Blog 2 - Practical Peer Review 1

Peer Crit 29th October

What went well...?

-Work with the most movement is the most popular, comes closer to capturing the experience

-Links well to the research question

-Mixing different mediums is effective
(choosing which material effectively captures each experience, what is appropriate)

-The hand-made images are the strongest, the digitally created ones look more flat 
(The aura of analogue, however can it be positively used to enhance and reproduce?)

Next...?

-Could I explore cropping and perspectives of each image? 
(Would this represent my experience authentically though? Perhaps I could visualise the view more than the performers though?)

-Could I experiment with more mediums? 
(I guess another stage could be developing into print-making. This is a more planned and practiced way of image making rather than quick responses like I have been doing. They would hold different qualities, be more final and finished? 
I already use: coloured pencil, watercolour pencil, fine-liner, acrylic paint, photoshop, ink, oil pastel, chalk pastel, felt tip, biro and coloured stock.

-Could the work be more conceptual? 
(I guess this means less representative... The project would be an entirely different project and probably couldn't capture the aura of those exact experiences being quite conceptual?)

-Do different colours represent different music genres better? 
(Would this change the nature of my project? Rather than illustrating what was experienced it would be visualising the different types of music, not linking to the experience specifically) 
-Specifically explore the connotations of colour in response to music genres 
(This is something that I wouldn’t be considering when experiencing each musical experience, perhaps this would affect music listening though?)

-Narrow question further and relate more to illustration? Could possibly change to ‘How can illustration capture aura around live music?’ 
(Would this detract the emphasis of the holistic experience? The practical responses aren’t just illustrative, they include photographs and written responses as part of the practical too)

-Could I include moving image, some Gifs? 
(I want the practical to be analogue so this is something I didn’t really want to consider, however perhaps this would bring to life and recreate the aura of the experience further?)

Practical Peer Review

Practical Peer Review feedback

Possible question: How can illustration capture the aura around live music?

-Prefer the work with more movement, more effective. Captures an experience more.

-Experiment more with colour and new mediums.
-How do colours relate to different music genres?
-Are handmade pieces stronger than photoshopped? 

-What colours present different genres of music?
-What outcome with be created? Whats the end goal?
-What different mediums will you use?

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I am very interested in the theoretical side of this project. I find it very exciting and personally something that I am very into researching and understanding. I think it ties in well with the practical investigation but as of yet I am not sure where I'm going with the case study elements of it.

I have been struggling with capturing movement and loosening up. I know that I need to make work that is looser, that captures the movement of the performer but it is really difficult and very frustrating.
I am really excited to see how this project develops and how my visual investigation progresses.

I have found it quite challenging going back and reworking/creating the artwork. I have found that experiences have been solidified by the artwork I have already created and capturing the excitement of a gig is much easier shortly after to create lots of outcomes.

I think the ultimate resolution to this project should be a scrap book which is my collection of musical experiences.

I have found that I hardly draw the lead act, the one I came to see at the gig. They aren't necessarily the most memorable part of the experience. It is normally being surprised and seeing something knew that is similar to the act i very much like. Possibly also because I normally have a better view of the smaller bands? Also I feel that bands I really want to see perhaps are too stressful to draw and draw accurately because I have loved them for a long time and they are too big a concept?

Photoseptic, Blame, Dychosis

AVATAR

DUDS

Goat Girl

The Vaccines and Bastile

Blog 1 - Project Proposal

Initial Proposal

The group session helped me break my work into 2 different sections, ultimately making me chose which area I was mainly interested and wanted to investigate.

2 strands

1- Moments and experiences and live music (drawings of bands, my interpretations of capturing an experience)

2-  Music being difficult to articulate, different interpretations, powerful, the psychology (sound maps and visualisations)

Theoretically

I have found that what particularly interests me is the aura of an experience, a musical experience.

I will need to investigate:

-What makes an experience special?

Personal, intimate, interactive.

Irreplaceable, unique, once, authentic, it is analogue.

Anticipation, satisfaction.

-How does a live performance make people feel?

Absorbed in the sound – not distracted, hooked, transfixed

Multi-sensory experience – tapping feet, responding through movement

Dopamine/euphoria - enjoyment

Practically

I will visually investigate live performances…

Ones I have been to (trying to rejuvenate my memory of them),

A few days after a gig,

The day after the gig,

The evening after the gig,

Reportage whilst at the gig.

I will look into how different materials convey different things, how different experiences of music will look different, what the main exciting things at each gig are and how I can capture them.

!!!!!!!!!!Action Plan!!!!!!!!!!!

Research
- Research/definine/explore definitions of key words: ‘experience’ ‘moment’ ‘aura’ ‘special’ ‘authentic’
‘originality’
- Start to store words I like/ I can use as key words for searching documents/research, eg
experience, experiential, immersive….
- Explore other mediums for research, eg documentaries, film, short films
- Other artists who draw music/gigs?
-READING

Practical / field trips
-Go to gigs (across genres) / draw gigs
-Collect memorabilia?
Post gig:
-do blog post, reflect on how I felt in the experience, why 
- feedback from peer 
what made it ‘good’?
the little things that made it memorable?
what are those questions? And how should I ask them?
anything you would have preferred?
- review drawings from the gig - make an analysis powerpoint on each gig
slide 1: photos?
slide 2: drawings?
slide 3: my review?
slide 4: someone else's review?
(new drawings?)