Make Do & Mend
COVID-19 has caused us to change the way we work in school. We have lots of new restrictions. Artists are good at coping with restrictions and some even enjoy the use of rules and restraints to help develop their creativity.
Appropriation - Marcel Duchmamp and the Mona Lisa
Da Vinci exploited an optical illusion to create a unique smile through perspective and his use of shadow work. Da Vinci painted the 'Mona Lisa' in such a way that her eyes fall directly in the centre of vision of the viewer, while the lips fall just under the periphery of one's vision. To make fun of Leonardo's painting Duchamp has added a moustache to the 'Mona Lisa' painting which is very strange seeing as though she is a lady and men are usually the ones with beards and moustaches.
Image Analysis
In this picture I see a man standing directly in front of the camera/window. He is talking on the phone half-dressed. He is wearing a thick grey cardigan and thin white shorts. He is looking directly at the camera as if he has just caught someone looking at his window and taking pictures of him. That also explains the tittle of the picture “Stranger No.1”. The picture is mainly focused on the man as if it’s trying to tell us he is bad. In the picture I can spot a lot of rectangle shapes like the window the picture frames and the door. The colours in the picture are dull and red. It also looks like it has been taken at night because the outside of the window is dark and inside the apartment or house there is a lot of light being used. This might mean he is not using sunlight/daylight the room behind him is shining with bright white light which could be an artificial type of light and it might mean He was doing something in there. The window also splits the picture into six different parts which could mean something.
To create this picture, the photographer would ask people to stare into their camera like in this picture. The rectangles from the window make people wonder why different areas are split up so she would use shapes to make people question themselves even more and light to think whether or not it’s been taken at night or during the day.
This picture creeps me out because he is looking right into the camera and grinning as if something is about to happen and his eyes look small and beedy as if he is staring into your soul. It also builds a suspense type of feeling and makes you think what is going to happen afterwards.
If I could ask questions to Shizuka Yokomizo I would ask:
Why was it taken from outside?
Why is he half-dressed and has no curtains for privacy?
Was it taken purposely behind a window with six parts so people can look at it for longer?
I now understand that the picture is titled ‘Stranger No.1’ because she wrote a letter to strangers asking if she could take a picture of them and if they said ‘Yes’ she told them to stand in front of a camera and stare into a lens and if they said ‘No’ she said “Just keep your curtains down’. This shows that she respected people’s privacy. The way she took this picture had me questioning so many things. When i hear openings i think of a fresh new start maybe as she would make these pictures she would find new openings .
To create this picture, the photographer would ask people to stare into their camera like in this picture. The rectangles from the window make people wonder why different areas are split up so she would use shapes to make people question themselves even more and light to think whether or not it’s been taken at night or during the day.
This picture creeps me out because he is looking right into the camera and grinning as if something is about to happen and his eyes look small and beedy as if he is staring into your soul. It also builds a suspense type of feeling and makes you think what is going to happen afterwards.
If I could ask questions to Shizuka Yokomizo I would ask:
Why was it taken from outside?
Why is he half-dressed and has no curtains for privacy?
Was it taken purposely behind a window with six parts so people can look at it for longer?
I now understand that the picture is titled ‘Stranger No.1’ because she wrote a letter to strangers asking if she could take a picture of them and if they said ‘Yes’ she told them to stand in front of a camera and stare into a lens and if they said ‘No’ she said “Just keep your curtains down’. This shows that she respected people’s privacy. The way she took this picture had me questioning so many things. When i hear openings i think of a fresh new start maybe as she would make these pictures she would find new openings .
Window Photo Shoot
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I think the layout of the picture went very well and the fact that i put hair and a pen on the wall so they can have a clue that im looking into an investigation
EBI:
It would have been even better if i was taken at night because it would of made my picture look more suspicious and it would make people question them selves saying where could she be at night
I think the layout of the picture went very well and the fact that i put hair and a pen on the wall so they can have a clue that im looking into an investigation
EBI:
It would have been even better if i was taken at night because it would of made my picture look more suspicious and it would make people question them selves saying where could she be at night
Hannah Höch's Beautiful Girl
In the picture I see pieces of a women cut out and separated but mixed with mechanical stuff such as tyres and a bolt tightener and the BMW sign for the car. This gives me message that women and men can do the same thing or promoting feminism because back in the 1920s women couldn’t work as much as men and couldn’t work with them and if they did work, they would get lesser pay. The part which strikes me most is the BMW logo repeatedly shown. I feel like Hanna Höch is trying to tell us something about women and machines.
