#cast3001

[onorthart]

initial thoughts

[cast3001jenny]

CAST3001 Studio Project 1: work in progress

Maquette for my project

[linpengfan]

CAST3001-homework for collage2 -week3 

[ibv3]

Proposal Guideline

CAST3001 Studio 3 Project Proposal Guidelines Semester 1 2021. Your project proposalshould be approximately 550 words long. 

The proposal addresses theself-directedwork you intend to produce over the course of Semester 1.

You are encouraged to continue to challenge yourself and engage with ideas and techniques that are new to you.Needless to say,the expectations of a 3rdyear student are higher than that of a 2ndyear. It’s fine if you end up diverging from your proposal. This is a statement of intent that will lead to further researching, thinking and creating.The proposal should address the following: 

What do you intend to produce? Is it a series of paintings? An installation? A participatory artwork? An animation? Be ambitiousin all aspects of your project.

What is the work addressing? Discuss the conceptual grounding of the project. What ideasare driving the project? Is it informed by contemporary events, philosophical thought or fictional narratives? 

How have current trends in contemporary art influenced your project? Are there art historical concernscentral to this body of work?

Which contemporary artists are informing your project? Situate your project within the field of contemporary artand artists. 

Finally, what mediums, materials and processes you will use?

[stebsca]

CAST3001 - ACTIVITY 1

WEEK 1: 23/2

ACTIVITY 1: Students to introduce their work from last semester.

Do You Ever Feel Like A Plastic Bag, 2023

Write a short synopsis of this work: My artwork Do You Ever Feel Like a Plastic Bag uses the ubiquitous experience of the supermarket to explore themes of loss, place, and nostalgia. By honouring the defunct supermarket Franklins (closed 2015) with large-scale prints, music (Katy Perry's 2010 pop hit Firework), and the artifact of a genuine Franklins plastic shopping bag, my work draws focus to areas of memory which perhaps are not frequently examined by the everyday person.

Reflect on its successes and failures? What would you have done differently? What is the feedback you received? You can use last year’s project as a stepping off point or commence a new project. 

This was a well-received and overall successful project for me. I do feel like there was something missing from it- I think the work could benefit from a larger scale, as immersion into the Franklins environment was the goal. However, I think with the time and resources I had the outcome was good. I could have had more information or incorporated more of my research into the work, or I could have sourced more artefacts. The installation of the sound element could have been more advanced- I could have created a custom audio mix that would have brought the experience closer to the memory, and set up a more permanent speaker. If I was going to carry this work to grad show I would reconstruct more of the environment- attempting to replicate the floor and ceiling. I could have done something more with the images like use an effect of some kind to add more depth to the work. I will move forward by finding more ways to demonstrate the connection between place, symbols, and memory.

[stebsca]

CAST3001 INSTALLATION WORKSHOP

19/2

In this workshop we went over completion and installation of artworks.

It can be difficult and frustrating trying to know when an artwork is complete. Some pointers from Harry were: take a step back to see how you feel, use intuition, consider if you've truly pushed yourself and expanded your artistic field and remember you might not be able to implement all feedback.

PLANNING IS IMPORTANT- consider installation throughout the production process! Ways to do this: digital proof of concept, maquette, work-in-progress test installation. Consider the space and any extraneous factors that may impact the meaning, appearance, or material of the work such as lighting, appliances, shape, signs, etc. Also the audience and the navigable space.

Consider LOGISTICS: how is the artwork going to physically make it to the space? What are the obstacles? Will it require multiple people, third party, or commercial help? Will it have to be constructed in several pieces to fit it through the door, for example.

DOCUMENTATION: IMPORTANT DON'T FORGET ABOUT IT. AGAIN

We were then briefly taken through a range of tools and materials. Lists are available on Canvas.

Important notes:

Most two dimensional works will be installed on the false walls in the OTC which are made of a layer of ply and a layer of gyprock. If the work is heavy use screws that go all the way into the ply as that is stronger.

Other installation situations can be plinth/shelf, floor, suspended, custom structure, site specific

The standard eye height is 1.5m at the centre of the work. Make sure to measure offset as work is not usually hung from the centre.

PRACTICAL EXERCISE:

We installed a painting into the false wall. We used D-rings screwed to the wooden canvas stretcher approx 2/3rds to the top of the stretcher. Wire was threaded through the D-rings with just enough slack to create a very obtuse angle when hung on the nail. The wire was held in place using crimps. The work was hung on the wall with a screw at 1.5m+ offset to the highest point of tension in the wire from the centre of the work. The painting was hung on the wire and a spirit level was used to ensure it was perfectly horizontal.

DE-INSTALLATION:

The screw was removed from the wall and the hole was filled with spacking, which was sanded back to smooth when dry.

Proper de-installation is respectful towards the space and the other people using it

[onorthart]

initial thoughts

[onorthart]

initial research for CAST3001 project!!

[linpengfan]

CAST3001-homework for collage-week3

[linpengfan]

CAST3001-screen arts

artist research 

https://youtu.be/gNkMzUyWkFo