"Art doesn't have to represent anything"
One of the things I've struggled most with about the course so far is the idea that contemporary art doesn't have to be directly representative of anything. It is important to have and be able to form your own opinion around a piece of work- It's what it does, rather than what it's supposed to do.
During the Crit our lecturer asked someone else doing the joint honours with Psychology course "Would you say it(the piece of art) is an experiment?". I think this is an important question to think about and in my own personal opinion I think all art is to an extent- the artist changing the materials (Independent variables) to see what the effect is (Dependent variables). This has led me to think about my ideas in a more structured, almost methodological way, and consider what I am doing.
Focusing on my own work, he suggested I could try presenting the paintings in a different way, combining them with the sound to create a moving image. This is something I want to explore. I am thinking of filming the painting from a tripod- layering it with the sound to bring it together. I may also try layering the works digitally, using photoshop, or physically, prehaps printing onto transparent plastic or tracing paper to combine the images- putting one in front of the other to explore ideas of space and how it effects the work.
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