Filed under: Research from memory 2
I have learnt from reading the text that primary research is much more effective then secondary reasearch. Primary research consists of going out into the world and talking to people, conducting surveys etc. Secondary research consists of works already done by people in the past e.g. books, internet readings.
I have been told along with my classmates a number of times not to do the bleeding obvious. This means when coming up with an idea to think of doing something different to keep people interesting in your work.
I have done some research and found two artists that do work that is experimental and avoids the obvious. I can take inspiration from these pieces to develop my own thoughts when thinking of an idea that avoids the obvious.
Micheal Landy
He is an artist and the example I have chosen to look at is his work ‘Break down’ 2001, where he destroys all of his belongings in public view. He wanted to destroy all that he had so decided to destroy them in order for him to move on with his life. This is his most famous piece of work and it is completly opposite to the obvious. I am not saying that I personally would consider destroying all my belongings but it was interesting to see how far people will go to make their work stand out from the rest. I can definatly take inspiration from this piece because it is different and original. Landy even said in the clip that people do not even remember his name, they know him for the guy who destroyed all of his belongings. The idea was very extreme but it worked because remember the idea very clearly, they do not remember his name but his work so this makes this piece of work a major success thus being Landy’s most famous piece of work to date.
Michael Landy – Talking about his work ‘Break Down’ 2001
Derek Jarman
He was a film director, stage designer, artist and writer. He combined the use of super 8 with 35mm to produce both personal movies about his own memories or reactions to the world around him and movies that combined the look of the school play with little known actors to comment on the recent events of the past. I have chosen to look at a scene from Jarman’s film ‘Jubilee’ (1977). The film is about a girl Elizabeth I who is transported forward in time and moves through the social and physical decay of the city observing the activities of a group of sporadic nihilists. This is a personal movie with Jarmans reations to punk rockers at the time. I can again take inspiration from this film because I can take the route down using a personal theme with my own thoughts and displaying them in a piece of work. This is out of the ordinary and it will keep people interested in my work. This is because it is from my point of view so it will differ to other peoples opinions and beliefs so they will keep watching.
Derek Jarman ‘Jubilee Film Scene’ (1977)
Filed under: Memory Artifact Analysis
The whole purpose of this artifact was to show memory from my point of view. I took still and moving images to show the what I remember when I see a specific item. My first picture is a petrol station and that immediatly makes me remember putting petrol into my car so I took a picture of a petrol nozzle. I follow on from this linking items from my own memory.
I am very proud of this piece of work because I feel I have meet all of the criteria that was set. This idea came about after a chat with my seminar lecturer. I had an idea before this one but my seminar teacher said he liked the fact that I have linked an item with my own memory. This was the foundation for how this idea came about. This piece meets that requirement because I am linking items with my own memories.
