09/03/2010

Nigel has very kindly given me more instruction in premiere pro and adobe sound booth; I believe I can progress now. Another peer critique today; two very different artists, one a painter another an installation artist. It was another good discussion on the intricacies of the individuals work.Art in the making was not on today for whatever reason; it has been postponed until next Thursday which coincides with the GRO talk (In the same room too!). Got the 3cc video camera out on loan, I aim to do a video of mirror getting smashed; it should be fun, although, not sure how unlucky this will make me! LOL. I brought home the recording device to record some bird song in the countryside, but they must have gone to bed early tonight; I seemed to have missed their chorus.

08/03/2010

Got three films sent off for the LIT student film festival. Had a quick chat with Kieran Cashell about MA proposal; he has suggested it would be better to discuss it with Alan Keane, which I suppose would make more sense. Still not quite got the hang of premier pro video editing programme; i movie HD seemed so much easier, I can't believe they did away with it here, as a consequence of this I am not making as much progress as I would have hoped.

05/03/2010

Carried on editing the video work. In this work the flashing lights from the mirror ball works in much the same way as the hypnotists spiral; it engages the visual senses, while the audio lulls the viewer to a different place. The audio for this piece is birdsong, and with this an image Of the countryside/peace is evoked. It lulls along harmoniously and organic. But this idyll is transient; the police sirens add a sense foreboding to the scene and a battle for supremacy begins between the birds and their musical reverie, and the the sirens and the inevitability of apprehensiveness. The birds win the battle this time, but due to the nature of our cultural reality; the victory is ephemeral. I am interested in the notion of the artist as a social commentator; in some sense artists seem to occupy the inalienable position of devil's advocate for both the proletariat and the bourgeoisie.





Ephemeral Reality.

04/03/2010

Somebody didn't return the black box, so spent a lot of wasted time looking for it. Got the 3cc camera instead to download a video; I had not used this one before so it a long time to figure out intricacies of it. Started editing the video work once it downloaded.

03/03/2010

Got images of work onto a disc and got them posted off to UU. Also managed to get a draft proposal off to LSAD, so it was a productive day it those terms. Went to see the ceramic exhibition this evening; it was excellent. We have some very talented people in the college, and it is good to be associated with them.

02/02/2009

AM spent the time filling out UU application form; finally got it done tonight. Seminar in the afternoon; very interesting, two quite different presentations. We are a very polite group; nobody likes to be too critical of each others work. To be honest though, I am not sure that this is at all helpful; I expect it would be more beneficial if people were critical in our critiques.

01/03/2010

Soent the day finishing off the proposal for NCAD, popped it in the post this evening, another one down!