Northumbria University

Machines for seeing modify perception.

Rather than one long projection, or one shorter piece put on a loop, would it be better to make a series of still projections…10 or 15 minutes in length? This way, different viewpoints can be achieved; some shots could be close up and others may be zoomed out in order to get the sense of the original structure; while eliminating the mechanical pan.

If I film a new sheet within a new section of the installation each day then does it become like the daily practice of the blog posts?

Making connections between the two…..

The final presentation of the work will hopefully be seen as incredibly simple, but the complexity will be contained within the text- typed on the blog, pierced on the paper and projected onto the wall.

Another day of playing with projection….

How dark the room is will be important: a black room suggests cinema, a film, yet this is not what I am creating. So should the room be lighter? How light can it be before the paper qualities are totally lost? I think perhaps the walls could be painted grey in order to achieve some level of contrast. The space I have chosen for the projection does work quite well, but I think that it would benefit from a curtain of some sort to block out the small amount of light entering from the adjacent space.

Size is also vital: Should it be the size of a wall or kept to scale? The issue with the original installation was that it wasn’t immersing enough- the space above and below was too distracting- would this happen with the surrounding wall space around the projection? I think that I prefer it to fill the wall, but I have a tutorial in the morning where my tutor may have other ideas….

Intention – Context – Symbols – Language – Understanding -Interaction – Reduction of Uncertainty – Process- Transmission – Linking – Memory – Storage – Interpretation – Response

What is sent and what is received? [The works individually and together]

Deciding on an image for the degree show catalogue…I was going to take a still from my projection, but I think maybe I should use a different image to show a different side to my work, a more “material side” rather than than immaterial projection. I’ve chosen a laser cut (my photographic skills are terrible and so I’ll get a photographer friend to take it for me!)