Experimental Process

This is the Tumblr for Clare Milledge's COFA1001 tutorial group in 2014, it is structured in 4 parts: WEEKS (what we did in class activities) CONCEPTS (examples I or other tutors have provided that relate to concepts) WHITEBOARDS (all our brainstorms) and GENERAL (useful info and Tumblr tips).

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https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MYVGufKhXitApNHRUvwScarxT-cyNbLJUrUpyeWhDLM/edit?usp=sharing

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The third state of erasure is Objects Closed and Opening. The experiment is to ‘cover’ and investigate the interplay of erasure and creation In continuation of the first state of erasure the third examines objects closed to us in some ways, yet open to us in many. Demanding our...

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Great take on a Lynchian theme by Sam Wickham!

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Iteration 3:

These pictures are another improvement from the origami that I have made. I took many pictures of my origami’s’ shadows and edited using “photo mirror” application from my phone. It has shown on how one origami can create several different kinds of shadows. It looks unique and interesting. One picture shows a love heart, a bunny ears, a bird, a castle and many different unique and interesting styles. I was kind of surprised on how the origami’s shadow that I have took can turn into something that I did not expect.

I was inspired to make this experiment from my first assessment, where I also created several different shadows of my 3D random sculpture.

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Beautiful images from origami by Fransisca Wynne!

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                          **************ITERATION 5**************** I arrived at this last iteration after trying to find a way to record dialogue without my own voice. I ended up using google translate as my speaker, however I noticed that google translate speaks in the most hilarious accents. I then wondered if google translate would understand itself? Experimental Process: I started with the line "The noiseless channel is an ill-fated dogma. Destroy expectations. Glitch the exo-skeleton of progress". I had the mac speak the line out loud and the iphone translate the mac’s english into english. I then repeated this by having the iphone restate what it heard and the mac translating that. I continued this over and over. (repetition and faulted reflection) Above is only snippets of some of the results.  Reflection: this was a really fun experiment which showcased the failure of google translate and furthermore, the challenges of accurate reflections and replications. There was no way I could predict that a line such as “The noiseless channel is an ill-fated dogma. destroy expectations” could turn into “android channel is interest rate, Did Obama destroy the expectations?”  Although I fed in the same line into the translator each time, I would always receive a different interpretation. There was much left up to chance. 

Documentation: video edited in imovie. music from imovie library, quote taken from Rosa Menkman’s Glitch Studies Manifesto (very interesting read)

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Hilarious lost in translation experiment from Angela Yang: when Apple can't recognise itself!

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COLOUR ME

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Great colour field projections from Miki Gaddes!

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ITERATION 3: FINAL

Speaking patterns

For my 3rd iteration I have focused more on the sound and the spoken word. I wanted to find out what the spoken word edited and warped with music would sound like. In my other iterations I have used sounds around my house and my world, however, this time I have used famous film quotes to illustrate my point. I have used 6-7 famous movie quotes from different films to produce a piece of music which incorporates speech instead of singing. I also experimented with a new music sound - like a arpeggiator bass and percussion to further emphasise the mood of the piece. 

Overall I am very pleased with this iteration. And although it moved away from the visual aspect and leant more towards the aural, I feel like it definitely developed my understanding of sound and the spoken word more and how it can be documented in new and entertaining ways. 

MEDIUMS:Mac microphone - film quotations recorded, computer software - Garageband, iMovie.

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Really fantastic experimentation from Jessie Patmore with this sound work!

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HELP

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Excellent experimentation with OCD!

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ITERATION 5. I DON’T KNOW

This experiment documents the state of not knowing by collecting and editing ‘I don’t know’ scenes from 15 films and 2 TV series using ‘Windows Live Movie Maker’.

The films and TV series I used include

    - Boyz n the Hood (1991)

    - Casablanca (1942)

    - Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)

    - Fair game (2010)

    - Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

    - Fringe (2008-2013)

    - Hangover 3 (2013)

    - Matrix (1999)

    - Old School (2003)

    - Rizzoli & Isles (2010-)

    - Roman Holiday (1953)

    - Sex and the City 2 (2010)

    - Taken (2008)

    - The Bourne Identity (2002)

    - The Counselor (2013)

    - The grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

    - Tin men ( 1987)

Reference - Christian Marclay’s ‘Telephones’ (1995)

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Brilliant Christian Marclay style video!!!

