Asked by the uni lecturers to take a local derive myself and my partner (who is also on my fine art course) decided to take an hour long one.Louis decided to choose my destination by closing his eyes and scrolling upwards on google maps.We then followed the instructions google maps gave us.I doccumeted interactions made,sights,smells and sounds partially using a small reflective diary.
I feel like i am generally a very visually aware person so I don’t feel like I noticed anything more then I usually would but i feel that audibly I switched on to the noises around me and tried to identify.I noticed particualry how noises would clash against each other.The sweet sounds of the birds chirping against the harsh craw of the crow.The children playing against a man shouting to his wife about an unfair situation at his work. I also noticed how his energy almost made his toddler run away with only his wife noticing.I realised that even tho I don’t live in city centre that there was so much noise pollution surrounding me.Other noises were drilling,lorries reversing and an coversation made comical (I found) merely by the accents of the male workmen conversing.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ajo-ZqD7R_SCAcCYzQQg6X4m45DO4Qp/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_XSxE4ceey8KhTcdY9-ZkAyuxnjgYFQM/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_XKje6D1rWUqbW9FIjfz2Y518fdDhfpN/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Uzm7MDjDzCr0vkO7ygN2I7bDMqL_osc/view?usp=sharing
I feel like the derive can be added to my repetoir in terms of ways of working especially during these times and not allways having access to the studio.
I am hoping to collaberate with my partner once we have worked on some of our own stuff.After watching a doccumentary about the situationalists I feel inspried by one of the pieces I saw on that to do some gestural work on lining paper that i have whilst listening to some of the audio.Hopefully the outcome will be sucessful!
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