To begin this project I looking into Nick Cave and his Sound
Suits. I started here because I have previously looked into his work
before and it goes well with the title of this unit that is 'Creativity in
Motion'. I really like the idea of creating a costume that moves and
creates sounds, we are with fashion students as well so it could work well
with what they make. From Cave's videos on YouTube, I found myself on a
different channel called 'Brilliant Ideas'. The channel talks about and to
different artists. This led me to the performance artist Marina Abramovic she
is seen as the mother of performance art. Her work does not relate to the
project directly but performance I feel will play a big part of my
individual project.
I also had a look on Google for movement artists and I
found Heather Hansen. She works with her body and creates huge drawings on
paper using charcoal. These drawings are also her performances which links with
Marina's work. I like the use of her body to create these pieces of work and
how each move is recorded in the charcoal on the paper.
I have also been looking though Instagram to see if there is anything that
links to the unit title and found a great video that is linked in a previous
post. This has had me thinking about not making a costume or item of
clothing but instead something that actually moves in the exhibition for
example a sculpture with loose fabric that moves, this will need to be moved by
something however. This would make my work stand out instead of just
having a video on a screen or a garment on a wall.
Still to this day, our group cannot come up with a theme that everyone can
agree on, we have met 3 times with the odd person missing and have had a group
presentation to talk about our ideas and our theme, it was to 3 other groups
and the tutors. From this, what everyone in the group was aiming towards was
waves, and the feedback was good. What I had looked at was wind and fans therefore
I suggested the theme 'Elements' which fitted everyone ideas. This however has
been changed as it is too broad, the new suggestions are sea side towns and
arcades which leaves myself and Frankie the task of trying to get the group to
consider our ideas as they don't fit into these current themes. This is what I
am finding the hardest as my ideas, thoughts do not seem to have be taken into
consideration.
With the theme not being set yet, I have not been able to do my
specific research to connect the whole group. Therefore, I have just looked at
movement as a whole hoping that it will fit in when we decide on a permanent
theme. I am also going to carry out more in depth research into other ideas as I
go through the project.
