I feel like the amount of work this year has pushed me a lot further than I ever thought possible. Juggling multiple briefs all of different forms, has been a task and at times a struggle. This is largely due to poor time management on my behalf; something I must and will work on into the run up and throughout level 6. And while there have been modules I have really enjoyed, there have also been a lot I didn't. It's important to recognise this just as much as it is to recognise the ones I liked.
Responsive in particular was a module I felt really didn't suit my way of working. The number of briefs ongoing at the same time made me feel as though I couldn't get invested in them to the level I wanted to be. This resulted in work that was visually pleasing, but not necessarily an accurate solution to a brief, or lacked real conceptual foundations. To me, the work felt very passive. It wasn't work I hated, but it wasn't work I loved; this kind of made me hate it. I pride myself in putting my all into projects, being passionate is something I hold in high regards so that even if I fall I learn how to stand up stronger; this module took that away from me. Getting a multitude of briefs and having to switch from one to another made me feel disconnected to the work. There were times I was passionate about aspects of each brief, but by the end I felt rushed and underwhelmed.
This time of the year is a perfect point to step back and reflect on this, and to understand that if this was something I did not enjoy, then what makes me love the things that I do enjoy.
While scooping on i-D's YouTube page this past week I found this short video. It brought back fond memories of summer and working on "Dear Self". Throughout this academic year I did make another zine in a practical response to COP, and it was again a process I enjoyed. Zine loving aside, I think what I really enjoy tackling in a project is something I can get my teeth into and put my mark on. Allowing aspects of myself to seep into the work is where I find I tend to succeed. The end of 504, the practical aspect of 501 and the recently finished 505 have all been projects I've liked, and produced work that I'm proud of. I think a large factor in what work I should produce and briefs I should take on in the future, is that it should be something I'm interested or curious about. When I enjoy the subject matter I'm dealing with or am able to interpret it, tear it apart, build it up, turn it inside out that is when I succeed. A lot of the work I'm interested in currently and want to make revolves around youth culture. Specifically at the minute I'm really interested in music illustration (album covers, gig posters, music promo ect) and professionally I'm starting to run in a lot of the local music industry circles. Making work for this demographic is definitely something I want to pursue more moving into level 6.
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