15/10/2009

14/10/2009

Had a tutorial with David today. He gave me some final advice for the submission of the chapter due on Monday. He seems confident that my critical writing has improved very much, and I have to say I can see this clearly in the work too.
Went down town to see if I could purchase the 'magic mirrors' anywhere, tried a few different places; the man in the magic shop was sure to be a certainty, unfortunately, he has never had them. Will have to look online for them, alas, their seems to be some problem with the O2 broadband in my area (North Tipperary) it has been absolutely pathetic over the past few days, and it is having an impact on my work.

13/10/2009 Contd.

13/09/2009

Took some more photos of the the mirror piece. Seminar in afternoon, again, very interesting. It was about the different art magazines we should be reading, to inform us of our creatividentity

Someone sabotaged my diachronic instillation again today; simpletons. I was lucky enough to be able to untangle it though. I am feeling a bit shy today, so have screened myself off from the world.LOL

12/09/2009

Stuck the mirror inside the road works sign that I found, and have polished them to a high  finish (I found that the little marks  could be a little distracting). I have left a gap between the two mirrors, which I had noticed causes a visual disorientation, especially when I placed a coloured board behind, which filled the gap. I have placed the mirror so that anyone walking past it cannot help but see it. I have noticed that some people take sneaky glances, but the majority of people chose to look away, a sense of uneasiness seemed apparent in others. When I was taking some photographs of the work, some people were aware of the possibility of being captured in the reflection, and moved out of view. Had an interesting conversation with some colleagues at tea time, if indeed a mirror reverses images, then we argued, that it is impossible to get a true representation of what we actually look like.

12/09/2009 Contd.

09/10/2009

Regarding the mirror  theme; I want to cut out a person  shape out of a mirror and get people to 'fit' themselves into the shape, from which I will derive my paintings. Mirrors are a strange phenomenon. For example, if everything comes out in reverse, then we never get a true reflection of what we are really like; it's quite bizarre. I want to get magic mirrors as well and do more paintings from them as well. People react so strange when a mirror is placed in front of them; is seems to cause a lot of unease for many people, while others are happy enough to look at themselves all day long! I am looking forward to working with them. I propose to obtain some hidden cameras, and record these social interactions, from which I also hope to gain much material for paintings.  By virtue of the fact of what they  are, mirrors are actually immersed within the realm of relational aesthetics, insofar as they are immersive, participatory (in some sense), and socially interactive; mirrors cannot realise their potential without humans ! I will research artist using mirrors; (Mark has mentioned Dan Graham, Gerhard Richter, Michael Angelo, and so forth. At present I am looking at how Leonardo Da Vinci used them, it is very interesting.