As usual I began this Thursday morning with a group tutorial, which offered myself and my peers the opportunity to give and receive feedback on the current stages of our work. I found the session thoroughly engaging as it was interesting to look through several test prints and dummy books and understand the influences these conceptual and visual decisions had on the presentation of the work. When discussing my own work, I presented the group with a selection of prints from my most recent shoot, along with a draft of my updated artist statement. The feedback I received was beneficial as my peers expressed their thoughts about the work, often commenting on the composition, lighting and attention to detail featured within the images.
As we moved on from the images themselves, we shifted the topic of discussion to printing and my current plans for the exhibition. At this moment, I had not strongly considered how I wanted my work to be presented therefore I was offered ideas towards the development of this process. Considerations towards paper types were brought forward within the discussion and I was suggested to experiment with the 255gsm Epson premium semi gloss as well as a few similar selections from the Hahnemühle brand which are available to me through the print bureau within the university. From this point, I plan to produce test strips to give myself a better understanding of how my images are presented on these different paper types.
Following this tutorial I had a brief workshop with Natassja Barker, a fine artist who focuses her practice on the politics of art, often questioning topics such as the inclusivity of the “high-art world” through activism and parody based work. Natassja’s workshop offered advice on how to build an effective artist statement, which I found very helpful as I was struggling with how to reciprocate my thoughts about the project through a coherent statement. The feedback I received from this workshop significantly assisted in the development of my draft artist statement, as well as my project itself as Natassja shared her thoughts on the images I had produced so far.
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