COFA 1002 - LORA - 18 - SYDNEY

Media and Design Student

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Frank Tinsley

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Inspiration for Assessment Three

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Lots of interesting examples for publication layout, image-making techniques and textures on this zine archive ZINELAB.

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Great visual references from jes

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Interrupting the signal

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Studio exercise

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We looked at the disruption of life as an ongoing disruption to the body and energy. It also has undertones of capitalism as the rich taking from the poor

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References

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Final Work - ‘At Face Value’

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Assessment Two: Concept Statement

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Final Work - 'At Face Value'

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Research

‘Art and Human Nature - Some Thoughts on Steven Pinker’s Critique of Contemporary Art’ by Derek Sanderson and Stephen Sanderson

http://stephenksanderson.com/documents/ArtandHumanNature.pdf

‘Art and Human Nature’ is an interesting read about an author’s stance on contemporary art. It enhanced my knowledge about humanity’s role in the arts and the way we are conveyed through artistic measures. 

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Experiment Five:

This is just a simple experiment using my camera to (rather clumsily) capture my surroundings. In deciding what to do for my final work, I considered making a video about the human environment and the way we live in that environment through interacting with each other. 

This video was shot at Central Station which I think has some pertinence as Central sees thousands of people passing through each day. There are many of forms of human interaction at the station, with commuters accidently running into someone they know, with homeless people asking for change, with charity representatives having a chat etc. 

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Research:

Designer: Justina Blakeney

After already having decided on my idea for my final work, I was doing some research on artists/designers who have used fresh flowers in their work. I came across Justina Blakeney’s work ‘Face the Foliage’. I’m really glad I found this work because I had my idea to do this for my work, but ‘Face the Foliage’ really guided me and provided further inspiration for my final work. 

The composition of the faces made of fresh foliage is really beautiful and well-executed. I really love her use of diverse flowers to achieve a certain image. 

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Experiment Four:

I wanted to explore the relationship between natural and man-made elements so I experiment with plastic shopping bags and flowers. I layered squares of plastic bag and in between these layers placed fresh flowers and leaves. I then sandwiched all of this between two large sheets of paper and ironed it on both sides. The results left a very unnatural image but I found the detail of the bubbles in the plastic and the reaction of the two materials very interesting.

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Research

Artist: Joy McKinney

Earlier this semester in class, Anna showed us a work called ‘Touching Faces’ by Joy McKinney. Joy films and photographs herself gently touching the faces of strangers in the streets. She does this to challenge the socially accepted boundaries between people, striving to push these boundaries of creativity and of society to create a better world. 

My first experiment recreates Joy’s work in an attempt to see for myself people’s reaction to me pushing the boundaries of their personal space. 

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Research 

Artist: Alesandro Ljubicic

Sydney based Alesandro Ljubicic produces amazing paintings of floral arrangments. His use of bold colour and texture in his paintings make them look life-like and I think they are absolutely beautiful. He captures so well the beauty of nature which has inspired me to use flowers in my final work. 

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Experiment Three:

Exploring different human noises, functions and necessities. I recorded myself eating a big juicy piece of watermelon. The results are very unattractive and pretty gross to listen to but I think it’s interesting how we’re so repulsed by the result of something (sound of chewing) that we were born to do (eat).

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Experiment Two:

These images are of a piece of skin that happened to be peeling. I noticed the very detailed patten in the skin and thought that it related well to my question for this assessment. It allowed me to think about the superficial and materialistic details we as humans use to define ourselves and how we manage to forget how fine and unique the details of our natural bodies are.