New Project

For the new project we had to create an archive set of 20 images. For this I wanted to make sure my archive could refllect my practice as a photographer, trying to do something different I chose to look at abstract reflections. This relates to my practice as the abstract is such a wide area of debate within art and I like to explore such debates with my photography.

The next part of our project we were given an object. I was given washing up sponges. This was a starting point to start off ideas and develop our own professional practices. I started to think of the sponge as a thing that holds information like the sea animals do. This made me think of what we use to store information on such as books, dvd's, computers, usb sticks etc. Thinking back to Alec Soth's exhibition in New York I thought I would make an installation out of everything I own that I store inforamtion on. The idea was that these maerial things were my memory, my knowledge. I experiemented a little bit with building these installations and shortly decided it wasn't a god idea to carry on as it didn't reflect what I was trying to do within my practice and that was to question the status of photography and art and my own role as a photographer or artist.

Educational Visit to New York

Visiting New York was an amazing opportunity. It is such an inspiring place with so many galleries, museums and exhibitons to visit. The architecture was amazing and the people were interesting, there were so many ideas that springed to mind that could be used for a project.
The International centre of photography was one of the first places visited with an overview of Weegies work, this was really interesting as I had only seen his work in small books and on the internet. It was interesting to see how all of his work was set up within the gallery. Most of his work was meant for newspapers so seeing his work in frames made his work more about the importance of the work rather then the meaning they once had. The context of the newspaper is different to the context of the gallery so the images depending on where they are shown have different meaning.

The MOMA: This was very enjoyable and inspirational. My focus was on looking at the way art is displayed in all its forms. Framed and unframed photographs, installations, sculpture, painting etc.

The bicycle wheel was really interesting to see as I've been researching Marcel Duchamp for my critical and contextual research essay. Originality comes into mind along with the readymade.

Nan Golding

Interactive art..... Sweets for the everyone to have. This piece was really interesting as usually within the gallery you look but don't touch.

Paul Graham

Paul Grahams work was very inspiring with the way he displayed his images. I had never seen photographs displayed so close to the floor before. Looking down on these images was a new perspective I had never experienced within a gallery before and I liked it. The work seemed to be about the fast pace of New York city life, images shown in a row usually showed the same place and or the same person in the shot surrounded by different people. Looking like only seconds had passed.

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Alec Soth

For me Alec Soths exhibition inspired me and made me think of information and how we use it and store it. The way Soth displayed his work was very unusual. The frame was the same colour as the wall. The frame blended into it's surroundings but the image was captivated within this thick white border within the frame. This relates to his subject looking at the outcasts of society. The people that go out of their way to stay away from the social and political aspects of the world as not to be bound by any rules. But in they are trapped where they are.