Getting there...finally



Radiant Map Nov2011 in developmental stages

whats new well the good news is I finished (well almost) IPR report..thank you me, just need to check over finer details...its not great I have to say but I have done the best I can. so there!
I have updated radiant map since last posting...as you can just about see (picture is from my phone..not great) I have taken lots more on borrowed camera from college, which are much better but I wont be downloading those until I have pretty much completed module...theres lots to do yet.
Ok getting back to radiant map I have on the travel cards made further points, rambling- thoughts really telling myself what to start thinking about in terms of what I should be considering now. Point 1. not to use 'time' as an issue but to work with it...it will always be issue so what can I do, I know that once I have finished MA I will have more time to research/practice. I'm being positive here can you tell?? Point 2. to keep up and maintain postings, yes you dear blogger...Point 3. my practice in terms of films I have created so far, there must be 6 or 7 of these now...all lining up to be edited (shall come back to that shortly) Point 4. actions set now. that's it I think. Ive added a 'STOP' just before reaching the future and questioned WHAT IS MY CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE. I thought about the game Monopoly when adding this..I may play on that abit more, I think it may help?? 

Detail of coloured thread and dressmaking pins

You can just make it out in the image that I have started to create another layer above what I see as stage 1. (RM) the single centre of enquiry. I want to show a 3d platform that considers stage 2. integrated map-multiple centres of enquiry. To do this I have used foam board to place the RM over, I have then used coloured thread and dressmaking pins to help illustrate relationships between areas.

The idea comes from an exhibition at the V&A 'Out of the Ordinary- Spectacular Craft' where I came across the work of Anne Wilson..Topologies (2002-ongoing) lace thread, cloth, pins, painted wood support. I shall find an image..back shortly! found something. see image. 

Anne Wilson Topologies 2002



Ok so this is how I see it developing along with the written commentary of my development. Going back to editing I mentioned earlier that I had made 6/7 films so far that i need to edit. Naomi is going to advise me on this which we shall do next Thursday 1st December..look forward to getting on with the next stage. Having practiced today (without Matt's bit of paper) I can download film onto imovie, hooray!! I'm pleased with myself as not easy to remember. on that I did some filming with fashion students today..we went through a mock run of putting a garment together within an hr hr. the aim was really to get them to think about the different elements that will make up the final piece..the sequence of processes they need to entertain before doing their live performance. I hope to show them next week how to edit, the very basics anyway.      

Finally having to and fro with Eric again this week and getting on-where he has sent me a link which I have tried accessing through my email but with no avail..will do in next posting...

defiantly last thing. I looked up Andy Warhol's 8hrs and 5minutes black and white film of Empire state building shot in 1964. it made think about my own work, in terms of what is important and what is not...? how do we know? taking film of nothing and putting into a context of what people are doing in space and time is relevant isn't it? we cant see it but whilst I m here writing this post I wonder about life around me, it still continues on even though I stop and pause at precisely 18:35 (draft saved)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=-sSsWj2HWk0

looking at warhol's film it makes you think that something might happen so you keep watching not wanting to miss out..

from wikipedia.

Philosophy of space and time is the branch of philosophy concerned with the issues surrounding the ontology, epistemology, and character of space and time. While such ideas have been central to philosophy from its inception, the philosophy of space and time was both an inspiration for and a central aspect of early analytic philosophy. The subject focuses on a number of basic issues, including—but not limited to—whether or not time and space exist independently of the mind, whether they exist independently of one another, what accounts for time's apparently unidirectional flow, whether times other than the present moment exist, and questions about the nature of identity (particularly the nature of identity over time).

The Empire State Building filmed for 8 consecutive hours from dusk till dawn of the following day, shot on the night of the 25th of June 1964 from the 44th floor of the Time Life Building. «Empire» is an object-trouvé, a ready-made that prefigured todays webcam images. It can also be considered a ‹structural film›: the obsessive repetition of the same image triggers our focus on the act of looking, on the value of the frame and most of all on the film duration. Time of reality and time of cinema are the same.

