This was the first group crit since our hand-in in january, so it was interesting to see what people thought of my videos, especially from people who don't know my work at all!
This is going to be a rambling waffling post, so here goes:
"silence is important" really liked this from the silent trenches soil falling. Some thought that it was as though from the gunning noise, your ears had been damaged from shock which led to the silence. Everyone seemed to like the stillness, it gave it an eerie effect. It added more mystery, and had to make you focus more, reminded them of films.
On how to set it up: Lulu suggested box screens, so you would have multiple things being shown. This idea is good, as i could show different elements, and it might make it seem as though cameras are watching the place. Another suggestion was big projection. This then reminded me of the Irish Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale. I will look further into his work and way of setup.
What they enjoyed about the helicopter film was that it had a complete motion, that they wanted to stay to watch the whole thing. However, this is a really short clip, it lasts for just under a minute. And i feel that having this on a continuous loop would be too repetitious. However, if it were to be maybe presented in a box, where you can only just see in, it may work. But i don't believe it would work large scale.
Someone suggested for wind i could use a hair dryer. However, because i film outdoors, this could prove difficult!!
Someone suggested embracing the cinematic appearance of it by definitely having it BIG.
I said that i would want a little note by my work informing the viewer that it was a film of a small model, and everyone seemed to agree in the group that they would want this.
I was asked why i like to deceive and to look at the artist Simon Fujiwara.
Lucy suggested that the next piece i do to be a lake. As hard as this may prove to be, i think this could be fun to make, and i am very keen to try this out. There is a lake in the lake district called Wastwater. It is the deepest lake in England and is know to be extremely cold. It is also know for being one of the places where most suicides are committed.
And finally three words to sum up: Death Emotion Fear.
This is going to be a rambling waffling post, so here goes:
"silence is important" really liked this from the silent trenches soil falling. Some thought that it was as though from the gunning noise, your ears had been damaged from shock which led to the silence. Everyone seemed to like the stillness, it gave it an eerie effect. It added more mystery, and had to make you focus more, reminded them of films.
On how to set it up: Lulu suggested box screens, so you would have multiple things being shown. This idea is good, as i could show different elements, and it might make it seem as though cameras are watching the place. Another suggestion was big projection. This then reminded me of the Irish Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale. I will look further into his work and way of setup.
What they enjoyed about the helicopter film was that it had a complete motion, that they wanted to stay to watch the whole thing. However, this is a really short clip, it lasts for just under a minute. And i feel that having this on a continuous loop would be too repetitious. However, if it were to be maybe presented in a box, where you can only just see in, it may work. But i don't believe it would work large scale.
Someone suggested for wind i could use a hair dryer. However, because i film outdoors, this could prove difficult!!
Someone suggested embracing the cinematic appearance of it by definitely having it BIG.
I said that i would want a little note by my work informing the viewer that it was a film of a small model, and everyone seemed to agree in the group that they would want this.
I was asked why i like to deceive and to look at the artist Simon Fujiwara.
Lucy suggested that the next piece i do to be a lake. As hard as this may prove to be, i think this could be fun to make, and i am very keen to try this out. There is a lake in the lake district called Wastwater. It is the deepest lake in England and is know to be extremely cold. It is also know for being one of the places where most suicides are committed.
And finally three words to sum up: Death Emotion Fear.