Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.  ~Stella Adler

ART 

This term i have throughly enjoyed the technological aspect of the unit putting some of my multi skills to use. Being able to alter and change reality is interesting and i think that it makes the emotion and meaning behind the visual language stronger as it has literally changed reality... The improvement and constant updating of technology will only make this serge in digital manipulation of images more popular but even better in the quality and the limits that the artist can stretch themselves too. Over the year i think that i have progressed and gain so much from different media techniques explored; to different artist style and movements looked at. It is this expansion of knowledge and understand of the art world which makes me feel that i do really want to be apart of it and experience this creative freedom for a long time to come. Were else do you get to think about, learn, discover, experience and portray parts of yourself though visual media and language in a creative and new way. It is this that i love about art. The way that i can show myself in a different way and portray it to other people is great and i love it. This year i think i realized that art is a bigger part of me that what i had realized until now. So about this unit i think it has let me gain some self realization as well enjoying the unit and gaining the new knowledge on digital manipulation and media and how Synesthesia is really out their and i believe achievable in a way to gain a better hold of and application of and it is also an amazing and intreating quality.......I hope that you enjoyed my blogging this year again more detail is found in my visual diary about every thing. I CANT wait till next year for the experience but i DON'T want it to end.........

Art is the desire of a man or woman to express themselves, to record the reactions of their personality to the world they live in -Amy Lowell (1874-1925)

Installation 

The installation went really well and looked exactly how i planned it which was really pleasing to see. I used a video made in imovie for the sound element and some added visual this was not the central focus of the installation more like an aid or extra stimulant and guide/ link between the bowls and the images. The first bowl contained, rocks, wood, shells, roots and a hand made clay rock. Some of these images had been carved into or changed to relate them back to the theme and focus the whole concept of self discovery and exploration with the help of the senses to find one's true self, knowledge and focus. If the objects where removed and pulled out of the bowls an image of me underwater obstructed from view by bubbles would be revealed. The second bowl contained petals, rose-water and tiny bit of red colouring. Petals were a symbol of a liminal object as they are not dead or alive... if these were pushed though the water the image at the bottom revealed me nearly emerging from the water but still some obstructions to the face. And the final bowl showed just me fully exposed and eyes open free form obstructions just the clear water covering the image (no objects in bowl) The connection between the images and the bowls was established between the symbolism and link of key objects. In the first image show the faint hands with clutching the pearl. This shows that as you pull the objects out of the bowl it is still gaining and exploration even though the goal? is not reached just because the clear image is not revealed it is like in a way saying the these experiences are knowledge and make up that part of me and this is represented thought the symbol of the pearl. The pearl is show again in the next surreal image which also questions what is reality. The final image is how the element and self combined and the senses aid.

A full explanation in detail and reflection of each image can be found in my visual diary

Im tired lol

but yeah i am really happy with how this installation turned out and I'm please with my work and my preserving in this, by actually doing what i wanted and pushing my self. As some may not know i can be quite a shy person and not willing to back myself in what i do. Im pleased on an emotional and personal level with this installation also as i went with what i thought and wanted to express (im odd... i know)

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...reworked...

After looking a my images and discussion with the teachers i decided to use these images as my series. They show the focus of my series: liminal self + what is real and the exploration of element ∴ self and the journey and in a way awakening... (detailed in V.D) I am pleased with how the look and how the Visual language has been altered to change the emotional response to the images this is done through the use of technology in this case photoshop.

These images are accompanied with my installation which consists of three bowls each corresponding with the image above it. The bowls highlight the discovery thought the media of water (element) incorporating the Synesthesia aspect to this piece. In my installation i will use the following senses: 

TOUCH

SIGHT

SMELL

SOUND

I am presenting my installation on tuesday i will reflect upon and deeply explain in VD and upload photo's of my first ever installation i think it is quite exciting and interesting use of media and a great way to fully express the synesthesia component and highlight the connection of that in the images. 

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REFLECTION

After going though and playing round with the images taken 

I came up with these three as my starting point.

 

As i looked deeper into installation art and the way it can capture and really develop a piece i began to think about how these images can be incorporated into an installation, looking at the work or Julie Rrap (in Visual Diary) for inspiration and knowledge on this. 

Brain storming and initial ideas of installation can be found in my V.D

Though really focusing on what my desired goal and focus for this unit is i feel that i have somewhere to go with these images and that i will be able to develop them further to incapsulate Synesthesia and myself.....

NB: deeper reflections and reasoning all found in V.D

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Photos

I went to Cascade Gardens and took photos to use in photoshop to create my self portrait series. 

some of the images i took.....

I also then took photo's in my backyard at dusk to really get in the whole liminal feel as it is one of the liminal times as it is to night and its not day...

some of the images i took....

 

This is just a few of the many photos which i took.

I also took video footage while at the gardens so i will go though it all and see if i can develop my idea...

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Liminal Self

In this unit i will investigate the self portrait through the following focus of the liminal self, with some influence from the focus of what is real.

Liminality is a psychological, neurological, or metaphysical subjective, conscious state of being on the "threshold" of or between two different existential planes, as defined in neurological psychology (a "liminal state") In anthropological theories, a ritual, especially a rite of passage, involves some change to the participants, especially their social status. 

The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy. One's sense of identity dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition where mortal limits to though, self-understanding, and behavior are relaxed- a situation which can lead to new perspectives.

People, places or things may not complete a transition, or a transition between two states may not be fully possible. Those who remain in a state between two other states may become permanently liminal. 

I think i will look at Liminality in places and being in them and at a state between two different existential planes. This could include between water and earth, so a shore line? rive bead? or pond. Incorporating earth and water then links in my element water and my close 2nd earth  and the liminality felt when between the two???or some thing

Brainstorming and scribbling in Visual Diary for close and more in-depth look.

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Term 4

Focus is still: Synesthesia

investigating the Self Portrait through one of the following focuses:

·       The Liminal Self – seen and known versions of identity

·       Hybrids

·       What’s Real?

 Using representations of reality in relation to psychological, historical and socio-cultural  contexts

The media used in this work can be:·       

•       2 and 3 Dimensional Traditional
  
•       Digital manipulations
  
•             Time-based media 
  
•              Performance art + sound art

Resolved work should show an expression of our own focus on the concept which demonstrates our personal aesthetic and ability to use the chosen media and apply techniques.