1st Group meeting:
Getting organised with ideas we had brainstormed:
Following our introduction lecture we had a discussion based on initial ideas about the modules (The Graphic Act) topic – Drawing; different aspects around the topic and what it may mean within different but relevant areas.
We brainstormed some of those issues that were raised and spoke about them:
The Graphic Act – Drawing:
- Gesture
- Concept
- Childhood/Primitive
- Digital art
- Text on/in drawing
- Processing
- Convention/resemblance
- Left/right hand side of brain sketching/drawing
- Research?
We then ran through some artist’s names we could maybe identify a connection with these different aspects and ideas of drawing to there practice:
- Robin Rhodes; Performs live drawings in reaction to his environment, Also draws sequencial still images portraying a moving image and narrative.
- Richard Long; making marks/ gesture & emvironment
- Tracey Emin; Use of text and light in drawing
Note: Chase up BBC Program early this year based on 2 artists and there use of light
- Bruce Nauman; ???
- Andy Warhol; Use/process of different medias
- Jean-Michelle Basquet; Sketch & drawing on painting
The group is to choose an artist - As we are undecided at early stages we decide to have a group meeting and workshop drawing session to help reveal or promote a common interest.
To get us started we brainstorms ways to encourage draw and how we might go about it:
- Start of with a stream of conscious/unconscious drawing – (nothing to focus on really) just what is in our minds at the time and impressions from our workshop environment.
- Employ music and draw to that
o Classical (emotional & fluent sounding)
o Contempory drum and bass (Heavy and rigid sounding)
- Employ a projector
o Still images
o Moving images
We would take photographs and video record most of our (relevant) activity.
Plans for our 1st meeting - Drawing workshop:
