Monday | At the start of the week, we were put into groups and sent out into Leeds to explore and collect findings (photographs, notes, recordings, drawings..) that evidenced our own little field trips. Here are a few examples of what we found..
Chinese supermarket, checking out the wares, cryptic cookie proverbs..
I got really fixated on scouting out cool bits of graffiti. I liked it because it was something that people don't go out of their way to find or look at
Lock bridge, the canal, and eating bread rolls in the cold
These are just extracts from the course of the day. Overall, the outing was nice and went at a relaxed pace. It was lovely to talk to members of the class that I hadn't previously chatted too all that much.
Tuesday | So the next day, we had to compile what we found on the day before and sort of make sense of it all. We all began brainstorming and listing what we did chronologically, and we found there were so many approaches to this task.
Do we present a place-by-place retelling of our day? Do we introduce our own made-up narrative? Do we each take a page? Do we collaborate?
Over time, the group seemed to become disengaged with the ideas completely. It didn't help that our idea generation was broken up when people had to attend inductions.
When I returned from my own induction, the group had talked to Matt and seemed to veer towards a certain approach. And yet, there was still a feeling that no one was completely satisfied with a single concept or method.
I'm not sure why this was, and I felt that this 'mood' impacted on our ability to talk and put across thoughts to each other, and it's very hard to solve a problem when there's silence. Each new idea seemed to throw up 20 more questions and hurdles to tackle. Time was also a contributing factor, as our print slot was the next day.
It's very tough because you want to create work that you're 100% invested in, and that the group feels happy with, but deliberating and pondering too much all cut into your time..
Development hell
After much development, we (silently) went with the lock bridge idea. I think considering the situation, and our very limited time it was wise to just pick an idea. It was minimal in style, which would save time during production, and involved a narrative which was part of the task's criteria.
Wednesday | There were a few technical difficulties when putting together the kodatrace sheets, but they were made in time. Having never screen printed before, I didn't knew there were so many steps to it! I like the one-of-a-kind nature of printing, how every copy is different. I would definitely like to try it out again, would be interesting on a larger scale piece too.
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