Psychogeography Project 1 - Ella McKenzie @psychogeographyproject1em - Tumblr Blog

The 1st photo is of an A4 experiment where I used charcoal, gouache paint, string and sticks. I was referencing one of my walk photos and simplified it a lot to make that.

The second work was A1 size brown paper and was on an easel instead. This time I was referencing three photos. The first being of white cloth tightly tied to a chain fence, the second being a heavily damaged car with bright yellow spray paint on the windshield. The last photo I was using for reference was a heavily chewed and wripped up football I found. I took the use of charcoal from the small experiment and used that to draw the cloth and made that the focus of the artwork. I took the yellow spray paint from the other photo and added it in using gouache paint. The bright colour makes that it doesn't fade into the background.

When I was using the football for reference, I intentionally didn't have it competing for attention against everything else and had it more faded to the background, in the bottom right corner.

I used charcoal, goache paint, water, wax, tape, string, Indian ink, oil pastels and wool. I ended up really liking this artwork because of the chaos of it all. Even so, it does have a structure to it and a focal point. I feel like I've learned a lot from doing this like being more loose when working and learning to through caution to the wind more often and take more risks.

#studioday #Raushenberg

My task was to try and define what a 'map' is or can be.

In the map I have made, I thought about the artist Val Britton, she made many works closely related to maps as her late father used to drive everywhere for his job. She felt as if she could be closer to him when working with the concept of maps. I took her use of string and the paint she used when doing the shapes of different lands from maps. Although I only used a paint a bit and decided to use a lot of string. This is solely because strings are a lot faster to use that painting a lot delicate shapes.

I also added in print outs of the routes I have taken from some of my walks and stuck them in. There's also some other things stuck in that I've found outside while on my walks. I've made sure to have everything on the page be somehow confusing at first glance but also easy to follow if you look closely, just like a map. The found objects I've used are easy to recognise, such as McDonalds, greggs, etc. This is because of the idea that maps can also give you comfort when you're lost. These familiar objects can give a sense of comfort because of its familiarity.

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This is a photo of my studio wall to look at the work I have made so far, or at least most of it because the rest are at home. I have written on sticky notes to put as well to help connect ideas, ways for improvement, or simply to remind me of things.

Putting my work on the wall helps me to take a step back and see it as a whole. This helps me see things I otherwise couldn't like mistakes or connections.

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These are photos of my experiments of mixed media work based on Raushenberg and how unlimited his style of work is in terms of materials and ways to use them.

I used things like blue roll, watercolour paint, scrap paper and tracing paper. I used them in ways such as glueing, ripping, layering, paint trailing and dripping and scrunching.

I have learned from this that I could go a lot bigger in terms of the size of the paper. One reason is because Raushenberg was no stranger to that and second is that I would have more freedom and space with what I'm working on. It also doesn't have to be just paper either, it could cardboard or even wood. Different colours of paper would be beneficial for me for veriaty too (brown and black).

I want to go further with the materials too and really push the boundaries in what they could otherwise be used for. I could use the found objects I've picked up from my walks and implement them into my works somehow.

I think I haven't been focusing on my theme too much and have only been focusing on the work. So my goal from now on is really push my creativity with ideas and concepts to put behind my work.

#studioday #Raushenberg #experimenting

My 3rd short video of yet another walk. I only took one screenshot this time because there wasn't much else in the video to focus on. I think there is an 'alone' factor there due to the one lamppost with the only vehicle right beside it. At least in that specific shot.

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Here is my second short video I have taken. This is while I was waiting on my train in the morning and I thought I could take a video of the train station since the morning light looked especially appealing. I have made a constant to be alone during these videos to further explore the 'being alone' theme I've chosen.

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This is a short 10 second video I have taken while on one of my walks. I think I could use the shape of the bars and signs on the second screenshot for artworks.

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