12-05-20
Introducing Myself
- 21 years of age. I am a sister of 4. I grew up and am still living in Whangarei, Northland. Although I am constantly in a state of limbo as to where I am living, moving constantly between Auckland and Whangarei my hearth still lives in the country. Growing up on a farm I quickly grew a strong bond to animals which has brought me comfort and companionship from a time even before I could walk. I think this love for animals, the outdoors and my big family has been a big influence on the way I practice in a very material and texture based way.
To start off this new paper I would like to briefly introduce who I am in relation to my current design practice by giving examples of works that I have created in the past. These projects include works that I have created in my previous design practice paper as well as a couple of projects in worked on in my undergraduate studies in spatial design.
Answering the prompts of “how well do I know myself” I started to create lists of things that I have designed in the past, my methods, my equipment, problem solving, collaborations, etc.
13-05-20
Word matrix
After looking at the words matrix I was to select 5 words and these words help to provide context and expand my thinking of what it is like to think about my practice. Using the Collins dictionary and thesaurus to get a deeper understanding of the words and to help think about them and their uses in my project in a different way. The words I have chosen to explore some more are;
- Boundary
- Decay
- Stain
- Call
- Trace
The first thing I did once I had chosen my words was plug them into the dictionary and thesaurus and locate where they have originated from and how old the origin of each word was. I was also really interests to see how many different meanings they could have, adjective, verb, noun.
- Boundary
- Meaning: something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- Origin: 1620-30
- Similar words: Barrier, Border, Edge, Line, Perimeter
- Decay
- Meaning: decline in or loss of strength, health, intellect, etc.
- Origin: 1425-75, late middle english
- Similar words: Blight, Corrosion, Degeneration, Impairment, Rot
- Stain
- Meaning: to bring reproach or dishonor upon; blemish.
- Origin: 1350-1400, middle english
- Similar Words: Blemish, Blotch, Colour, Smudge, Tint
- Call
- Meaning: to cry out in a loud voice
- Origin: 1200-50, late middle English
- Similar words: Calling, Cry, Signal, Hail, Shout
- Trace-
- Meaning: a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event;
- Origin: 1250-1300, Late middle English
- Similar Words: Element, Footprint, Fragment, Hint, Indication
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After conducting a lot of research into the different meanings of these words and discovering their origin and how else they could be used/other ways of explaining them. I was initially really interested in capturing photos of physical objects that expressed these words.
Boundary-
A boundary is a threshold, a junction between 2 things. A line in the sand or a state of mind. Transitioning from one thing to another.
Experimenting with a knocker on a door, creating a voice, a knock. Announcing the incoming, and outgoings of a persons movements. Using the knocker as a means of announcing your arrival, the knocker acts as a sound barrier at the entrance to the boundary, the entrance to the threshold.
I went for a walk around our farm property and used my camera lens as a border to frame potential boundaries and the bounds that tie us to what is “ours”. The door to the workshop, a sneak peek of what is inside is outlined on the sign. An industrial site filled with vehicles, parts, machinery, and materials. arranged in a disorderly but orderly fashion where everything has its place. signs of ware are evident on the outer extremes of the building, dents and dirt coating the walls hinting at stories of the buildings past.
Decay-
decay meaning to fall apart, decompose and break apart. I decided to play on this idea of decay by speeding up the process of decay and breaking apart. Using a hammer to break apart a camellia bud, and in the process producing a stain as a by-product.
Stain-
A stain is usually looked at in a negative light and seemed to be something that is the outcome of something terrible happening. But for this exercise, I have looked at making stain the first result and purpose of this exercise. To create a dye through the smashing of a hammer onto a leaf, flower and petal to see which pigment bled the most or if it bled at all.
A photographic series of images to showcase the before, during and aftermath of the staining process and images to show both the success and the failings of this.
Call-
A call is usually referred to as a sound used to attract others. in this case, I have created a couple of videos that capture the idea of a call. One is a small clip that pans around our property, and the sounds of birds can be heard chirping in the background to each other. The second is challenging the idea of what a call means, and instead, I have chosen to show a silent call, a still call. In this video, I stand stationary in a paddock surrounded by cattle, and my mere presence acts as enough of a call to attract a cow to come closer.
Trace-
trace meaning to copy, to leave a print, to leave something behind. Trace has many different meaning that I have come to discover. However, i am still very interested in exploring what trace means in the imprint, natural and pure state in different materials and substances. I have collected and taken photos of my definitions of what a trace means and how this can be highlighted through the lens of a camera. A trace of something that used to be, of something that has come before.
Georgia Christina Grace 