The past couple of weeks have been a little dissertation-heavy, but the first draft has been handed in now so I can breathe a temporary sigh of relief and concentrate mainly on my studio practice for a while. I still feel as though I’m struggling a bit with my life/degree balance… there’s so much I want to do, but I feel like I’m always fighting to find the time to do it all. Prioritisation is needed!
I have been playing with my View-Master, making some DIY reels with images based on my “cells” stop motion animation (still a work in progress). It turns out that making these reels was slightly more problematic than anticipated – but I’m currently working on making the images look 3D, and also experimenting with different ways of creating the images. Future plans involve having a go at modifying the View-Master to hold digital photo frames – I like the idea of a lo-tech/hi-tech combo, and feel it fits in well with the spirit/science theme I’m exploring.
Alongside the View-Master work, I am drawing up some plans for layered structures incorporating animations played on miniature screens (building on some work from last semester). These will be following the same themes, exploring the relationship between the spiritual self (thoughts, memories, emotions etc) and the biological, scientific components that make our physical form.
