Evaluation

Our theme for the exhibition was "Time and Movement". As a group we decided to name the exhibition "Motus" which is the Latin word for movement used in music theory. There was a good response to this title, and I think it was a good decision. Our work in the exhibition was very relevant to this title, Sarah displayed clocks and tried to convey a sense of being watched and time passing. I created a path and dictated movement in my space, which led directly into Jordons room. There he displayed a contrast between Wind Street in the day and Wind street in the night, playing a recording he had taken on a Wednesday night out. Molly showed a dance routine on a screen in a dance studio. The exhibition ended on Gemma's work. She had made a mirror which distorted the image of whoever stood in front of it and caused their reflection to bounce and move. Overall I think our exhibition flowed nicely and was easy to navigate. It was unfortunate that Molly's work was not fully functioning and it was mentioned that it let the exhibition down.

If I was to do anything differently I probably would have done more research prior to having my idea, this would have probably made the project less stressful for me, as there was a long while when I didn't know how to respond to my space. I do not think that this stress was reflected in my final piece, I dont think there is anything I would change about my final work.

Overall I am happy with the co-operation of my group, although Molly was very quiet at times and did not contribute much, we managed to pull through and put on a good exhibition. I am proud of our final works.

Other work in the Motus Exhibition

Sarah Bennett

Jordon Davey

Gemma Griffiths

Molly Thirtle 

Remainder - Tom McCarthy

Hamish said while assessing my work during the exhibition that my work reminded him of the novel "Remainder" by Tom McCarthy.

"Remainder tells the story of an unnamed hero traumatized by an accident which “involved something falling from the sky”. Eight and a half million pounds richer due to a compensation settlement but hopelessly estranged from the world around him, Remainder’s protagonist spends his time and money obsessively reconstructing and re-enacting vaguely remembered scenes and situations from his past, such as a large building with piano music in the distance, the familiar smells and sounds of liver frying and spluttering, or lethargic cats lounging on roofs until they tumble off them. These re-enactments are driven by a need to inhabit the world "authentically" rather than in the "second-hand" manner that his traumatic situation has bequeathed him. When the recreation of mundane events fails to quench this thirst for authenticity, he starts re-enacting more and more violent events"

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_McCarthy_(writer)

Comment Book

These are the comments left by visitors to our exhibition. They all seem to be praising our work. I am very happy with these comments.

Exhibition Day 2 (21st Nov)

At the end of the exhibition on Tuesday I had to take my work up because of a class taking place in the evening, so my work looked different on Wednesday when I put it back down. Hamish said that it wouldn't matter and that it was a good thing that my work was interchangeable. The meaning was not lost and it was still consecutive with everyone else's work. We did not have as many people show up on Wednesday but some of the other groups did come to see it. Again we had a good response to our work. Overall I think it was a successful exhibition. 

Exhibition Day 1 (20th Nov)

I had to lay my work on the morning of the exhibition as I couldn't get into my room until 11am due to a dance class taking place there. We had at least 20 people show up for our exhibition on Tuesday. I think considering the limited amount of time I had to lay my work it looked good and fit in well with everyone else's. The lecturers seemed impressed with it, they said our work flowed well and was consistent throughout with subtlety and the theme was evident throughout. They had some criticisms for Gemma and Sarah, only minor things, and they did say that Molly's work let us down a little (unfortunately she could not get her work up and running for the exhibition.) Overall I think we had a great response to our efforts. 

Edward Muybridge & The Bechers

I have decided to reference these artists becuse they both use repetition in their work to aid the appearence of their photography. Muybridge' work is more relevant I think, because his use of repetition creates movement, which is what I am trying to acheive, only in a more real sense. Even though neither of these artists use the same image over and over as I am doing I think they are still relevant. Their use of repetition makes what would be benile photographs on their own, appear more interesting. They almost create a narrative with their images.