Unit X Group Talk: 2
Tuesday 12th April 2016
We had a group tutorial where we discussed our idea with one
of the tutors who shared their ideas about the practical problems of the world
war one idea and how we would have to find these items which would be authentic
and represent the time. This gave us some perspective of the challenges we
would face with our chosen idea.
After our brief discussion we decided as a group to discuss
ideas further to clarify what we have chosen to do and solve practical problems
with our idea. I proposed an idea that we would completely re-think a new idea
from scratch to produce some fresh ideas and once the best ideas are collected
we would tackle the practical problems facing them. This way we would not feel limited
by practicalities and focus on the ideas we had because it is difficult to
comfortably think of creative ideas if we worry about how it can be done.
By doing this we started to think deeper in how we can
express the theme of dislocation through the installation. We began to think about
how we can make it unique, therefore I brought ideas forward such as making the
installation diverse by placing objects at angles and on corners. Just by doing
this it would make the room more interesting and can begin to produce interpretations
including the idea that the room portrays the dislocated mind of the orphan and
how his world is broken and even falling.
We continued to discuss more abstract ideas which were interesting.
We used this opportunity to clarify the idea we have chosen and why we are
doing this. One point I fear is that we will lose the point of our work through
over complications and would like to maintain a clear connection between our
work and the brief. This is why I bullet pointed in the notes what our work is
and what it represents.
By the end of the talk we had decided what we wanted to do
as a group and what we will continue to do as research. We had chosen to
research the lives of German citizens during the First World War to find the
opinions of these people and possible find events that occurred to these
people. Due to not all members attending these talks, we have organised another
talk on Thursday which will be the day we finalise the idea; this would be the
last opportunity for any significant changes to the core idea. This is because
it is known that details of the project will change due to practical challenges
and even design choices however we must stay consistent with our core idea
otherwise we wouldn’t be focused to complete one final product.
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