Before Exhibition.
At this point I had made my moving collage and had booked out a projector so I felt ready to set it up in the space.
Overall I was happy with what I had made. I liked how I moved from the idea of a collage, in the typical sense, to a moving collage. I wanted to explore the themes of home, what is home.
I came to the conclusion home is a place where you stand still. Away from all the movement. Where you watch the world go by and feel at peace.
I feel I captured this idea well in my moving collage. I wanted to use collage because I wanted to also express the idea of home having layers and depth. The imagery I used was of things I get the feeling of home from. Landscapes, tree's, items, friends, the walk home, Scotland, The borders but I also wanted it to have a feeling of unfocused noticing, a memory or dream like because when you are home you do not notice these things so much because you are used to it and also sometimes home is like a memory.
I was very focused on how the viewer would feel in the space, I wanted it to be in a room, standing, watching the movement of the work because I wanted them to feel at home in a way, for a short moment while in the space.
I wanted it to be silent as well because I felt when I added sound it would add emotion that was not needed. Or add emotion that people would get a different feeling from what I wanted. Peaceful.
I struggled at times to keep up with my time line because of other units grabbing my attention at times or the other way I would focus more on this unit than others and it is something I need to work on. Balance.
I think I could have done more research on artists that work with similar concepts, and again I felt like all my units blurred into one at times, with the artists I looked at. Especially for contemporary art and this unit.
I would say it was the unit I enjoyed the most, obviously because I got to pick what I wanted to do, but because I felt very relaxed while making it. It felt very natural to me. I don't know if that is because I have been doing it for a while now or because I feel more sure of myself. I defiantly feel my level work is moving forward.
After going for an interview for Digital Art and getting in I think I realised, with help from others, that I am a contemporary artist, I just happen to work digitally. Finding that ground has really helped my confidence in my work, and who I am.
Setting up.
I had to think about things like layout and size, although I had to keep in mind how limited the space was in the hall at college with everyone else's work on display and I didn't know what everyone else was making and the size of it / space they would need.
Once we set up there wasn't enough space for me to build a small room, and the space I could have build wasn't going to be big enough and felt very cramped so we decided to play it on a screen.
It was very very easy to set up obviously because it was just putting it on the computer.
as I side note I loved how my collages looked in the space.
I put down a comment book and was excited to see how people reacted to the work.
In exhibition space.
In the exhibition i got some really good feedback. I felt quite happy with how i looked and how people responded to it. I saw a few other people had put explanations next to their work, and that is something i didn't think to do.
We have been asked to present our work to the class tomorrow in the space so hopefully i can get more feedback then.
Overall i am happy with the work. I do wish i could have projected it on reflection. If i could change things about it i would think more about presentation maybe think about what it would have been projected on.
I would have also liked to have done more research into moving image, i felt i didn't come to that conclusion as soon as i would have liked to and spent longer on still image. I Like the idea of taking this unit and pushing it further next year. I would like to focus more on film and learn more about how it can be used.
At this point I had made my moving collage and had booked out a projector so I felt ready to set it up in the space.
Overall I was happy with what I had made. I liked how I moved from the idea of a collage, in the typical sense, to a moving collage. I wanted to explore the themes of home, what is home.
I came to the conclusion home is a place where you stand still. Away from all the movement. Where you watch the world go by and feel at peace.
I feel I captured this idea well in my moving collage. I wanted to use collage because I wanted to also express the idea of home having layers and depth. The imagery I used was of things I get the feeling of home from. Landscapes, tree's, items, friends, the walk home, Scotland, The borders but I also wanted it to have a feeling of unfocused noticing, a memory or dream like because when you are home you do not notice these things so much because you are used to it and also sometimes home is like a memory.
I was very focused on how the viewer would feel in the space, I wanted it to be in a room, standing, watching the movement of the work because I wanted them to feel at home in a way, for a short moment while in the space.
I wanted it to be silent as well because I felt when I added sound it would add emotion that was not needed. Or add emotion that people would get a different feeling from what I wanted. Peaceful.
I struggled at times to keep up with my time line because of other units grabbing my attention at times or the other way I would focus more on this unit than others and it is something I need to work on. Balance.
I think I could have done more research on artists that work with similar concepts, and again I felt like all my units blurred into one at times, with the artists I looked at. Especially for contemporary art and this unit.
I would say it was the unit I enjoyed the most, obviously because I got to pick what I wanted to do, but because I felt very relaxed while making it. It felt very natural to me. I don't know if that is because I have been doing it for a while now or because I feel more sure of myself. I defiantly feel my level work is moving forward.
After going for an interview for Digital Art and getting in I think I realised, with help from others, that I am a contemporary artist, I just happen to work digitally. Finding that ground has really helped my confidence in my work, and who I am.
Setting up.
I had to think about things like layout and size, although I had to keep in mind how limited the space was in the hall at college with everyone else's work on display and I didn't know what everyone else was making and the size of it / space they would need.
Once we set up there wasn't enough space for me to build a small room, and the space I could have build wasn't going to be big enough and felt very cramped so we decided to play it on a screen.
It was very very easy to set up obviously because it was just putting it on the computer.
At this point I hoped that it would still work how I wanted it too. I was ok with how it looked on the screen.
as I side note I loved how my collages looked in the space.
I put down a comment book and was excited to see how people reacted to the work.
In exhibition space.
In the exhibition i got some really good feedback. I felt quite happy with how i looked and how people responded to it. I saw a few other people had put explanations next to their work, and that is something i didn't think to do.
We have been asked to present our work to the class tomorrow in the space so hopefully i can get more feedback then.
Overall i am happy with the work. I do wish i could have projected it on reflection. If i could change things about it i would think more about presentation maybe think about what it would have been projected on.
I would have also liked to have done more research into moving image, i felt i didn't come to that conclusion as soon as i would have liked to and spent longer on still image. I Like the idea of taking this unit and pushing it further next year. I would like to focus more on film and learn more about how it can be used.
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