What is a NFT?

A NFT also known as a non-fungible token is a unit of data stored on a blockchain which is a unique certificate of ownership of one specific piece of data. NFT’s can be used to represent items such as photos, videos, audio and other types of file.

History of NFTS

The idea of an NFT was first thought up in 2012-13 and started as a coloured coin issued on the same blockchain as Bitcoin. Coloured coins represent real life assets and can prove ownership of something.

The first NFT was created by a man called Kevin McCoy on the 3rd of May 2014 and called it “Quantum”. Quantum is a octagonal shape filled with moving circles creating pulsating and hypnotic hues. It is still a one of a kind art piece and is worth roughly 7 million dollars.

What is Digital Art?

Digital art is an artistic work that uses digital technology as part of the creative presentation process. It is also called multimedia art and links to the larger label of media art. Digital art is a very good example of how modern art can be represented. It is a very powerful form of art and utilises modern techniques.

History of Digital Art

The first use of “Digital Art” was used in the early 1980’s after computer engineers developed a paint program which was used by the pioneering digital artist Harold Cohen. This program was known as AARON.

Digital art can be computer generated, drawn and scanned or made with a computer. In the 1990’s video had the ability to now be downloaded onto a computer allowing artists to manipulate video and still images. They could now cut and paste creating collages and mash ups of images.

A storyboard is a collection of images that tell a story and how the shots telling the story will look. Our storyboard is below and we printed an empty storyboard in which we drew a small image and wrote a small sentence describing what is happening. The storyboard follows a sequence of events that begin with the main subject putting on a VR headset outside when he is transported into a VR world.

The Bayeux tapestry is a embroided cloth that is nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetres tall, which portrays more than 70 scenes of the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066 by the Duke of Normandy. It tells the story from the point of view of the conquering Normans but is now agreed to have been made in England. The story begins with a introduction to Harold’s visit to Bosham on his way to Normandy in around 1064 and ends with the flight of Harold’s English forces from Hastings in around 1066, however the story should have been taken further and should end with the Anglo-Saxons fleeing at the end of the Battle of Hastings in October 1066 but the end of the tapestry strip is missing.. Along the top and the bottom of the tapestry runs decorative borders with figures of animals, scenes from the fables of Aesop and Phaedrus and some scenes related to the main pictorial narrative. 
The tapestry is made up of 13 chapters each containing a various amounts of scenes within the chapter. Each chapter tells a different part of the story, developing the story in each chapter and scene.

When first referred to in 1476, the tapestry was used once a year to decorate the nave of the cathedral in Bayeux, France. This made the tapestry be discovered by by the French antiquarian and scholar Bernard de Montfaucon who then went on to produce the first reproduction of the Bayeux tapestry in 1730.Bernard de Montfaucons reproduction of the tapestry was exhibited in Paris at Napoleon’s wish in 1803–04.
The tapestry is of greater than a work of art, it is also important evidence for the history of the Norman Conquest, especially for its evidence of Harold’s relation to William before 1066.

In the 19th century a group of Victorian embroiderers take on the project of recreating the Tapestry in its entirety, where they reproduced every single detail stitch-by-stitch so that the Tapestry’s story could be enjoyed by people in England.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bayeux-Tapestry

Discover the Bayeux Tapestry

Mind map

Street Photography is a good technique to capture communities as they are in the moment. Its a way to photograph the natural social human life with not purpose or before hand set up. Capturing different cultures, race, and age all socialising together is what Jersey wants to be. Welcoming and friendly to all, photographing these moments in time will give a visual look on how life is in Jersey.

Jersey Farming

Jersey is known for its highly ethical ways of farming over the years. Fair trade has been introduced into the island since the 80s and has been a great way of farming not only for the workers but for marketing and other food businesses’.

