Unit X Group Talk 3

Monday 18th April 2016

Another group talk with the Unit X group. However only three of us showed up to the meeting where we had to share new ideas as well old ones to ensure everyone within the group understands what we intend to do. We discussed ideas involving the visual representation of mentally dislocated mind, and shared our research since the last meeting to develop our idea further.

I shred my research into the psychology of Giselle and how we can relate to mental illness such as ‘bi-polar disorder’ and depression. This could potentially add depth to our work into larger themes of psychology and even raise awareness of such conditions. Other members of the group also found it difficult to research world War One, specifically British attacks on German towns inhabited by citizens. Therefore I thought the best idea is to focus on the theme of Dislocation to ensure we do not stray from our objective, or lose the meaning of our work.

Asking psychology further we chose to focus on how to visually represent a dislocated mind, and we discussed the best way of expressing this. Because it is within the mind we intend the isolation to be rather abstract and have an impact on the audience. We discussed the idea of the war being a destructive force within the mind which is tearing the reality of the child apart as which is represented within his mind.

This how we started to talk about the idea of the child’s objects and thoughts being torn apart within a tornado which would break own into a single point. We have lightly touched upon how we are going to create the installation and practical problems we will face, however I feel that these ideas and problems cannot effectively progress with the absence of the group. In contrast the group understands that we will progress as planned with or without other group members to ensure we meet the deadline.

We produced sketches and notes to present at the meeting tomorrow when we will have to have a definite idea which we will choose to do. We understand that this idea may adapt in the future however this is the point of no return where we cannot significantly change our idea.

 

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