Assignment 1: Photogram or Photogenic Drawing
My final piece is called ”Can’t Let Go”. This wasn’t the one i presented in tutorial; “My Last Supper” was done quite badly. i decided to use this dried stalk of rose because i liked the details in the colour and texture. It was quite funny how i only realised how long this stalk of rose has been with me until this assignment. I’ve kept for about 2 years…. and i really don’t why, or who gave it to me.
Why i changed the original…
I was confused as to what we should do. And even though the scanner was idiot-proof to use, i must really have been an idiot because i didn’t know there were different functions. haha… hence, “My Last Supper” had a very horrible white background (wasn’t able to fully close the lid). Joon Yong mentioned that he liked it the way it is, because of the old antique feel it portrayed. Even though thats the feeling i wanted to give, just felt that the entire finish wasn’t ‘clean’. And comparing it to the work of others, mine really failed in comparison. Mr Reddy said that the idea was there, but i wasn’t being creative enough.
Here are other stuff i tried in Series 1: Experimenting with My Religion.
And this is from Series 2: The Rose
How i composed it…
Initally, the rose was still in tact (all the petals and leaves were still attached), but after fooling around with it on the scanner, some petals and leaves began falling out. *heartache* So i decided to scatter the fallen petals and leaves randomly on the bed of the scanner and held on to the stalk with my hand. The white specs are the pollen. I scanned it with the reflective function to capture the colour of the rose and had the scanner lid opened such that all the light went in to achieve the black background.
The whole idea of including my hand in there was to add that human element into the composition because i really couldn’t let go of something that’s been with me for some time. It meant to present the idea of us humans holding on to things/objects in a very meaningless way even though we’re aware of how foolish it seems.
How i rate myself…
I’d give myself a 70/100 for “Can’t Let Go” (35 for effort, 35 for creativity). I think i’d fail if i used my first one, which was disastrous. So this one is better than the first. In my opinion Jillyn’s “Teabag” and “Roots”, and Jialin’s glass paint and moving hand photogram were the best. Jillyn actually took the picture with the scanner in an upright position.. and that’s just way-cool! I also liked the idea of motion (when Jialin used her moving hands), and the colours were very vibrant. So they get a 100 from me. (50 for effort, 50 for creativity=100)
I think Joonyong’s feather piece was hilarious with the title “the chicken isn’t here” (something along this line i think), but without it, maybe it won’t be as meaningful. And because his and mine are pretty simple in composition yet draws the viewer to interpret it in a deeper level , so i think we both deserve a 70/100 at the very least (i hope). Lastly, because i don’t quite get Karen’s “move::nowhere”, i’ll give it a lower mark (maybe 50/100). Maybe its just me, but i feel really uneasy when i see it. i find it a little too abstract for me to fully appreciate what she set out to achieve.
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