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How I’d like the images to look on their final setting. I would probably change the order as I would take new images but due to COVID-19 I am sticking to the old ones.

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Print Size

For the Pilot module the images were printed A4 but for an ideal exhibition I would print them a bit bigger than A3. These are test prints A3 size and a bit bigger, however I think for the exhibition a little bit bigger than A3 would suit better. As discussed with peers and tutors I think this project is very important and it covers a very important topic, so I would want the women in it have a bigger scale in a gallery context, however something that wouldn’t be too big close to the headphones and space as I want people to see the images properly as they hear the audio.

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Earpiece 1 Let us Eat your Ears Headphones, photos 2018

How would it sound, if two people would put your ears into their mouths? Earpiece 1 is a work, engaging with a somewhat weird form of intimacy and the phallic imagery of its simulation.

with Martha Schultz (performance, photos)

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FIFTEEN MINUTES HOMAGE TO ANDY WARHOL

FIFTEEN MINUTES features silkscreen prints and original recordings, ranging from spoken word to music and sound, created by a diverse roster of artists, writers and performers who knew, worked with, were associated with or were inspired by Andy Warhol.  Included are Patti Smith, Ivan Karp, Billy Name, Ultra Violet, Lawrence Weiner, Bob Dylan, Carter Ratcliff, John Giorno, Vincent Fremont, Alexander Heinrici, Brigid Berlin, Christopher Makos, Yura Adams, Nat Finkelstein, Connie Beckley, Susan Breen, Path Soong, and Jeff Gordon.

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in collaboration with Jean-Lou Majerus Sound for Insomniacs, 2007 Five lambda digital prints on semi-glossy photo paper, two stools with integrated MP3 players, screens, and headphones

Five cats portrayed in a close up take on very human expressions. Listening to the sonic vibrations of their purrs reveals the startling individuality of each cat, and it is an invitation to listen deeply beyond ourselves to nature and to the nuances of wordless communication.

Another example in which the big portraits could take place and the hadphones in a plinth a little bit further away so people could look at the portraits. I actually think this is the most effective as the goal is for people to look at the portraits whilst listening to the audio piece.

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Susan Schuppli, The missing 18-1/2 minutes 2018, prints, headphones, sound, Installation view, Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne, 2018, Courtesy of the artist, Photograph: Christian Capurro.

This is a good example of what I’d like to achieve. Having the headphones (sets close together) and The potraits one next to the other. The gallery space would be different in Copeland or Free Range, so the portraits would be in one wall and the headphones in another (corner).

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Reference Major Project: Laia Abril On Abortion

“Why do they take the risk?

Across countries and religions, millions of women are blocked from abortion technologies by law and social coercion, and are forced to carry pregnancies to term against their will. Some are minors and rape victims. For many, the pregnancy is not viable or poses a health risk. But all can be criminalized for trying to abort; in El Salvador, even women suffering a miscarriage are being chargedwith homicide, facing prison sentences of up to 40 years.”

“It was December 17, 2014. I took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. I am gay; I don’t want to talk about how I got pregnant. I don’t know for sure if my grief for the abortion is over. I think about it once in a while, and sometimes I cry. Not much, though, and not because I regret it. I don’t. I know I made the right choice, and the only possible one. It was the hardest experience in my life. I am a different person now. And I’m proud of myself.” —Magdalena, 32, Poland.

This project inspired me very much. Covering the topic of Abortion in many different ways in a single project. The personal written pieces moved me.

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Major Project (Outspoken) Adapting COVID-19

I was thinking on how to adapt this project to a publication. Daniel suggested thinking of a podcast.

I don’t really think that the audio should be written down. I think the audio is the strongest piece of this project, and for the Fashion Editorial Advertising Module (when I started the project) the audio piece didn’t exist and I wrote down their words so I feel like going back to that would be a step backwards. I found a way to make the project stronger and I think the audio is a key part of that.

I also don’t feel like a podcast works. This is such a delicate topic (I am not saying podcasts don’t cover that) but more than that VERY intimate. I don’t think they would be the same if it was a podcast, and i like the idea of having one piece of audio (with a few minutes) and not a set of different long interviews. I also wouldn’t like to do ONE podcast episode with everyone in because I think it would be messy.

I think I am going to stick to the original idea, that can be shown in a website or in a exhibition. It wouldn’t work in a publication but I am happy to not feature the project in a publication and feature something else.

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Out of the images I think this image is definitely the most successful. It took me a while to understand why I liked it better than the others but with some guidance of the tutors I think she’s interacting well with the bannister as if it’s completing her, or holding her. I also captured both of her hands. Everything is well incorporated. I would like to apply some of the strengths of this portrait to the others.

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This was a second shoot with one of the girls. The light was horrible in the first photo even by the window so we shot again, I couldn’t get a good light by the bannister but I am quite happy with the second one. It doesn’t go with the series but I think it works well as an individual image.

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Beccy in October 2019 / February 2020

Shot again because the light was bad by the bannister. Also directed her a bit more to interact with it, I did crop one of her hands and would like to shoot again to improve that 

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These were taken during October-December last year. In February I had a session with Tereza and she commented on how to make the portraits stronger. I scheduled the shoots but because of COVID I had to cancel them. I was thinking about the portraits and I would like to shoot again with most of the subjects and try to capture their hands rather than cropping them. I also had problems with the light and photographed some of the subjects by the window - it’s all in my flat (the safe space I created) - however people do not know that and I feel like these photos don’t go as well as the others with the series for obvious reasons. I wanna shoot again with them when things are back to normal and photograph them by the bannister. I would probably take the photographs in the morning so I won’t have problems with the light

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Lina Scheynius sharing photographs + text of her isolation days.

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Reference: Olivia Howitt creating two-meter portraits and sharing text.

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References: Ana Cuba sharing fragments of her isolation days.

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Reference Major Project: Alice Zoo Portraiture - Fat Activism

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Reference: Alice Zoo - Fat Activism BBC News

Portraiture + Interview

Initial reference Major Project