Multimedia

Here are two multimedia pieces I have been working on,
A personal piece that I have done called 'The Allotments' is about Falmouth University and the healthy sustainable side of the campus. I have investigated the allotments as they have re-opened this year with much enthusiasm from the students. The growers are trying to expand the plot so that more people can get involved, there is a massive community side to gardening and soon there will be more seats and a Cobb. I also spoke to the chef and kitchen staff at the campus and their view on healthy eating and the use of local, fresh homegrown vegetables which they use constantly.
I enjoyed this project and learned a lot about sustainable living and community.


Another piece that was a group one with my peers, Tristan Potter, Tom Sandberg, Freddie Reed, Ellen Pearson and  Erika Lawrence. We focused on a sport called Motocross and specifically a 14 year old rider called Jake, he has a passion for this sport and has been riding as a hobby and competitively for years.

Wonderland

                 
 I had to opportunity to photograph an interesting fun event a couple of weeks ago. Wendy is a performance artist who does a variety of things. She started a Kick starter to raise money for an interactive adaptation of 'Alice in Wonderland' in her very own forest. Wendy lives in Luxulyan Valley which is a tucked away forest with hobbit houses and perfect for her play. She wanted to create 'Wonderland' in her own woodland and with help from many friends it was made possible. With actors, circus performers, singers and many other people just helping out with costume, make-up and the design, it was a crazy event that really was well put together. Wendy herself was Alice and her husband was the White Rabbit, the play was to happen on Easter Sunday with three performances to commence. The public would arrive to a field where the play would start and then when the White Rabbit runs towards the forest so does Alice and the public follow her along a magical journey filled with humour, singing and entertainment. 

John Howard's Studio Week 3

I went back to John's studio again as I want to get to know the different artists that go in there and also to get to know John himself more as well. I hopefully after this will have an archive of artists working on their pieces and a few medium format portraits of them as well. I wanted to print these on fiber based paper and this will create an artistic, romantic look that shows myself doing an art technique just like they're doing with print making.

This week I met Michael Donnelly who has been a painter in Cornwall for many years and has done a range of series of paintings on still life, landscape and culture. For the last 5 years he's been doing a series on landscapes around Cornwall and wanted to experiment, Michael chose the subject of landscapes as he feels it neglected in the contemporary art space. As well as painting he has now been doing Etches and Print Making and has been coming to John's studio for guidance on the subject. His etches of landscapes are copies of his sketches that he does everyday and thinks it's important to draw all the time to gain skill. He will also use aqua tinting on his etches after he has printed them as this brings out shadows and makes the piece have more depth. I will be photographing John print making and aqua tinting next week.

I also met Duncan who has been an artist in Cornwall for several years, also doing landscapes at the moment, although his are more experimental and he's just practicing the technique. He unfortunately has Parkinson's so it is getting harder for him to concentrate and do art as he needs steady hands but he was an interesting man who told me about previous projects he did around his dad's garden shed and how he enjoys his practice but it's hard to say no because of his illness.

Sarah an Art Foundation student who is friends with John was also doing some print making around the subject of 'figures' and has been print making for years, she enjoys it a lot.

Allotments, Bread & Circuses

For one of my multimedia projects I am looking into Allotments and especially those that are now at the University. They have had them before but now are re-creating them and making all the public and students aware of growing vegetables and general sustainable, green living. I went to an event at The Compass which was hosted by Anne from Grand Challenges and they were working with the Homegrown Society and The Green Living Project. 

The event was all about sustainable living and all students were welcome to come join, they had a Yurt which had a game where you had to choose which products were Fair share, People care or Earth care this was very interesting and a good way for students to interact. Rob is doing an MA at Falmouth but is helping out with The Green Living Project along with Stephen who organises the Homegrown Society events. They also had hula-hooping, fish racing and throwing games, you could win t-shirts, free bread and vegetables. I came home with all three!

This shoot was mainly for research into what goes on with the Green Living Project and the Allotments which at the moment they are started to collect compost bags from students and are hoping to make it more permanent with a barn and area to have picnics and such. I got an interview from Rob who explains the development of the allotments and about sustainable living and why he loves gardening.