This weekend you will be making work for the Materials that Matter assignment. Please note the following items:
-As much a possible, use actual materials and objects to make your work. If you can't find, buy or otherwise use an actual material, object, or image, send me a text and I can advise you about finding said material/object/image. For instance, if diamonds are something you wanted to use for a composition about value, it would be nearly impossible to buy real ones in a quantity that would be affordable. Instead, you could buy rhinestones from a hobby store.
-If worse comes to worst and you need a 2D representation of an item, please be sure to scale said item to the appropriate size and to print in color for use in your work. For instance, if diamonds are something you wanted to use for a composition about value, it would be nearly impossible to buy real ones in a quantity that would be affordable. Instead, you could find imagery of diamonds on the internet, use the computer to scale them and gather enough of them for compositional purposes and then print them out in color so that you may cut them out to use in your art piece.
-Don't forget what you have learned about context and its importance. Context is always part of your visual vocabulary and many times it can be the difference between vague and clear visual communication.
-When constructing experimental compositions, be sure to consider audience. Try to anticipate the associations and connections others may make with the imagery you choose to express your content.
-Materials always matter
-We need to test our ideas and our imagery as we develop and committ to visual vocabulary that will deliver our content.
-Think of what we are doing as a kind of test. Part of this test requires us to express what we mean in writing. The other part requires us to express what we mean visually. The way these two components are interpreted ALWAYS matters.
-The artwork you are making should be inspired by or in response to the guiding principle/topic/direction you have written.
-Your writing should be based and inspired in part by the research you have collected thus far. It should also contain opinions and insights that are unique to you.
-Remember that one of the most important things an artist does is they make the familiar unfamiliar. Ultimately, your message and your imagery must be compelling.
-Your compositions should be of high quaility. This means your photographs should look as if every part has been carefully orchestrated and planned. Do not let unsilghtly background parts or any other messy or unintentional details become part of your composition! If your background context image isn't big enough, make it bigger. If there is no ground under your items and you can see cardboard or other unplanned surfaces, change or cover said ground.
-Each composition should be different. In other words, try to express your guiding principle in [5] different ways NOT [5] different views of the same composition!
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Materials that Matter - [5] Statements of Written Intention
due: Tuesday, April 3rd
Format: [5] Printed and brought to class to present with your Materials that Matter work.
Paragraph One-Look at the notes for your most recent writing on Google Drive [I am finishing these as fast as I can!]. Transform any recent advice and commentary into a guiding principle to present with your [5] Materials that Matter compositions. This writing will become the first parpagraph of your writing. The guiding principle for each composition will be the same.
Paragraph Two
-Since you have used different components and configurations for each composition, the second part or paragraph of this writing will briefly describe how your components and said configurations deliver your content. PLEASE do not be confused and simply describe what the composition looks like. Instead, any mention of compositional imagery should be used as an opportunity to talk about said imagery's conceptual significance. Here is an example of the difference:
My photograph has a horse in it. The horse is surrounded by feathers.The horse is barely lit and this creates an interesting effect....
Versus
I use horse imagery to convey the untameable nature of intamacy. In graphology, horse doodles may reveal a person's unrealistic expectations in love. I am intentionally using the horse as a symbol that harnesses that notion. Maribou feathers are evocative of desire and have an alluring quality. I am pairing the horse and feathers to create an atmosphere of romance and mystery. The horse is literally emersed in a field of feathers. This is a visual manefestation of a personal belief: The persuit of love is elusive and dreamlike.
Please contact me if you do not recognize the difference.
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