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Down the Track

What I did:  

Crit this week was very helpful. I started 3 different drawings and fined two of them. I have been projected my images in room 2006 and have been meeting with Cynthia to help me get my specs solid. Experiencing the work in the space has been so circuital in this process. I am starting to think a lot about the space between the projectors where the viewer stand and that has changed the kind of imagery I am using. I had to scrap a lot of what I have already done because I didn't feel that it was relevant anymore.

What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered: 

During crit I realized the my project is extremely experienced based and that it was difficult to simulate that experience in the crit space. When looking at the images I had there was still a disconnect from each drawing because I was trying to categorize my drawings from what is inside the body and what is the outside surface. My thoughts was of differences in scale some images being human scale and others much larger. I believe I was complicating myself then. The piece is titled "In the Skin" I dont need to catagorize my imagery... I need to be thinking about the communication between the parallel projectors and the space between them. It is all about being "inside", "immersed". When thinking about that concept, I imagine the peice to cover the entire wall most of the time and having loops that seem more infinite and travel from one side to the other.    

What is next:

Continue drawing. Continue working on different transitions. Check out room 2006 every week until the show to start experiencing my work in the space. 

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A Few More Strides

What I did:

This week I have been experimenting with transitions between drawings and the evolution of each drawing. I have found new ways to evoke excessiveness by thinking about growth, elements that multiply, and traveling through a drawing. I have been thinking a lot about the space that which my piece will be presented in. Althought I have not completely guaranteed my spot in room 2006, I believe it will be possible. I have been in contact with several professors who have classes in there to know when they are using the room. The great thing about that space is that there is already HD projectors in the spots that I want them to be. There is no take down and minimal set up required. I have that room reserved for this evening and will be starting to project my pieces so I can start experiencing the work in the space at scale. I have started three new drawings sense last week that I am excited to start projecting. 

What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered: 

All of my drawing up until now have had this pulsating effect because of its growth and then its decline. All the moments seemed to be fairly similar. Now I have been working on loops that do not fade in and out, but that multiplies, that seems infinite and never ending. My plan is to project on two walls that are parallel to each other. The person will stand in the middle of the parallel walls. On one wall the imagery will be human scale. The drawings will make up much of the surface skin and create some definition in the form of the figure. It may start with the neck, then makes it way to the shoulder, then to the back, then hip, then caf, or hands. Transitions between each still needs to be determined. Then on the other wall imagery will be displayed in large scale, covering the whole wall. This side will present the inside workings of the body. The imagery is representational, there is no specific parts inside that are recognizable, yet they have this bodly wonderland feeling. The inner body imagry will depend on the particular body part that appears on the parallel wall. I hope to create some communication between both sides.

What is next:

Continue drawing. Continue working on different transitions. Check out room 2006 every week until the show to start experiencing my work in the space. 

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still going strong

What I did:

This week I started a drawing that is of the back. From the amount I accomplished in the drawing I was able to experiment with transitions between each frame. Some transition like a cut from frame to frame without delay creating a fast and erratic movement and other transitions are more smooth by adding a morphing technique that creates frames between two frame. I messed around with transitioning a lot and have found effective ways to move forward this week.

What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered: 

I have been thinking a lot about my transitions and my pacing within this project. This includes the transitions frame by frame, but also the transitions between the content of the drawing and how to viewer is going to translate this experience. After my discussion with Jim, I gained a stronger grasp on possible directions for my drawings and added important elements to my thoughts. This project is about living within a body. It is about the experience of having a body from the inside out and the outside in. These experiences can as some may a person feel uneasy and nerve-racking as our body's are fragile and assessable to illness, even the end of live its-self. The way to communicate these feels weighs heavily on the transitions between the drawings. An effective way of doing this is thinking about the experience of the viewer. First the viewer is going to want to piece the drawing together-- realizing it is a body, then where does this take the viewer, to the inside of the body-- can become more abstract. Morphing pieces of one drawing to another without it dissolving completely can add some communication from content to content.

What is next:

Continue drawing. Working on my rhythm, passing, transition, layering. Start experiencing the work on the projectors in a dark space in order to figure out the best way to present the work. See if I can rent out room 2006 for my IP space.

And it keeps on coming

What I did:

This week I started a new drawing. I incorporated my drawing/movement technique to the body. I also learned how to layer gifs on top of gifs, which was quite exciting. I talked to Mark and someone at north quad about spaces to show. I e-mailed Cynthia Pachikara and Heidi Kumao to meet with me to look at my work and discuss projection work.

