presentation for uws ma students: reflections on an ma creative media practice project
TRANSCRIPT
Alison McCandlish: reflec2ons on MA project Crenellated Arts www.crenellatedarts.com @crenellatedarts
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The ques2on/ topic
• “Are You Here” -‐ a genealogical journey exploring family history, iden2ty and place through illustra2on and digital media.
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Carr, 1984 used
with
permission
Carr, 1992, used with
permission
Methodology + Underpinnings
Deep Mapping
Place Character
Past
Auto-‐ ethnography
Personal Stories
“Life space”
Derive/Travelogue
On site work Experiences
Wander
Exhibi2ng
Process from start to finish
“hypermedia”
E-‐learning Accessibility
Interpreta2on
Narra2ve-‐ visual/ textual
sketching
wri2ng
photographing
researching promo2ng
cura2ng interac2ng publishing
mapping
connec2ng presen2ng
analysing reflec2ng
edi2ng
experiencing
wandering
dri^ing explaining contextualising observing recording designing
Skills Prac22oners
Danny Gregory
Iain Higgs
Stuart Maconie
Adobe “evangelists”
Situa2onists
Andy Goldsworthy
Mar2n Parr Anthony Gormley
Aloka
Turner Leo Leonni Manjusvara
Wordworth
John Betjamin
Research Trips-‐ Bristol: Plan
• Site specific artwork Brandon Hill and Castle Park
• Meet Iain Biggs (UWE) • M-‐Shed trip • Bristol library visit • Sketchbooking – Wri2ng, sketching, ephemera collec2on
• Photographic journal Own ph
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Research Trips-‐ Brighton: Plan
• Site specific artwork: beach and Queens Park
• Brighton Fringe events • Brighton library and art gallery visits
• Turner exhibit visit • Sketchbooking – Wri2ng, sketching, ephemera collec2on
• Photographic journal
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Literature Review + Cri2cal Underpinnings (1)
Deep Mapping
Place Character
Past
Auto-‐ ethnography
Personal Stories
“Life space”
Derive/Travelogue On site work Experiences
Wander
Prac2ce as research
Literature Review + Cri2cal Underpinnings (2)
Exhibi2ng
Process from start to finish
“hypermedia”
E-‐learning Accessibility
Interpreta2on
Non Malefience (do no harm)
Benefience (do posi2ve
good)
Jus2ce (fair
treatment)
Autonomy (self
determina2on)
Ethics (a^er UWS, 2004)
Payment
Acknowledgements
Environmentally: Non invasive temporary artwork
Public liability insurance
Copyright
Psychological kindness: support networks
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Family rela2onships
Timeframe and Resources: Gang Chart Task 15/04/2013 22/04/2013 29/04/2013 06/05/2013 13/05/2015 20/05/2013 27/05/2013 03/06/2013 10/06/2013 17/06/2013 24/06/2013 01/07/2013 08/07/2013 15/07/2013 22/07/2013 29/07/2013 Crea2ve Skills 2 Presenta2on 18-‐Apr Essay/ Porkolio Prep 09-‐May Promo2on Bristol Brighton Studio 2me Framing Wri2ng Exhibi2on Analysis Hand in
Time manage: Other uni work-‐ 5 weeks
This week followed by porkolio-‐ 4 weeks
Exhibi2on promo-‐ 6 weeks
Bristol and Brighton travel-‐ 2 weeks
Studio development 2me-‐ 6 weeks
Wri2ng/ analysis-‐ 6 weeks
milestone
Resources: • Finance (plan costed) • Art Materials • Gallery space • Friends/ family help • Personal crea2ve energy!
Original Planned Output • Journals • Photographs • Dra^ edits • Historical info • Notes from site visits/
talks/ events • Blog entries • Mockups • Visitor book • Video of events/ work in
progress
• 10 full size illustra2ons – “Nice cup of tea and a sit down”
– “Brighton Buddha” – “Gled Glad”
• 1 larger piece: “The grand tour”
• Prints to sell • 1 illustrated e-‐book • Promo2onal materials • Suppor2ng wrigen work
for MA submission
Dissemina2on Own ph
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• NTS magazine (195,034 circula2on: magazinesabout.com) • NTS website • On site banner, A board, word of mouth
Mapping Spectral Traces Network: “trans-‐disciplinary, interna2onal group of scholars, prac22oners, community leaders and ar2sts… commitment to socially engaged crea2ve prac2ce…projects that ‘map’ the unseen and unacknowledged difficult pasts that con2nue to structure present-‐day social rela2ons” hgp://www.mappingspectraltraces.org
Brighton Fes2val 2014?
B00232388-‐ Research Cri2cal Development
B00232388-‐ Research Cri2cal Development
B00232388-‐ Research Cri2cal Development
B00232388-‐ Research Cri2cal Development
B00232388-‐ Research Cri2cal Development
Bibliography (1 of 3) • Acconci, V. (2000) Leaving Home: Notes on Inser2ons into the Public. In
Doherty, C. (ed.) Situa2on. London: Whitechapel Gallery. pp.135 -‐ 136 • Bain, A.L. (2006) Female ar2s2c iden2ty in place: the studio. Social &
Cultural • Geography 5:2, pp.171-‐193 • Biggs, I. (2006) Hybrid Texts and Academic Autonomy: The Wager in
Crea2ve Prac2ce Research. In Macleaod, K. and Holdgridge, L. (eds.) Thinking Through Art: Reflec2ons on Art as Research. London: Routledge. pp. 190 -‐ 200
• Camerson, J. (1994) The Ar2st’s Way, London: Souvenir Press • Delamont, S. (2009) The only honest thing: autoethnography, reflexivity
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