I pad Notes

 

Primary Research

 

Video notes

 

Chosen Photographs and Displaying My Work

The following images are my final pieces and will be displayed in the exhibition. 

After experimenting within a video format and after collecting several observational videos I decided that it was time to start experimenting with how to display them. At first I started off by uploading a few of my videos to the Macs that I had available. Doing this allowed me to see and fully understand what my videos would look and sound like when placed on several screens and played at the same time. The aim is to create a space where the audience is confronted by these disorientating videos, However due to the amount of macs that I could use I didn't quite get what I had wanted. I only had a small amount of screens to work with, which when they played my videos they didn't quite project what I had wanted. To improve and develop further it was suggested to me that I continue to collect videos and also start thinking about collecting more screens in order to play more of my videos. 

The following images show some screens and towers which I had managed to find, and the process of me trying to get them to work which didnt go quite as well as I thought it would have. The following screens and towers are some spare pieces of tech which were at Uni, but when I had tried to reset the towers and get the screens connected to the towers I just wasn't having any luck. I soon abandoned these and started to think about what else I could use. After speaking to my tutor I decided to try find any spare TV screens, PC monitors and computers.

The following video was taken after I had managed to collect several different sized screens, tablets and laptops that I had borrowed strictly for this video. This video features my chosen videos which are then displayed alone a line. For each video I had gone through and wrote down the feeling which I got from  them all. Doing this allowed me to develop a narrative which linked the videos together. I chose to display them this way because originally I had wanted the viewer to be confronted by the videos right in front of them, but after speaking to several other tutors and students within my crit it was suggested to me that I could consider displaying my videos within a more 3D space. For example I could have them displayed within a small room which helped give off that enclosed, and confined experience. This is something which I hasn't through of before and it did interest me.     

The following images are of my artsteps exhibition. These images show how I would have wanted my work displayed. This exhibition space is based off the Civic layout and it is a collaborative exhibition. My videos are being displayed in a different room (dark room) and then my photographs are being displayed throughout my half of the gallery space. I would have also included my book which I had made for people to look through. 

The following video and images are of my final physical space where my video are set up. All together I have 13 videos ready to be displayed on 13 screens. I did make a smaller version of a room like this within my studio but found it to be a challenge, running into problem after problem. The space was too small for the screens, the walls were too weak, and I couldn't get the sound to work with the towers which were reset by IT. This was when myself and my tutor discussed solutions to this problem. The solution was to display my videos within the TV studio using the Macs which had been sorted. This took a full day to set up I am very happy which what I have done. With the screens all being macs the space looks consistent and aesthetically pleasing for me. They almost look like small pockets/windows to my environments and experiences. The space feels larger but once the lights are off it created a closed in space which is what I had wanted. I wanted people to feel disjointed and confused. I wanted the audience to get into my headspace. I am very happy with this final result.