Possible Project number two
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Week 3
What I did:
This week I spent a lot of time in the studio. On Saturday I spent
five hours drawing. On Sunday I checked out two more books from the
library that pertain to hypochondria and hysteria, as well as
medieval medical illustrations. I spent two hours looking through
these books. Monday I continued to practice my drawing for two and a
half hours. Tuesday, we were assigned to think about three options or
directs we are leaning towards as our final project and make a model
of each. For my first option, I want to create a large panel with
many drawings of memories I had as a child, some are real and some
are made up by my own imagination as a kid, and stories I have heard
from my parents. The drawings will be arranged similarly to a comic
book but with out a forced sequence. This project will highlight my
drawing style and be a cathartic experience for
me. I spend about five hours in total making my first option. My
second option involves a collection of home videos from my childhood
and creating a composition and narrative with small looping clips of
my past. I am still currently work on it, but so far I have spent six
hours in total downloading and converting files to edit. My third
option involves three dimensional form. I spent three hours last
night pouring alginate on my face. None of the pieces came out, so I
have to talk to John in the ceramics department to see what I am
doing wrong.
What I
accomplished/ discovered/ encountered:
I have tackled
and learned a lot this week about where I am going in this process. I
learned that this time is the best time to make mistakes and not to
be afraid of making them. So, I should make and make and make, and
then later make decisions. I learned that it is important to do lots
of research on what interests me and what influences my work so that
my work is more credible, which also open up multiple markets for
where my work will fit in the real world.
What is next:
I will continue
doing research, making mistakes, diving into different materials and
mediums, and keep my mind and eyes open for my next “AH-HA”
moment.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Visuals
This is a drawing I did yesterday.
It is one of many drawings I will do that will culminate into my own visual language.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Week 2
What I did:
This week I drew 5 self portraits,
about 4 hours in total. I read an article on hysteria in the 18th
and 19th century and created a collection of interesting
thought from my reading, 1 hour. I read about the history of
vibrators, 1 hour. I went to the library and checked out 8 books.
Some of the books are about artist, drawing technique, graphic
design, drawing the anatomy, and others are about medical
illustrations in medieval time, poetry on anxiety, and the physiology
of hypochondria, totaling my research at 6 hours. I met with Brad
Smith and talked with him for a while, 45 minutes, about my interest
in going to the cadaver lab. He made me think about a lot of things
that I had not thought about. I gessoed 5 panels so I can start
painting, 2 hours. I started a journal and have been writing down
dreams and memories I had as a child which may become content for my
project.
What I accomplished/ discovered/
encountered:
This week was full of worry and
discovery. I can feel myself becoming closer and closer to the thing
that makes me tick. I have realized that although I know what
interests me, I need to start creating a vocabulary for myself in
order to communicated what I truly want. Doing research, reading and
writing has started an internal dialog for myself, and making
connections are the next step that will make my work more profound. I
also discovered that I have to start jumping into making. I have been
very excited to learn so many new things that the making part has
slowed down. The only way I am going to get good at anything is to
keep doing it. After talking with Brad Smith, I had a chance to
communicated my direction and interests to him and how it is related
to the body. I realized that maybe cadavers are not the right
direction because they have little resemblance to a live or fresh
body, and that my true interest lie in our relationship with our
bodies on a physiological and social stand point. This helped put me
into the direction of where my research should continue.
What I should do next:
Next, I am going to start painting,
collecting more of my thoughts, meet with my sociology professor, and
continue reading the books I got from the library.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Week 1
What I did:
This week was move in week! I am
getting settled into my own personal studio and am making my self
right at home. It is also the week that the first project is due. I
worked on preliminary sketches for an hour in small scale and large
scale. I took references photographs for the drawing I was going to
create for 30 minutes. Then I continued onto my final drawing on
18x22 inch paper. The beginning sketch took 2 hours. I worked in
charcoal for 4 hours, then erased it all, 30 minutes. I worked in pen
for 6 hours. I watched Art 21: Paul McCarthy for 30 minutes. Did some
research on Hypochondria for 45 minutes. And I also e-mailed Brian
Smith to hopefully access the cadaver at the anatomy lab.
What I accomplished/ discovered/
encountered:
The first project gave me an
opportunity to think about what I like about my previous work and
what I don't like. I like my style and I like the body. I don't
always like myself to be the subject, but maybe focus on a
sociological stand point. It made me think critically about what I am
trying to accomplish conceptually. I decided that a theme I want to
explore is Hypochondria. I know for a fact I should continue my
exploration evolving the body. This project for me fell flat because
I was repeating elements from past work that I have already explored.
It is time to move on to the deeper reasons for why the body
fascinates me so much.
What I should do next:
Next week I will do 5 self portraits,
research artists who use their body's and the body in art, read up on
Hypochondriac disorder, and continue collecting and researching
things I am interested in.
Monday, September 10, 2012
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