Evaluation Major Project
Going into the project my aim was to push myself and my boundaries as an artist and as a person.Taking into consideration the daily tasks of the everyday life and looking towards my own life and routine for inspiration. I knew this project would be very demanding and would include acts of discipline and endurance.
I started the project with a video of myself slapping my leg. The video was to last an hour but ended up only lasting 10 minutes. After performing the task I came to realize the task meant more than physical contact but included the element of sound and irritation due to the contact of my hand against my wool trousers.
I continued to document my mental progress throughout the project and felt that the project became more of a self-journey. I experimented with text based work and based on my moods regarding the project as well as my everyday behavior.
I felt I was at crossroads a lot throughout this work and kept referring to writing as a form of research and documentation. I was happy with a couple of text works I did throughout the project and felt I should take this further as my final outcome.
At the beginning of the project I thought my ‘Slap’ Video would only be my starting point but I ended up feeling that; like myself at the end of the project,I was not a completely different person nor artist yet I had learnt a great deal and came so far so I decided it felt right to take the initial video and analyse further. The end result is a manipulation of sound taken from the ‘Slap’ video as well as a text based work to be read by the viewer whilst listening to the recording.
Overall I feel I went on a personal journey with this work where I allowed my work to become based on where I felt I was at the time I was doing it .I tried to look at the project as intently as possible looking at as many different approaches as I could making use of variety of different techniques including: text, video, sound and performance. If given more time I would have probably looked towards the element of an audience in a non-artistic venue such as in public spaces or confined areas.