Learning Outcome 1:
Formulate, describe and implement a challenging and self-directed programme of study, relating to your Study Statement.
(Assessment Criteria: Enquiry)
I have created a programme of self-study to investigate how art can be used to challenge social taboos around death and mental health, as documented in my study statement. I have already begun work on reading the books I have identified as relevant, and creating relevant artworks e.g:
Mental Health Postcards for the interim show, which explores participatory art
Rivers of Silver which builds on earlier use of my face in my art, but also starts to explore physical artworks as well as digital ones
A month in my head which explores creating a piece as a series over an extended period with elements of performance art
I have also managed to get my work exhibited twice at the Bill of Health exhibition and the WYF exhibition (in pursuit of my objective of building an audience).
Learning Outcome 2:
Implement appropriate working methods for building an independent and effective self-organisation that enables the critical engagement with practice-based research.
(Assessment Criteria: Process)
I have attempted to document my practice and how it feeds my art - I feel my practice is supported by developing three skills 1) the ability to notice things, research them, and uncover the connections between them 2) the ability to create art pieces with a wide range of tools and 3) the reflective skills to curate and refine the art I create
Some examples of these skills in action:
Noticing things from my own life
Noticing things from another student’s (awesome) work
Noticing things in books I read - this example led ultimately to the idea of creating a book as the output of my MA
Daydreaming led to funny connection, an experiment with humour, and a fun fake book.
I am expanding the range of tools I have to make art to include new digital tools (e.g. 3d scanning, AI), as well as physical skills like papier mache and casting.
Reflecting on the idea of art as a non-physical thing, and exploring different ways that could manifest in my own word, others work, and the world in general
I also have some examples of reflecting on finished works and how I could improve them, but that feels like something I need to work on… How do I reflect on how successful a piece of art was when I don’t really get any feedback? How could I get feedback? What feedback do I need? Huh…
Learning Outcome 3:
Communicate a critical understanding of your developing practice.
(Assessment Criteria: Knowledge, Communication)
I am quite ‘young’ in my practice, and so it is developing quickly and occasionally chaotically.
I am creating a very diverse range of ‘stuff’ from fake books, to digital prints, to masks…
I am making art with a diverse range of styles from quite ‘formal’, to pastiche, to photo manipulation. I am now attracted to other forms of visual art like performance, and participatory art.
I was worried by this at first, but I think it’s a feature, not a bug (as we’d say in my old job) - given a lot of my art is ‘concept led’, I think it’s natural to experiment and abuse different mechanisms for making that art real.
I am evolving my understanding of what ‘art’ is for me, and moving away from the idea of art as ‘things’ and towards the idea of art as the action/event/experience e.g. from early awareness of performance art, to my more formed thoughts on Aura, Spectacle and conceptual art
I am also exploring meaning in art, which I find fascinating and unsettling - meaning is very important to me, but I am attracted by the obscure, but I am also frustrated by the seeming lack of meaning in some artworks e.g. Early musing, to context and calling things out as meaningful, and now Pope.L and the limitations of meaning
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