This week has been a hectic one, in establishing an idea to carry forward to the presentation of our temporal practices work at the end of the week. Despite making several videos whilst out and about, I decided to focus on the clips of my feet that I made whilst walking. Following on from the ‘Walk On’ exhibition in Plymouth I wanted to continue the theme of mapping and the creation of a visual journey. I also wanted to somehow incorporate an element of the research I have been doing in relation to Tinnitus. For the presentation I decided to create an installation where the film that I created is projected onto the floor. The video consists of a number of clips of my feet walking in a number of locations. By projecting onto the floor I want the idea to be that people standing around the piece can feel as if they are coming on a journey with me, they are able to experience the walks that I took. For this part of the installation I had to make a bracket for the projector so that it could be used vertically rather than horizontally. At the time of making it seemed a very over-complicated process which really frustrated me, but the bracket was successful in holding the projector and additional media player in place. The other element which I included in the installation was sound. To make the experience personal to me I wanted the audience to be able to experience some of the sounds that I hear all of the time, so I made a recording of white noise to be played at the same time as the walking video. It is at the times when I am doing something monotonous, such as walking when I notice the tinnitus the most, which is why I believe that this sound was appropriate to play alongside the video. After showing the work to the group, a selection of books was recommended to me about sound art which I am keen to look at. The fact that I was capturing something mundane was also picked up on, looking closely at the things that we take for granted and making a record of it. I wish once again that there was more time to make work, as I feel that these rotations rush me into making work to present. I feel that this installation was very basic. Although I like the simple concept I feel that the outcome could be a lot more refined and developed, with more complex sound editing and a more professional presentation. I would like to carry on with the themes which I have touched upon in this project, but again the start of another rotation next week will most likely mean that I will have to keep these ideas on the back burner until a later date.
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AuthorThird Year BA Hons Fine Art student studying at Falmouth University Archives
April 2017
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