Week 2
Do I need content or not?
The content is notional / hypothetical / theoretical.
Artist’s books – Chelsea Collection (Archives), London Center for Book Arts, etc.
Leads the gaze / Experience / Expression / Does it make sense?
ARTIST’S BOOK
“A small museum”
While artists’ books can take many forms, there are a few elements that are common across the practice. Understanding a book as an artwork invites a reflection on the properties of the book form itself. Much like any act of reading, an artists’ book is a physical experience that allows a connection with the medium that – while social in its implications – is individual and personal. The artists’ book invites us to hold it and turn through its pages. Whether the contents are visually or linguistically based (often a mix of both), physically moving through an artwork implicates notions of sequence, repetition, juxtaposition, and duration. The interplay of text and images, as well as considerations of printing process and the design of the book, allows for many exciting possibilities within narrative, media, and meaning that are specific to the artists’ book alone.
https://www.printedmatter.org/about/artist-book
FORM / PHYSICALITY / MATERIALS / EXPERIENCE / PURPOSE
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Continued (from before)
Brain Study
“A visual study that uses diagrammatic illustrations to explore and communicate brain functions through a graphic communication lens. A diagrammatic journey where the brain is being transformed, taking new dimensions; revealing how it is divided, how thoughts are developing, etc. How its complexity can be investigated and communicated through simple black elements such as shapes, lines and arrows?”
A combination of
personal and subjective
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objective and generic
iterations / stories / publications / physical material
First thoughts
Different publications, etc. that altogether form one piece/artwork.
Display of the different ‘editions’ (specific position in the space/exhibition). The viewer/reader can go through the collection. Each one works individually but altogether contributes to the bigger idea/area of research.
This week
Connecting all the diagrams (together) from project 2 (Brain Transformation), into one. Exploring and framing the complexity of the brain.
POSTER
Brain Study (A4 or A3)