For
the transcription project we had to take influence from various artists and art
exhibitions that we would go see during the two week period, however we would
not have to take a direct responce we could just copy the methods and processes
rather than a straight set up copy.
The trip started at the National Gallery at the ‘Saints Alive’ exhibit by
Michael Landy. It featured various mixed media pieces and a number of
interactive sculptures in the room that would respond to a button push and
would animate in a self-destructive manner such as hitting themselves with a
rock and on the other side of things you were presented with structures which
resembled a game such as a lucky dip style claw machine, which would reach
inside the headless figure of stain franis and a “spin the saint Catherine wheel”
where you can spin and see which quote you can get.
The next stop was the ICA where there was various pieces however there was a
surrealist set of pieces by Lutz Bacher the main one being ‘Black Beauty’ which
was a room filled with black stand with a structure in the middle, a broken
mirror and a repeated recording, you were able to walk onto the sand and see
where other people have stood and get up close to the structure and broken
mirror therefore becoming a part of the work.
After the ICA we went to the photographers gallery to view the two exhibitions
which were taking place, the main ones was the ‘Home Truths’ this was mainly
about motherhood, what happens within the privacy of someone’s home. These images
were graphic and showed what motherhood really is for some people the images
were rarely staged and were mostly taken in a photo documentary style, so that
the subject was unaware that a photo of them was being taken. This was the main
exhibition that i took my influence from for the project, for mostly the
process and how the images were taken very slyly and hidden therefore making
the emotions come through and really highlight and tell a story.
After the photographers gallery we went to the Corinne Day exhibition and alike
to the home truths exhibition the photos were very raw and were very rarely set
up, all the images within the exhibition proved to be in a comfortable
situation and were not posed, this then enabled them to show the real side of
people and what they are truly like.
Finally, it was the Phillip- Lorca DiCorcia exhibition which featured pieces
which ranged from nature and landscape images, to ones which an adult theme,
and alike to the last two exhibitions all the images were posed and set up.
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