Had an academic tutorial with Isabel on Tues. I showed her my photos:
I was planning to try to get better photographs of the iron powder. However, Isabel said that would just be repeating. I was very surprised that she should see sexuality in my photos, which I wasn’t trying to address but after she mentioned that, I started to realize sexuality was really a hidden and even fundamental aspect of my starting point of this idea. She suggested me develop my work further to a physical object, maybe an eye that could be worn or an artwork that could be looked through. She shared Cathy De Monchaux whose work was both seductive and potentially harmful. She also mentioned projection of my photographs in a dark room could be attractive. She then shared Man Ray’s Indestructible Object. She advised me to see eyes more than just window of soul, but also think about being watched secretly or voyeurism. I’m not sure if I still have time for that because I also have to work on writing and the final presentation of my photographs but I will try.
On Thurs. I had a portfolio tutorial with Adam. He mentioned about the presentation of photography work. He shared Artie Verkant and Luckypdf. He also suggested maybe I could show the photos on the TV screen.
On Fri. we had a lecture with an artist working on moving images. Her work was very powerful and closely related to current British issues. She addressed big topics through focusing on specific aspects. It’s very impressive how she managed to find good locations and all the staff, and how she did research by documenting and interviewing people. She also shared NFTS as resource.
Eva Wang 