CONTEXT OF PRACTICE

COP NOTES - Post Christmas Review

OUIL401 Context of Practice

Post Christmas Review

What is the main subject area / question the illustrator is looking into?

Politics - illustration's role in society

What are the strengths in how they have responded to this subject area?

(Breadth of research? Criticality of image analysis? Effective Triangulation?)

Good mix and range of experimenting in journal

How have they responded to the Visual Journal element? (ideas, content, materials, process, experimentation, crafting…)

List 3 positive points:

experimentation
range of approaches
visually appealing collages

And 3 areas that could be developed further:

why simple illustrations are so appealing to people

How effectively is the illustrator synthesising research, contextual analysis and their own practical explorations? (Does it all make sense together? Do elements feel connected?)

elements and subject matter needs to be more focused and rounded now

What are the next steps with the research project, practical and theoretical?

(Is a more experimental approach required? Do they need to find more imagery? Is there a particular practical focus they should continue with? Be Honest, Critical and Helpful as to how this project can grow from this point.)

continue creating visually appealing work and ask why people are attracted to colour/shape, post-internet illustrations

• I was mainly inspired by Barbara Kruger's collages. It is her ability to express social commentary or at least something meaningful, a question put forward to the viewers through her collages. There is this dialogue between the artist and the audience. I honestly think that her work is quite simple, though it is powerful.

some of my concertina pages

• I decided to explore more around collaging. After the COP sessions, I have a clearer view on what I would like to develop in terms of responding to the chosen quote. I wanted to explore if artists/creative practitioners could create work that is purely aesthetic and mean nothing. 

• So far, I find it quite difficult. I find it quite difficult in a sense that the art is rather subjective and broad at the same time. There are artworks that contributes the community, leaves an impression, though there are also artworks that are simply internal dialogues between the work and the artist (if that makes sense). As much as I try to make sense of a particular artwork, I wouldn't exactly know the true intention and meaning. Only the artist would know.

• Though I feel that the approach I am going with, focuses on more subjectivity and personal judgement (in this case the concept of aesthetics). I am still quite unsure what I could further develop from here.