site project.

We've been given a new project based on 'site specific. We were only given a week for this, which for me is probably the best thing, seen as i work best under pressure, it just gives me the motivation to produce work. I've had a few ideas for the project, seen as we're confined to the grounds of the university, I pretty much straight away wanted to use the park that sits in the middle of the library and arts buildings, so i needed some sort of connection to make between my art and the park where it will be situated. With research I found that in fact there was once a church located on the grass area, along with a cemetery...so my ideas now became based around this.

Tomorrow I'm going to engrave into a tree in the park, a symbol or writing of some sort, I have a few ideas but i'll not say until I've actually done it, I hope it goes to plan!

Manchester central Art gallery.

Today I went with Fee to the Manchester Art gallery. We had a really good time, mainly because the work we enjoyed the most was all very interactive, which I think makes for a good exhibition. There were a few pieces which caught my attention, one being a scanning machine a bit like what you get an airport to look through your belongings, basically you put through items which you have on you, and watch them translate into an image onto the convey belt. Though it's a bit of an illusion because actually the image is just a projection from the ceiling, which i though was very clever! the room next door was filled with hundreds of light bulbs which flashed, you had to put your hand onto a sensor and your pulse is measured in the speed of each flashing light bulb...so basically the room was filled with lots of different levels of flashing light bulbs. But the best was yet to come! it's unbelievable how something so simple can be so fun. A blank projection on the wall, the kind where you walk past and notice your shadow is being captured, displaying every move you make...well it kept us entertained for at least half an hour, creating scenes with whatever we could find in our bags, giving the illusion of obscure scaled objects against our height. Definitely the highlight of the exhibition.

I've got some great photographs from all the experiments we did with the projection, but for some stupid reason I can't upload any photo's onto my blog, I've been trying since last night, because I've got some story book characters I've created that I want to put up on here too, it's very annoying!

I really want some works experience...but i just can't figure out exactly what i want to do, i'm probably being too picky because i guess any is better than none, I'm just bored of the usual things i'm finding, i think i fancy some sort of drawing type thing, mabye a volunteer job at a class...ohhh i do not know.

this looks good!

http://drawn-to-the-beat.eventbrite.com/

My friend fee just linked me to this event, where it's a silent disco, and whilst the music is playing, we draw what we want! i love drawing so this is going to be fun :)

Miss Potter.

I've always wanted to see Miss Potter but never really got round to watching it...but I managed to watch it the other night, and loved it!
It really got me inspired to get writing a short story and to animate the characters with it, I just love the traditional story books, I think there's something really special about the way they are so innocently written.

Life Size.

The next step for now is to create a life size dollhouse, Fee and I are going to join together and start collaborating again like we did for the shelter project, we have such similar ideas and we’re both stuck in the same frame of mind at the moment. We’ve recently been on the hunt for old abandoned houses, or even just small spaces that aren’t being used like sheds and garages. We’re going to create a house inside the spaces, much like the dollhouse I’ve wanted to do for ages, so to have Fee interested in the same idea is prefect! We plan to hold an exhibition night within the house, showcasing our work and maybe others if it suits. I think this is a step in the right direction now, and I feel like my way of thinking is a bit more focused, last term I fell back a bit and this new term I will push myself harder to achieve more.

This old ruin of a building would the ideal location for me...now we just need to find it!