As a class we were split into small groups of two and given one of these topics; Constitution & Citizenship, Communities, International, Economy, Education & Sport, Heritage + Culture & the Arts and Environment. As a pair me and Jess got the theme International.
We used the websites provided and did our own research about Jersey’s International Identity.
Our poster:
In relation to the new project Identity and Community, to focus on Jersey’s International identity you could photograph famous sites and views which outsiders see, people who do not live here, but photograph the sites with different POVs. For example what they look like when they are not in their prime, summery, beautiful states. Or you could try and find different POVs in the angles and locations shot at and try and create a new look for that certain landmark because people over seas only see what is presented to them in the best way and it is always the same standard Corbierre picture. However you could also focus on only what outsiders see and capture Jersey through their eyes.
Save final image here: M:\Departments\Photography\Students\Image Transfer\IDENTITY & COMMUNITY|NFT/ IMAGE
Statement
Our pieces are a look at the past and the future of fashion, showing the contrast between the times. We wanted to capture the idea of fashion coming back from the past and the generational difference as a concept that could be used for other things that make our community. Inspired by the use of expression of identity through clothes and how clothes tell a lot about a person.
Evaluation
The final outcome we produced fits what we intended to create and the message we were portraying about clothing coming back into fashion and being historical and a big part of what makes people fit together as a community. As a group we worked well together and all did what we needed to do as individuals for the final outcome to work together.
Our still image is different from the artists references we chose and looks different to how we intended because we realised that our idea would be too complicated for us and that the simplistic approach we took better suits the message we wanted to portray about the evolution of fashion. However the concepts from the artists mixing old with new is still present in our video where we mix different pictures of Jersey from the past with clothing from the present.
Video: The video will have transitions in the title such as a gradient/fade. and montages/transitions like having multiple clips playing at the same time sharing a screen.
Title and credits: We will make the title page on photoshop then import it onto premiere.
Links to Royalty-free music: To get music from each decade we will use YouTube Audio Library and download that and import to premiere.
Sound effects: We will use M:\Departments\Media\Students\Sound FX to get the sound effect of a phone ringing and a dial tone for when the phone is put down.
Premiere Video Editing Process
Importing files and cutting the right sections out of each long clip to make shorter ones.Positioning the videos to fit the frame by using the left hand panel and altering the ‘scale’ and ‘positioning’.Layering clips to have multiple showing on screen at a time. Did this by changing the scale and position of the videos whilst layered over each other.Changing the speed of the clips so they are faster by right clicking on speed/duration and changing the percentage.Made the title page on photoshop using a black background. imported it into premiere and added a dissolve transition to the start and end of the title page.Used a website on my phone to convert a YouTube video into an mp3 file so that we could add the sound onto our video.
Still Image Editing
Imported all the images from the shoot onto Lightroom for selection.Flagged the images which were the best and used the side by side comparison tool to choose the individual best ones for each model.Editing the lighting in each image so that the white was brighter and the dark was darker, but still keeping the clothes and people visible.Imported the images to photoshop and cropped and edited the size of the L+W so they all fit together on the landscape background.Used the clone stamp on photoshop to edit the floor of the black photos to be black.The final outcome.
We will film someone walking in front of still images. And with a plain background walking to wards the camera.
Where
Hautlieu studio.
Who
People in group will help with the set up and as models.
Why
We want to show the difference in clothes over the years and that no matter how much technology and the world changes clothes stay the same and come back into fashion.
When
Does not matter as will be shot in a studio so weather or lighting is not an issue. Will be at a time and date suitable for people taking part and the equipment needed.
How
Using a projector and Blank white screen to project on and have the camera on a tripod. We will take multiple shots with different models and outfits and then edit them to make it look like the models are walking seamlessly as one.
Film Making
We will use a projector and a screen to project a still image as our background found from photo archives of jersey or the Internet matching the era that shot is focusing on. For the present and future we will take our own images. We will have someone walking physically in front of the projected screen.
Story Board
Scene 1 – 1970s
Scene 2 – 2000s
Scene 3 – 2021 (present)
Scene 4 – Future
Scene 5 – Future
Scene 6 – What’s Next?
Shot types and mise-en-scene:
Shot type: Long shot
Location: studio with projector background of image from archives
Props: Phone/object from the specific era
People: Same
Summary:
Our 30 second clip will consist of someone walking in front of a screen where a background to match that era will appear and they will be wearing iconic clothes to match. The clip will cut from different eras while the model walks looing like they are continuing to walk through the different eras. The end will have short cuts from each scene with new outfits from alternative eras then suddenly stop while the model turns towards the camera dressed in all black with a plain white background.
Chilean artist Jose Romussi taks vintage black and white images of ballerinas who were famous at the time and stitches colourful lines into thier frozen posture, adding a new vision to thier clothes creating a whole new look and interpretation to an image.
“My artworks are a reaction of my inspiration”
Romussi starts with an image that gives him an idea of how to make a whole new image using embroidery. He says he is not scared of breaking an image as he veiws that as making his own interpretation of beauty.
