Hi all
At the moment I'm working on editing out my work and picking and choosing the best bits of my work to put into my presentation for my assessment on 3rd May :S Also I am starting to make decisions on what to put in my degree show.
For my assessment I'm hoping to presenting a powerpoint with a run down of where I've started to where I have come. Also I'll be compiling my photos, vids and sketchs to back this up.
The countdown has truly begun.
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Current work direction
These are work in progress candidates for the degree show. At the moment they are early versions, I'll be using a better editing program next time round. I think they need music so I have added some music to one to see if it successful or not.
Monday, 1 March 2010
Concept for degree show/ Update
Unfortunately the leaflet idea isn't going as well as I had expected, it seems ineffectual without something interesting backing it up. So I am putting that on the back burner for the moment, I may just make a flyer instead to inform people of my work but we'll see about that.
On to the real exciting stuff for me at the moment :) Ok the other night I was discussing my work with my parents, whilst talking I began to formulate an interesting concept relating directly to the incidental light that I have been observing around the city. I have been struggling to find some that I can do without busting the budget as it where. So on to the Idea!!
The Idea I have in mind is this: A single(but fairly large)room totally dark and empty inside. Before the viewers enter the room, I ask them to put on head torches (like this one http://photos.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_426/car_photo_213212_7.jpg)These head torches will be configured with different lights, some coloured, some restricted etc. Once the group of say 8 viewers are equipped with thier head torches they proceed into the room and the door is closed behind them. The light cast by the viewers looking around in the room should create strange shapes, colours and shadows. This is all happening because of the movement of the viewers head. As a way of showing or documenting this occurence. I would like to hook up a camera or cameras inside the room which are linked to a live feed so people outside the room can view what is going on inside the room. Or, have the cameras record whats going on and as the viewers are let out they can watch what they have just created.
I feel that this could work quite well and it has a grounding with the idea of incidental light and people not noticing the occurences. My only worry is the source of the head lamps, I might consider asking a manufacture to sponsor or donate a few to the cause or just purchase a few myself we shall see.
But for now I want to just try this idea out.
Thanks
Mark
On to the real exciting stuff for me at the moment :) Ok the other night I was discussing my work with my parents, whilst talking I began to formulate an interesting concept relating directly to the incidental light that I have been observing around the city. I have been struggling to find some that I can do without busting the budget as it where. So on to the Idea!!
The Idea I have in mind is this: A single(but fairly large)room totally dark and empty inside. Before the viewers enter the room, I ask them to put on head torches (like this one http://photos.autoexpress.co.uk/images/front_picture_library_UK/dir_426/car_photo_213212_7.jpg)These head torches will be configured with different lights, some coloured, some restricted etc. Once the group of say 8 viewers are equipped with thier head torches they proceed into the room and the door is closed behind them. The light cast by the viewers looking around in the room should create strange shapes, colours and shadows. This is all happening because of the movement of the viewers head. As a way of showing or documenting this occurence. I would like to hook up a camera or cameras inside the room which are linked to a live feed so people outside the room can view what is going on inside the room. Or, have the cameras record whats going on and as the viewers are let out they can watch what they have just created.
I feel that this could work quite well and it has a grounding with the idea of incidental light and people not noticing the occurences. My only worry is the source of the head lamps, I might consider asking a manufacture to sponsor or donate a few to the cause or just purchase a few myself we shall see.
But for now I want to just try this idea out.
Thanks
Mark
Friday, 19 February 2010
Project update 19-2-2010 The Leaflet of light is coming!
Hi everyone.
Over the last few weeks I have had various encounters with different tutors, people, students and friends. To which I have spoken about my work to them and there has definetly been a concensus throughout the talk. Basically my idea of recreating those incidental light anomalies in a studio space wasn't going down very well. The concern was the incidental light lost its "magic" the didn't have that special quality that the originals. The artificial ones seemed forced and lacked that fragile natural feel.
More discussion lead to me moving back a step and actually using my photographs as the main material. However I needed something that could be construded as an artwork, as the photos are just of light. They needed something more to justify themselves. Recently my parents took my little sister on the go penguins trail and it dawned upon me that I was indeed trekking around town finding these light anomalies almost like the go penguins trail. Quickly I have began to produce the idea of having a guide/leaflet for these Light anomalies much like the go penguins. I have now began to forward this Idea, at the moments the leaflet is in its early stages but I feel this definetly has something within it. More so than my past work on this project.
Soa Summary of my progress:
1) Designing the Leaflet (First very rough mock nearly finished)
2) Taking the Photographs of the Light Anomalies and taking down their locations.
3) Thinking about how to distribute and present at assessment
Over the last few weeks I have had various encounters with different tutors, people, students and friends. To which I have spoken about my work to them and there has definetly been a concensus throughout the talk. Basically my idea of recreating those incidental light anomalies in a studio space wasn't going down very well. The concern was the incidental light lost its "magic" the didn't have that special quality that the originals. The artificial ones seemed forced and lacked that fragile natural feel.
