Charlotte Johnston BA2b: Interchange Project & FA Collaboration @charnuacollab-blog - Tumblr Blog

Posts

Interchange Project

Night Photography.

#BA2b #interchange #night photography #photography #lights

Mixed Media Animation.

#BA2b #interchange #animation #after effects

Pinhole Photography

‘pinhole’ lense made from a piece of tin with a hole poked through it and iridescent filter.

#BA2b #interchange #pinhole #pinhole photography #photography

Pinhole Photography outcomes.

#BA2b #interchange #pinhole photography #photography

FA Collaboration Project

Group 11

Group 11 were given the coordinates 52°37’40.9″1°17’35.9″E52.628031, 1.293307 as our given location from which to work.

Group members are:

Sacha Baldwin, Agne Kusaite, Alice Leon, Sarah Lancaster, Jess Lovelock, Yury Kim, Nanlita o Kan, Marlene Lees, Charlotte Johnston

The coordinates took us to a location known as Gentlemans Walk.

Group discussions began over coffee, regarding an approach to the brief, with particular focus on personal interests, and practice. Ideas emerged:-

Gentlemans Walk the location – “stalk male passers-by” in line with the road description.

Explore idea of fitting the title to the theme i.e. a gentleman

Explore/discover history of the location

Explore turning the idea of a gentleman on its head – change it

Explore representation of a gentleman – class and society

Consider asking random passers-by to wear a hat to see if their behaviur changes in line with being a gentleman

Interview people with questions about being a gentleman

Explore characteristics of a typical gentleman

Role reversal – Open a door for a gentleman/man record the response

Explore idea of manners/rudeness – the opposite of being a gentleman

Explore stereotypes

Explore location/placement of Gentlemans Walk – why next to the Marketplace?

Look how people walk. Observe shoes, outfit worn – does this change the style and method of the walk. Does the outfit change the way the man carries himself?

Explore idea of a display of hats

Explore Voice and language of a gentleman. Is a well spoken man a gentleman even if he isnt dressed as one? e.g. busker, homeless person etc.

What distinguishes a gentleman? Footwear, coat, Body language?

Compare gemntlemen today and of yesteryear

Some observations of male passers-by were recorded in photographic format and film. These are featured on our group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/533119596869707/

Research suggestions:

“Mon Uncle” – Jacques Tatife “The Girl Chewing Gum” – John Smith “Kitchen Stories” “Walking around a square” – Bruce Nowman Explore theme of “Mass Observation”

Outcome ideas:

Viewpoint from Cafe Nero window looking down. Perhaps as each person passes by e.g. in the form of a film/animation, the image of the person opens up displaying a response.

#BA2b #collab #the city

Gathering visual research of “gentlemen”.

#BA2b #collab #the city

Interviewing gentlemen.

Stopping a few “gentleman” of different age ranges asking them the same four questions:

What do you consider a gentlemen to be?

Do you think clothing makes a gentleman? Or is clothing irrelevant?

Do you consider yourself to be a gentleman?

As generations have moved on do you think gentlemen are disappearing?

#BA2b #collab #the city

Interviewing more gentlemen.

After conducting some interviews on Tuesday we decided to go back to Gentleman’s Walk and speak to a few more people. This time I decided to also ask a couple of women to look the female perspective on gentleman. The way in which the interviewees speaks is something we found it very interesting as it represents some of the characteristics of the speaker. we are also fascinated as to how their voice impacts and generates the listeners visualisation of them.

#BA2b #collab #the city

Quick on location observational drawings made into a zine.

#BA2b #collab #the city

we summarised the key themes coming out of the audio interviews. The opinions from the male point of view appeared to to be :-

Outside influences can lead to people going down the wrong path

Respect

Dress-sense

The Gentleman has disapeared

Politeness to ladies

Appearance

Doing better than your upbringing

Being surrounded by females perhaps makes you a better gentleman than being raised surrounded by males.

Class/Society

Dress-sense is just a superficial thing!

Society/upbringing is causing less gentleman

Dresscode

The way you conduct yourself

People don’t have the time to be gentlemen

Its dying out!

Money!

Gender – gender roles!

Fairness and honesty

Curteousy

Media is causing the disapearance

Intelligence

Politeness

Paying the bills

Upbringing attributes to the role

Softly spoken

Kindness

Key Themes of a gentleman from the Female point of view appeared to to be :-

Intelligence

Politeness

Paying the bills

Upbringing attributed to the role

Softly Spoken

Kindness

We decided to record funny quotes or comments made during the interviews. Male quotes were:-

“Decent fella”

“My son’s a gentleman”

“Its how I was brought up”

“Its how you act in life”

“Fashion is a funny thing”

“Everyone does their own thing now”

“He might dress well but not be a gentleman”

“A good gentleman would be my father”

“A gentleman is humble”

“I got that quote off a friend of mine, Henry Blowers, he’s from testmatch special. A good gentleman should be humble”

“All dressed in Burberry to be a gentleman”

“Might do to magazines and media”

“I’ve just come out the gym and I’m wearing jeggings”

“I pay the bills, look after my family”

“Whats all this for then?”

“I tell you what, shoot me some questions and I’ll see how confortable I am with it”

“I don’t know”

“I really don’t know what you mean by a gentleman”

“Its a cultural thing”

“You know what it means in this part of the world, in others it doesn’t exist”

“Your question is a little fake”

“Suited and booted”

My family would say so”

“A gentleman has become rarer”

“I offer my seat on the bus”

“I taught ‘im’!”

“A victorian person of a certain class”

“Clothing and class are relaterd to eachother”

“Someone who opens doors for old ladies”

“Clothing don’t make a gentleman”

Funny Female quotes were:-

“I don’t know any gentlemen”

If they were dressed nice I would call them a gentlemen”

“That type of thing – class”

“Someone who genuinely looks after women”

“I know plenty of gentlemen”

“They don’t have to be famous”

“I don’t like the concept of a gentleman, its outdated. Its a bit of a joke term – sexist”

“Someone with manners”

“You can tell alot by the way they dress”

“My dad is a true gent. Clean-cut, always offers to pay for things”

So what?

We now had a good selection of work from which to make something. We agreed that the interviews were a very strong outcome of the research. They portrayed the image of todays gentleman very well, from the point of view of visitors to Gentlemans walk. The tone, content and personality of the interviewee were captured very well.

It was felt that a film combining the audio recordings with a visual element being hand-written text saying one of the “funny quotes”, and the films made by Jess, Marlene, and Agne would be effective. Hand-drawn work could be represented in the book “zine” describing our work.

Examining the strengths of the members of the group, it was discovered that Jess based alot of her practice on film-making. After narrowing down what was felt the strongest interviews, agreeing the length of the film etc… Jess went to work making our exhibition film.

#BA2b #collab #the city