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Mike Winkelmann
Michael Joseph Winkelmann, known professionally as Beeple, is an American digital artist, graphic designer, and animator. Working under the name Beeple, his long-running project “Everydays,” a series of digital compositions that he makes and shares daily. In recent years, the “Everydays” have slowly turned to the theme of garish cartoon sensibility. Here are some examples of what Mikes “Everydays” work looks like…
Greg Mike
Populated by gleefully twisted characters, his world is unsettling, mischievous and uniquely captivating. Currently based in Atlanta, Greg Mike is a multi-platform studio specializing in branding, apparel design and visual production. His work is based around the unique colour world with cartoons that intrigue all age ranges.
Overview: Reflect + Review
Over the past year and a half we have studied different photography topics, I enjoyed the abstract and landscape photography the most.
Abstract Project
I studied the works of Jaromnir Funke, Ray Metzker, Keld Helmer-Petersen and Albert Renger-Patzsch.
These were the two main photographers I studied and created responses to. These two photographers work have got strong geometric shapes in them.
To create my final outcomes I used photoshop to layer images over each other and edit the lighting to black and white. I also edited the pictures to have a high contrast to get the shapes stronger.
Landscape Project
Rural landscapes
Started this project looking at different artists and learned a lot about compositions. Like the Golden Ratio and Rule of Thirds which helped me develop my photography skills and create interesting images which were more appealing to the eye and told more of a story in some situations.
These three artists caught my attention by the colours and shapes they had in their images specifically Charlie Waite and Lisa Wood.
Some of my outcomes:
Identity Project
We were given the theme of Identity to start a new project. I chose to look at the word identity it self and to not focus on my own identity to start with.
I looked at the different approaches from each photographer looking at Identity as a topic and took Alec Soth’s and Raina Matar’s styles to create my own outcomes focusing on my identity but also the way that outside influences have on our identity.
Some of my outcomes:
Industrial + Urban Landscapes
After researching many photographers like Alexander Apstol, Ed Rushca, Rut Blees and Lewis Baltz I chose to focus on The New Topographics which is a theme about landscapes which have now been man-altered like urban areas being turned into parking lots, suburban housing and warehouses. I also focused on old urban landscapes and was inspired by the works of Eugene Atget who took images of the constantly changing Paris architecture and streets.
Lewis Baltz:
Eugene Agtet:
Identity + Community
This project helped me with selection of my images and understanding more about why certain images go together or contrast and why photographers choose to sequence images together.
In this project I also used Lightroom for the first time and have found this helpful in my current work.
In all my work I have enjoyed looking at compositions and shapes within different landscapes and objects.
Education and Sport in Jersey – Poster
Me and Michael get given the topic ‘Education and Sport’ to make a poster on related to Jersey.
We used the island identity report to list facts and information about these topics, as well as images to visually show the islands education resources and sporting life.
We also answered these questions on the poster:
1. What makes Jersey special and why does it matter to you?
2. What does it mean to be ‘Jersey’, now and in the future?
3. What can we all do to solidify a cohesive and positive Island identity?
4. Are there barriers to a positive and inclusive Island identity? (What requires a greater focus and what is being missed?)
Below is the final product:
Contextual study 2: Bayeux Tapestry AND Occupation Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres long and 50 centimetres tall that expresses the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.
The Bayeux Tapestry was commissioned by Bishop Odo to embellish his newly-built cathedral in Bayeux in 1077. Although the end of the embroidery is missing, the story ends with the Anglo-Saxons fleeing at the end of the Battle of Hastings in October 1066
Creating these Tapestries around this era is a start, a new begining so called photography as it captures and expresses the storys and events that took place.
The Occupation Tapestry
The Occupation Tapestry was the biggest community art project ever in Jersey, and made by Islanders for Islanders. There were more than one tapestry created. Almost every parish was in on the idea of these tapestries to become famous in order to tell the story of what life was like during the five years of German occupation.
9th May 1995, the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the Island from 5 years of occupation. The tapestry was made from a single panel to the twelve panels, each of which depicted a scene of local life during the German Occupation. Each of these panels was designed by Wayne who gave guidelines on colours to be used on the key elements of the panels to make the tapestry enlightening.
ISLAND IDENTITY PROJECT
The ISLAND IDENTITY project has produced a website and a report that has identified distinctive qualities of island life in Jersey. You may wish to explore one of those key themes more in-depth as a concept for your project. They are:
Constitution & Citizenship
Communities
International
Economy
Education & Sport
Heritage, Culture & the Arts
Environment
a video to sum up the Island identity project https://vimeo.com/546020507
link to the website; https://islandidentity.je/
The topic/ area we have chose to research into is Heritage, Culture, and the Arts.
link to sources- https://islandidentity.je/report/heritage-culture-and-the-arts
Heritage- It is the extraordinary range of landscape, monuments, experiences and stories that characterise Jersey, and it also encompasses our contemporary interactions with this inheritance and the meanings we ascribe to it. Heritage gives the Island its distinctive look and feel, attracts tourists, and can inspire both intercultural dialogue and a shared sense of place and belonging.
Jersey is unusually rich in tangible heritage assets, some of which (such as the prehistoric site at La Cotte and Le Câtillon Bronze Age hoard) are of international significance.