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Iteration 3: 

Drawing from iteration 2, I have re-contextualised an at home space by placing it in a public setting to adjust the way people see the space. There was a mixed reaction, mainly stares and bad looks, one person tried to engage with the chair and magazine and another woman got extremely frustrated with it; pushing the chair and stealing the tea bag in the tea cup in spite. By changing this home space into a public area I have adjusted the way people see and respond to the space.

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What happens when ordinary household objects are taken into odd places?! A must-watch! Especially after the first scene.

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Iteration 1 - Face Painting

My first iteration derives from the ‘Wicked Problem’ assignment, I chose to focus specifically on an experiment where I played with appearances in response to the concept of the ‘Control of Play’ . For this iteration I painted my sister’s face to make her face appear as though it is a 2D painting as oppose to a 3-Dimensional form. This iteration was inspired by American artist Alexa Meade. Meade utilises the human body as her canvas where she then paints a representation of the person on their own face. This experiment used course concepts such as Mark Making, Ways of Seeing, and Reflection. 

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Some excellent paintings by Milica Nikolovska

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ITERATION 1

For my first iteration, l wanted to explore the erasure of knowledge by distorting formality and instructions. I questioned if we would end up in a mess through the erasure of instructions, and instead of erasing, creating. To test this, l grabbed a simple recipe, and randomly selected individual words in which l later paired up to distort the instructions/method. These include,

beat apple

pour flour

fold foil

scrape sugar

drizzle milk

cool pan

add egg

drip cream

Once these were selected, l simply followed through with these actions straight onto a table. 

Through this experiment, the erasure of knowledge of following instructions has made me question how methods of certain things, such as a recipe are created. Experiments are undergone which allow different results each time, which is in fact what creates something new. Have l in fact created a new method through this experiment?

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I love the second image in particular here by Tess Thyregod!

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Some excellent experiments from Taylor Dighton.

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Iteration 2- ‘Your Look’ Video

Stemming from my first Iteration, I wanted to continue to experiment with the magazine dress. I created this video (using iMovie) and it turned out to be an advertisement in itself almost. I wanted to disrupt the ‘Perfect’ world of advertising and bring in a little reality. The article I found from iteration 1 about the ‘Perfect Dress’ insists that A dress has the capability to make you look, feel and act inferior. I painted some ‘Powerful’ words onto the dress to see if it would make the dress look more appealing and desirable. By finally burning the ‘perfect dress’ i wanted to show that realistically an outfit does not define a person, similarly magazine advertisements are unrealistic portrayals of unrealistic people and objects.

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This video from Rebecca Moore starts off seemjngly innocuously but takes a heavier turn at 00:22!

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Iteration #2: Music score compilation MIXING

In this iteration through editing, by mixing the scores of Batman Begins, The Dark Knight & The Dark Knight Rises soundtrack, we visualize the tragedy of the Batman character from the moment his parents died. The beginning of the track has a very somber and gloomy tone, the operatic opening symbolizes that this character is a larger than life figure.

The track steadily moves from depressing to operatic to haunting to heroism and finally epic. This was intentionally done to give an arc of the character through audio. The mixing and delaying of certain music scores, give undertones to the arc of the character in the audio, by listening carefully you could hear another layer of music under the main one. 2 layers of audio were used.      

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Great score-mixing compilation by John Nguyen!

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These fabrics up a tree by Taylor Dighton worked very well as a painting.

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teration2

for iteration two I have futures the idea of movement through exploring different ways of documenting movement. Instead of photography I originally used paint and a large piece of paper, and experimented by documented the movement of my body struggling to get up covered in paint for 3 minutes. This was then further edited by painting the placement where my body touched the paper most. Finally I developed the concept of presenting my finding as a magazine spread to create a more interesting perspective. Using a different way of seeing and editing I created a editorial, using my documenting painting as a dress.

furthers the idea of documenting movement

Process at  - 

http://ellendickson.tumblr.com/tagged/iteration2

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Ellen Dickson has made some excellent experiments here from a "failed" painting, turning it into a fashion fabric.