Tutorial with Josie - discussions around latest film and sculpture work 03/03/2022

A screen grab (of my latest leg sculpture: Transhuman) from my latest film (to be unveiled at the MA Symposium 24.3.22) sharing the same title as my essay:

Transhumanism & Cyborgism: The Art of Extension

Notes from Tutorial, comments from Josie:

Enjoyed looking through my recent posts

My Film is not Hi quality which gives it

a sense of the handmade and an element of playfulness

The form of the work and how I edit The film is talking about all our

experiences from evolution and our

interactiveness with technology

Overuse of screens in everyones life...

Critical territory with humour

Voice decoder

After effects: Seek help from technicians at Uni

Repetition with images and language. Language could/should become meaningless??

Practice feels like it is coming together recently

The first ever moving image

Using slide projector for exhibition

Do I need the words and language to matter

Letting the audience tune into the effect

Idea of space and speed...speed of data and processing

Binaural sound

artists/references to look at:

Good to see you today and look forward to seeing the final film at the symposium.

Here are the links to work/references I mentioned:

Eadweard Muybridge: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/268638

Nam June Paik: https://www.artdex.com/nam-june-paik-and-history-of-video-art/

Andy Holden: https://andyholdenartist.com/lawsofmotioninacartoonlandscape

The Otolith Group: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/infinityminusinfinity

Laurie Anderson’s Norton lectures: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcNB-x90QLWZUht_0rN3ZKA

And Hito Steyerl’s essay In Defence of the Poor Image: https://www.e-flux.com/journal/10/61362/in-defense-of-the-poor-image/

Reflective notes from me:

I very much enjoyed this tutorial with Josie and got a lot out of it. Josie seemed to be sharing my excitement with where I have got to so far with both my sculptural practice and my new adventures into film making. It is always enlightening to discuss concepts, ideas and artworks with different tutors as it reminds me of how subjective art really is and that the main thing that is important is my own expression coming from within. Maybe this has conceptualised from ideas that surround us all, but the interpretation is mine and the journey I undertake to relay this in my own version of its story, which is the fun part.

We discussed mostly about the new film and how I have integrated my leg sculpture, process of both making sculpture and film, stories of humanities evolutionary relationship with technology and my own personal endeavours with overcoming mental and physical health issues within the film.

One thing I have been pondering is the legitimacy of using other people to help create artwork. Josie had no hesitation in suggesting that I seek the help of technicians to aid but also that some work that I want done in video editing especially can be relayed to experienced program operators to achieve. I guess the same has happened with the visuals and soundtrack to my film...although born in my head and my own daydreaming visions of what I wanted to create, it has been helped and guided along with the expertise and experience of other creatives within film, photography, sound engineering, music playing and sound production of which I am greatly appreciative.

It has been a busy few months, throwing everything I have at these projects, mainly because it made sense in my head to have it all ready for the symposium but also because I am uncertain how soon my next surgery will be. This brought the discussion to how I can spend the next few months after the symposium, not making anything else but concentrating on the aesthetics and logistics of installation for the end of year exhibition in July.

This I am very excited about.