Spent the day researching mirrors. It seems like I have to send to America for the mirror I want. It is not too dear. The amount of artists doing work in this particular field, are limited, but the kind of distortion that I am aiming for, is not too unlike the work of Francis Bacon. Other artists that I am looking into include: Wilhelm Sasnal, Gerhard Richter, Marlene Dumas. While this kind of work is based mainly in the realm of painting, it is derived from the sphere of relational aesthetics (I realise this is in itself a paradox, nevertheless, it is a fact !) (Due to the socio-psychological interactivity with the mirrors, from which I will gain research for the paintings) Yeaaah!!!
Got two books from the inter-library loan today: The language of new media, by Lev Manovich, and Postproduction, by Nicolas Bourriaud. I know that Manovich is a leading authority of new media, but I feel the book is a little dated now.(Pre- Social media).
Thursday, October 15, 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.
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.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
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.
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