Claire's session: 'Plan & Disrupt'
Claire had a really useful session on planning our work and using the process of disruption to move our work on when we feel like we might be stuck in a period of a creative block. I found this idea of disruption really helpful for brainstorming how I might move current work on to produce something new, especially considering I intend on using my work from the 'Colour and Nature' to inspire my new body of work for my self directed brief.
As established, I really enjoy the process of combining and collaging, therefore this is something I want to focus on to push my creative brainstorming for my new work. Claire talked about not being as precious with our creative process, and to consider this idea of disruption in our work, such as tearing things up to consider new compositions and almost 'destroying' it in a sense. In summary, we considered three things under 'disruption', these included:
1. Randomness
2. Systems
3. Meta
Randomness
The idea that we should stop being as precious with our work, and consider creating something new from something old. Consider disruptive and random processes such as:
- photocopying current or old work and collaging from it
- ripping up current drawings etc and reattaching them back together
- throwing stuff onto your work, running it across the ground, damaging it etc.
- field research, i.e go on a walk that you may find inspiring and document anything interesting or inspirational through drawing or photography
- gather materials from field research also, e.g stones, rubbish etc, anything that could be used to inspire making and that could be used for mark-making or as a mixed media type piece.
Systems
Using systems to produce something new from old work, such as photoshop, illustrator, InDesign etc, such as:
- Photo manipulation
- Photo editing
- Draw and collage from this manipulations
Mela
Very conceptual way of looking at your work, think about what you're making in a very literal way i.e, 'I'm making a project about textures, how can I re-create these textures onto fabric'
e.g 'Imaginary songs from Tristan Da Cunha, these are recordings about recordings.
I feel that the most helpful form of 'disruption' for me will be the use of randomness in my practice, I feel that this will really encourage me to move my work forwards, especially considering that I intend on using imagery from my 'Colour and Nature' work throughout my self directed brief. This idea of turning something old into something new should allow me to create a whole new body of imagery from stuff that I have already collected.
As established, I really enjoy the process of combining and collaging, therefore this is something I want to focus on to push my creative brainstorming for my new work. Claire talked about not being as precious with our creative process, and to consider this idea of disruption in our work, such as tearing things up to consider new compositions and almost 'destroying' it in a sense. In summary, we considered three things under 'disruption', these included:
1. Randomness
2. Systems
3. Meta
Randomness
The idea that we should stop being as precious with our work, and consider creating something new from something old. Consider disruptive and random processes such as:
- photocopying current or old work and collaging from it
- ripping up current drawings etc and reattaching them back together
- throwing stuff onto your work, running it across the ground, damaging it etc.
- field research, i.e go on a walk that you may find inspiring and document anything interesting or inspirational through drawing or photography
- gather materials from field research also, e.g stones, rubbish etc, anything that could be used to inspire making and that could be used for mark-making or as a mixed media type piece.
Systems
Using systems to produce something new from old work, such as photoshop, illustrator, InDesign etc, such as:
- Photo manipulation
- Photo editing
- Draw and collage from this manipulations
Mela
Very conceptual way of looking at your work, think about what you're making in a very literal way i.e, 'I'm making a project about textures, how can I re-create these textures onto fabric'
e.g 'Imaginary songs from Tristan Da Cunha, these are recordings about recordings.
I feel that the most helpful form of 'disruption' for me will be the use of randomness in my practice, I feel that this will really encourage me to move my work forwards, especially considering that I intend on using imagery from my 'Colour and Nature' work throughout my self directed brief. This idea of turning something old into something new should allow me to create a whole new body of imagery from stuff that I have already collected.
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