Today I had my Pecha Kucha presentation which I was dreading but it went really well. I found last years Pecha Kucha very useful even though I didn’t want to admit at the time because it went awfully (I guess not always a bad thing)! It was very eventful, in the sense of different directions but it benefited me massively, which I now see after many emotional breakdowns…
But, this year was positive! I’ll put in some of my slides I used as I showed my journey to the rest of my class through level 5 to now.
As my first Pecha Kucha I presented in level 5 last year wasn’t my best, I wanted to really express how much I have developed and grown in confidence as an artist and I feel like it’ll be a good way to follow my progress through my blog too!
Reflection 21/12/20: This Pecha Kucha really helped push my work into a more experimental area of my practice – more interesting photography which then lead to moving images and films.
In my presentation one piece of feedback I received was that it was clear how much I had experimented with different medias and materials (above). I had worked so many different ways as I had no direction I was going, this was new for me because I usually like to have everything planned out but this allowed me to accept feedback and use my research to direct me.
It was also mentioned in my feedback that it is clear how much of an impact Gormely’s Field (above) had on my practice which I’m happy about because it had a massive impact on my work from which I was originally working on paper to beginning with clay. But not only the appearance was new but it allowed me to work with a more in depth meaning to my work, using the gaze as an actual act of the clay bodies.
The adaption of working with colour and clay was a massive progression for me and everyone in my Pecha Kucha Feedback expressed this, the pink light and tones was a very effective move in my work. I received this feedback last year too but hearing it again has made me want to continue working with these figures and it’s clear from fresh eyes that they still hold their strength.
Reflection 21/12/20: Colouration has been explored massively within my work recently, but interestingly enough without actually changing the originality of the sculpture. Using projection/light to adapt the sculpture for the image/film out come.
From this feedback I am using this within my one week long CUBED exhibition from 5th – 9th October and aiming to involve these figures in an actual exhibition space to see how successful they are in a larger space and away from colour.
This was another thing that stood out to me from my Pecha Kucha that it is important for me to explore how social media has adapted our ways of seeing not only our true selves but also others. What is true or false? All women in my group expressed how they know exactly what I mean and how I feel. I’ve always read about women feeling negative towards social media and themselves but it was interesting to see and hear from those you know.
It’s something to be talked about and after presenting my current work the class I realised how important it is as arguably every women feels the same. This feedback has given me more enthusiasm to go down this route as I feel it will benefit my work even further.
Reflection 21/12/20: It’s good to note thought I decided myself that this path didn’t suit my artwork, I felt had I had to push to make artwork to fit around this theory and this isn’t what art making is about. It’s about making art and seeing what comes from that with a theory in mind. It wasn’t as successful as I hoped but this beneficial for me to find this out early on within this semester and my practice.
