I will be having regular tutorials with my tutors to discuss my project idea, how I am getting on during the primary stages and it's progression, converging over ideas that could shape and steer my project, and also getting an opportunity to get general help from them.
These tutorials will be weekly if said otherwise by tutors, either way they will be a great convenience for me to discuss my future plans and get second point of view.
8th Oct
My first tutorial consisted of merely pitching my idea for my project to my tutors. I talked to them about where my inspiration for this installation came from, artists and other forms of media that I had been referencing over the years that I have had this idea, and how now I had suddenly developed an interactive side to it due to the influence of this course.
I must say it wasn't easy at first to talk about the concept, I think some of them got lost in the way I was trying to describe my vision but they eventually caught up with me and started to develop an understanding.
Some of the tutors had issues with the grotesque nature of parts of my sculpture, mainly the organs that would dangle from the tree and act as a sensory trigger. Others had problems with it's being a complicated and overwhelming task to construct in such a short time.
After informing them that I had all the bases covered, that I knew what I was getting myself in for but with a great deal of support behind me the task wouldn't seem such a struggle. It's an idea I have wanted to pursue for so many years, and now that I have the opportunity I wasn't going to let it slip by.
I seemed to have convinced them and brought them slightly on board to the idea, although they still have issues with the interactive side to it. They feel like it may be too literal, and as most of the artists I reference draw people in with the simplicity of their work, they feel like I may be over complicating it.
I am willing to work on the nature of my project and morph it into the simplest possible form it can be without it losing any of it's meaning or physical essence.
I brushed over the idea of having some kind of touch sensor inside the organ that when pressure is applied or even simply when it's touched it triggers the projector to play. Gaining such equipment to accomplish this may be cost effective, so my tutors came up with the idea of using a computer programme called Isadora as the main work space for my video content and through that using cameras to act as sensors. These sensors can be set up through Isadora to play the video content when a person comes into the vicinity of a certain area that I have customised.
I left the session feeling good about my project and how I was going to attack it. The Isadora software was weighing heavy in my mind as it seemed like an exciting piece of software to use, and conveniently I was going to be using it in other modules for other projects. This gives me the advantage of having some experience with the programme so that when it comes to implementing it into my sculpture, I won't be going in totally blind and unaware of what I am using.
I have this new found sense of wanting to build something beautiful and meaningful to me, and almost prove everyone wrong by accomplishing the task I am setting out to do. This is only because I still get a slight feeling of uncertainty from my tutors. I am hoping to shock them!
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