YCN Research - Thursday 26th April

Future Project Research - Thursday 26th April

Imminent Self Research - Thursday 26th April

Object Project Research - Thursday 26th April

New Brief: Imminent Self - Tuesday 14th November

When I first received this brief I was confused about what exactly was required due to the words used in the brief of autopoiesis, sociomaterial and network ego.After further research and group mind mapping in studio I realised that this project is about todays society and current events which in my opinion could lead to some very interesting and powerful work if done correctly. The result of the group mind mapping is shown below:

My initial ideas for this project are about social media and peoples desire for appreciation. People create a profile not of their true personality but of how they desire to be and often this comes at a cost with people buying things that they cannot afford just for social prestige. Also there is that people often put themselves in dangerous situations just to create a post or video that they thing will get them more views or likes despite the possible consequences of their actions. By receiving this appreciation the people are drawn back to the app or website almost like they get and addiction to receiving appreciation.

Brief One - Tuesday 26th September

The new brief which we received was about choosing an object and creating a narrative for it. This session was about thinking off ideas of possible routes for the project to potentially take. I initially brainstormed some key words that are associated with the idea of genealogy so family, history and sentiment. I then intended to use these as a starting point for further ideas. The ideas I came up with from these keywords was a project based around items from my childhood or for a more personal approach a project on cricket as it is something that runs incredibly strongly in my family therefore is something personal to me. However the idea which I went on to develop the most came from looking at items on the table that I was working at. I began to think about how bottles were simply a vessel for their contents. The contents of the bottle can change and also differ from bottle to bottle. This is very similar to people, in the fact that humans change and evolve on the inside much like the contents of the bottle. Every person has a similar exterior with slight differences, but the flawless exterior of the bottle can contain anything on the inside. I thought that this would be a good way to show how although people look a certain way on the outside it does not mean that reflects what is on the inside. After a brief discussion with one of the tutors it was also suggested the idea of taking the project beyond just bottles and then using objects to represent celebrities, for example. This is similar to the hashtag "I See Faces" which is a collection of people using everyday objects in order to create a face in an image. This could be similar to something which I could pursue.

Genealogies: Studio Brief 1 - Tuesday 26th September

In this lecture we explored philosophical genealogies and the different methods in which a narrative can be visualised. One quote in particularly which resonated with me was the idea from Nietzsche "All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time". This shows how there is not one single interpretation of an object, every interpretation is correct as it is just a different persons perspective. This is an interesting outlook to take when thinking about ideas for the new project as it allows experimentation of many different outcomes. Investigating genealogies further I looked at lecturer, John Kelly's work "The Last Argosy" which I looked at briefly last year. This is a classic example of using objects in order to create a profile about someone, in this case he uses artefacts from the RAF to make a profile about a pilot called Edward Rigg. However it was also good to see a more abstract less serious or literal interpretation, in the from of the Yokohama - Orange Oil advert. This advert is good as it tells you the key information about the product but also plays with the idea and makes the advert, about a not so exciting product, seem more entertaining as a whole.