Why are we working differently in school this year?
School has changed. The COVID19 pandemic has meant that, especially in the arts, we have to work with new constraints. Schools are places that can quickly spread infections. Therefore, we work in group bubbles for the year, wearing number badges, lining up at the beginning and end of lessons and wearing masks in the hallway. We are unable to use the darkroom in photography lessons and unable to leave the classroom to take photos. We're sitting (sort of) socially distant, and half a table is where we have to work. And the topic we are doing this year is Make do and Mend
How can restrictions/constrains help to make us more creative?
Nevertheless, artists will help us cope with these new rules and constraints. A challenge is valued by artists. Unrestricted options aren't a positive thing all the time. Creativity can be discouraged because you can become overloaded with choices.
As a way to channel and power their imagination, artists accept constraints of different kinds. Artists can teach us how to manage with less, whether it's lack of resources, lack of space, lack of time or any other constraint. Artists are collaborative, diligent and focused.
As a way to channel and power their imagination, artists accept constraints of different kinds. Artists can teach us how to manage with less, whether it's lack of resources, lack of space, lack of time or any other constraint. Artists are collaborative, diligent and focused.
Why are artist good at solving problems? What habits of mind do they have?
The reasons why artists are good at solving problems is because they are inquisitive and will ask lots of questions before they start. So they won't just do it straight away as they will take pre-cautions. Such as what angles are good? What colours should i use? What should I focus on?
Another one is imaginative, they are imaginative because they will think about how to make their pictures different to their previous ones.
Another one is imaginative, they are imaginative because they will think about how to make their pictures different to their previous ones.
Instructions
- What to take a photo of (subject).
- The lighting and where to to stand from (position)
- What part of the photo to focus on.
- At what time of the day
- From which angle you take it from e.g upside down, diagonal...
An example with these instructions:
Take out your phone
Go on the camera app
At 5 pm
Take a picture of a flower
At make sure the flower is the only thing in the focus and use portrait
And this was the task I was given:
The task:
Unlock your phone.
Go to the camera app, to open the camera app.
Then make sure the book is facing up
and take a picture over the book.
Unlock your phone.
Go to the camera app, to open the camera app.
Then make sure the book is facing up
and take a picture over the book.
Marcel Duchamp & the Readymade
The reason why this work of art is so famous is because, the picture is a girl called ‘Mona Lisa’ and she shows 2 emotions, or some people say more. The painting was stolen by Vicenzo Perrugia. He had stolen it on the August 21st, 1911. And 2 years later, it was retrieved on December at 1913.
The letters ‘L.H.O.O.Q.’ mean “she has a hot ass” and he had changed the photo to make her have masculine features such as, a goatee beard and a long-curled moustache. And he may have done this to make it his own version. He may have done it make fun of the work and he could've possibly been gay, so he had done this to show his sexuality. The image Duchamp adapted was already made and he only changed it in small ways. The work is revolutionary because this had inspired others to make these readymades to be created as this was a famous work. This is something which is talked about a lot as he had created this and this idea was used by loads of others. |
'L.H.O.O.Q' is one of the readymade Duchamps. His idea was to select objects and name them works of art, toilets, snow shovels, etc. He had to change the way people saw them in order to achieve this. He gave them names, turned them upside down, put them in an art display on a plinth, signed them, etc. The word 'readymade' indicates that these materials have not been converted in the same way that materials are transformed by artists. Many people expect artists to be professional, good at crafting things and Stuff from different sources, such as clay or paint, Many individuals expect art to be exquisite, costly and collectible. How could a basic 'Mona Lisa' postcard (one of millions in existence) be a piece of art? What was done to it by Marcel Duchamp that could be called artistic?
Duchamp was involved in putting some of the art conventions into question. He wanted people to ask more questions about art, not to be so in awe of art and artists, to think more about the culture that creates art in society and culture. His way of questioning preconceptions about what art might be was to pick ordinary objects and call them art.
Duchamp was involved in putting some of the art conventions into question. He wanted people to ask more questions about art, not to be so in awe of art and artists, to think more about the culture that creates art in society and culture. His way of questioning preconceptions about what art might be was to pick ordinary objects and call them art.
Kensuke Koike's 'Readymades'
Responding to L.H.O.O.Q
I have chosen to respond to Duchamp's readymade by making my own from old photographs and on the way we have been inspired by an artist Kensuke Koike (see above).
