Although I have planned a lot in advance for the setup of my degree show space, the real work could only happen once I was assigned my space. I was certain that Error 404 would be present in the show, as well as my projection piece that would occupy the walls. These two pieces were set up first. As you enter the room, the corner projection is occupies the walls of the furthest corner, that faces you. It is a direct confrontation to audience members. What I like about the piece however is that between each ‘chapter’ of the animation there is a fade to black, which doesn’t appear on the wall, so it could be some seconds before anything appears, leaving the audience members to wonder why the space might be blank. The interest is then drawn to Error 404, which sits on a plinth to the left of the space. It is not directly in front of the corner projection, but occupies enough of the space close to it to not go unnoticed. The error message remains flickering at all times; there is a moment where you notice the flickering out of the corner of your eye- which I hope would encourage the need to move closer to inspect it. As the viewer turns to view the work on the plinth, there is a shift in movement, in the direction that the body is facing; the back is turned to one piece as it directly addresses the other. What was also unintentional, yet quite ironic, was in the process of turning to address the work on the plinth, the space behind it is a blank wall. I have been told that the plinth harks to a lectern where presentations are made, and so perhaps the reader can now go about presenting their findings to a blank wall. After these two pieces were decided I was however uncertain as to how my zine work would appear (if at all) in the space. I wanted to be able to give some idea about the working process that had gone into making the work, whilst remaining with the form of an open book. After looking at the other two pieces in situ it became clear that if anything else were to be shown that it should follow suit in their clean, minimal appearance. The zines that I have made appear online, to be viewed on screen, and so I hoped to try and replicate this viewing experience by making my zine appear on a small monitor screen. At first I had it so that the pages would turn, like they do online, but when looking at it in comparison to the other two works, that would only fade or flicker with minimal transitions, I decided that a more subtle transition would suit the book pages; the turning is not needed to hint at its form as a book, as the scans of the pages already reveal the images origins. The video now clicks between each slide, giving 10 seconds to view the page before moving on. The screen could contain any number of slides from my collection of sketchbooks including my print based work which had so far not made any kind of appearance in the show. However when viewing the print work on screen I found that it was too much compared to the other work, so I paired it back to show the pages in direct relation to the themes of emptiness, and he need to fill space, whilst not overlapping with some of the book pages that are displayed as part of my corner projection piece. After first thinking that the screen could be displayed on the wall at eye-height (an easy reading view), I decided on keeping the monitor low down, resting on the floor. It gives the space a circular sense of movement in that the audience’s attention moves from eye-height, to looking down at the plinth, to then looking down further to the screen. It also hints to a discarded view of notebooks which aren’t often displayed, either discarded or kept hidden. I have displayed the monitor in the corner closest to the audience as they enter the space, so it is at first not noticed. It is only when you enter into the space that the work can be seen, and only properly viewed when you turn and crouch down. Again, the minimal flicking between pages might draw interest out of the corner of the eye before any further engagement takes place with the work.
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AuthorThird Year BA Hons Fine Art student studying at Falmouth University Archives
April 2017
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