One of the aims within my practice is to communicate to an audience (however big or small), hoping to engage with them through atmosphere, tone of voice, and the visual impact of what I create. I would describe the things I make as 'insular but inviting' - they often don't make sense at a first glance, but I would hope that this provokes viewers to read, decode, and interpret the images for themselves. Whether this ends in complete understanding or total confusion, it doesn't really matter.
My work features humour, surreal imagery, ambiguity, words and phrases, and references ranging from historical to personal. I think that this eclectic mix of stuff creates a characteristic that is hard to identify, but is in no way limited.
It is important for me to continue finding pieces of information that expand on this vault of influences and reference points, as well as processes and approaches so that my work doesn't become too formulaic.
Wednesday, 18 October 2017
Sunday, 14 May 2017
Presentation | Slide Explanation
Here is the explanation of each slide and the relevance of it's content, this will form the basis of my script for when it comes to presenting however it will be edited down.
Friday, 12 May 2017
Presentation | Alt vs. Accessibility
I'm slowly gathering a lot of bits and pieces to talk about in my presentation. However when I was drawing the mind map I realised another potential area to talk about.
Throughout the year two subjects have continuously cropped up alongside each other, and it has been an ongoing dialogue with myself. I don't think I can fully pick apart this idea yet, but maybe I can just touch upon it within the slides I put together:
I enjoy things that are non-exclusive, made for everyone regardless of who they are, however a lot of the references I've made on my blog and my areas of interest encompass 'alternative' aspects of visual culture or ideas of illustration.
It's hard for me to articulate, but this is how I tried to do it:
ACCESSIBLE - for everyone, all ages, genders, classes, ethnicities, etc.
ALT - 'relating to activities that depart from or challenge traditional norms' (unorthodox, unconventional, unusual, irregular, offbeat...)
- a smaller following, but often much more diverse content. tends to be bolder, takes more risks, non-homogenised (e.g. with alt-comics; auto-biographical, surreal, fiction, factual, different narratives, subjects, view points - life, mental health, dreams, etc etc)
....in some ways, I would like to marry these two concepts together in my work. Like "this is for anyone" but it's not pandering to a mass audiences, or trends.
My work isn't on-trend or trendy, but that doesn't mean it can't be commercial.
Throughout the year two subjects have continuously cropped up alongside each other, and it has been an ongoing dialogue with myself. I don't think I can fully pick apart this idea yet, but maybe I can just touch upon it within the slides I put together:
The 'Alt' and the 'Accessible'
I enjoy things that are non-exclusive, made for everyone regardless of who they are, however a lot of the references I've made on my blog and my areas of interest encompass 'alternative' aspects of visual culture or ideas of illustration.
It's hard for me to articulate, but this is how I tried to do it:
ACCESSIBLE - for everyone, all ages, genders, classes, ethnicities, etc.
ALT - 'relating to activities that depart from or challenge traditional norms' (unorthodox, unconventional, unusual, irregular, offbeat...)
- a smaller following, but often much more diverse content. tends to be bolder, takes more risks, non-homogenised (e.g. with alt-comics; auto-biographical, surreal, fiction, factual, different narratives, subjects, view points - life, mental health, dreams, etc etc)
....in some ways, I would like to marry these two concepts together in my work. Like "this is for anyone" but it's not pandering to a mass audiences, or trends.
My work isn't on-trend or trendy, but that doesn't mean it can't be commercial.
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