DIY art

Drawing project

Year 2 Semester 2

A drawing project based on instructions. This is a work that looks at authenticity with a relationship to Walter Benjamin and his work, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction.

I went outdoors and with a digital camera and GPS to record co-ordinates. The result was an instructional booklet and on line blog recording detail of graffiti imagery for people to reproduce.

Getting to grips with digital literacy

The course required that students get up to speed on digital technology. This was my first experience at creating my own blog, making a power point presentation and movie production. A huge and challenging learning curve and an essential tool for the contemporary artist. I also produced a self portrait using Illustrator.

Electronic Arts

Exploring Photoshop and Premiere, the brief was to produce a poster and a two minute movie that combined still images with a sound piece of our choice. My music was by Sibelius with still images relating to the futility of war. Images and text were sourced from the net and my own.

Inspiration came from the fairy tale of the Steadfast Tin Soldier and news of Prince William's posting to war zones.