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Experimental Process (Task 3)

Follow this link to my Assessment 3 submission.

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The Second Process

My next process was made focusing on the incorrect use of tools. I combined the three documentations; painting with a golf-ball, making an artwork with toast and Vegemite, and drawing with the wrong body parts.

I began by collecting the different spreads to use in the artwork - jams, honey and peanut-butter and condensed milk (expanding on the use of Vegemite used by the researched work). I then collected a golf-ball and chose some marbles to increase the experimentation.

Now, I laid out the bread in a square and began to draw. I experimented, using my hands to use the marbles and golf-ball, as well as seeing how I could use my mouth instead of my hands (as I could not use my nose to paint with the balls). The jams were good for this, however the peanut butter and honey were too sticky and hence were very hard to spread. As such I used almost no peanut butter and honey for the process.

From here, I used different spreads for different parts of the artwork. I also mixed some spreads to make new colors. In order to make green, I mixed condensed milk and green sugar crystals together. 

The final product follows.

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The First Experimentation

Here's my first experimentation with the failure leading to success documents; poring die into a cup from a height, and taking a photo through a straw.

I began by increasing the distance from which I pored the liquid into the cup (compared to the time in class) by poring it from my veranda.

I also experimented with the liquid I was poring in. We used food die when we did it at uni. I decided to try to use watercolor paint, however this was very dull and when multiple colors were used, the paint washed away. I then used some powder-based paints which were very vibrant.

After this, I decided to take a photo through a straw. I experimented with the straws. Firstly, I chose different colors; green, blue and white. After this, I cut the straws to different lengths in order to get more of the actual painting into the photo. I then also tried using the flash, which made the color of the straw stand out without affecting the painting at the end of the straw. Finally, I cut holes into the straws and took more photos, and this added more textures.

Here are the final outcomes;

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Document One - Nose, elbow and eraser drawing

Note: I'll just use one of these images (as it's only one document)

Learning Moment: Unconventional tools or use of tools can give a refreshing effect.

Blah blah blah (4 sentence thing describing it)

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My 'Lightbulb' Learning Moments

During this course, I have learnt to much about the experimental process and really enjoyed the freedom in our approach to art. However, during this time there have been three major, stand out learning moments which have really impacted my artistic process. They are;

Unconventional tools or use of tools can give a refreshing effect

Ephemeral Marks, while quickly fading, leave a lasting impression

Deliberate failure can lead to momentous success

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Experimentation with erasure

One of the main learning moments from the semester was related to erasure - that it was an art technique of its own. I decided to play around erasing and then adding again to make an image. This is what happened.

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Experimenting with photography

I was bored yesterday, so I decided to try take a photo down a straw. These are the results. They were really interesting.

I guess this is an unconventional use of tools and I could incorporate this into my final assessment

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Another creative misuse of tools

Here's another of 'Red' Hong Yi's artworks done in an unconventional way - using food to make artworks. More inspiration for task 3.

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Painting with a Basketball

Saw this on facebook and instantly thought of Cofa1001 and using tools incorrectly. In the video, the artist ('Red' Hong Yi), uses a basketball to paint a picture of a man with a basketball.

I thought it worked really well.

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Planning the Final Task (Updated)

So for the final task, we have to make an artwork or collection of artworks which explore learning moments from the course.

We have to work out what learning moments we've had.

We then choose 10 pieces of documentation which exemplify these moments. 

Here's my plan;

Learning Moment One: Incorrect use of tools can lead to unexpected outcomes;

   1. toast face painting (research)

   2. Nose, elbow and rubber drawing

   3. Painting with Rock dust

   4. Using a golfball instead of a paintbrush

   5. Using packing tape to make an artwork (research)

   6. Painting with a Basketball (research)

Learning Moment Two: Ephemeral marks can be inspirational and artistic;

   7. Smoke caught in a bottle and faded over time

   8. Shadow artwork (other group)

Learning Moment Three: Setting out to fail can lead to success;

   9. Food dye and filling a cup

   10. Taking a photo through a straw

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Week 11 - Setting Out to Fail

This week, we had to set out to do something we would definitely fail to do. After much discussion, we decided to attempt to poor something into a cup from a large height. To make this more interesting and expand on the artistic process, we chose to pour food colouring into a cup which was sitting on white paper.

Above are the results.

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Book Sculptures 

Edinburgh-based graphic design student Thomas Wightman has produced a trio of astounding book sculptures for his graduation project. 

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I watched a video on Facebook and I realised that it used erasure techniques by using a whiteboard. I really liked the idea and kept searching for things like it. In the end, I came across this, and am kinda thinking of doing something like this for my final assessment. 

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Marina Abramović, Image Ten. Failure art as Marina is destined to make a mistake.

Image from http://www.lafabricagestion.es/administradores/admin_prensa/notas_prensa.php?ola=1053

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Failed tatoo becomes a work of Art

Danielle MX managed to turn the failed artwork into a masterpiece.

Full story on http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/mobileweb/2013/02/22/epic-tattoo-fail-turns-good-generosity-empire-ink-artist-picture_n_2739771.html

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Here's a link to a collection of accidental/chance artworks created by people in the everyday. They include randomly painted squares, which combined with the texture of the pathways create interesting artworks as well as paint splatters and failed attempts to remove posters, leaving parts of posters decorating walls. 

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Week 7 - Non teaching period

This week, as it was a non-teaching week at COFA, we worked on our group projects instead of coming into class.