#finaldisplay

The thoughts on my FMP and final piece, overall (along with any problems I came across when creating my final piece, etc.) can be found in my main evaluation. In this evaluation, I am going to discuss what I feel has gone well in my presentation and what could be improved.

Overall, I feel that the presentation of my final piece has been really effective. It truly highlights the key motifs of my FMP: repetition, mundanity and daily routines, without being over-the-top or too simplistic. My final presentation, highlights the pathway I would like to follow (illustration) whilst demonstrating how much I have grown artistically on the course, through my use of video, collage and creating my own installation.

To improve on my presentation, I would consider the following: -

- Instead of just doing 12 paintings, I would have liked to create an entire wall of paintings, to really showcase my skills and the messages behind my work.

- Another video outlining another common daily routine

- Make a collage of varied work, which each outline a different routine e.g. gym routine, dance routine, shopping routine, etc.

- I would have liked to create graffiti / street art based around my theme, and captured people’s reactions of it – similar to Banksy and his style –as this would’ve truly made my work ‘OUT THERE’

05/05/17

Kaleidoscope Illustration festival at the Forum, Norwich 

I think the final event at the Forum went really well; there was a really vibrant and exciting energy throughout the whole day. Everyone was supporting one another and helping out with their displays. It was really nice to see my peer’s work as well, and how it had progressed from the start.

We had a lot of interest in our table from the general public, the stickers and flyers proved most popular! Almost all of our stickers and flyers had gone by the end of the day, and many people found the storm characters humorous and interesting.

Out of my stickers, the “Weather Bomb!” and “I Love Doris” stickers were the most popular amongst the public. I think this was because they were more colourful than the other stickers that I had made. Or, maybe the use of phrases made them more appealing?

Throughout the day, we decided to place and replenish our stickers and flyers in moderation, with the presumption that they may be quite popular, and we didn't want them to all disappear at once!

As a final decision, we chose to each wear rain coats. We thought this would enhance the fun and humorous narrative of our display, and also make us appear more approachable to the public (encouraging them to ask us about our work).

One thing that was difficult to consider before the day of the event, was the placement of our table, and how this affected the type of interaction from the audience. For example; the way in which our table was positioned (within a row of tables), meant that the audience were unable to walk around the whole table, but only view the table from the front. As a consequence, we had to rethink the placement of the objects in our display.

Another oversight was the practicalities of our poster- as we made our poster from fabric, the fabric wouldn't stick to the blue tack on the walls. Fortunately, there was some Velcro available that we borrowed. The Velcro was successful at holding up our poster.

Halfway through the day, we noticed that few people were actually taking the flyers. As a result, we chose to switch the positioning of our flyers from being next to the corresponding characters, to spreading them out at the front of the table. This made a big difference, as people started to be less apprehensive about taking the flyers. We think the audience were unsure whether to take the flyers at first, because they were positioned with the display objects. This, plus the fact that the audience couldn't get around the table, might have caused the audience to misinterpret the purpose of our flyers.