Thursday

Group Crit : 1

During the first group crit we we're separated into groups. The groups were a mix of both classes and it was made so that people who wouldn't have spoke each other to or seen much of their work were now integrating. I was in a group with Vicki, Rosa, Alice and Nicky. I liked the fact that the groups were mixed in this way, it gave us the chance to figure out our own concepts as we had to explain them in detail to people who didn't already know about our work. It helped to created new fresh ideas compared to those by your close friends. It also helped us feel like we could be truly objective, knowing that we wouldn't be ruining a friendship if we gave constructive criticism, it put us all on the same page. I found making comments on other peoples work quite easy if explained well, however it was tougher if the person was being negative about their own work. The best thing about group crit is getting a chance to talk about your work. I find explaining work much easier in real life than writing it up on here. Sometimes I wish our journals could be recorded conversations. The exam board should really look into that.

Points made by Rosa :

- Interesting clever idea/concept
- I really like the progression through out project so far.
- Love the idea of gaining an insight into peoples lives.
- How we get so obsessed with out appearance. Everything's fake.
- Maybe create a profile of someone, show more evidence of your idea.
- Use flaps to create characters faces (what I explained) - this was the idea of a children's flip book using someones facebook photographs.

Question 1 : What samples/documentation are your going to create other than what you have produced already?
I'm hoping to create work with imagery, creating a wall of photos to reveal just how much we put out there, layering profile and untagged photos, layering contradicting statements onto photographs.

Question 2 : Are you interested in the idea of revealing somebodies life, personality for who they really are? Discovering them?
I am interested in the idea of revealing somebody but I think it would have to be done carefully as it may cause distress. I'm worried that the person may feel that it is a personal attack. So although I do like the idea I don't think that it is within my nature to do so but I will still continue to look into the idea as it does interest me.

Question 3 : Do you want to get a reaction out of this? Are you hoping to create something controversial? And if you do get a response how will you respond to it?
I do love controversial work and get a reaction although I think I would only get a strong reaction from the person who I was 'revealing'. Again I think its a fine line between using someone within my work or making them a 'victim' for piece of mind I would like to have the okay from the individual to use them although this would take away from piece itself. The fact is I'm not sure who I could use who wouldn't get offended or annoyed.

Overall very exciting, interesting. Passionate about your concept. Very inspiring.


Points made by Alice :

- Time appropriate subject - relevant issues for today's society.
- I like the endeavors you've already taken - good progression.
- Super interesting topic! Enthusiastic to see exhibition.

Question 1 : How do you intend to develop the idea of writing on a white board?
I'd like to develop the live twitter feed by placing the whiteboard in a public area which isn't in college. Although is sometimes hard as security guards have often popped up when other people have tried to do public pieces within Warrington. I would also like the feed to be more regular, maybe I would sit by the board for a working day, 9 to 5, and tweet everything that comes up, having more than one tweet on the board at a time. However I see that my project is developing and new ideas are coming about, I'm not sure if taking the time to do this piece again would be worth it, maybe it would be time better spent doing something else?

Question 2 : How will your project be relevant to you? Will you document your twitter feed, show your facebook profile publicly?
I like the idea of using myself as an example as I feel comfortable doing this. But perhaps the fact that I do feel comfortable doing this means that I'm not the best example to use.

Question 3 : Is it the insight into peoples lives that you wouldn't necessarily speak to in 'the real world' a concept that interests you? Would you exploit strangers?
Yes I love this idea, however I personally don't tend to do this which is a problem. If I had an Internet friend of which I had never met in real life then I would consider making work on this and documenting our relationship, however I don't feel that any of my relationships that are purely Internet based are strong enough to make work from, they are often just exchanges of small comments. I wouldn't call any of these people friends in a true sense.

More emphasis on documentation of personal work? I'm really interested to see the accumulated outcomes.


Points made by Vicki :

- Like how your using inspiration from life and peoples communication to influence your project - e.g. Twitter, facebook, and other information from the Internet.

Question 1 : Where are you planning to project/display otherwise unseen information from the Internet? e.g. locations?
I was planning to display information around town, however I was unsure of how to do this. During the Liverpool Biennial I visited it once again after the college trip, it was during the nighttime and was called something along the lines of the long night out. Since as you walk from place to place we often saw a car which held a strong projector in the back, they used this to project information on the Biennial onto the streets that people were using to walk to and from events. I thought this was a refreshing way to display information and was exciting. I would love to do something along the same lines of this and Jenny Holzer's work however I feel my project may have already developed past these pieces. I understand the importance of carrying out physical work but I personally see the development of thoughts perhaps more interesting, seeing how the mind works.

Question 2 : How could you now respond to the college repeatedly blocking twitter from your account and reflect it within your work?
I responded to this during my twitter board piece and putting it in one of the busiest areas of college. I also sent emails to the computer technicians asking for it to be turned back on, I was allowed access but only with an email from my teacher saying it was for a project. Perhaps I should start a protest? Bombarding them with emails, letters, texts, phone calls.

Question 3 : How could you begin to develop more graphical developments within your work using twitter and facebook as inspiration - looking at how people make judgement from photographs?
I could develop graphical pieces by using imagery and text. However I am seeing this project being graphically based in the concepts as conceptual thinking is important within the graphics industry. I am also trying to make work which is out of my comfort zone, this is why I am trying to move away from making things such as posters which I have previously done.

- You could also explain how people interact and communicate with each other face to face and contrast the difference with how they communicate over the Internet.

Sadly Nicky went home ill so wasn't available for group crit.

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