Yesterday was a busy day, sorting out spaces to place our final degree show, which is just over a month’s time. We discussed spaces that would be available to be used, and listed my name in a couple. just incase I don’t get the space I would prefer. I thought of some interesting ideas of what I can put into the to be confirmed spaces and I am now even more excited to see how my vision will appear. If I get a boxed room I would have a six-foot landscape portrait of myself, which will be the focal point of when you enter the space. I’m not going to give away anything at this stage but I have a clear vision of how I imagine my space to turn out. To the left of the space I am envisioning a portrait of someone who is raging with anger, someone shouting and almost to the point they’re almost pulling their hair out. Facing that portrait to the right would be a portrait of someone who beaming with happiness and laughter. When you enter the space I felt the massive scale canvases in a smallish space would fit well with what I want to achieve with the intimacy of the viewer and the powerful emotions that I’m trying to capture. With three pieces as the main focus, I am now thinking that I will add the video I created of my textured self-portrait to the left indent on the wall where there’s dark shadow, so fitting a projection would be perfect. (Which would then mean there would be elements of sound added) Planning that space out has made me finalise what I exactly would like in the degree show. If I don’t get that space I will find ways around it.
With the three new paintings that will be done, I have now thought of a new way of documenting the process. With my project developing my work is now based on my emotions whilst painting a portrait, and seeing how the paint and colours I use communicates. From the 5th May I am painting each piece 7 days each until the degree show hanging. Each day I am going to write in a sketchbook of how I am feeling that day, (keeping it like a diary) do a little sketch of anything that comes to mind and then add a take a photograph of myself each day that shows what mood I was in when I was painting. Depending on what space I get I will then decide whether I may add the sketchbook to the degree for the public to see, or create another video of the photographs of myself to show my mood toward the degree show and knowing it’s going to be all over.
