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FINAL PIECE

For my final piece I decided that I will be collecting the small video created and combining them to create a long video. I also decided to incorporate my photographs that were taken.

Originally I was just going to have the videos and pictures on their own, but I felt that was boring and wouldn’t have the effect I want. I then video myself walking, and only capturing my feet as they walk across the street, also recording the sound around me.

I then combined everything together, which I feel created a successful outcome. I really like the video and I think having the audio was the right choice.

The video is about memory and looking back of the memories of the place you live. The small insignificant memories that you don’t even know you know. Thats what I feel creates a city.

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Modern Art Galleries 1&2

Went to Modern Art Gallery One and Two, to see the contemporary art collection and The Cut and Paste Exhibition. I really enjoyed the Cut and Paste exhibition, however my favourite pieces were from the contemporary art collection. One of my favourite pieces was by Anya Gallaccio. Anya Gallaccio does a lot of sculpturing and is known to associate her work with symbolic connections to history, culture and politics. Her installation “Red on Green” is of 10,000 roses is a rectangle shape in the middle of the room. The thing I noticed was the smell of the roses and the strong colour of the roses. If I was to think of what movement it would be in, it would be contemporary, maybe dadaism, due to it being a found object and the theme I feel would destruction, as the roses are slowly dying. My second artist was Charles Avery, to which he had an installation of an old projector, projecting animated birds and with the shadow of the outlined box, it gives the illusion of the birds being trapped inside. This could be in the movement of surrealism, with the theme of fantasy. Michael Armitage’s piece is oil paint on lumbago bark cloth. I love the colours that were used and is in the contemporary movement, however I feel it could be surrealism. My fourth piece was by Francis Campbell and I would say in the movement of impressionism. The pice was painted when Francis was in Venice. I love the thick brushstrokes visible and the fact you can still see the wood panel the it was painted on.

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SUMMER PROJECT

During summer we were given the task to create two pieces of art that represent one of the titles: ‘For sale’, ‘Our Land, and ‘Here and Now’. I decided to combine the titles ‘Our Land’ and ‘Here and Now’ and base that of what I saw during the fringe this year in Edinburgh. Throughout the summer I collected leaflets and free fringe magazines and used them to create a collage piece. I wanted to stick to colours that I saw a lot of during the fringe, that being: reds, yellows, blacks and greens. By layering texts repeatedly it creates a busy and messy look to which I wanted as when you walk through the streets in Edinburgh during the fringe many people are trying to grab your attention. I feel this was a successful piece and feel that the final outcome really showed how I see the fringe. However if I was to do this piece again I would have liked to add more paint and maybe do it on a larger scale with more over lapping.

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