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Today Eddie and I had our first project meeting. We have chosen not to develop a rigid plan in terms of outcomes as we are both keen to see what emerges from a period of sustained discussion and exploration. This blog will be a place to document our conversations and findings, post test images, and record our action plans to move forward after each working session.
What we achieved today was to discuss what we are excited about by our collaboration and also what we fear may be problematic during our working relationship. Our conversation about ‘common ground’ led to us identifying a list of key themes that we are both interested in exploring or responding to during our work together. Most of these we agreed on, a couple needed some debate to define them in ways that we both felt comfortable with, but we now have a starting point to develop further:
PAPER — PROCESS — LIGHT — LINE — ANALOGUE — COLOUR/MONOCHROME — VISION
We have agreed on an action plan for the next two weeks, based on two of the key themes: LIGHT and LINE. We have booked a day in the photographic studio on Saturday 23rd November to explore light and line within a series of graphite and paper constructions. Before then I will prepare the graphite surfaces needed for the studio shoot and Eddie will identify the necessary materials, including cameras, film, and lenses. We will shoot digital images to test exposure, composition etc, but the main concern of the session will be to shoot the work on film.
* Like a police investigation, our blog has a name that is completely neutral and unrelated to the subject of our exploration.
