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Photo shoot one – editing
To start experimenting with my images, I chose to crop out the mirror and replace it with a different image. To do this I used the magnetic lasso feature to crop out the shape of the mirror. I then moved this shape over to the image I wished to use instead. I changed the opacity so I could see both the space and new image, once I had the new image in the shape I wanted I moved it over to the original whole image. I then used shading tool to make the image look more like it was originally taken like that.
To experiment further, I used some filters on the mirror image to make it stand out more.
After conducting this photo shoot I could develop this idea further by looking at the work of Robert Smithson.
Cody William Smith Photo shoot (Photo shoot 1)
After having a quick look at the work of Cody William Smith I have deiced to conduct a photo shoot in the style of his work. I can see lots of ways I can further develop and explore this work using digital manipulation.
Best Photos
Everyday – Research / Experimentation
- Record an activity or routine that you do/ repeat on a daily basis, e.g. brushing teeth, putting on clothes, applying make-up, comb your hair, eating, feeding your dog, walk to school/work, sleeping, screen time on social media, talking, selfies etc.
I recorded a video of me cycling as I usually cycle after school.
Video art is an art form which relies on using video technology as a visual and audio medium. Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology such as video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting. Video art can take many forms: recordings that are broadcast; installations viewed in galleries or museums; works streamed online, distributed as video tapes, or DVDs; and performances which may incorporate one or more television sets, video monitors, and projections, displaying live or recorded images and sounds.
John Baldessari – I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art Video
John Baldessari – I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art Print
The print is based on an installation created at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, but not by John Baldessari’s hand. “As there wasn’t enough money for me to travel to Nova Scotia, I proposed that the students voluntarily write ‘I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art’ on the walls of the gallery, like punishment. To my surprise they covered the walls.” Those same students made this print, but Baldessari wasn’t at the workshop when the print was made. In both cases, Baldessari gave scant instructions to the students from thousands of miles away, and he was not present to supervise, raising questions of authorship and the role of the artist.
Yoko Ono – Cut Piece
The artist sat alone on a stage, dressed in her best suit, with a pair of scissors in front of her. The audience had been instructed that they could take turns approaching her and use the scissors to cut off a small piece of her clothing, which was theirs to keep. Some people approached hesitantly, cutting a small square of fabric from her sleeve or the hem of her skirt. Others came boldly, snipping away the front of her blouse or the straps of her bra. Ono remained motionless and expressionless throughout, until, at her discretion, the performance ended. In reflecting upon the experience recently, the artist said: “When I do the Cut Piece, I get into a trance, and so I don’t feel too frightened.…We usually give something with a purpose…but I wanted to see what they would take….There was a long silence between one person coming up and the next person coming up. And I said it’s fantastic, beautiful music, you know? Ba-ba-ba-ba, cut! Ba-ba-ba-ba, cut! Beautiful poetry, actually.
Typology Example and development – Development
This is example typology I produced to start developing my ideas.
After this experimentation I looked into the work of Cody William Smith.
He uses mirrors in the natural landscape to create interesting effects. I think I use his work to develop the theme of Natural vs Industrial.
Mind Map – Research
After reading the initial brief of the project these are the artists/ art movements/ ideas that have come to mind.
- Pop Art
- Typologies
- Natural vs Industrial
- Brands
- Advertising
- Social media
- Fake News
- Gender
- Culture
- Bernd and Hilla Becher
- August Sander
- Karl Blossfleft
- Albert – Renger – Patzech
- Michael wolf
- Daniel shea
- Tom hunter
Visual inspirations – Research
Photos
Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt Created a series of images which were close ups of plants against a plan background. The images were created to use as resources for his students to help them understand how to shade and the important of shading when drawing. The book was revived very well and is considered one of the most successful photo books of the 20th century.
A drawings of one of Blossfeldt’s images.
Many modern designs and buildings have been inspired by Blossfeldt’s work. The fits in the theme in the sense that many of the images may appear very similar but you have to look very closely to see the difference in the images.
Typologies (Bernd and Hilla Becher)
The German artists Bernd and Hilla Becher, who began working together in 1959 and married in 1961, are best known for their “typologies” which are grids of black-and-white photos of variant examples of a single type of industrial structure. The couple traveled around Germany taking images of the industrial building from the same distance and angle so when the images where arranged they all looked very similar. At first glance someone may mistake the images for being the same image when in-matter-of-fact they are all different images.
The work of the Becher’s inspired a whole movement of typologies from other photographers.
Variation and Similarity – Starting points
Definition in dictionary:
VARIATION
- a change or slight difference in condition, amount, or level, typically within certain limits.
“regional variations in house prices”Synonyms: difference, dissimilarity, disparity, inequality, contrast, discrepancy, imbalance, dissimilitude, differential, distinction More
- a different or distinct form or version of something.
“hurling is an Irish variation of hockey”Synonyms: variant, form, alternative, alternative form, other form, different form, derived form, development, adaptation, alteration, modification, revision, revised version
“he was wearing a variation of court dress”
SIMILARITY
- the state of being almost the same, or a particular way in which something is almost the same:
“the similarity of symptoms makes them hard to diagnose” - a similar feature or aspect.
“the similarities between people of different nationalities”Synonyms: resemblance, likeness, sameness, similar nature, similitude, comparability, correspondence, comparison, analogy, parallel, parallelism, equivalence; interchangeability, closeness, nearness, affinity, homogeneity, agreement, indistinguishability, uniformity; community, kinship, relatedness; archaicsemblance
“the similarity between him and his daughter was startling”