The fourth and final rotation is described as the most ‘open’ of the projects, in that it gives almost complete freedom for what work we can make. When asked ‘how heavy is a book?’, it is easy to think of a book’s physical weight. But when you start to consider the components and the content of a book, it soon becomes clear that this is a very open-ended question. The same goes for defining what a ‘book’ actually is. For some it may just be an object made of paper pages, but looking into deeper meanings behind what a book is all about reveals a lot of potential trails of thought to follow; Something that can be used to present a narrative A sequence; pages, spaces Something chronological A log of information Something secret, something to share; it has an audience An archive Something to read with the eyes (what about sound, touch?) A collection of objects, images, text A source A structure to build upon, a vessel to house information A journey, something with a beginning and an end Something with a theme that flows throughout it (even with major or minor deviations) From generating definitions of a book it has opened up a number of possibilities to explore when creating work. For the first task we were given three hours to create a ‘book’. From this I created a long drawing, taking references from parts of a map and some dried paint flecks that were on my desk in the studio. As a single line drawing I wanted to convey the idea of a continuous theme that runs throughout a book, defining the work with some sort of purpose. But I do not see a book as flat. To me a book is a three dimensional object which contains a series of spaces. So from here I began to score along the lines that I drew in order to bend the paper so that it could stand whilst creating an interesting relief shape. The ‘book’ is basic. I might not even go so far as to call it a book, I don’t think that it is developed enough, it is still too flat for my interpretation of a book. But what I do like is the idea of a continuous ‘line’ of a theme being manipulated into a three dimensional structure. I would like to continue to develop something along these lines this week.
From here we are to now to work independently on this project and to develop our work to be shown at the end of the week. I like the open nature of the brief as I can incorporate ideas from previous rotations, although I already know I will struggle to narrow those ideas down in order to start making something ready for the end of the week.
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AuthorThird Year BA Hons Fine Art student studying at Falmouth University Archives
April 2017
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