Friday, 2 October 2015

Sense of Place - Grids/Frames/Micro/Macro

Being represented with our first project this year, we were told to come up with ideas to do with the broad theme of "sense of place",  with this week's focus being grids/ frames/ micro/ macro.

My initial idea started with frames, and branched from there; ranging from window to comic book frames, I branched off from picture frames, until I eventually decided to begin with photography, which links in with this weeks other themes as well (i.e., rule of thirds= grids, and micro and macro photography).


James Mollison's Where Children Sleep
Christopher Relander's We are Nature series


To being my project, I went on Pinterest to find some initial photography ideas that I liked and that could inspire my work. I came across the work of James Mollison and Christopher Relander; both are quite different technically, but they both have something in common: they represent people with landscape. This narrowed my focus towards my family and in turn my home, which allowed me to come up with an idea that would link to the project's general theme: what makes a house a home, in particular my house.


Richard McGuire's Here

Within our group meetings, at the suggestion of Stephen, I looked at the work of Richard McGuire's "Here", since its focus was similar to mine. Liking its layered but restrained pop style- I decided to incorporate this into my research, to get another angle besides photography and expand my skills.

Dan Burgess' The Wolf King
Saul Bass' collection of work

Once I decided to explore graphic design and illustration, I once again went on Pinterest and discovered both Saul Bass and Dan Burgess. I was drawn to them because of their simple but dramatic application of design. Through their work, I will be able to create different compositions and ultimately different ideas; inspired by Burgess' dark imagery, I wanted to develop my theme further by portraying contempt instead of stability at home, and perhaps represent my family in a graphic and ironic way.

Through this selection of artists- I will be able to experiment with various styles and see what I create as a result of their work.


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