Proposal.

Exploration of Movement

1. Progress and achievement By being constructively critical about my sketchbook and developmental work, I have become more confident about the value of my ideas. This has helped me take my work further then I have before. The course has exposed me to themes and mediums that have had a significant impact on my art also.

2. Context Artists I have been recently influenced by such as Eadweard Muybridge and Jeff Wall have used photography by way of visually representing movement in their art. I’m hoping to explore the notion of motion further by exploring the theme in 3D. Drawing is free from the restrictions of material, size and method and so will allow me to explore the theme freely. Drawing is the first action after an idea that has been triggered externally. This notion combined with that of movement, a reaction to external triggers, seems an ideal pairing.

3. Proposal Aims and Realisations Throughout my work there has been the common theme of space, time and movement. I am interested in absence and presence and I’m interested in the extended field and temporal space. By means of extending this theme, I’d like to explore how movement relates to these ideas.

My primary research will include sketchbook and photographic studies of people, sound, animals, air, earth and I’ll do this in different places. In busy areas that are fast and loud, quiet areas that are slow and peaceful, by the sea, in the centre of the city, the suburbs, fields, underwater, high up, low down, wet, dry, hot and cold places. I will consider gravity, air, weight, size and form and their influence on movement. I plan to construct the final piece in an empty room. I will keep in mind the space I have chosen and how working in this space may evolve my work once I take the research there.

As part of my secondary research I will visit exhibitions such as the ‘on the move’ at the Estorick collection, exploring artists and scientists such as Eadweard Muybridge, Etienne Jules Marey and Harold Edgerton and their explorations of motion. I will study further the movement of futurism and look at installation artists such as Lindsay Seers. Beyond this, I will look at methods by which to illustrate movement, using photocopying, layering and printing.
Having worked only in 2D previously, I’m keen to advance into using 3D and 4D solutions. I plan to produce a sculpture that is large in scale in order to involve the viewer made from a lightweight material like paper. My aim is not to cause anxiety, but a sense of calm. I will experiment with materials such as metal, wood and wire.

4. Evaluation I will keep an ongoing reflective diary, a working sketchbook and I’ll photograph my work at regular intervals in order to document the evolution of the piece. I will seek regular feedback by inviting peers, tutors and strangers into the space I am working at different stages of the process.