Blog 4 Portfolio.

CROSSOVER
designed by Cara Griffith.
Published by the Papakura Art Gallery
27 July - 31 August 2013

The design of this book is in a similar style to the one from blog 3. All the works are in full bleed, and all the writing is in columns to the left of each page. I like the way that the spaces of nothing actually add to the design, almost like a comma is to writing. The way the word crossover in the quote on the cover in red adds a subtle highlight to it, but its not glaring which is nice. The way that the back and front cover are all one image also make it look cleaner, although the quote on the front is mirrored onto the back which makes it feel more complete when you get to the end of the booklet. I really like this design.

Blog 3 Portfolio.

Catalogue

FROM THE I-LAND
25 August - 6 October 2012
Designed by Nell may.
a5 booklet, 16 pages.

This book has a very simple clean cut design. The front cover is a full bleed of a photo with text at the top in white, which is barely readable. Where their is writing inside the catalogue is in to the side, only half the page give or take. The book consists of several artists works, as it was created for a show at the Papakura Art Gallery. I particularly like the layout of page 6 and seven, The title of the artist and work is in the left hand column and the statement/writing is in the right hand column with a photograph to full bleed on page 7. I like the way it flows together fluidly, and the colour palette is calming.

Time space and motion week 6

LIGHT

Color of Light, Artist: Ponomarev Boris Filming: Sergei Scheglov 2.12 minutes duration.


Shot 1: black fade into close up of paint bottles 5 seconds
2: Medium shot of pour paint. 3 seconds
3. Medium shot of pouring powder into paint. 3seconds
4. Different angle of shot 3. 4 seconds
5: Over the shoulder shot of painting on the wall. 3 seconds
6: lights off the paint glowing and still painting over the shoulder. 3 secs
7:Wide shot of painting. 4-5 secs
8 onwards, more similar shots of painting etc.

This video is from the point of view of someone watching someone else paint. the is used effectively in this film. The paint Ponomarev Boris uses is neon and glows under uv light. This creates an eye-catching visual.

Time space and motion week 5

C O L O U R

Explosion, Roy Lichtenstein. 248.9 x 170.2cm. Steel.

Roy Lichtenstein uses bright primary colours to draw the eye in and demand attention. Lichtenstein restricts his colour palette to only primary colours and black and white,  but in this particular work he only uses red yellow white and black, and the combination is bold in comparison to some artists work that only use neutral, or "plain" colours, this give Lichtenstein's work a different vibe and it stands out of the rest.

Instead of using different shades or tones of the colours, he uses dots to trick the eye at a distance into thinking that for example, the red is in-fact lighter where as its actually not its just using white space to make it appear lighter. Lichtenstein also uses flat planes of colour and this creates a very bold bright effect as opposed to the dotted areas.

Time space and motion week 4

Marilyn Diptych. 

Andy Warhol, 205.44 cm x 289.56 cm. Acrylic on canvas 1962. 

 This work show uses repetition very boldly and also each repeated work shows slight variation, as the have been painted by hand and not printed which is different than warhols other works but the style is still distinctively warhol. Warhol has explored repetition in this work by recreating the same image 50 times in colour on one half of the diptych, and in black and white on the other half. By repeating this same image the eye is drawn to the slight differences although they are also slight, this gives is a hand made effect. 

Time space and motion week 3.

Drawingmachine by Eske Rex. From Core77, Length: 3:03

The video opens to a wide shot of the machine and it barely moves, this shot takes up around 6 seconds. It then goes on to various shots lasting 4-6 seconds showing the machine gaining momentum and speed, the audio is only the sounds the machine creates. I particularly liked the close up shots of the pen moving around the page. The video comes to an end after the machine calms down and the last shot is a shot of on of the pendulums slowly stopping movement, this shot lasts for around four seconds.

The video is just showing the drawing machine at work, it has a calm feel to it and barely any audio, although the audio is does have is necessary for the video to feel the same. I found that some of the shots lasted for just a tiny bit too long and it could become boring and methodic to some.

Time Space and Motion Week 2

O2 "Be more Dog" From Keith Schofield. Length: 0.59 seconds.

1. Close up of cats face, 2 seconds.
2. Mid shot of cat on couch, 2 seconds.
3. Mid shot cat on ground with vacuuming, 2 seconds.
4. Mid shot cat on window sill, 2 seconds.
5. Mid shot of cat on bench, 2 seconds.
6. Same as shot 5 only a different angle, 1-2 seconds.
7. Girl playing with cat, Mid shot, 2 seconds.
8. Cat looks up with realisation, mid/close up 2 seconds.
9. Cat walking to the cat door, Wide shot, 1-2 seconds.
10. Cat door Cut in 2 seconds.
11. Cat running 2-3 seconds. wide shot
12. Cat going through cat door, wide shot 2 seconds
13. Cat landing close up 2 seconds.

The video goes on with a similar pattern of shots like this, but with more wide shots also.

The video begins with a cat going through its normal "boring" everyday life, when it realises, why not be more dog? the video goes on with the cat becoming more dog like, playing like a dog, with dogs etc. he Video closes with the narrator saying "maybe we should all be a bit more dog."