Chance

"Is there anything that you feel compelled to do at this point in your work but you can't figure out exactly how it will fit with your overall project?"

My body of work is still developing (slowly). I know what events I want to depict and conceptualise from the book "The Men With The Pink Triangle", but how I will visualise those events and make them into art is still very much an ongoing process. I'm not too worried about this as I approach assignment 3. I have learned from previous course modules that it all works out in the end. I have plenty of ideas, I just need to keep plugging away at them until I achieve a desirable outcome. I've learnt after a number of assessments now not to get too stressed about the artistic/creative process - just relax, and let the ideas flow...

With regard to the above question, I do have a strong interest in making work from found photographs. I'd like to explore ideas and emotions using this technique to pull together a narrative from unconnected images. I already make exploratory work using props within constructed images and incorporating found photographs would create an interesting mix and match approach. I remember discussing this with Johanna Ward (a visiting photographer/artist at a Thames Valley group event) who created a body of work around old family photographs and her own accompanying images. I remember being quite enthused by her approach and the subsequent discussion led me to produce the Rubber Flapper work in a particular visual style.

While I've been typing this I've mused on the idea of using found photographs and I think I have a seed of an idea that could be incorporated into my body of work. I need to make some sketches in my workbook so I can pull the ideas together in the next few weeks.