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This is the second lecture within this series of lectures in this second project. This talk was about new artists and inventors forming their ideas from others works inspiring them to create such works that they are producing, influencing their style or taking ideas away. I am going to link this lecture to our previous lecture of appropriation and connectivity as they are very similar talking about inspiration and whether or not they are copying another artists work. A great example is of the “Chapman brothers” mock artwork of Goya’s studies adding clown faces to their copied pieces to add their mark in the art world and create controversy. Within my project  I have been greatly inspired by artists that have came in to visit us and give us inspiration such as, Debbie Smyth who inspired my textiles side to me out I haven't done textiles in years and her work inspired me to create pieces out of media that you would not normally think of. Her technique is very out of the box, who knew you could use nails and just thread to create amazing art pieces. It has opened my mind to the raw materials that can be used to create work. I am now creating my illustration pieces with thread and wire creating hand stitched illustrations and the use of wire drawing also which formed from Jo Newman’s tutorial of wire drawing. 

why write essay?

-opportunity to organise your thinking and develop ideas related to your subject

-connects key theoretical ideas with your own practice or subject area.

develops your communication, your knowledge and understanding

provides you with feedback on your academic performance.

how will isn be assessed?

your essay will form an assessed elements of the overall module under the following criteria:

research & Audiences

creative thinking and communication

technicals skills and production

requirements:

-To write a 1,500 word essay in response to one of the essay questions provided.

showcase your critical understanding of the subject you are writing about,

making the link between the lecture you are talking about to your subject area.

to demonstrate that you have researched the subject by accessing a range of sources.

present a coherent well-placed, organised and well-structures

submit your essay electronically by 12 noon on friday 14th dec

Review and Reflection

to reviews the lectures connected to the key concepts series.

organise your notes and rewrite if necessary

write up your responses, thoughts and elections

reflect upon the lectures in terms of your own practice and subject and discipline

Research and Reading

collect a range of research sources, books chapters, articles, university online resources and web resources

organise your research. create a folder in which all your research is placed

start to read. Take notes and highlight relevant text

integrate your research into your essay bu reflect on and discussing how the writers you have chosen….

Essay Structure

INTRODUCTION- set out the reason for your essay/ introduce your aims/ how does your essay relate to your subject area.

METHODOLOGY- which key texts will you be using and why? how have you gathered your information

DISCUSSION/ARGUMENT- set out your main points and develop them with examples and illustrations.

CONCLUSION- summaries your main ideas. what has emerged from your investigation…

Example model

intro-150 words

methodology/research material used- 100 words

discussion/argument 1000 words

conclusion 200 words

bibliography (using harvard system of referencing)

additional reading- research and reading your did but not in the essay.

starting to write

-forget about the introduction and conclusion until created the main body

-avoid descriptive language

don’t tell your reader what to think- make a balanced argument

-start writing the main body of your essay, i.e the argument or discussion

key elements of your argument

analyse- examine the elements of your topic

critique- put your topic under scrutiny- ask questions fit

discuss- make an assessment of your evidence and form and argument

evaluate- make a judgment based on the evidence-determine its significance.

Key Concepts: An introduction to essay writing.

Paul Proctor

Essay- due 4th December 2015, 12pm

1500 words.

Why write an essay?

- Academic element to the course I am doing

- Organises thinking & develop ideas

- Connects key theoretical ideas in your practice

- Develops communication &  knowledge & understanding

- Provides you with feedback

How will I be assessed?

- Assessed element of the overall module under the following criteria:

x- Research and Audience

x- Creative Thinking and Communication

x- Technical Skills and Production

Choose 1 of the essay questions provided 

and write 1500 words. 

- Showcase your critical understanding of the subject you are writing about

- Making the link between the lecture and your own practice area. 

- Demonstrate you have researched the subject by accessing a range of sources.

- Coherant, planned, structured essay.

- Review the lectures connected to the key concepts series.

- Organise notes and rewrite them.

- Write up responses, thoughts and reflections. 

- Reflect upon lecture in terms of your own practice.

Research and Reading:

- Collect a range of research, sources, books, articles, university online resources and web resources. 

how to access library resources: 

icity: library box - click on summon.

- Organise your research by creating folders.

- Start to read and take notes.

Essay Structure: 

Intro: Reason for essay, introduce your aims. How does your essay relate to your subject area.

