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Archival Documentation

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In order to provide a further insight to the development of my house I have looked through files to find important documentation of the development.  I have found documents such as the original house deeds, the planning permissions and the plans of the house.  I plan on incorporating some of these photographs into my photobook in order to show the stages of development that the house has to go through over time.  I think these documents are an important element as they give an insight into the legal side of the development as there are lots of laws on what developers can and cannot do to a house due to historical and political reasons.  I will also be looking into the history of the house in order to find out a bit about its origins – if I cannot find sufficient information on this I will be looking at cod houses and their origins as my house is a cod house.

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Presentation of work-in-progress

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Prepare a 3-5 mins presentation on something that you are working on right now in your Political Landscape project. For example:

An idea
An image
A photo-shoot
An experiment
An inspiration
New research
New development

Use blog posts to present in class. As a class we will give constructive feedback on how each student can develop their work and project

Wed 5 Dec:
Craig, Charlie done!
Woolsgrove, Megan done!
Ayling-Phillip, Sky done!
Da Silva, Shanesia
Worthington, Orla complete
Fenn, Jordan done!

Thurs 6 Dec:
Evans, Jenna done!
Grindheim, Benjamin done!
Hoy, Charlton done!
Vibert, Oscar done!
Kent, Alice done!
Taylor, Ryan complete
Dias, Liana

Tue 11 Dec:
Gallery, Nicholas done
Webster, Thomas done
Rabet, Timothy done
Horgan, Conor done!
Laszniewska, Julia
Lucas, Stanley done!
Cullinane, Juliette
Jervier, Imani done!

Thurs 13 Dec:
Mulliner, Evan postponed
O’Grady, Declan postponed
Regan-Hughes, Eve done!
Runacres, Hayden done!
Waigh, Anya done!
Liron, Jay done!
Luis, Erin

Tue 18 Dec:
Le Cornu, Kobi done!
Kulig, Wiktoria
Jones, Stephanie done!
Fry, Lily-Mae done!
Haynes, Oliver
Lutkin-Clarke, Georgina

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MFON

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MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora, is a publication which is committed to establishing, representing and promoting a collective of woman photographers of an African descent.

MFON’ was founded just over a year ago, by Lalah Amatullah Barrayn and Adama Delphine Fawunda. The book is dedicated  solely to 118 woman photographers of African descent. The title ‘MFON’ takes its name from Mmekutmfon ‘Mfon’ Essien, the Nigerian born American photographer who died ages 34 form breast cancer,  the day before her series “The Amazon’s New Clothes” was exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum of Art as part of the critically acclaimed exhibition “Committed to the Image: Contemporary Black Photographers.”

The first edition of the book features over 100 woman from across the Diaspora. The book  features a collection of  essays written by women scholars, journalists and artists. The main of the book is too;

  1. Promote an international representative voice of women photographers of African descent.
  2. Fill a void while creating a space for intellectual discourse around issues represented by women photographers of African descent.
  3. Create a powerful collective of women photographers, journalists, and scholars to build their practices through solid representation of their voices within the field of photography.

Diaspora – A diaspora is a scattered population whose origin lies in a separate geographic locale. In particular, diaspora has come to refer to involuntary mass dispersion of a population from its indigenous homeland. An example of a diaspora is the 6th century exile of Jews from outside Israel to Babylon.

The book has been featured in numerous publications, Vogue, The New York Times and the BBC. They first attempted to publish the book in 2006, in which they where unsuccessful, as the publishing houses saw to relevant market for the book. But now with the rise of black culter coming more widely  accepted the the main stream market.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/proof/2018/march/women-photographers-african-diaspora/

Case Study, Contextual Studies

ANDY WARHOL

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Andy Warhol – ‘Eat’

‘Eat’ is a 45-minute underground film created by Andy Warhol which features painter Robert Indiana, filmed in 1964 in Indiana’s studio.

‘Eat’ is filmed in black and white, with no soundtrack and depicts pop artist Indiana engaged in the process of eating a mushroom throughout the whole of the static film, with a final appearance of a cat at the end. The video is an intimate piece of art that is rather more of an experience for the viewer which allows a connection to be made with the subject of the film. The close up shots particularly, like in the frame above, emphasizes the feeling of intimacy. The simplicity of video art creates the idea that what the viewer is watching is not so far detached from reality and replicates real life. Particularly with ‘Eat’, the plot that doesn’t necessarily exist is very mundane, as eating is a part of life that everyone experiences on a daily basis.

Video art emerged during the late 1960s as new consumer video technology. Video tape recorders became available outside corporate broadcasting. One of the key differences between video art and theatrical cinema is that video art does not necessarily rely on many of the conventions that define theatrical cinema. Video art may not employ the use of actors, contain no dialogue, have no discernible narrative or plot, or adhere to any of the other conventions that generally define motion pictures as entertainment. Video art is often experimental, radical or unorthodox with respect to art, culture or society. It may also offer critique of the relationship between producer and consumer.