As well as creating a new look he adds a new emotion life and interpretation to each piece through embroidery.
He has created art of Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Alla Shelest, Tamara Karsavina, Olga Spessivtseva, Diana Gould, Susie Presley, and Diana Adams.
Famous Russian ballet dancers Vaslav Nijinsky and Tamara Karsavina.
Gipsy
Embroidery Workshop
The Embroidery + Narrative workshop led by Yulia Makeyeva got us to use different materials such as images and texts from the People Make Jersey exhibition and various fabrics and textiles to make our own composition. We mixed photography with embroidery to make a short stop animation (GIF).
1- materials
2- cut out
3- end plan
To start I chose to use materials which could be used for clothing or give off a clothing material look like denim. The images and texts from the People Make Jersey exhibitions I chose have interesting aspects to them like patterns and composition/shapes.
4- first stiches
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I started by using a combination of running stitch and backwards stitch, to stitch the small textiles together to give a patchwork effect as I liked the colours and the bleach/dye effect these had individually and together they contrast each other making each one stand out.
I used extra pieces that I pulled of from the denim-like fabric and stitched them onto the people cut out to make an outline of their clothes. I added the cut out background to sit behind them but in a different position so it leaves a gap behind them to show they are ’empty’. This aspect links to the text ‘Aliens registration card’ because it shows something about their identity being ‘alien’ through the idea of odd and missing.
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GIF
I used adobe photoshop to create a GIF by downloading all the photos into photoshop and pressing create frame animation.
My photos I used for my GIF are not shot correctly and have different angles and do not really show the process clearly of how I made the final product. However they do show the difference from start to finish.
The Tapestry exhibited at exhibited the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Bayeux, Normandy, France
The Bayeux Tapestry shows the medieval story of the Norman conquest of England on October 14th 1066 by the Duke of Normandy. The tapestry is embroidered onto a band of linen which is 70 metres long and half a metre wide and includes more than 70 scenes from the Battle of Hastings.
English axman in combat with Norman cavalry during the Battle of Hastings, detail from the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry, Bayeux, France.
It starts with introduction to king Harold’s visit to Bosham on his way to Normandy (1064?) and moves onto the start of the Battle of Hastings (1066) showing the Normans preparing their ships to cross the channel from France to England and continues through to the battle showing the moment William, Duke of Normandy kills King Harold, last of the Anglo-Saxon kings. Originally the story might have been longer but the end of the tapestry has perished.
The tapestry serves as evidence for the history of the 11th century but also as an important work of art from that time period.
The Tapestry was used as decoration once a year in the Cathedral in Bayeux, France. There it was “found” by Bernard de Montfaucon (French antiquarian and scholar) who publshed the first complete reproduction in 1730. After nearly being destructed during the French Revelution it was exhibited in Paris at Napoleon’s wish in 1803 and 1804 and since then has been at Bayeux expect during the Franco-German War in 1871 and during World War 2 1939-1945.
Context – I like how they both have interpreted the change in technology in their own way. Beeple has shown the past mixed with present day technology and Grimes has given us the future of technology.
Grimes’ ‘Newborn 4′ (from the WarNymph collection) is based on the theme of Anthropocene which is what we are currently doing in the world to harm the environment which is portrayed by the use of the Godess/baby cherub character who is fighting against the outdated ideas and corruption from the past. Whereas Beeples’ ‘Home Planet’ (from the Everydays 2020 collection) is based on the fear and obsession with developing technology which is shown by mixing the past with present. The two knights which are from the past where technology was very basic and did not really exist.
Formal Elements – They are both digital images not images taken from a camera of a real life thing meaning that the light is edited on and is not from natural light. The light in Beeple’s ‘Home Planet’ gives the sense of natural light coming from the left hand side and creates shadows throughout the image creating a lot of tonal range within the brown landscape. This is unlike Grimes’s ‘Newborn 4’ where there is not much light coming through and the image seems to be set at a sunset therefore not much natural daylight. However the image still has a high tonal range in the machinery and the cherubs wings creating a very contrasting look, making the machinery look even more manmade and technical. Beeple’s image is more warm toned than Grimes’s which is more cool toned but both have high saturation levels making the colours stand out to the viewer.
Beeples’ has a lot of depth to the image with multiple subjects in the foreground, middle ground and background which helps lead the viewers eye using the golden ratio/Fibonacci sequence to lead them around the image. Starting in the centre of the image at the astronaut then moving around to the top left corner following down to the bottom right hand corner where the knights are positioned creating a spiral shape. In contrast Grimes’ does not seem to follow any rule when leading the viewers eye around the image or have much depth but is similar as the viewer is originally drawn to the centre where the main subject (the cherub) is placed then the viewer explores around the cherub (the machinery).
Both images have different textures, for example Beeple’s is more natural textures like the land and rocky landscape whereas Grimes’s has the robotic, machinery texture making it feel more manmade than Beeple’s natural landscape. This also reflects in the lines and shapes in both images as Grimes’s is more geometric.
