Thursday, 25 February 2010

Bournemouth Lower Gardens Project Dilemma

On a high note, as part of a collaboration, myself and 2 others on my course will be taking part in the Bournemouth town centre lower gardens project this year as our proposal has been accepted!

Of course that is brilliant news, but now I have to decide what to do about my studio work - I have some ideas I feel I am actually getting somewhere with but they are going to have to take a very distant back seat to the gardens project work.

Bummer.

I could either save my studio work to continue through the summer and use towards next years work, or I could continue with my studio work and be assessed on it and then not actually work on the lower gardens project but instead just be an actor in the performance and take no credit.

What to do??

Essays are just the worst part of life

To be honest, I think I should save my time and energy and stop writing because it's all nonsense.

I'd probably receive a better mark by shitting in a jiffy bag and handing that in instead.

Thursday, 18 February 2010

An anonymous display of affection

In this project so far I've been thinking about idols and icons and idol replacement.
idol replacement is basically something i think i've made up where
you disguise you admiration for one thing with another. for example: if you love
someone you feel you shouldn't you can disguise it as a love for
something else so you can express yourself without being found out.

I'm currently thinking about conjuring up things i have done or experienced
in the past and expressing them through idol replacement with shrine-like
things and short film clips.

My work usually has a humorous
side to it and i want this project to be
quite funny to the audience.

These clips from the film Love Actually
have inspired me to make my work
about an idolised romantic interest



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVAda1ZF-3s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enrSE6vRWRY