Dissertation Tutorial – 16.06.16

1:1 Tutorial: Peter Osborne – mediums identity (photography) Mute – New Aesthetic Critique Revised Question: What is the medium status now? (more direct line of questioning) Manipulation and the Internet Focus on Photographic forms Gursky – specifically (high profile case) of exploring the post-medium condition – commenting on loss of medium specificity Marsolier – Deals with… Continue reading Dissertation Tutorial – 16.06.16

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Dissertation Study Guide

Dissertation Briefing and Research Skills  – Maria Walsh and Gustavo Grandal Montero ***TEMPLATE ON MOODLE*** Minim 6000 words, and maximum of 8000 words Deadline : 31st May (Proposal) Proposal Tutorial : June 2016 2000 words : Due 3rd Oct (Remaining) 4000 words : Due 14th Nov Plan research so it aligns with dissertation tutorials and submission… Continue reading Dissertation Study Guide

Technology was the answer, but what was the question?

“Technology is defined in the Oxford dictionary as the science of industrial art.” Cedric Price affirmed in 1966 at the beginning of his lecture entitled Technology is the answer, but what was the question?. The lecture speaks about the Fun Palace, the transdisciplinary cultural centre that Price designed in 1960 for Joan Littlewood. it fosters… Continue reading Technology was the answer, but what was the question?

Silicone Final

GIF – 360 slideshow Dimensions: 321×480 Size: 624KB Frames: 10 ***details*** GIF Transition: As a a part of the QR Code aspect of my final Research Catalogue I am going to create an animated GIF that showcases my cast outside of the exhibition space. This will enable the viewers to see a 360 degree image of my mask,… Continue reading Silicone Final

Daniel Warnecke – GX Gallery

An important part of my ideas surrounding display has come from research on the artist Daniel Warnecke. Working exclusively with 3D figurines, his exhibition at the GX Gallery in Camberwell presents an interesting example of type of display that are suitable from small sized sculptural objects. About the Artist: Warnecke is a young artist who employs 3D printing… Continue reading Daniel Warnecke – GX Gallery

Post-Internet Art

Wiki: Postinternet Post-internet denotes an idea in arts and criticism that refers to uggociety and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet. The term emerged from discussions about Internet Art by Marisa Olson, Gene McHugh, and Artie Vierkant, however the movement has not been thoroughly defined. Guthrie Lonergan and Cory Arcangel have mentioned it as a… Continue reading Post-Internet Art

Display Options

Thinking about the exhibition, following the group meetings (09.05.16) within our exhibition spaces, I have my attentions turned towards how I will display my casting. As well as my initial ideas towards wall mounting using my clear acrylic box, I really think a semi-understated curation idea is a good way to go, maximising the eerie-ness of what… Continue reading Display Options

Oscar Nilsson

http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2015/article/archaeologist-reconstructs-faces-of-stone-age-people http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2525035/New-27million-Stonehenge-visitor-centre-opens-reconstruction-Neolithic-man.html The face of prehistoric Britain: Forensic scientist uses Neolithic man’s 5,500-year-old skull to create lifelike image most advanced reconstruction of an early Neolithic man’s face Work to ‘restore the dignity’ Article 2: Popular Archeology He creates, quite literally, faces of our collective past. In fact, most of Nilsson’s hyper-realistic reconstructions end up in museums such as… Continue reading Oscar Nilsson

Recorded Tutorial – 05.05.16

Rayvenn Shaleigha DClark – Recorded Turorial Form| May 2016 Tasking Points: Annotated Research Articles Research: makes this appear more in working, and be clear in Assessment materials – show process of working Issue of resolving the time spent on making the work (finished life casting) needs to be made clear in the show Issue of… Continue reading Recorded Tutorial – 05.05.16

Research Catalogue

I am moving forward with the research Catalogue for the End of Term Exhibition, and have made the necessary appointments in the Digital PrintStudio for the week of Set-Up, now my attentions turn to what is contained within the catalogue. From talking to my tutor in my May Recorded Tutorial it is clear that my… Continue reading Research Catalogue

Silicone Refinement

***before silicone glue was added. In preparation for the End of Year Exhibition it was important that made some important superficial refinements to the masks that are going to be displayed in the exhibition. In particular, this regards a silicone patch o the tempt of one of my masks that failed to cure properly. This left it… Continue reading Silicone Refinement

Dissertation [Proposal]

What does a dissertation proposal include? The essential parts of a research proposal are generally standard: Dissertation title (so far): Aim at making the title short and to the point. Overall objectives: If you have more than three objectives, your area of research is probably far too broad and needs to be narrowed. (Some university… Continue reading Dissertation [Proposal]

End of Term Exhibition

Exhibition Layout (Plan) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Books_by_type http://www.blurb.co.uk/trade-books BOOK TYPES: Photobook Trade Book*** Audiobook*** Chapbook – a small pamphlet containing tales, ballads, or tracts. Hardcover E-book*** Octavo: The technical term describing the format of a book, which refers to the size of leaves produced from folding a full sheet of paper on which multiple pages of text were printed… Continue reading End of Term Exhibition

Tutor Group Meeting

Notes: 1:1 Tutorial – Work since Christmas, Exhibition Publications, Research (all of studio work), Artists Statement (draft) and prospective ideas for End of Term Show No proposal for End of Term Exhibition but will have a choice (3 Preferred Spaces) Artist Statement – in the 3rd Person – BRING TO 1:1 Tutorial Crit review Examples… Continue reading Tutor Group Meeting

