Tutorial w/ Jessica Longmore 20/03

• Use workshops to learn how to size up images on illustrator - speak to technicians.
• Think of space - fill the space - space part of work.
• Interaction with work - create obstacles - negotiate ways of moving around the space.
• I have stepped forward a lot with work, with how I am exploring space - photographically and physically - interesting development - a lot of scope for future work.
• Pictures have potential.
• Scale up images to size of the wall and explore scattered pictures together.
• Sculptural quality of images - sense of space shown in images.
• Un-trimmed edged - highlighting that it is a photograph - my own images - try trimming the edges to see if it makes a difference.
• In test exhibition - the images sunk into the blackness of the room - not defined - seemed like they were appearing through the wall - the pile seems like a definite statement about photography.
• If I trimmed the edges - images may merge into a sculptural mass.
• Try ripping, and screwing into tighter balls.
• Display the items less staged.
• Try out 10 variations and record and document.
• Set tasks - not knowing outcome - beneficial.
• Illustrator sized up images - try out variations.
• Experiment with raw materials (images) - make notes as I am going along.
• "Free yourself up" - brings more ideas - make notes and reflect.
• If I "hit a brick wall" then set experimental tasks to work on.

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This tutorial really gave me confidence with my work and how it is developing. Also confidence in how I can develop my work further. Jessica has helped me a lot with how to develop my work - in terms of giving me a sort of new way of working. I tend to just sit there thinking when I get stuck, and it is something that I need to get out of doing.

"Throw away" images.

After the feedback with Graham, I decided to try out what he had suggested with my images. As I described the images as "throw away" because I chose to print them on to photocopying paper, which has an ephemeral quality, I decided that this would be something interesting to do, and maybe what I need to develop my work further.

First of all, I printed out the 25 images which I took at the factory last time I went. I screwed the images up:

I made the decision to only screw up the images slightly, so you could still see what was printed. Although the images are quite dark, I think the way you can only see parts, because of them being screwed up, is quite interesting. I then decided to place the images in the corner of my studio space, to see what I could play about with:

 (There are around 25 images in this photograph)

 

I then went on to print out some more images from the same series, printing out multiples of the images, to see what would happen.

 

In the above picture, there are around another 30 images printed out, making just over 50 in total.

 

I definitely think that I should print out even more multiples of the photographs, to give the full effect which I am after. I have found this really interesting, as it is something that I would not usually do, but I can definitely see more scope for development within this work and how it is going!!