More discussion lead to me moving back a step and actually using my photographs as the main material. However I needed something that could be construded as an artwork, as the photos are just of light. They needed something more to justify themselves. Recently my parents took my little sister on the go penguins trail and it dawned upon me that I was indeed trekking around town finding these light anomalies almost like the go penguins trail. Quickly I have began to produce the idea of having a guide/leaflet for these Light anomalies much like the go penguins. I have now began to forward this Idea, at the moments the leaflet is in its early stages but I feel this definetly has something within it. More so than my past work on this project.
Soa Summary of my progress:
1) Designing the Leaflet (First very rough mock nearly finished)
2) Taking the Photographs of the Light Anomalies and taking down their locations.
3) Thinking about how to distribute and present at assessment
Monday, 1 February 2010
Quick update 1-2-2010
Hey all, just a quick update. Here is a few pics and vids to show what I've been up to recently.
Saturday, 16 January 2010
Incidental Light photos
Some new photographs of the incidental light I have become interested in. In some of the images the light almost looks like it has been painted on by hand. the shapes, colours and sizes are quite intriguing aswell, as some of these are over 20ft tall and yet people still walk by and not batter an eyelid towards them. I definetly feel that there is some creative link here between nature and the man-made. Could I create somethink of a simiar beauty using artificial light and artificial methods? Well my plan is to draw up some concepts and try a few mini mock-ups to get a feel for what material does what and such.
Monday, 11 January 2010
First post of 2010
Hello everyone and a happy new year to y'all.
Well the christmas break was quite an eventful one to say the least. Keeping related to the sky did anyone see the partial lunar eclipse and the blue moon on new years eve?
Now during my break whilst contemplating my work, I found myself disliking this project. For some reason I just can't get my head into at all, I think the subject matter is just to "Astronomical" for me at this time. So to take my mind from it I went over to the liverpool with my camera to take so photographs as it was a beautiful sunny day. Little did I know that I would find some subject matter that would tickle my fancy.
As I was walking around looking up at the sky (like I usually do) when I noticed a massive coil of light on the side of a building. I quickly took some photographs of the occurence and moved on down the street. Soon enough I was spotting all of these different light shapes on buildings which I had never seen or noticed before. I became very excited; ideas began to run to me from all directions.
I spent the whole day searching for these light anomalies. I came home and upload my photos to my computer and scanned through them. I found that the light streaks and shapes looked almost painted on to the buildings. I really like the melding of the conformist architecture and the somewhat fluidity of the light in the photographs.
I have made an executive decision to drop the project of the light and stars and focus solely on the light content of the project.
Now I will be renaming the project and posting up the photographs that changed my mind. This might seem like a big leap from what I was doing with the stars, but it is not. I was playing with light then however it was aimless playing, now I have a centre something to dig my teeth into.
Project and Intent
Now that I have found my focus, I intend to further my research into "incidental light" and painting with light in photography. I will go about this by taking photos of numerous "incidental light" occurences around the city of liverpool. Furthermore, I will look into artists such as Michael Bosanko and Joost van Santen.
I would like to try and create incidental light formations within buildings to see how it transforms the space, and how people interact with it.
I'll keep you all posted once I have enough photographs and spoke to my tutors about it.
Mark
Well the christmas break was quite an eventful one to say the least. Keeping related to the sky did anyone see the partial lunar eclipse and the blue moon on new years eve?
Now during my break whilst contemplating my work, I found myself disliking this project. For some reason I just can't get my head into at all, I think the subject matter is just to "Astronomical" for me at this time. So to take my mind from it I went over to the liverpool with my camera to take so photographs as it was a beautiful sunny day. Little did I know that I would find some subject matter that would tickle my fancy.
As I was walking around looking up at the sky (like I usually do) when I noticed a massive coil of light on the side of a building. I quickly took some photographs of the occurence and moved on down the street. Soon enough I was spotting all of these different light shapes on buildings which I had never seen or noticed before. I became very excited; ideas began to run to me from all directions.
I spent the whole day searching for these light anomalies. I came home and upload my photos to my computer and scanned through them. I found that the light streaks and shapes looked almost painted on to the buildings. I really like the melding of the conformist architecture and the somewhat fluidity of the light in the photographs.
I have made an executive decision to drop the project of the light and stars and focus solely on the light content of the project.
Now I will be renaming the project and posting up the photographs that changed my mind. This might seem like a big leap from what I was doing with the stars, but it is not. I was playing with light then however it was aimless playing, now I have a centre something to dig my teeth into.
Project and Intent
Now that I have found my focus, I intend to further my research into "incidental light" and painting with light in photography. I will go about this by taking photos of numerous "incidental light" occurences around the city of liverpool. Furthermore, I will look into artists such as Michael Bosanko and Joost van Santen.
I would like to try and create incidental light formations within buildings to see how it transforms the space, and how people interact with it.
I'll keep you all posted once I have enough photographs and spoke to my tutors about it.
Mark
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