What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered: 

Breaking away from the sphere I have been able to become a lot more abstract. I did not realize that this was the direction my work would travel, however I am enjoying seeing my work make its own revolution to what feels right. I am focusing on the different layers of the body, from the form of the skin and its outer surfaces, to the inner workings vein systems and muscular structure. I have been working on all three very separately. My challenge will be how to incorporated these layers and their transitions between each other. I am still having a lot of thoughts on how I am going to display this piece, which at points ends up determining out I come up with the work, how many are there? Is it one that transitions between layers? Should the viewer be able to walk around, surround the piece, or should the viewer be inside it with four walls of these images? These are things I am thinking about conceptually and formally. I also am still have some trouble with the rhythm of the build up. I am fighting between beauty, softness, and flow with jaggedness and chaos. I think that shows in the work neck drawing. I need to understand my relationship with these two forces in order to continue productively.

What is next:

Continue drawing. Working on my rhythm, passing, transition, layering. Start experiencing the work on the projectors in a dark space in order to figure out the best way to present the work. See if I can rent out room 2006 for my IP space.

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I figured out how to layer my gifs 

This may come in handy 

But as of right now I will continue with my stop motion technique 

and maybe apply other gif layer at some point

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I have lost count of the weeks at this point

What I did:

This week I worked on new ways to add movement to my drawings. I am starting a new technique that builds up the drawing rather than having a constant appearance and loop. Now the drawings start to transform. I spent about 5 hours on each experiment. Each loop contains 50 frames. I reserved room 2006 and Erica and I are going to take some pictures to use as references for my drawings. I also did a lot of reflecting this week. I have been thinking a lot about scale, sequence, duration, composition and about the body its self.

What I accomplished/ discovered/ encountered: 

I feel good about my last couple of experiments and think I will continue using this method in my final piece. My plan was always to focus on a particular section of the body like the wrist or neck and go from there, but while doing my experiments I have realized that I am enjoying this abstract field of imagery and movement. I am not entirely sure that I need the form at all. When I think about the form being used I can't help but think about the negative space that is around the figure. That negative space is starting to freak me out. I don't think I want that. But maybe fill the entire frame with the form so what is visible is the wrinkles or curves of the body. This would mean the piece will become less recognizable but still give reference to the body. I like this idea and am going to experiment with it. I am also thinking a lot about my presentation of the piece. I have gone from a series of drawing that are displayed on monitors that hang on the wall in a line. I then decided that one frame can be enough. I wanted to suspend a framed screen from the ceiling and use a rear projection. This would allow the viewer to walk around the piece as if it was a 2 dimensional sculpture. Now I am thinking about having the piece surround the the viewer rather than the viewer surround the piece.

What is next:

I am going to continue drawing and experimenting with movement. I am going to focus my efforts on even more specific parts of the body that are even more magnified. I am going to take pictures. I am going to set up a meeting with Cynthia Pachikara to discuss possible ways to present this work with projection.

The Start of a New Semester

When I reflect upon my December review a feeling of relief comes over me. It was wonderful to share my work with other professors, ones that I know well, ones I don't know well and ones that I never meet. I felt a sense of connectedness in that moment as artist to artist, not student to professor. I have always know that the work I do has value, but during this process I questioned that a lot. The panel reassured me that passion spreads and if the work is valuable to me then others will see that. Questioning this will only hinder my performance, but confidence will add power to my work. And still I have to come to terms that people will draw their own conclusions in the end, which makes my conclusion the most valuable of them all. This is my experience and I want to look back and say that I accomplished something meaningful to me not for anyone else. And I believe that the work I am doing is taking steps in that direction.

As far as the critique of the work thus far, I gained a great deal of insight. My original plan was to have a series of these moving drawings, but after the review and reflecting on my work during the break I have taken Robert Platt's suggestion into strong consideration and have decides to continue my efforts in one moving drawing that has a series of moving techniques incorporated into it. My exploration within moving image has allowed me to experience different ways of achieving what I want. I felt that it was a valid point during the review when the topic of variation, pacing, and sequence was brought up in conversation, which I plan on further exploring. Also, I liked the idea that was mentioned in regards to the way the form is built up my the movement of the drawings.

The review was very helpful and I would like to continue sharing my progress with other faculty such as Cynthia Pachikara and Phoebe Gloeckner. In the next steps of my work I am going to start incorporating the moving image methods I have explored with the spherical studies into forms of the figure. This will move me in getting a better sense of where my work is going. I have arranged to rent out Room 2006 next Friday to take some reference photos of the body with help from fellow IPer, Erica. With her help I will get a variety of shots with controlled lighting. This will transcend into where I want high lights and shadows in my drawing. I also plan on work with GroundWorks to experiment with projection and rear projection.

This is the time to start pulling everything together and working on the piece that will be in the show.