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External Exhibition Critique

Panorama – Finished Show (4) Exhibition Catalogues that reflect the ‘Enclosure’ Theme of our exhibition, using a pad lock to seal the brochure together. The work provides a floor plan, as well as minimal descriptive elements of the (singular) pieces within the show Official Exhibition Poster Descriptive Page Floor Plan – Back side of Exhibition… Continue reading External Exhibition Critique

Silicone Mask

http://www.make-up-fx-forum.com/index.php?topic=770.0 http://modelshop.co.uk Materials: Silicone Mask Sheet Metal: (T) Pewter Sheet (£60) Paste Wax (Table Release): (T) Forumla 5 (£9.79)/Ambersil Pur400 (£11.66)/Bisons Paste Wax (10.70) ***Baby Powder ***Poly-Ease 2300 spray release (Silicone Release Spray from EBay/Amazon) OR Screwfix (£3) (nearest store, Brixton) Plaster Rasp (T) (£9.52) ***2500 mould release or Ultra 4 Mould (Universal Mould Release: 4D ModelShop… Continue reading Silicone Mask

Unit 8 & Dissertation Proposals [Notes]

Unit 8 Essay: Starting Points: Research ‘PREDICTING THE FURURE OF TECHNOLOGY’ The Arcades Project: Convolute (pg. 27 onwards) The Dialectics of Seeing – Susan Buck-Morss/Walter Benjamin Overcoming Conformism – Ester Lesley The Death of Art – Hegel Dissertation Notes: 18th April deadline for Unit 8 (3000 words) 31st May deadline for 500-100 (words) Dissertation Proposal… Continue reading Unit 8 & Dissertation Proposals [Notes]

Lightbox + Shelf + Research Catalogue = End-Of-Term Exhibition

We took the opportunity on Tuesday morning to set up out of the way of the confusion of the chaos that will ensue on Wednesday (day of the deadline). Throughout the morning Heeding and I did most of the preparation measuring out our space (equal lengths between the wall and the opposing work, as well… Continue reading Lightbox + Shelf + Research Catalogue = End-Of-Term Exhibition

Collective Exhibition| UPDATED

There have been many changes to the idea of our collective exhibition, but as of this week we have finally settled on an idea that will satisfy the entire group and not be too rushed or ill considered the week before the exhibition. After a secondary 2:1 meeting with Theory Tutor (JDM) and Tutor (Elizabeth… Continue reading Collective Exhibition| UPDATED

Evaluative Report

500-700 Word Evaluation on Collective work and Personal Studio Practise Rayvenn Shaleigha DClark 15-16 Unit 5 Evaluative Report Changes made post 2:1 Theory Tutorial (below) Rayvenn-Shaleigha-DClark-15-16-Unit-5-Evaluative-Report

Collective Exhibition

We have decided there need s to be a real emphasis on the theoretical research element of the exhibition. A lack of physicality is something very difficult to achieve in that it needs to be done in just the right measure to really communicate the stance we are aim at, whilst not looking as if we have neglected to do… Continue reading Collective Exhibition

A0 Print – Sometime A Photograph is All You Need!

As a follow on from the Uncreative Practise Workshop I feel that I have to make a lot more of the the photographic side of my practise. As it is such a large part of my process and the way I translate and re-translate my work into drawings, I plan to create an A0 Matte Print of the original image. There is a level… Continue reading A0 Print – Sometime A Photograph is All You Need!

Collective Research Book

A Part of our Exhibition will see my group p create a collaborative Research catalogue that details our collective research (through John Baldessari as well as any movements made within the collective process), as well as research from our individual practise (single focus practise, alongside images of our semi-completes/completed work). Despite concerns from tutors, we… Continue reading Collective Research Book

“To Be, or Not To Be, That is The Question…”

There have been many ups and downs too the exhibition proposal but as I group I feel that we have really come together to overcome the challenges that are afflicting our exhibition. Going from making a quasi-gallery gift-shop, to the complete obliteration of this idea, not the challenges that face our group is how to make… Continue reading “To Be, or Not To Be, That is The Question…”

An Ode to Baldessari

Final (End of Year) Collective Exhibition “The digital image is a copy—but the event of its visualization is an original event, because the digital copy is a copy that has no visible original. “- Boris Groys My Collective and I have been discussing the possible look  of our final Exhibition that s required in Week… Continue reading An Ode to Baldessari

Franz Gertsch

http://thisistomorrow.info/articles/franz-gertsch-seasons large-format paintings and woodcuts by Franz Gertsch – one of Switzerland’s leading contemporary artists. his works from the period between 1983 and 2011, culminating in the recently finished ‘Four Seasons Cycle’. Gertsch rose to international fame in the 1970s with his hyper-realist paintings, yet his outstanding reputation stems equally from his woodcuts, unique both… Continue reading Franz Gertsch

Recoded Tutorial

15.10.15 Franz Gertsch One outcome from my tutorial on Thursday was to research the work of Franz Gertsch. A photorealist/hyperrealist painter, our conversation were centred around the woodcuts that form a large part of his practise. This may be a direction that my work ca got into in term of fining other ways to translate my work.… Continue reading Recoded Tutorial

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