Nick - Documentation

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Semester Two Week 1

keywords:

fabric

bodies

human dimensions

orifice

tactile

contrast of straight lines and curves

hard versus soft

stretching

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notes to get back to question

Textile Installation

textile develops into tapestry narrative

tapestry represents authority

subcultural tapestry represents anarchy?

tapestry relationships with punk customisation of clothing

leather and fur

sculptures become like artefacts such as ancient greek pottery

(damien hirst new exhibition)

Artists to look at - Grayson Perry, Robert Rauschenberg, Lisa Reihana

Video/Audio 

pretty okay just developing more - e.g. original footage, closer relationship to traditional narrative

Artists to look at - need to ask lecturers for some models I guess. maybe look into music videos with weird narratives

Zine

possible relationship to ancient greek depiction of classical stories with linocut/printmaking

installation to give copies of zine

also relationship to original story tellings i.e. early written works (block books) maybe present some kind of religious ideas

Objective Drawings

emphasis on materials

nudes

traditional ideas

not really sure need to talk to julia

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Tape rope etc

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textile stuff

internal spaces

lighting

touchable (have to interact)

varying textures

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strands

General stuff:

-talk to lecturers about combining strands

-i.e. textile installation adds to video content

video/audio project

-more connections to narrative ideas

-original footage

-develop audio content

textile stuff/installation

-increase scale

-narrow down fabric selection

-walls

-other components (chains/fetish stuff)

-colours

-’studio’ setting refinement

paintings on random shit

-talk to julia about narrative connection

-do more/series

-possibly change content

-get paint/drawing supplies

zine

-make more

-selection

-words

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subversion of classic hero’s journey

https://vimeo.com/avantgardecinema/rhythmus21Subvert structure

inverting structure

post structure i.e. no structure/weird avant garde cinema movements (DADA)

https://vimeo.com/avantgardecinema/rhythmus21

how to make weird film movements more contemporary

how to subvert narrative structure using collage and also without being super obvious

dada cinema is an established subversion of film structure

content - protestors

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more stuff

narrative inspiration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3Yc3HhSl1Q

archetypal characters

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visual inspiration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czcjU1w-c6kappropriation

The Butcher Boys

Die Antwoord

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czcjU1w-c6k

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ideas to explore

colour changing light for video work

narrative structure translated into music i.e. melodic vs discordant peaks and troughs

more narrative based zine

just fucking do something good ffs

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talks with Jill and Christina (8/5/17)

new question

“the way in which counter-culture can subvert the classic hero’s journey”

(may become “the way in which counter-culture can explore the classic hero’s journey”) subversion may not be what i am looking for

Counter culture: a way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm.

Hero’s Journey: the common template of a broad category of tales that involve a hero who goes on an adventure, and in a decisive crisis wins a victory, and then comes home changed or transformed.

examples that kind of already do this:

Ziggy Stardust

The Holy Mountain

American Psycho (more of a subversion of ‘hero’ character)

Why this is important

myths throughout time and culture

human nature

maybe some existentialism

the hero’s journey is dramatised version of just living

classical examples/ examples that can be subverted

Jesus/bible

Star Wars

Matrix

will talk to them tomorrow about taking away counter culture part

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audio/moving image notes

Hans Zimmer

piano

strings

brass

repetitive/aural motif

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Zine notes

manifestos

Communist Manifesto

SCUM manifesto (here and here)

Punk zine

Razorcake

fanzines/specific interest

more art based stuff

zinefest

sourcing different artists to contribute

8 page experimentation finish by tomorrow

fake band albums/names

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to do tomorrow (3/5/17)

- take back library book

- start zine process (talk to melody-jazz)

- finish cleaning screens

- photo documentation start/info (strand)

- photo doc class with rohan

- finish one section of music part

- maybe start glen’s stuff if there is time

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notes from textile sculptures cold reading

themes of constriction, opposites

use of different fabrics

don’t let it become comfortable on the ‘wall’

interactivity

hanging is a plus

confined spaces

more ‘painting’ route - boxes/constriction

pink batts

hard and soft

bdsm