I went to see an exhibition of work by the legionary Quay Brothers last week, it was held at University of Brighton Gallery. I have to say I was very impressed. I think these brothers are a lot more influential in modern artistic trends than people might think. I know I have seen very similar work which was composed long after the Quay Brothers first introduced there dark juxtaposed style.
Yesterday we had a class discussion on our dissertation ideas. My initial idea is based around propaganda and how digital media shapes our options of war. Since I moved to Brighton in September I have been delighted to see the variety of exhibitions here with the Brighton Photo Biennial (a series of photography exhibitions) been one which I seen most of. ‘Iraq Through the Lens of Vietnam’ and ‘Why, Mister, Why?’ Were for me two of the most influential. ‘The Incommensurable Banner’ by Thomas Hirschhorn been the most graphic and probably the most realistic. ‘Why, Mister, Why? ‘Used image manipulation (Photoshop etc.) to convey its message while’ Iraq Through’ the Lens of Vietnam stuck mainly to conventional photography. Both mediated a message and drew on emotions influencing our option of what can and what cannot be justified in times of war. The idea of propaganda and truth is one which has always fascinated me, so I'm looking forward to delving into the minds of the world's most successful puppeteer's. pup⋅pet⋅eer A puppeteer is a person who manipulates an inanimate object — a puppet— in real time to create the illusion of life
- don't be too casual when it comes to clothes, an open shirt is clever. - bring some of your work as an example - be enthusiastic - know the company - don't talk nonsense, you don't have to know everything - don't take offense to rejection keep on looking and applying! - remember your interviewer is also looking for a work colleague - never ask about wages there you have it.
United Visual Artists are a British-based collective whose current practice spans permanent architectural installation, live performance and responsive installation.
My first idea of the new brief Design Interactive is based around interactive club visuals. I talked to Mike Blow about this idea and we disused ways in which we could judge where people are positioned in a club. Mike suggested that I use an Infra Red camera which could calculate colour and respond to this. I started to research this online and discovered that it mite be possible to make my own cheap IR camera. I am also interested in using Processing and maybe even Abelton to relate visuals to the audio and therefor create a connection of colour and sound this is a subject which I have been interested in for a long time. I think its interesting that the rules of visual design can also work be applied to music production.
Reasons for Idea I researched a number of ideas including an Interactive Portfolio Website, Interactive Club Visuals and an Interactive Commercial Site for a Music Venue. I decided to go with an idea based around an interactive club visual installation project. The main influences for choosing this project include:
Background Interest I spent some time in the past creating visuals. Experience Hopefully one day I will get a wage to feed my poor unfortunate future family by working in video production. Improve I hope to use this project to improve my knowledge of motion graphics software. Understand Processing Mike Blow introduced us to Processing which is a computer program built for the electronic arts and visual design communities to create and develop computer art. I really like the ethos behind this open source language and its results are really impressive.
REM Animal Although I would not be a fan of REM I can defiantly appreciate the power of Processing which was used with Maya and After Effects to create this video by Motion Theory (Mathew Cullen and Gray Hall)
