David Hockney

A technique that has court my interest over the last few weeks is photomontage, especially the work by 'David Hockney'. Even though his work has a deep meaning to it I think that I could experiment strongly with this the technique. The picture below is simply of the face however I think that I could take this into my own style and create something pretty weird.
I really like the work of Hockney, their's something really interesting about the look, from landscapes to portraits it's a look that really intrigues me, differently something I would like to incorporate into my work.

Aziz and Cucher

One of my main inspirations for this project is the work of 'Aziz and Cucher' (Anthony Aziz & Sammy Cucher). I'm not always a large fan of portrait photography but this work really is intriguing to me. It's almost kind of hard to say what it is. A&C themselves say that it's photography however the work hasn't been created in photoshop and therefor it's almost sculptural. I like it, it's odd, and it's something that I've copied in a different medium and I kind of prefer my work then theirs. Even though it looks good I prefer it look a tad more disturbing and I feel this work it more arty, that's not to say that it's bad just I would have preferred something a bit different.
Looking at this work I know that I want to create something that has a much stronger look, something that hopefully provokes a emotion or work that a viewer looks at and isn't completely sure what it is. I might have to play around with some techniques and not sure if I'll only do studio work or if I can take it into the street or even bring something else into the picture, something none human.

Joseba Elorza

Just browsing the internet I came across the work by 'Joseba Elorza'. Now it would call the graphic design however it could arguably be called photography as all of the images are photographical. I really like it, good colours, strong imagery and a overall good look about it. It's not exactly work that I can really incorporate into my own working style however it's still something that is good to look at.
Out of the two images here the one below is my favourite. The combination of the vivid colours and the depth of the image really works well. Also the man with the tree combining thing is also a really good look. It's not grotesque like what I want achieve however it's still really got a really good look. One thing I could take into my own work is have the items that I'm going to create and have them in a normal surroundings, something maybe too consider.

My Magic Trick Shoot

Here are the Images of the photo-shoot for the 'My Magic Trick' video that I'm planning to create. As you can see the girl moves her hands over her face and at those points I'll erase her eyes, then her mouth, then her nose and then at the end she'll put them back on. It worked well the first time so hopefully this will look great.

!Photoshoot!

Yesterday I had my first major photo-shoot for this project. Completely studio based I took shot the images that I will be using to create 'My Magic Trick' and hopefully the pictures that I will be able to make into a lenticular image. I also took a few experimental pieces that I might be able to make into a 3D image but not that sure.

From what I am looking at it was a successful shoot, I just shot on a basic white backdrop and strong lighting that should hopefully allow my life to be easier when it comes down to editing all of the photos in photoshop. I've kept it pretty simple and only did the same as my original pieces of work as a starting point with the aim to go bigger in the coming months. Also I shot the photos for a lenticular image. Keeping it as simple as possible I'm going to make it a four frame image where my models face will disappear in each frame, fingers crossed that It will come out with a strong look so it will be a technique that I will be able to play with in the future.

Nottingham Art Exchange

Whilst we where in Nottingham we decided that we should go and check one of the other galleries in the City. We decided to go to the Exchange and thankfully we choose well. It was much smaller then the Contemporary and only have 3 films showing but they where truly worth it. One of them was a docudrama which didn't take my interest but the other two where pretty special. The first was called 'User group disco' which was a very arty modern piece by "Elizabeth Price'. It's a bit hard to explain in text however it was something that got me to watch for a good while.

The second film that court my attention was a piece called "The Clock' by 'Christian Marcaly' which has to be one of the most mesmerising films I've ever seen and ranks up with 'Steve McQueen'. The idea of it is extermely simple but as a over piece it's very good. It's a 24hour video which explained simply thousands of shots of clocks and people telling the time from clips from films which corresponds with the actual. So if you played the film at 00:00 then by watching the film at any part of the day you would be able to tell the time. A really thought bit of work which must have taken many years to gather the footage to create.

Trip to Nottingham

For a bit of motivation myself and a friend decided to go to the Contemporary Art Gallery in Nottingham to go and see the British Art Show. It wasn't quit what we expected as there was no Photography and one Video piece. Thankfully though I enjoy art work and we did see some really good sculptures and paintings including a interesting piece by Brian Griffins.

One thing we did see though was that in the new year they have the Work of 'Anne Collier' & 'Jack Goldstein' Which should be very good to see and something to look foreword too.

Proposal feedback

Had a quick feedback session for the Proposal l handed in last week, pretty basic stuff, need to create a proper timetable and fully organise my time management for the entire year. This will be research, development and experimentation, creating and then I'll need to set a couple of weeks at the ends of the project to make the final work pieces. Also I'll need to find a lot more artists and photographers that I can look at as my starting points,

The other thing that I'll need to do is create a DVD that showcase my work that relates to this project. It shouldn't be that difficult, I have a hard copy of 'My Magic Trick' and also I have a good amount of images that I took in my year a college which I can show and give examples of the ideas.

One of the ideas that I was thinking about and a technique that I am really interested in trying is Lenticular. looking at the idea of manipulation what I'm thinking about doing is creating a image of a person's face and in each frame a part of their face disappearing. Much like what I'm planning to with my stop frame piece just using a difference medium.

Talking to Stuart:
I know the concept of Lenticular printing but wasn't hundred percent on the creation so I spoke to the main person who deals with printing at the University. He told me that was Lenticular printing involves is have a set of images, 4, 6, or 8 and then layering them over each other then when you put the plastic over the images you will see frame but frame. There are other bits to it but until I actually take the pictures and manipulate them then I can't really put more now. This means that over the next week or two I'll have to find a model to go into the studio with and shoot my stop frame and the images for this Lenticular in one shoot. Fingers crossed that both will give good outcomes.

Lenticular Idea

One of the ideas that I was thinking about and a technique that I am really interested in trying is Lenticular. looking at the idea of manipulation what I'm thinking about doing is creating a image of a person's face and in each frame a part of their face disappearing. Much like what I'm planning to with my stop frame piece just using a difference medium.

Project Proposal rough

Project Proposal - Manipulation


Manipulating everyday objects that one doesn’t pay much attention to and dramatically change it, for better or for worse.

For my project I am planning to create a group of pieces that will play on people’s senses, what I will set out to achieve to create work that will trick people, distort people’s senses and hopefully confuse people. To do this I will use multiple techniques, which will include sound, video, photography and possibly even holograms to complete my aim.

The time scale for this project will break down into two main areas, the first being research and experimentation and then development and production. For the first two months I will be aiming to find which of the techniques I listed above I can realistically produce whilst looking into different photographers and film makers that can influence my work and push everything forward. The second stage will be refining this work that I will start in stage one and then to start to produce the final pieces of work. I imagine that the research will also have to go all through the project however it is likely to take a bit of a back peddle when I’m going though the main part of my development.

When it comes to research and influences I will have to look at photographer, video artist, sound artist and I will also look at fine artist and I believe that looking at sculptures will be a stage of interest. This whole body of work has already been heavily influenced by the works of ‘Aziz and Cucher’ whose sculptural pieces have had my interest for a long time now and I believe and their work will help push my project to newer ground