Statement of intent

For our NFT group project, we are focusing on Jersey as an environmentally friendly community. We are going to use a model who will travel around Jersey on an Evie Bike and buy locally and ethically sourced food. This will show Jersey as environmentally friendly as a lot of Jersey produce is grown or found locally, which reduces a lot of pollution from shipping food in from abroad. We will us music in the background of our video to create an upbeat mood and take shots at a high/low angle to create interest for the viewer.

A community of the future will celebrate diversity, equality and inclusion and propose a new digital world; a metaverse where everyone is equal regardless of class, race, gender and age. A digital ecosystem that transcends all virtual identities into a utopia for peace, prosperity and progress

Our Group Ideas

Our group have decided to focus on how Jersey’s community is a strong, eco friendly environment. Here are some images of how we as a group may picture our short film may turn out to be.

Mood- Board

 Jersey Museum consists of stories and items that relates to how life was in the past for jersey with mostly expressing how the people themselves made Jersey how it is to this day. Whether these people are locals or immigrants, all took part in the growth in Jersey. In fact, if it wasn’t for the immigrants coming over to Jersey for work, Jerseys economic funds wouldn’t be as wealthy as it would be to this day. Religious/ political refugees, economic migrants that arrived to support new industries such as oyster fishing, ship building, construction and agricultural workers, or tourism all made Jersey to be a financially stable island.

mood-board of exhibit

Here are some images of Jersey museum. We as a group of photographers explored and learned many new and interesting facts of the people and families that have lived or are still living in Jersey. These stories written on the walls, in books and expressed as images and items really emphasise how far Jersey has came with immigrants and locals having or choosing to live in Jersey in the passed and present.

The exhibition states;

‘Every Jersey resident has an immigration story – whether their family came here 500 years or five years ago. This exhibition explores some of these stories and the ways in which immigration has shaped and influenced the Island we know today.’

-Research

16th and 17th Century – Religious Refugees

The French Wars of Religion took place during the 16th century between Catholic and Protestant (Huguenots). Many Huguenots fled France to Protestant Countries. So many Hugenots fled to Jersey at this time that an extra market day was put in place and was introduced.

The Edict of Nantes in 1598 granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the State. This was revoked in 1685 and a large number of Protestants left France over the next two decades with several thousand finding new homes in Jersey. They left without money, but took with them many skills, establishing small businesses in the Island.

These so called “immigrants” brought not only benefits to themselves with starting life again, but benefits to the island. hundreds and thousands of people that fled from France were employed to farming ect.

In these last few lessons as a class we created a small tapestry made of the materials being different fabrics that relates to an artist we found and chose in an art gallery book. This artist we chose had a passion for feminists and women rights in the topic of sexuality and events that women go through during the stages of life.

The Bayeux tapestry was made to celebrate William I’s conquering of England in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

There is no known precise date for when the Bayeux Tapestry was created but the academic consensus is that it must have been produced very soon after the events it depicts. This means that it is a key primary source for students of the Conquest period.

The tapestry contains a considerable amount of information not only about the political events surrounding the Conquest story, but also about other aspects of military, social and cultural history. Historians of clothing have gleaned much about Anglo- tapestry and Anglo-Norman garment styles and fashions from the depictions shown in the tapestry, while academics interested in early medieval ship-building, sailing and carpentry have likewise learnt much from the sections dealing with the construction and voyage of William’s invasion fleet.

What’s important to note is that as a source of information on the political events to the Conquest period, the tapestry actually offers very limited definitive evidence. The Latin inscriptions that run above the pictorial narrative are terse and limited in number. This ambiguity means we do not know, for instance, what Edward the Confessor and Harold are discussing in the first scene of the story. Nothing is said other than ‘King Edward’ above the frame, so we are entirely in the dark about the meeting and must infer from other sources as to what the designers are trying to tell us. That is a problem that persists throughout the tapestry, where we are constantly invited to infer what is happening from the pictures, rather than being told what is happening with words.

All information was taken from:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/norman/5-bayeux-tapestry-facts-what-is-it-why-was-it-made-and-what-story-does-it-tell/