STUDIO GATEWAY

Part 1:

https://vimeo.com/234833627

Part 2:

Throughout the past week I have continued to work on the short films, utilising post-production techniques such as super 8 imposition and colour grading to help to aid in the narrative quality of the film. I have -re-edited the shots a number of times now, and have created two films which seem to compliment each other and interact with the concept effectively. I am interested in showing the works on Friday.

I have also looked the David Lynch’s work on Transcendental Meditation, an artistic practice used a a generative means for envisioning ideas within the subconscious. I underwent the method myself, which involved laying down completely still for a significant amount of time. Similar to the Stanislavsky acting method, the aim was to release all tension within the body, creating a neutral state in which thoughts can flow. I managed to generate some ideas around the moon, as well as fog, but nothing as extensive as Lynch’s works. I incorporated these space images into the short films.

Below is an example of the type of imagery Lynch generates through his method:

^Footage from David Lynch’s Eraserhead (1977)

Throughout the past week I have been particularly inspired by the work of Takashi Ito, whose video project “Ghosts” (1984) combines long exposure photography techniques with stop motion filmmaking to create a weird mix of both mediums. His aesthetic follows a similar trance quality to my last piece and predominantly uses night time photography, focusing on the movement of light within a city scape:

^Video Installation, Takashi Ito (1985)

I also learnt that NASA archival footage is public domain, and I have re-appropriated footage of space missions and subjected it to the same type of long exposure and time-lapse techniques which Ito had in his work:

^Edited original footage (2017)

Today I worked on the class exercise, wherein we were to appropriate a work of great significance to us into another piece of artistic context or composition. Inspired by the work of David Lynch within his movie ‘Eraserhead”, I re-edited shots of the beginning of the film, adding colour to the originally black and white image, while splicing in footage of my own work into the film.

I wanted to capture the same dream-like of trance state which the director induces, exploring the type of film language I used for the initial assessment.

Furthermore, I wanted to extend on the film form, not simply relying on a voice over to provide a narrative to the sequence. I was advised by Claire to look at the work of Hiroshi Teshigahara, whose architecture videos strip film language to the basics of emotional music and visuals, creating a simplified narrative reliant on silent film techniques. I wish to extend these ideas within my own work.

I will continue to research artists provided in the resources of The Criterion Collection and Ubuweb.

I will post the link to the video once it has finished exporting.

Today I began to look at the work of David Lynch’s, opting to learn more about his photographs and music, rather than his films.

His photography is extremely ominous, using wide angle framing to capture an emotional essence within the landscape. he shoots very little portraits, but manages to capture specific type of emotion within all his shots. I will keep aspects of his in mind when creating my next piece:

Studio Gateway Assessment 1 -- Poster: Collaboration and Community:

Yesterday I began work on the interactive part of my poster, which aims to provoke higher audience engagement and contextualise the final work as part of a greater installation.

Following the marketing tactics of cults and other communal groups that use posters, I created a number of pamphlets which advertise my work:

I have chosen to complete the assignment under the theme of ‘collaboration and community’ as outlined within the course topics.

The idea stemmed from my initial research, wherein I searched for posters in existing contexts, and tried to incorporate found objects. I wanted to understand the purpose for a poster: to convey information and raise awareness towards esoteric subjects for the general public.

There is a specific wall on campus wherein students are encouraged to place up signages. It contained a mix of socialism posters, free piano lessons and other diverse topics. I found the idea of a collaborative collage interesting and wanted to extend the idea further:

To do this I had a look at the artists recommended to me during class (Alejandro Jodorowsky, Tarkovski) and thought I would incorporate a moving image/ projection aspect to the poster. I had a look at Brecht’s notions of psychoanalysis, wherein the audience is made aware of the filmic form to “highlight and provoke aspects of political debate”.

The online document of the final work:

I completed the list creation for the texts:

1. Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Suess.

2. Constellations by Nicholas Payne