Empire State Building 8hr, 5 min B&W film







Camera, action and nothingness???

Letter box

Forgot to add to yesterdays post that I have created my first film which I did by propping open the letterbox and setting up camera inside it, I left it to record for about 1 hr 20 minutes. Ive had a look at the first 2 minutes and basically it has recorded nothing except a car going past. Im hoping there will be some other added extras, anyway will see??. Yesterday Matt in photography helped me download onto Imovie, next thursday I shall look at editing it down to I guess 3-5 minutes. Today I hid the camera in the boot of my car and left it recording whilist I went to Sainsburys and back, Ive had a quick look, its like looking constantly into the rear view mirror. I wanted to capture peoples activity such as facial expressions, conversations and bordom when driving...from what I have viewed I think I need to home in more to see, or thinking about it clean the rear window (dirty). What do I want from all of this?? I think its about voyeurism...(Voyeurism (from the French voyeur, "one who looks") not in an intimate way, but instead to communicate reality within time and space. the next film will be set up in a cafe??, I want to put the camera under a table to capture foot movement, restlessness...foot-talk.

thinking about DDP stuff. still on with IPR report, really dull (sorry Stuart if you ever read this post) for creative thinking I have drawn up a radiant map which I put up in yesterdays posting ..to continue I have thought about buying dome tags and writing questions that come to mind for each section, the end result will be something quite different and creative. to think about my future self as someone who is not teaching anymore but lecturing whilist holding down a research position..I also see myself living in a quirky house or cottage maybe, that has a beautiful garden which I spend alot of time tending too, I continue to read and listen to music, I dont drink so much or smoke anymore and I am really happy with my life, I have also gotten over the fact that age is going to happen whatever I do and that no expensive facecream is going to sort it...is this all too personal?? ummmm 

Long time, no see...Im back!

Radient map, integrated mind map, universal forms and purposeful ways of seeing...is the focus of today. Here you can see the foundation of what I hope will grow (layers) over the next 4 weeks. it has 4 sections. 1 current experience. 2 questions I need to answer. 3 planning out what are the issues, what is important to me. 4 the future, how I see myself finishing DDP.
what I need to do now is home in 2 & 3, these both relate to one another, issues such as, time, work and home life but to be honest I dont think I will ever overcome these areas, instead I will have to deal with it and get on! So are the issues the not important bit.? Ill come back to that later.
Ok today I had a supervisory session with Stuart and Fiona (2:30-3:30) we pretty much went over the last session discussing current focus, that is time base media and applying it to capture the creative process. I mentioned to Fiona 'Showstudio' and she said that neil??? (a colleague I think) had put together a student project for UNILEVER. one of the students produced sketches from start to finish using video and then edited it down to a short film...fiona is going to try and provide me with a copy..
I spoke to stuart about MA and that I was looking forward to completing modules next year, furthermore to be freed up to focus only on the DDP. I cant do that until the MA is out of the way...so coming back to the issue of time this can only improve. Stuart suggested that I use modules to contribute toward DDP, which I have been doing?? We, Fiona, talked about Susie Norris who is hopefully finishing DDP next year (fast track) she has been using a Blog (20,000 words +) which will form the foundation for her final write up, more amazingly she is holding down a head of fashion role (I think) at Southampton Solent  and has 4 children, I say children they could be teenagers, anyway that doesn't matter, what matters is she coping, again Im assuming, what an inspiration, would like to talk to her.
So to finish up on discussion. 1 Fiona will provide (hopefully) film, 2 I must continue to read (and I know I am not doing AT ALL!) 3 think about what my portfoilio  will be to will be to raise questions now and use of different creative tools to help focus thoughts etc. I need to seak to Erik Bohimien and chap at LeedsMet, opps forgot name
NEXT meeting is January 19th, Thursday @ 2:30pm with Stuart and Fiona