PRACTICES OF RESEARCH ASSIGNMENT ONE

Reflective commentary I hope with this writing, I share a broader context of my personal responses during the projects for Part One of this course. The learning came from taking time to reflect on my work up to the start of this course and the ideas I now have to...

Part One Project 4: Planning towards the Body of Work

Exercise 4.1. Your initial work plan the idea is that this plan will help me to develop my body of work, and this will include actions like planning so that I can organize my time and research. I think my plan will differ according to weather and seasons. It is...

PART ONE Project 3 Mapping the forward path

When mapping the path ahead, I think of idea boards filled with ideas like found objects, photos and sketches. I prefer to work with a notebook, a sketchbook and a camera. When looking at conventional maps, I think about it as a way to a destination, but it can also...

PART ONE Project 2: Artist as Researcher: the body of work

Discussion on research-driven practice Exercise 2.1: A continuing practice Looking at the video with the photographer, Antony Cairns (suggested in study material), who predominantly works in photographic practice, I learned that his work involves older chemical-based techniques. I value his explorations,  which showed him 'endless' ways to work within old...

PART ONE Project 1 AUDIT OF PRACTICE

EXERCISE 1.1: Audit your practice My immediate thoughts go to the financial auditing process in a business: I was part of a family business, and auditing was once a year when our appointed auditing company would visit the factory for at least a week and conduct a rigorous financial inspection of...