Wow, I have been away from this blog quite a lot recently. But, I do have a very good excuse. I recall during my first tutorial I had only a very vague idea of what I was meant to be doing during the course of this MA, let alone being ready to formulate a project proposal! Now, however, I feel as though I have made significant headway. I’ve conquered my doubts and fears and am ploughing ahead; whether I will reach a productive resolution or not remains to be seen. So, yes, more posts on what I have been up …
Category: Reflective Journal
Reflectively written blogposts that allow me to ponder on my research and experiences to conceptualize ideas for future direction
Project Proposal — First Draft
Wow, finally put the pen to paper and let my thoughts flow. It has loads of holes as of now, but it’s a start! And like Jonathan said, it’s a living, evolving document so it doesn’t have to be perfect right off the bat. Right? :S MA project proposal
Artist Case Study 1: Antoni Gaudi
After the one-on-one tutorial with Jonathan I was left with plenty of food for thought. One of the ideas that sprung up was that of using trivial, everyday objects to illustrate a deeper narrative. I was inspired by Katherine Mansfield’s writing, where she uses mundane situations and objects to describe a character’s complex thought process. And Jonathan pointed out multiple artists who do the same, for example Jane Wildgoose who has an entire library of objects. Ultimately, it led me to create this piece: When I discussed this piece in the last group critique of the term, Steph said it …
Experiment # 3: Acrylic pour painting
The biggest dilemma I was left with at the end of experiment 1 and 2 was how to incorporate canvas and painting into the idea of mosaics and pieced-together sculptures. When I ran into a pour painting video online, the cells that emerge reminded me of the bits and pieces that comprise a mosaic and it gave me the idea of trying to create a mosaic using paint. And that’s how I came to experiment 3. Experiment 3 will likely be a very long process of trial and error followed by practice as I see what combinations do or do …
Community project Case Study 1: Confessions
Part of my (as yet unwritten) project proposal is that I want to initiate a public participatory art project in Karachi and/or Jeddah as part of my interest in using art to capture narratives. And you know what they say, “everything that can be invented, has been invented” which, for me, translates into: all ideas stem from existing ideas. So what better way to brainstorm about my own community art project ideas than by examining past and current projects initiated by other artists? Here’s case study no.1: Candy Chang’s project, “Confessions”. Now this project is something I literally stumbled onto …