Kensuke Koike
The Japanese artist Kensuke Koike makes fresh photos of their own independent lives, only
barely related to their former ones, by juggling, tearing, disassembling and then reassembling pictures.The artist eventually becomes an alchemist who uses ordinary objects, converting them into artistic gold, as he continuously finds a better image processing tht will inevitably lead to a perfect collage, demonstrating that everything depends on our point of observation of reality and the way we take into account. Kensuke Koike is a surrealist artist aiming to challenge the possibility of Image Making by bringing new meaning to archive found photography. |
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sharon walters
The London-based artist Sharon Walters designs hand assembled collages celebrating black people. In several arenas, especially the Arts and Heritage field and mainstream Western media, the series entitled 'Seeing Ourselves' investigates under-representation.The London-based artist Sharon Walters designs hand
assembled collages celebrating black people. In several arenas, especially the Arts and Heritage field and mainstream Western media, the series entitled 'Seeing Ourselves' investigates under-representation.
assembled collages celebrating black people. In several arenas, especially the Arts and Heritage field and mainstream Western media, the series entitled 'Seeing Ourselves' investigates under-representation.
collage making activity.
I explored collages and really enjoyed it as i was making it i felt like involving all the different types of beauty out there but that would have taken very long during this project i have discovered Iulia David she is a London based photographer who takes pictures of women in makeup has all types of makeup funky simple and glam.
I am impressed with how the final outcome looked. I changed the setup like two times because i feel like i was hiding the parts that should be out there and bold i was hoping to have created a half dull half bright landscape but then the colours got to me so i just put loads of colourful parts from a beauty and fashion magazine i think i have explored the theme pretty well i looked into colour style and layouts and how my collage could catch someones eye but if i had more time i was going to try make a collage to do with nature, skulls and texture and try make something interesting out of it my work is personal because i am interested in fashion and beauty and it makes me happy to see how many different ways you can express beauty i hope viewers will understand that beauty comes in different shapes ,colour and sizes and can be expressed in any way.
I am impressed with how the final outcome looked. I changed the setup like two times because i feel like i was hiding the parts that should be out there and bold i was hoping to have created a half dull half bright landscape but then the colours got to me so i just put loads of colourful parts from a beauty and fashion magazine i think i have explored the theme pretty well i looked into colour style and layouts and how my collage could catch someones eye but if i had more time i was going to try make a collage to do with nature, skulls and texture and try make something interesting out of it my work is personal because i am interested in fashion and beauty and it makes me happy to see how many different ways you can express beauty i hope viewers will understand that beauty comes in different shapes ,colour and sizes and can be expressed in any way.
Prison Photography
Prison photography is interesting during a pandemic because we can relate since people in prison are locked up because they have done something wrong and they are kept in cells to keep danger out of the world and putting people at risk where as during covid-19 people are kept in lock down to reduce the spread of the virus and keep people safe and we are both bored and seeing the same walls everyday and try figure out a way to keep interested by our surroundings prison photography is basically about how your locked up somewhere for a long time for example us during covid-19 we are looking for ways to stay fit and instead at home and trying new hobbies and since you cant really do that in prison Klavdji Sluban done a workshop for inmates so that they can see the best in something that has no meaning for example that taking a picture of their mean would let you know allot about prison and the layout of the cells they may find a way of expressing themselves with photography and maybe even become a better person
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i think the film thet Klavadij sluban made is very interesting because it taught me that you don't need to go someplace beautiful and colourful and popular to make a meaning full piece of photography its about angles and lighting and that you can make some thing interesting that makes you ask yourself allot of questions out of something so simple and makes you see a different way of life Klavdij sulban did this workshop for teenagers to express themselves and for people to see the reality of jails and maybe even a warning to show the outer world that doing bad things will make you end up in a bad place and that its not worth it and so people can see different views in prison
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Nicoló Digiorgis' Prison Photography
These pictures by Nicolo Digiorgis are from his 'Prison Photography' collection. The book consists of 137 portraits taken by the prisoners of Bolzano Prison. He taught them the fundamentals of photography, such as how to use a camera and what to film, during his workshop years. Life in custody, though, consists of limits and constraints.