoughts and research where you explored your actions and practice, you do need to reflect and research on the theoretical aspects of the work. This should include references to work and ideas that were influential, or which contextualised the work and your thoughts on the ways that the work might be interpreted at the level of the viewer – how the imagery gains value with regard to meaning.
Suggested reading/viewing Context
Lyle Rexer, (2009), The Edge of Vision: The Rise of Abstraction in Photography, Aperture Foundation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDYBJV4ylzw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMJ2_0KwQA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxIIgnC6bg0
Pointers for the next assignment / assessment
Strengths
Areas for development
Creatively ambitious and happy to step outside of your comfort zone to explore new ideas
Provide documentation of the developmental stages of all new work. Tis is an important element for assessment of the critical journey
Good creative playfulness which is important to research and idea development
Use and apply the assessment criteria within any reviews of work
A good thoughtful intellect which continuously raises and considers questions around the assignments
Try to get access to better quality image making equipment to explore the important relationship of medium and message
Good content when writing but at times move the writing into a formal tone and bring in credible external references to support your critical position
Please establish a way to check all of your writing to ensure that it reads in the way you intend with good grammar.
Be sure that your final solutions are the best they can be technically and in terms of the form that they take
Tutor name
Dr. Andy Langford
Date
30.01.2019