Mood – The mood in both images is sorrowful in the sense that the main subjects in both seem to be trapped or immobile. Beeple’s work has an astronaut which looks like it has been left there abandoned for a while and not moved like a derelict building, it may also reflect to the idea of an end to an era that has been left. Grimes’s main subject being the cherub trapped in a machine gives the sense of reflection towards what the world currently is and what is being done with technology.
Beeple (aka Mike Winkelmann is an american graphic designer who creates a variety of digital work including short films, Creative Commons VJ loops, NFTs and VR work. He has done work for big companies such as Apple, Space X, Coca-cola, Adobe, Samsung and has worked on concert visuals for music artists Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, Imagine Dragons, Katy Perry, Zedd and many more.
Beeple’s work has also featured on Louis Vuitton’s Women’s Spring 2019 collection as well as window displays for their stores. He also collaborated with them to build a custom handbag including bendable LED screens that featured in his videos.
Everydays the 2020 collection focuses on society’s alternating obsession and fear of technology. Showcasing digital images which incorporate the old with the new and mixing natural landscapes with objects/living things which do not match and would not work together.
Beeple, Everydays – The 2020 Collection.
“As generational tastes shift, we felt it important to support an exhibition that showcases a demographic’s interest that has had little previous institutional examination,” “We hope this exhibition will help propel the dialogue surrounding crypto-art from the fringes into the mainstream.” – Elliot Safra, a partner at AndArt Agency.
This work by Beeple uses the same concept as the work we want to produce as a group, focusing on the generational change in the world and universe.
Everydays – The First 5000 Days
His work Everydays—The First 5000 Days was for sale in the first entirely digital art auction. The work currently sits at $3.5 million.
Beeple, Everydays – The First 5000 Days.
‘The First 5000 Days’, the 1st purely digital NFT based artwork offered by a major auction house has sold for $69,346,250, positioning him among the top three most valuable living artists.
Grimes is well known for her music but also her NFTs. She combines the styles of gamer fantasy, anime and manga and science fiction among other genres.
WarNymph is the Goddess of Neo-Genesis. She battles outdated ideas and decay in society that threatens the future and sheds her old skin of corruption. The baby angel (Cherub) is a version Grimes including her iconic tattoos. The cherub exists in a virtual world within the themes of mythology and future creating an extension on the expanding metaverse.
She creates this by using a human form (Grimes) and merging a photogrammetry scan (using photos to map and take measurements) and a retopologised mesh that was made into different forms. Essentially making a digital version of herself.
This project explores the idea of identity in the vitual world and the fluidity with being able to create ourselves into different avatars and make new worlds.
Pieces which include new music or themes from new music from Grimes:
“Death of the Old” contains a demo of “Anhedonia”.
This first limited edition NFT release is her earliest visual form and is only the start as she plans on creating a mythical universe called Oth3rkin and WarNymph is part of it.
This work from Grimes showcases what we want to do as a group for our NFT, creating a future universe where technology is a big part of the change. The machines she uses in her work look alien to us in the current world but will be the new normal like the evolution from paper to typewriter to computer and now laptop.
Project Question: What will the future of Jersey look like as a community in the metaverse?
As a group we have decided to interpret the theme community by focusing on Generations. We plan to show the difference between old, current and future specifically in fashion and lifestyle. We will predict what we believe the future of the jersey landscapes and fashion would look like. Fashion as a topic influences a community through interpretation of people, different clothes say different things about someone’s personality. Lifestyle is also a major part of a community as different people we meet in our everyday lives, people we know or strangers, influences us as a person and the environment we live in, buildings influence our views on Jersey.
For our 30 second animated film we plan to use a projector and a plain background with different people walking through different eras (1970s, 2000s, present and future). As they walk through the different eras (different backgrounds) they will change clothes to fit with that time period.
The digital image will be a prediction of what a recognisable jersey landscape in town will look like in the future. The style of the digital image will be a combination of artists Beeple, Grimes and Maddog Jones taking different aspects from each artist’s work, such as colour, shapes and concepts/themes.
NFT stands for Non-Fungible Tokens, they are digital versions of real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos. They are bought and sold online, frequently with cryptocurrency. NFTs can be sold online meaning artists no longer need to rely on galleries to sell their art, but there are NFT exhibitions where a physical copy is shown in the gallery but the buyer will buy a digital version.
NFTs are non-fungible, which means it has unique properties so it cannot be interchanged with something else and is one of a kind but have no tangible form of their own. When buying an NFT they can only have one owner at a time so you are buying the ownership for the virtual or physical assets, this does not mean that they own the exclusive rights and can decide who sees or shares the artwork.
The Exhibition is based on: ‘Our life is between reality and NFTs, between tangible and virtual worlds. We all have 2 lives, offline & online. Now these lives are blended.’ Centred on the future of jersey and its metaverse. The Metaverse is a fictional virtual world which is used to describe the future of the Internet/digital world.
