Assignment 8: Moments
Under The Canopy Of Love (no. 1 in exhibition)
If love is shelter, we never have to walk in the rain.
Love, can be so simple and everlasting. This middle-aged couple I took was enjoying their time on a weekday after. I wanted to depict this sense of peace in them. Whereby after an early life of struggles, when couples age together, we’ll eventually enjoy good times together as well.
Some people said it was ambiguous whether this man and woman were a couple or father and daughter. I think it’s all the more interesting in its ambiguity, since love transcends all relationship labels. A child’s love for his/her parent or a couple’s love both display so much affection and care.
Calligraphy (no. 8 in exhibition)
The beauty of fine art in the skill we call penmanship.
I was very impressed but this busker at People’s Park Centre. In this photo, we’re unable to see his other skills, but he was able to write so well using different parts of his body (toes, elbow, knees, mouth) and he even writes words when facing backwards!
But most importantly, I wanted to capture the passion in the man’s eyes, and form his bodily vibes. It is moments like this where his love for his art even excites people around him, and invites us to appreciate what he loves. It is a very magnificent thing to be able to impart and share your passion without imposing it others. I thought that was an amazing thing about this man.
The Men Don’t Get It (no. 12 in exhibition)
I stumble upon a therapeutic art piece.
Alternative title I wanted to give this piece: Maybe Next Pay Day
I sat outside the Chanel shop at Takashimaya for about half and hour in order to get some shots of women peering into shops. The idea that I want to portray is this sense of ‘wanting’ for material possessions in a positive way. It is because of such material aspirations that strives us to work harder each day, in short term- it gets us out of bed to work each morning.
I like how the other people that work pass the 2 ladies also show what a fast paced lifestyle Singaporeans have. We’re all in a rat race. And expensive possessions like those from Chanel are just things many of us can only hope to get. But we all need moments of hope to get us through. Hence, from the glass showcases is where we may always stand to look. But maybe next pay day… I will get what I hope for.
I also wanted it to be a sort of modern, or perhaps lay persons appreciation for the arts. Many a times, people don’t realize they are appreciating art in the things the buy. The design, the material, etc. And in standing from a glass window, admiring the object of art, we are in many ways, like in an art gallery. And in this case, a Chanel handbag will never be appreciated by men. Period.
Self-Assessment
I’ll give myself 96/100 for this one. 48/50 for effort and 48/50 for creativity. This is a hard one. Everyone really put in alot of effort, trying to make the exhibit as strong as possible. Most of the time, the pictures that we took all looked good on their own, but together, its was quite tough to piece them into strong exhibit that flowed well. I think I put alot of effort into thinking what ‘Moments’ were for any sort of person.
I think in the whole exhibit, Calvin’s photos were the funniest and most entertaining (even though were taken mostly in the same place), but the ones he chose for the exhibit were very apt, so i give him full marks. Rebecca also showed that she put in a lot of effort by going out to tk more photos so that we chould choose more from.
I think this assignment really tested our ability to work togther well as a team. So it would be very unfair if i were to assess my team mates solely based on the quality of their photos. Teamwork, effort and communication were very important as well. So for this, I’d say Qiyi, Eileen and Nurliyana put in the most effort. While for photo-wise, Calvin and Rebecca gave the best photos.
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