Methodology: Which key texts will you be using and why? How have you gathered your information.

Discussion and Argument: Set out your main points and develop them with examples and illustrations.

Key Elements of your Argument: 

- Analyse - examine  the elements of your topic.

- Critique - put your topic up to scrutiny and ask questions.

- Discuss - make an assessment of your evidence & form an argument.

- Evaluate - make a judgement based on your evidence.

Havard Referencing:

Direct Quotation:

___________ ______ _______ _____ ______ “________ _____ ________________ ____ ____________ _________________” (Author's Name, & Date of Publication)

Indirect/Paraphrasing:

Idea or comment of someone else into your own words. (Surname, Date of Publication)

Direct Reference:

According to Author (Date), the bla bla bla...

Bibliography and Referencing:

www.citethisforme.com

to reference images:

Image

[fig. 1]

rmit.libguides.com/c.php?g=336211&p=2262346

Plagiarism?

visual theories

gestalt.

german - ‘form’ or ‘shape’

 emerged in the 1800s, which was a period of question and with it means to visually perceive. Victorians were interested in visual perception.

Gestalt was just one of the theories. 

a holistic theory.

Gestalt is a branch of psychology relating to the visual and psychological ideas of patterns and how we perceive patterns. 

The psychological practice and therapy is used for people who want to get out of habits.

The industrial revolution was a massive progression in science and technology.

concentration on vision, as it was seen as the ultimate sense.

miller lyer illusion. 1889.

questions reliability of our vision, we don’t see it as it is. 

thaumatrope: 

victorians created visual & optical toys on the basis of gestalt theory. 

1 + 1 = a 3rd thing

they are more than the sum of their parts. 

zoetrope, the inspiration for moving image

1 still image + lots of other still images = moving image.

Gestalt Theory: an understanding of the way we perceive things.

Max Wertheimer:

the Phi effect.

Illusory movement created only with the power of light. 

Creating movement by turning lights on and off consecutively.

“We can create movement by turning something on and off in a sequence”

The basic thesis of Gestalt might be formulated...

“The whole is other than the sum of its parts”

often mistaken with ‘greater’ it is simply ‘other’ 

Key Principles forming the basis:

Emergence:

the whole thing is identified before the parts.

Reification:

a need to fill in the gaps, our minds create order.

hard wired to make sense of a chaotic world.

Multi-stability:

our minds seek to avoid uncertainty.

Invariance:

we are all experts in recognising similarities and differences.

Laws of gestalt:

The law of figure & ground:

hard wired to make order. and tell where figures and background are. 

Apple ipod ad.

simplicity in its simplest form.

The law of prägnanz:

we don’t need each individual element to make sense of image and text. 

we are able to read an image in 3 milliseconds.

Janet Cardiff 2001. the forty part motet.

example of ‘the whole is other than the sum of the parts’ 

The law of Proximity:

seemingly take random sets and they will belong together. 

objects close to one another are perceived as belonging together.

e.g. toffs and toughs.Jimmy Sime 1937

The law of similarity:

objects with similar characteristics, shape, size, colour, are seen as belonging together.

e.g. lee villarreal. cylinder 2011

led light rain. 

out of chaos comes order.

e.g. jim campbell. exploded views. 2011

example of the Phi effect.

The law of closure:

incomplete objects seen as a whole by adding information. 

mime artists show the audience objects in an empty space.

negative space in logos.

René Magritte. the human condition 1933.

surrealist artists often used optical illusions in their work. 

The law of common fate:

things that move together are perceived as being together.

murmurations.

negative space in logos. LA 1984 olympics logo.

the idea of using line and colour in groupings.

The law of continuity:

objects that follow a line or a curve together are seen as being together. 

Saul Bass links graphic with the moving.

John Baldessari:

his work abides by some of the gestalt laws.

The law of symmetry:

how we make sense of the world by recognising and familiarising shapes.

2 faces or a vase?

what you perceive you simply cannot control. 

like that gold and white/blue and black dress:

e.g. Dazzle Warship 1918

using gestalt theory to confuse the enemy at sea.

Camoflage in nature: zebra’s, butterflies.

Applying laws of gestalt to the BBC website:

Menu = law of proximity

Spaces between columns = law of closure

Headline boxes = law of similarities

Roll over cursor = law of continuity

Latest news & latest sport = law of symmetry