Generally a positive response to our presentation this morning. Unlike a performance (which it was viewed by some as) it was calm, casual and lighthearted. An approach that was questioned, mainly I think because of the formal way we had set up the studio.
It was satisfying to hear that despite that, many people had picked up on the ideas we were attempting to illustrate so overall I feel like we did a good job under the circumstances. We were lucky to be in a group that could communicate effectively, but not all of us were so lucky. There were of course many flaws in all of our presentations because of these circumstances (being assigned a task apprentice style) but this helped us to experince presentations as audience and presenters.
The experience of the audience is something I am very interested in in my own work. As I have mentioned before most artworks are not experienced first hand but through documents proving or illustrating the work either a photograph, text, video or word of mouth and so as well as considering how we present work for the first audience we are always conscious of the need to document it.
In the past I have been dissapointed by photographs. Documentation has either been forgotten or left to the last minute and done badly. So with the MA my focus is on the document. I’m already obsessed with paper and the way we document our lives and how paper can become powerful depending on how it is used so now I want to work on how and why the document is created and which is the appropraite medium for it.
To start with I have been looking at photography and writing (this blog for instance). Today I picked up the photographic prints I made over the last few weeks. It’s a long process and now that I have made this object (which it now its more than just a photgraph) I am reluctant to scan it and digitize it. I think what I need to do now is compile what I have been doing, review it, and decide on the next step. I’m going to make use of the peer critiques I’ve set up and get myself a deadline to get this stuff together. Can it be done in a week? I hope so.
