video response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAcbTKgLjZA&feature=youtu.be

Yves Klein response

Typology

 

Considering the theme of typology, the study of type and duplication of images within the same composition, I developed my original Rayogram work, as my project is a question of “…the pornographic reductions of the female body to a mere form for the purposes of consumption and exploitation.” O’Reilly.(2009, p.21) and considering the aspect of the male gaze, I chose to exploit that. Through the topic of femininity I have discovered that throughout art, women can become exploited on stereotyped to be a representation of a visual spectacle. Even in advertisements in the 21^st century women are poised in certain ways to appeal to the idea of the ‘male gaze’. Therefore, considering the artist Gina Pane, I believe she was using herself as the visual spectacle and inducing the pain and constraints society inflicts on her as a women in a real life experience but in its most extreme form. She was showcasing her self-ownership of her body. This way she had the power to confuse people and make them gaze at her, not in a sexual way, but in wonder. Her performances challenge her audiences with discomfort or shock and therefore her audiences leave the performance with a deeper understanding of the inferiority of the female body. It is this shock or repulse that is a central theme to all of my chosen artists. Therefore, this is the theme I adopted for the idea of typology. I followed the depiction of tampons and exaggerated the idea. Using real tampons I coated them in red paint to depict blood and displayed the visually ‘used’ tampons on white background in a systematic way. The white of the background contrasted hugely with the red and made the image more of a spectacle. The splats of paint that are also on the white background add a sinister feel to the image. The overall image is a representation of the male gaze. If women are to be a spectacle and objectified by men as merely beautiful specimens with essentially, large breasts and a perfectly proportioned figure, then why not objectify ourselves in which such behaviour can constitute an act of liberation from perspective and authoritarian control. The image basically portrays an everyday regime of women, it shows women in their realistic raw form, away from any superficial ideas that society have labelled them with. It is a repulsing spectacle of the representation of women.

Rayograms

Scanograms

Still life

Influence Maria Abramovic

feminism

Q. Feminism and sexuality through literature and art work.

• questioning the pornographic reductions of the female body to a mere form for the purposes of consumption
• use of the human body within feminist artwork to exert control in performance pieces in which such behavior can constitute an act of liberation from perspective. authoritarian control.
• the female body as a means of autobiography, a direct way of speaking out against objectification and categorization .
• how the knowledge of gender, particularly in earlier periods of time, can effect the way in which we literally see artwork.

Eleanor Antin

Carving: a Traditional Sculpture is another example of an artist using her own body as the subject and material of her work. The performance existed as a sculpture-in-process that lasted a total of 45 days (from July 15 through August 21, 1972). During that time, Antin placed herself on a strict dieting regimen and documented the work through a series of photographs taken every morning from four different vantage points. She claimed that even though the material was her own body, she was still working in the traditional mode of Greek sculpture, and her intention was to “make an academic sculpture” – a critique of the social pressure women feel to make their bodies conform to an aesthetic or cultural ideal.

marina abramovic

Gina Pane

"climbing the ladder of success"

Change of heart

After researching my chosen topic excessively I decided to divert my creativity. I have recently began studying feminism in English Literature and thought I could incorporate this into my project.

Markus Reugels

Smoke Art

 First attempt at smoke art and this is the only one that looked relatively ok, I was abit disappointed however  I will have a second attempt and hopefully this will work better.

Alberto Seveso

These images are amazing and definitely something I will be trying myself.

This and the following images are high speed photographs of ink mixing with water.

This and the next image are a mix of portraiture and ink

I have also submitted an enquiry to the artist regarding their artwork and I am awaiting reply.

Official website

I AM VIP

Over the holidays I started working as an I AM VIP nightlife photographer in the Durham area here are a few photos from the experience 

My Flickr

HERE

Tynemouth Beach

York

I visited York during the summer as I have never been before and wow I think I'm in love..
Here are few photos from my trip however I have a larger selection in my journal

Inspiration

Logan White

Logan White
Spotted in Dazed and confused magazine, us photographer Logan white creates very controversial images and the use of smoke art incorporated into these images, I thought, would link with my project.............................................

Freedom-chosen word

Analysis on chosen image

Graham Jeffery

'FREE RADICAL'

As a smoke artist Jeffery creates images of burning incense sticks, editing them post image using digital enhancements so that the natural beauty of the smoke is revealed. With the particular image I chose, shown below, I felt the contrast of the colours within the photograph are aesthetically pleasing to the eye, this, coupled with the fluid, lucid shape in which the media of the smoke creates gives a sense of freedom and is almost connotative of animal imagery, particularly sea life. the image could be seen to portray the depths of the ocean, where the water is so vast the light is very minimal except the magnificent neon sea creatures roaming below.
The image is very abstract and linking to the media and technique of the photograph, smoke art, the scientific element makes the image very much organic. I like the way this image could never be recreated and is unique in its own right. Graham Jeffery has depicted the beauty of science in this one complex image. The layering of the smoke with the added colour contrast and high saturation, gives the image a lot more depth and intrigue, almost creating a 3d form. 
The naming of the image "free radical" links with the feeling and mood it communicates. Looking deeper into the image the pattern formed from the free moving smoke is almost reminiscent of the blood vessels within the human body and the flow of free blood pumping into the core in order to create life, therefore this idea again plays on the the scientific technique of the image.  
As I am researching such scientific photography myself, I will develop the research from this artist to create some similar images. However, it may be nice to consider different thickness/types of smoke and not focus on incense sticks alone, in a similar way I could experiment with Photoshop as well as video to explain the process of the technique. Additionally, as I have recently created a video on surrealism, with a vast amount of smoke, edited with premier pro, a video in a similar manner may depict a trance/dream like state also.


Details: 

Image Capture Data
File Name	27-Feb-10-4297.jpg
Taken on	Saturday 27th February 2010 at 7:01 pm
Camera	Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Lens	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Focal length	100m
ISO	100
Aperture	f/16.0
Shutter	1/200 sec
Orig. crop	5204 x 3217
Viewed	13082 times