Remix
http://global-remix.blogspot.com/
Traffick
http://humantraffickingexposed.blogspot.com/
Saturday, February 26, 2011
MA work
Remix
http://global-remix.blogspot.com/
Traffick
http://humantraffickingexposed.blogspot.com/
blogs in general
I still find this bizarre, the blog will be -or trying to be anyway- a mixture of learning journal, diary, collection of links and a memory aid or notepad going back and drawing together what I have been doing.
The start of this is the first Assignment for research Methods which asks us to introduce our influences and own practice and what we expect from the M.A.
First influence would have to be my dad's passion for photography. It introduced me to pinhole photography, the fascinating process of retrieving an image in the darkroom (including a love for the smell of the chemicals involved) and an ever evolving inventory of cameras and lenses. At the same time, a growing repulsion of having a camera pointed at you and sympathy for people who would not want to be in front of one either. I hate having my picture taken. Which made my pratice shy at times as I would be super conscious of the ruthless approach of some photographers.
Works then: exploration of self and surrounding/ environment - self portraits, distorted, face painted, semi nudes etc. Exploring neglected spaces, observing the city, shapes and colours and reflections within the city.
eploring the portrait and documentary by taking part in workshops (working coal mines in Germany and the city of Prague)
Works now:
travel photography, documenting places and people on journeys through India
Finding stories in the community: degree project photos of Sean and his bike shed Bristol-Montpellier; docu film of Remix/ Basement project Bristol Colston Hall - learning to handle video cameras, managing a project, interview techniques; Cultural Studies and research and analysis of visual culture -
both comparative analysis (essay Visual Culture.....) as well as researching various modern and classical photographers and visual artists for own portfolio
Research into visual culture as medium in the context of war news. Dissertation on war photography and it's changing aesthetics, perception, distribution and importance.
One of the more challenging and widely researched projects was into exhibition and the issues around the final year project.
I worked on a photographic project documenting the hostel on Mina Rd, St.Werburgh's Bristol.
Simultanously, I tried exploring possibilities of having a community based exhibition that wouldn't just show my images but get the audience/ neighbourhood involved by providing information on support projects and actively encouraging (especially the residents of the hostel) everyone to voice their experience of and opinion on the neighbourhood.
for this i researched, primarily by reading text and visual evidence of previous projects, Space and place, art in public spaces, the concept of the public sphere as well as museum and gallery spaces/ cultural institutions.
I then embraced challenges of trying to document the work of orphanage based charity in India.
During a MA programme in Germany 2009/10 I produced the Making Of for a short film collaboration between my University and the National Film School in Lodz, Poland. I was (jointly) responsible for arranging interviews and holding them as well as the edit of our own and the polish producers' material.
I came back to the UK and to UWE to join the MA in order to specialise/ professionalise and make my practise more focused and precise.
Research so far has been either theory based (cultural studies, visual culture) or analysis of existing work.
Documentary projects have also required a lot of time spent on gathering background information on the topics, making contacts, looking into other producer's work, research and various opinions on the topic in order to define the unique and fresh approach the work needs to be interesting to the audience (what type of audience?) TBC...(work so far in MA)
The start of this is the first Assignment for research Methods which asks us to introduce our influences and own practice and what we expect from the M.A.
First influence would have to be my dad's passion for photography. It introduced me to pinhole photography, the fascinating process of retrieving an image in the darkroom (including a love for the smell of the chemicals involved) and an ever evolving inventory of cameras and lenses. At the same time, a growing repulsion of having a camera pointed at you and sympathy for people who would not want to be in front of one either. I hate having my picture taken. Which made my pratice shy at times as I would be super conscious of the ruthless approach of some photographers.
Works then: exploration of self and surrounding/ environment - self portraits, distorted, face painted, semi nudes etc. Exploring neglected spaces, observing the city, shapes and colours and reflections within the city.
eploring the portrait and documentary by taking part in workshops (working coal mines in Germany and the city of Prague)
Works now:
travel photography, documenting places and people on journeys through India
Finding stories in the community: degree project photos of Sean and his bike shed Bristol-Montpellier; docu film of Remix/ Basement project Bristol Colston Hall - learning to handle video cameras, managing a project, interview techniques; Cultural Studies and research and analysis of visual culture -
both comparative analysis (essay Visual Culture.....) as well as researching various modern and classical photographers and visual artists for own portfolio
Research into visual culture as medium in the context of war news. Dissertation on war photography and it's changing aesthetics, perception, distribution and importance.
One of the more challenging and widely researched projects was into exhibition and the issues around the final year project.
I worked on a photographic project documenting the hostel on Mina Rd, St.Werburgh's Bristol.
Simultanously, I tried exploring possibilities of having a community based exhibition that wouldn't just show my images but get the audience/ neighbourhood involved by providing information on support projects and actively encouraging (especially the residents of the hostel) everyone to voice their experience of and opinion on the neighbourhood.
for this i researched, primarily by reading text and visual evidence of previous projects, Space and place, art in public spaces, the concept of the public sphere as well as museum and gallery spaces/ cultural institutions.
I then embraced challenges of trying to document the work of orphanage based charity in India.
During a MA programme in Germany 2009/10 I produced the Making Of for a short film collaboration between my University and the National Film School in Lodz, Poland. I was (jointly) responsible for arranging interviews and holding them as well as the edit of our own and the polish producers' material.
I came back to the UK and to UWE to join the MA in order to specialise/ professionalise and make my practise more focused and precise.
Research so far has been either theory based (cultural studies, visual culture) or analysis of existing work.
Documentary projects have also required a lot of time spent on gathering background information on the topics, making contacts, looking into other producer's work, research and various opinions on the topic in order to define the unique and fresh approach the work needs to be interesting to the audience (what type of audience?) TBC...(work so far in MA)
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Only slowly getting into the second term of MA Media Practice and Culture. Working every day apart from Thursdays makes it more difficult to concentrate on the (full time) course than I had thought.
This is even more true for someone who isn't as much of a "practising artist" as most other people on the course/ the Research Methods module.
My interest stems from an early passion for photography which I was able to explore during the degree. The academic work was mainly around analysis of (moving/) image and the production of a varied body of work representing different genres of photography with my final pieces focusing on documentary. TBC
This is even more true for someone who isn't as much of a "practising artist" as most other people on the course/ the Research Methods module.
My interest stems from an early passion for photography which I was able to explore during the degree. The academic work was mainly around analysis of (moving/) image and the production of a varied body of work representing different genres of photography with my final pieces focusing on documentary. TBC
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
What Why When
Why is media important
What media interests me
Who is important - the research methods module's look toward media producers/ anyone who influences our thinking and work
What media interests me
Who is important - the research methods module's look toward media producers/ anyone who influences our thinking and work
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