The Brief and Research

Written By Amelia .

The Brief

Module Brief - Narrative and Sequence

The Artists' book

During the module you will develop a varied visual language for the making of a final artefact that explores and utilises the properties of "the book* by experimenting with processes and materials in relation to images in the broadest sense.

From your initial and on-going research, drawings and images will be made using a variety of media.

These will be translated into a 'book' or narrative construct by means of experimenting and sampling a range of appropriate techniques.

You will be asked to produce a finished collection of images (book) that is an evocation of your ideas in either 2D or 3D. The form that your finished work will take will be determined by your personal responses to your negotiated subject matter. Tutorials, lectures, workshops and group seminars will form the basis for this module.

Assessment Deadline: Thursday 16 March @ 10am in 1F9

The module is underpinned by an emphasis on the development of a personal visual language both at the research, development and realisation stages of the module. Students are initially encouraged to use amongst others, drawing as the primary means of information gathering although this may be extended to include other media such as digital photography, film footage, sound recording, rubbings, found ephemera, samples, other evidence or written annotated observations. The choice of subject matter is critical to the success of the project, and must be carefully considered before embarking on the task.

Materials to be submitted for Assessment:

1. A final piece of work, responding to and exploring the concept and characteristics of the Artists'book as a means of visual communication.

2. Supporting work - including a selection of the following: sketchbooks, prototypes, maquettes, print and production testers.

3. An animated GIF from the GIF workshop.

4. The Zine workshop (final artwork and roughs).

5. The bookbinding workshop.

6. A short evaluative statement (max 500 words).

In Essence…

We have to create an experiance that moves the viewer through a sequence/series of ideas/concepts. This experiance must be physical and include great considoration towards the viewers haptic senses as well as fitting in and making sense with what the experiance is actually based upon.

Research

For this first little bit- seeing as I am new to the concept of artists books described in our lectures, I have decided to take a broad look at various examples.

Alix Swan - Dust Jacket Books

Small renditions of various fairytales throughout history, Swan creates miniture books connected with older making techniques, determined to keep the joy of these mediums alive.

http://www.artistsbooksonline.com/alix_swan.shtm

Mat Osmond

Taking the much more familliar form of a traditional book, Mat Osmands Drawing on Sand, Drawing on Water (2014) is rooted with the memories of the artists walks around the Falmouth coast.

http://www.artistsbooksonline.com/mat_osmond.shtm

Claire Kennedy

Kennedys work focusses more on treating the ‘book’ as a sculptural object, whilst ensuring that its general tradional imagry/content stays relativly recognisable.

http://www.artistsbooksonline.com/claire_kennedy.shtm

Jan Alison Edwards

Jan Alison Edwards vairous artists books explore the relationship between humans and nature. While that topic itself is not one I wish to explore, Edwards places a large amount of emphasis and thought into the papers that form their books. Making the papers by hand using materials relevant to the project. A interesting process that personally I have wanted to try for a while.

http://www.artistsbooksonline.com/jan_fairbairn-edwards.shtm

Larissa Cox

Larissa Cox explores and creates miniture layerd worlds hidden within the simple generic facade of a book.

http://www.artistsbooksonline.com/larissa_cox.shtm

Ros Blackmore

Ros Blackmore’s book features more scientific and diagnostic illustrations- an area that certainly appeals to me.

http://www.artistsbooksonline.com/ros_blackmore.shtm

Research & Ideas

Looking into artist books has certainly given me some ideas in terms of how it might look/ come to life, but the ideas I want to potentially explore are a little difference than the ones in the artist books above.

Concepts

Adaptation

  • little red riding hood - idk au’s have just been in my head recently lmao

  • grimoire nier - a companion book to the first nier game, it contains short stories, game info and other bits and bobs. despite being published in 2010, it has yet to be offically published in english, despite devoted fans translating it themselves for an online copy shared throughout the community. I think it would be really cool to try my hand at turning it into something physical.

Ideas

  • an infected house Leviticus 14:37/14:44

    14:37

    “And he shall look at the lesion

    Now, [if] the lesion in the house consists

    of dark green or dark red sunken stains,

    appearing as if deeper than the wall”

    14:44

    “Now, [if] the lesion in the house has spread,

    it is malignant tzara’ath in the house;

    it is unclean”

  • a house that hates it’s inhabitants

    the haunting of hill house + anatomy by kitty horror show - “in the psychology of the modern civilised human being, it is difficult to overstate the significance of the house”

  • houses do not die, they wait. what happens when it waits too long?

    japanese yokai - mokumokuren - household items lay forgotten become angered and fiesty due to their abandonment

Group Tutorial - 30/1/2023

General Notes

  • mindmap

  • scp report/scientific report/blueprints/guide

  • part of a larger collection, explore 1 idea to a high quality

  • utalise type

  • you can do animation, ‘artist book’ is the starting point

  • look around you - tv show

Grimoire Nier

So, instead of just taking the fan translated Grimoire Nier book and making it physical, imma go through a slightly different route.

  • recounting the elements of Nier Replicant in a recording/diary/guide/idk through the character Accord- a character whos purpose it is to record and document events within the world of Nier

  • need to look into museums and artifact display- clinical or pitt rivers type?

  • i need to not stretch myself too thin, I have alot of ideas and “i could also do this…”, I should focus on anything I do create being to a high quality.

Amelia .
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