Fourteen thousand Islanders – one seventh of the population – are members of Jersey Heritage. However, the sector has suffered from chronic underfunding, a lack of dedicated Ministerial input, and the lack of a coherent Heritage Strategy for the Island, all of which the Board suggest be rectified as soon as possible
Culture and the Arts– Jersey has a rich tradition of artistic endeavour, and an enviable intangible cultural heritage. From music to filmmaking, from painting to poetry, scores of Jersey citizens are now making careers and reputations at international level. Jersey have some excellent organisations (such as ArtHouse Jersey) and events (such as the Festival of Words and the ‘Weekender’) are helping to put the Island on the global cultural map.
Another important innovation would be the establishment of a Cultural Festival, possibly coinciding with a new National Jersey Day. The Board singled out the Battle of Flowers as an exemplum of the enormous power of cultural activity to express identity and provide an important social ritual. Its real value should be recognised by Government not as a tourist attraction as something which unites our communities in a creative, artistic endeavour.
What makes Jersey special is the unique diversity on the island that we have and all the different cultures and heritages that can be represented through the different arts in Jersey. It matters to me as it’s important to know about every individuals background and where they come from , as it is a small Island and having a range of different cultures is always fascinating to learn about and know that Jersey is accepting of all backgrounds. Jersey has some remarkable landscapes and architecture that it is known for such as all of our castles, this represents Jersey through a historical viewpoint and allows anyone to learn about Jerseys culture through these.
Jersey means being in a small community as an Island that will keep expanding in the future and more backgrounds and cultures will be a part of Jersey. For a small island the diversity we have it quite large and in the future it will be represented in more forms of art and shows, as Jersey is known for that.
In order to solidify a cohesive and positive Island identity I think we should all be very welcoming to all backgrounds and accepting of one another even if we come from different places as we all live on the same small Island. If we want to create a positive identity we need to make sure everyone feels comfortable and there isn’t any discrimination. As well as that we should all celebrate and express the different cultures through certain events or forms of art, that Jersey already takes part in.
There will always be some barriers to a positive and inclusive Island. Such as when it comes to different cultures, some people may have certain issues or may not be as accepting as others. This can lead to problems as it would be holding back the progress of Jersey being an accepting community. Other barriers could be that certain people aren’t willing to learn about Jersey’s heritage and only come here for a job for example and see Jersey as a business place only when there is so much more to it that they haven’t been educated on , which limits the amount of people that know about Jersey’s unique heritage.
link to all of Jersey’s culture spots – https://www.jersey.com/culture-here
MAKING OF OUR POSTER
we decided to make a moodboard of al the different cultures/ aspects of Jersey, that makes it unique and give us some inspiration for our poster.
We then got started on our poster and printed out images as well as including the research we did .
filming editing
Setting/ Editing
The location was at the house of a relative of mine, We liked this house because it’s regal and touch of femininity. This film was fun to make because it’s concept and also each scene was a perfect image with several hidden symbols. We choose ‘Womankind’ as our title reference to mankind but also because of the stereotype that woman need to be kind and gentle. We took several shoot and we picked out three of them. The videos were about ten seconds each and created a smooth transitions, the goal was to create a continuous shoot and also to create our model’s story about the fight that women did during decades. The first clip is in black and white in reference to the time period (50’s) and to Cindy Sherman. Our model is in the kitchen cooking. She looks around if her husband left, puts down the bowl and picks up her suffragette before she leaves. For the second scene, We can find colour but they are not very bright reference to Clare Rae. In these scene, the model walks into the scene, get’s ready and picks up her woman’s rights poster determined to protest for her rights. The last video clip with our model is the representation of a better future, our model is entering she seems happy and confident, she looks at the mirror and then smile at the camera when she leaves we can hear the speech saying how gentle and kind you are with yourself and then we see the images of strong women stories fighting, protesting, working, trying to have a better a life. After we pick out music for our NFT video. Unfortunately we could only use royalty free for the track due to rights issues. Our first idea was to put a different song for each decade but we thought it wasn’t enough meaningful. We wanted the song to make us emotional and that’s when we found Luminance by Scott Buckley. The song is sweet and dramatic it was perfect. We added for an extra touch three feminist speeches recordings that was well associated to every shoot. The first audio recording we used is taken from Christabel Pankhurst 1908 speech protesting the proper for votes for women. After we used a speech from 70’s on the Women’s rights motion and the third one is a speech recorded in 2019 the most recent of Britta Badour’s “Dear Young Woman”
Film – 30 sec
video plan;
- set up our studio with bright lighting and make sure they’re in the correct position to avoid shadows on the white backdrop
- have all of our outfits ready and planned
- set up our camera on a tripod so that it’s not moving and in the same place
- record all-decade walks in different outfits.
- take additional photos to then turn into a GIF and digital image
- export the videos and photos
- start editing process.
After all the editing, that was shown in my previous blog post, this is the final video outcome we have made;
link to our video – https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/744704d6-9530-45ed-90ef-886d0c5627f8
NFT – Final video
https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/7f2e5973-fc97-435e-8d97-632fd5209787
If we had the chance to do this NFT project again, I think we would have done a few things differently. Firstly, I think we should have done some of the drone shots again so that in the video the shot isn’t as shaky. Secondly, I believe we should have got actual vr glasses instead of a printout. Finally, I believe the animated character should have had some similarity to Michael. However, it proves the point of the 2 live as it shows that he is detached from his other version of himself.