Progress
and Achievement
From the foundation course, I’ve gained a better
understanding of how important critical feedback is to develop. I think the
course has helped me feel more confident in sharing my ideas and also in giving
feedback to others. I think this is vital when producing a successful FMP.
Context
A visit to the Virtual Reality exhibition, Bjork
Digital in December and the recent news of Mat Collishaw’s upcoming VR
exhibition, Threshold, made me begin to think about the future and how artists
and designers are now able to create a perception of being physically present
in a non-physical world. I began thinking about our senses and how we interpret
sensory information in order to understand our surroundings.
Nicolas Jaar, a music producer, recently published
a book of ‘visual essays’ documenting the content from a number of radio
stations. This reminded me of an exercise during part 1 of drawing and
conceptual practice, in which we were asked to draw the sounds we heard around
the room with our eyes shut. The notion of visually communicating a sense I
think is very interesting and made me think about the context of a sensory
experience i.e. a radio in a book, a heard experience is translated into one that
you can now see/read.
Project
Proposal Aims, Methods and Realization
The purpose of my project is to explore the
equivalences of a typeface. I am aiming to create a ‘personal palette’ of my
perceptions and responses to specific typefaces. More specifically, I think it
would be interesting to take the idea of immersing multiple senses and to
communicate what I perceive to be the sound and the tone of a typeface. This
links with my initial interest in how we interpret sensory information in order
to understand our surroundings.
This project will require heavy research into each
typeface I choose to ‘react’ to. I need to think about the visual form, where
is it used/ who uses it as well as my memories and observations attached to the
chosen typefaces.
I thoroughly enjoyed exploring and experimenting
with the ‘Shape of Words’ brief during part 2. Nicholas Jaar, Maziyar Pahlevan
and Anibal Bley’s experimental use of type inspired me to want to explore the
subject more.
I plan to approach this brief in an experimental way
in terms of the materials and concepts. I would like to explore more printing
methods, specifically risography, however I also do not want to limit myself to
a specific material.
Evaluation
During part 2 I found it helpful to write down
thoughts in my notebook as the project moves along and then reviewing and
collating these thoughts with reflection in a blog. I plan to carry on this
method of evaluation and aim to reflect on my blog at least once a week. I also plan to make full use of the organised
seminar groups, as I believe that a second voice is vital to the development of
my work.