Realise – Page 4 – Sarah Chalkie Cloonan

Week 24: looking at the feed back.

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0zGdUht_tPefZ6jlI-Mc4rc2w#London What changes am I going to make? Audience? Materials..tiles? Outcome? Subject matter……narrow and deep? Scale? Connections between …..the bounce? Moon jar functions? I narrowed it down and took out the repetition. Lots of the feed back mentioned narrowing down and focusing. My next job is to sketch out and define my lists of interests,…

Week 24- Colour Research: The Complex History of Yellow, a “Mediocre” Color

This popped in to my in box this morning-The Complex History of Yellow, a “Mediocre” Color — Read on hyperallergic.com/529864/the-complex-history-of-yellow-a-mediocre-color/ Penguin Dictionary of Symbols describes yellow as “the hottest, the most expansive and the most burning of all colors in its intensity, violence and almost strident shrillness … broad and dazzling as a flow of molten…

Week 24: ’There Hasn’t Been a Lot of Improvement’: Feminist Artist Valie Export on Her 1980 Venice Biennale Pavilion-Galerie Thaddeus Ropac in London December 2019.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=There+Hasn’t+Been+a+Lot+of+Improvement’:+Feminist+Artist+Valie+Export+on+Her+1980+Venice+Biennale+Pavilion-Galerie+Thaddeus+Ropac+in+London+December+2019.&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari This was an interesting exhibition. I did agree with the artist may be the audience plays a part in wether exhibitions are successfully received and “make a difference”. Saying things, exhibitions and other forms of expression can just be seen, accepted and forgotten. It may take a campaign and many years including education to…

Week 23: Best made plans of mice and men.

“To a Mouse,” by Robert Burns: “The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley.” Planning is something I always do. Being realistic is something I try and do. Simplifying is something I aspire to do. I have listened and been relieved and inspired by the fact that some of our tutors…

Week 23: Friday ADAS drop in.

After our SOI pitches I had a drop in session with Alaya where she checked though the portfolio example I had prepared for my failing light project. what I am writing is much near to what they suggested, but I still need to remove the repetitions and edit my text down to a concise, appropriate,…

Week 23:Statment of intent(SOI).

We had an intro, a few days to sort out our ideas, tutors to ask for advice, before we pitched our SOI. I scribbled and mind mapped, listed and looked up, On my way home I went to the library to collect more books and found a few more on Antoni Tàpies.(tap for Tate link)….

Week 23: Synergy Research- SYNERGISTIC THINKING.

I found this web site about synergistic thinking /learning while I was searching for a word to explain my processes. I needed a word to contextualise my research in ’Investigate’ Project 4 before presenting my ideas for ’Realise’ Project 5. Link – https://www.makingupcrap.net/synergistic-thinking.html The charts and big words that Richard Giordanou uses to promote his…

Week 23: Thursday Elevator Pitch.

EVALUATION – Thursday 19 Dec, afternoon session Following your elevator pitch record, evaluate and analyse the feedback you have received. Go back to your SOI and make additions and changes in response. Write a list of tasks and research that you need to follow up on over the Christmas break.