Experiment #1
This was my first go at it, which we couldn't finish
Hannah Höch's 'Beautiful Girl'
A confusing jumble of various elements is this collage. I can see wheels, an umbrella, body pieces, a light bulb, a hand holding a stopwatch, faceless hair, a bulbs eyed face, and lots of BMW badges. Both of these are glued to a yellowish backdrop. BMW is a German automotive manufacturer and the title is also in German, so it seems to have been produced just after the end of the First World War by a German artist, Hannah Höch. Although the various elements in the image do not seem to belong together and are just stuck on top of each other There is the suggestion of a somewhat monstrous, machine-like woman sitting in the middle of the photo with a head light bulb and carrying an umbrella and a stop watch, and being pasted on top of each other. Her body parts are all different sizes. Her hair has been separated from her head and a dismantled car appears to surround her. Perhaps in some strange experiment-a Frankenstein image laboratory-the car and the woman have been fused.
In the picture we can see that there are multiple elements: a lightbulb is the part of the image where my eyes come to a stop. I assume this is because it is much lighter (with the exception of the disembodied head, top right) than the remainder of the collage components. It is close to the composition 's core and happens to be glowing. Often a light bulb is used for an idea with a symbol, typically a positive one, so perhaps the woman lost her head but gained an interesting thought! The other parts of the picture appear to radiate in various directions from this light bulb.The title is quite bizarre as you can't quite see the girl's face but Maybe the artist is trying to propose a new kind of elegance, or maybe she's making a statement about how modern life has become complicated and violent (at least the kind of modern life in Germany in the 1920s).
Three adjectives I would use to describe this work are: interesting, amusing and complex.
I would like to ask the artist.
In the picture we can see that there are multiple elements: a lightbulb is the part of the image where my eyes come to a stop. I assume this is because it is much lighter (with the exception of the disembodied head, top right) than the remainder of the collage components. It is close to the composition 's core and happens to be glowing. Often a light bulb is used for an idea with a symbol, typically a positive one, so perhaps the woman lost her head but gained an interesting thought! The other parts of the picture appear to radiate in various directions from this light bulb.The title is quite bizarre as you can't quite see the girl's face but Maybe the artist is trying to propose a new kind of elegance, or maybe she's making a statement about how modern life has become complicated and violent (at least the kind of modern life in Germany in the 1920s).
Three adjectives I would use to describe this work are: interesting, amusing and complex.
I would like to ask the artist.
- Why has she chosen to switch the body parts?
- What is your thoughts on about feminism?
3D world > 2D photograph > 3D photo sculpture > 2D photograph
Matt Lipps
Lipps gets his sources from newspaper, magazines etc. And then creating them in to a three dimensional piece then re-photographing them and putting them back into 2 dimension. But he rearranges them in a way so removing original context and putting them in a creative and surprising ways allowing you to think why he does this.
If photography has not yet been completely dematerialized, it's on its way to that point. To belabor this fact is to beat a dead horse.
Hannah Hughes
Hannah Hughes collages are a section of photos from others and re-assembles it and chooses a background which fits the work. So if she goes for a dark tone work, the background will most likely be white to show the contrast between the different shapes and colours. But the shapes may look like it is 3D yet it isn't, he has done a simple method of fooling us with shading. But her work is clever, it can even be included as a optical illusion. And her work is quite complex, interesting and smart. And if i had a chance to ask her questions it would be: Where do you get these shapes from? How long does it take you to create your work (average amount of time)? And what inspired you to do this?
A specific work which I like from Hannah Hughes is this. The reason why this one is the one which i like is because I like how it looks like its floating and i like how she used multiple colours other than one or two. The way she has made this was that I believe that she has folded it in a way such that it looks 3D and the way she has made it look like its floating is that she has used the colour and shape to blend with the background to make it look in such way.
I believe while she was making this she was persistent and didn't give up and still tried even if she messed up once or twice which she probably has messed up. And the fact she was optimistic and thinking different ways which she can make it look 3D and its floating must of meant that she took a while to think different ways she can change art.
3 different ways which you describe this work
3 questions you would ask.
I believe while she was making this she was persistent and didn't give up and still tried even if she messed up once or twice which she probably has messed up. And the fact she was optimistic and thinking different ways which she can make it look 3D and its floating must of meant that she took a while to think different ways she can change art.
3 different ways which you describe this work
3 questions you would ask.
My 3D photosculpture
I decided to attempt a mini sculpture of mine based off of what Matt Lipps.
My tabletop sculpture
For homework my teacher set me a homework which I had to make a sculpture and I had to use the tools which I had at home and make a sculpture with it. And these are my results.
