Hannah Hoch (1889 – 1978) was a German Dada artist. She is best known for her work of the Weimar period, in which she was one of the originators of photo-montage (a type of collage in which the pasted items are actual photographs, or photographic reproductions pulled from the press and other widely produced media). Key themes in Hoch’s work include androgyny, political discourse, and shifting gender roles. These themes all interacted to create a feminist discourse surrounding Hoch’s work. Hoch constantly promoted the idea of women working creatively more generally in society.
To add to my research of the area to be explored, I decided that it would be appropriate to take street view shots in order to have a bit of an insight before hand of the area.
Part of the main area I am exploring is the car park, however now has been transformed into the International Finance Centers, with much of it still under construction. Other areas include Liberty Wharf, which was once known as a former abattoir that was restored and converted for the use of a shopping centre.
As seen above Henner very much focuses on satellite imagery as his main source of art. One technique commonly seen in his work is shaped pixels, this can be done through selecting an area and finding the main color present in that space, to then convert it to just that singular color.
They tend to focus on how the different textures of the floors can create the pattern to make aesthetically pleasing imagery. The images taken are of everyday generic objects that we take for granted and don’t see the patterns within them.
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My Edits
This map of King Street is believed to date from 1913. It shows clearly how relatively small the properties were on the south side of the street, compared with those on the north, which stretched back over what had previously been wet meadowland.
I researched what King Street looked like in the past and displayed a few to show the comparison between the two time periods.
I also took pictures of the urban landscape when comparing the old images and photographed the surrounding environments. When doing this I tried to take the photos taking inspiration from the New Topographic photographers.
One image that I particularly liked and decided to analyse was ‘Archival Pigment Print From a Surveillance Camera Feed’ which won the Lens Culture Emerging Talent Award 2016.
Technical: Marcus DeSieno’s piece consists of hacking into surveillance feeds to capture interesting imagery, the image itself seems to be taken on a gloomy day, capturing the silhouette of the mountain range in the distance whilst incorporating the Ansel Adams system throughout capturing a range of shades. The picture seems to have been deteriorated creating an old feeling to it whilst maintaining much of the crisp qualities of the original photo. A depth of field can be seen partially used through the use of the graininess and how the road snakes off into the distance removing detail from the image, but at the same time keeping out focus on the road.
