MEDA302 – Proposal and Schedule

Following on from last week's post about my MEDA proposal, I've still not had any time to create a prototype or experiment much but I have thought of a lot about different ways I could film and also what stories I want to tell about myself. I'm hoping to use class time in particular for a...

MEDA302 – Final Project Research and Draft Proposal

Having always struggled with coming up with a solid plan for a MEDA proposal and wanting to do something that really meant something to me, I started early on my research. I looked back at all my previous artworks for this subject and found that there was never any cohesive line of thought or theme...

MEDA302 – The Artists of the Round Table

A journal article titled, Round Table: The Projected Image in Contemporary Art (2003) was are recorded discussion between a number of prominent artists working with the concept of the projected image including the likes of Malcolm Turvey, Hal Foster, Chrissie Iles, George Baker, Matthew Buckingham and Anthony McCall. They cover the history of the medium, into today and...

MEDA302 – Compositionist Manifesto

Reflecting on this weeks reading An Attempt at a "Compositionist Manifesto" by Bruno Latour, is an interesting perspective on the current art zeitgeist. "Today, the avant-garde's have all but disappeared" Latour (2010, p.473) states, and for the most part I agree with him. Having studied modern art throughout the 20th century and part of the 19th century...

MEDA302 – Creativity?

A seemingly simple question, but the further you delve into it, the more you ask of it. Is there a form of higher creativity as opposed to commonplace and is it directly linked with being artistic or is that another path itself? In MEDA301, my final artwork was certainly nothing like what I had imagined...