Collaborative Instruction Collage Experiment
You will need a pair of scissors, a glue stick, a camera phone, a piece of A3 cartridge paper and a magazine (containing interesting photos).
- Cut or tear out 5 pages from your magazine. Choose pages with interesting images.
- Make a pile of these 5 pages on your desk.
- Take the top page and cut a hole in it (Note: it doesn't have to be perfect).
- Pass this cut out image to your neighbour (the person sitting nearest to you in class).
- Put the page with the hole in it at the bottom of your pile.
- Take the (new) top page and tear it in half. Pass one half to your neighbour (the same one as before) and put the other half at the bottom of your pile.
- Take the (new) top page and cut out a shape (Note: you could cut round an object or simply cut a random shape of your own choosing).
- Keep the cut-out shape, putting it at the bottom of your pile, and pass the page that remains to someone 3 places away (Note: make sure you don't end up with your own page).
- Take the (new) top page and tear a strip from the (top or bottom) edge. Keep the strip and pass the remaining page to someone else in the room.
- Place the A3 sheet of cartridge paper in front of you (portrait format).
- Without altering them, arrange the pieces of paper from your pile on the A3 sheet to create a pleasing collage. Carefully photograph your first arrangement.
- Again, without altering them, repeat this process, re-arranging the various elements on the A3 sheet until you are happy with the results. Photograph carefully.
- You may now swap 1 or 2 elements with your neighbour. Make a new arrangement and photograph carefully.
- You may now adapt the pieces in any way you like - cutting, tearing etc. Make a new collage, this time sticking them to the A3 sheet of cartridge paper.
- Photograph your finished collage carefully.
Abstract Advent
Abstract Advent is a bit of festive fun devised by Chris Francis, a teacher at St. Peter's School in Bournemouth and co-ordinator of Art Pedagogy. The idea is simple. Each day in December a prompt is offered (via Instagram) and participants respond in whatever way they want, posting their creations to Instagram and tagging them with (this year) #abstractadvent2020.
In the spirit of Make Do & Mend, all of my responses this year will be edits of existing photographs. I looked back through my pictures on Flickr, choosing those containing shapes similar to Chris' prompts. I then used a variety of tools to edit the pictures, removing the objects from the background and changing their colours. here are the results, with the original images:
In the spirit of Make Do & Mend, all of my responses this year will be edits of existing photographs. I looked back through my pictures on Flickr, choosing those containing shapes similar to Chris' prompts. I then used a variety of tools to edit the pictures, removing the objects from the background and changing their colours. here are the results, with the original images:
Klavid Sluban's Prison work shop
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I am not there to tell them this is good, this is bad but to push them in their extremes ... artistic, creative extremes. This they love! [...] They fall into a world called creation and this is really incredible. This opens up a BIG space! Klavdij Sluban chooses to share his photographic skills and talents with teenage jail prisoners all around the globe. He does this because he feels that it is an opportunity for young people who have lost their freedom to learn to see photographically. He prefers to collaborate with prisoners because, as a person, he is worried about the nature of prisons. He shares photography's "possibility" with people who have been refused liberty. He is concerned with the way jails are concealed from society, the nature of their treatment of prisoners and the extent of injustice faced by young people in prison, in particular. But Sluban's work is to show even in terrible times and when you're limited and resticted (like prisons) photography can allow people to see the world in a different point of view than before.
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Prison Photography
The following photos are taken from the book 'Prison Photography' by Nicolò Digiorgis, a series of 137 shots taken during the artist's photography course throughout 2013 and 2017 by the prisoners of Bolzano/Bozen, Italy. Digiorgis wanted to educate the prisoners about art, including how to produce pictures but also how to learn about images. In order to create the photographs, both workshop leader and prisoners had to struggle with different restrictions, laws and limitations.The book is divided into thematic chapters that discuss a number of methods and subjects of photography.
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Genre Photography Treasure Hunt
I decided to make some photographs using a list of instructions:
- The view through a window
- Your reflection in a shiny surface
- The back of someone’s head
- A small object shot from a low angle against a plain background
- The palm of someone’s hand with the word ‘help’ written on it
- A smile
- A plant growing in the wrong place
- A cracked paving stone
- A pile of clothes
- The creases in a bed sheet shot from above (with nothing else included)
- A close-up photograph of a computer, phone or television screen
- A map
- The spine of a book
- The inside of a fridge
- The sky
- Part of a fork
- The sole of a shoe
- The ceiling of your bedroom as you are lying on the floor
- A photograph of a photograph
- A glass of water