Projecting images

Projecting images on to a surface is something I have been attempting over the past few weeks. I found the ability to project pictures on to a large area allowed me to experiment with textures and shadow. I could photograph the images at differing angles and use artefacts so the projected image would lay over them. Following my supervision meeting with Wendy, we agreed that I continue with this idea and simplify them. I like this method that as it gives me the ability to reinterpret the archive.

Projected Image with Mothers chair

Simplified version

Supervision meeting No 5

Date of Supervision Meeting

03.02.21

Start time of Meeting

12 Noon

Length of Meeting in minutes

30

Meeting Notes & Action Points

We discussed 3D printing of the masks and agreed to use them in context with the other archive images. Wendy said to be careful not to make the pictures complex. I decided to remove anything that didn't fit with the theme and looked to modern.  I will use some existing images used in my previous work, combined with new work, included projected images. Wendy liked that I had started putting it into book form and enjoyed the text. She reminded me the text was just as important as the pictures. 

Date of Next Proposed Meeting

03.03.21

Death of a Family

I have written the introduction to my proposed book and in doing so formed the title ‘Death of a Family’

This book is essentially about death. The death of my parents and the death of a family.

Introduction

My family are almost a distant memory to me now; a hazy past of good and not so good times. My parents were from an older generation full of wartime experiences, ration books, make do and mend. They started a family relatively late for post-war Britain, and when I came along in 1963, my parents were in their 40’s. I was the last of four sons which meant a significant age gap between my siblings and myself. I only vaguely remember my older brothers living at home and consequently, I never bonded with them. 

This book is about my emotional response to my Mother, the matriarch of the family. She had two sides to her character, one being loving and the other being much darker and ill-tempered. This anger seemed to permeate to my siblings to an extent when my parents died, we cut all contact with each other

My father was the complete opposite of my mother. He was a  mild-mannered man, despite spending most of his early life in the army during the second world war. It was rare for him to lose his temper, he was always calm, and I like to think I inherited his temperament.  

This book contains a series of text and images, reflecting some of these lasting memories.

Week 3: Module Leader Seminar 8 February 2021

Steph Cosgrove asked me to speak to the Informing Context group and describe my experience

Informing Context Seminar

Dr Steph Cosgrove invited me to talk at a module leader seminar introducing Informing Contexts to current students. I explained to students my work and experience of the study block. Over 40 people attended, and I found the experience very useful. It helped me exercise my speaking skills and gave helpful feedback on my work. I enjoyed the experience.

Imposing the Image

Authors mask with my Father

Polaroid Lift

Following a Peer to Peer meeting last week, we discussed the topic of Polaroid Lifts. This is a technique where polaroid film is separated down to its composite parts, with the image remaining on a thin film. This technique allows the picture to be manipulated over a non-flat surface.

I explored the concept of reflecting images off the mask using a projector and is something I may do; however, the idea of forming images across the surface of the model intrigued me.

Hidden Representation

"Hidden Representations are part of feature learning and represent the machine-readable data representations learned from a neural network's hidden layers. The output of an activated hidden node, or neuron, is used for classification or regression at the output layer, but the representation of the input data, regardless of later analysis, is called hidden representation.

Another the way to look at it is that the output from hidden layers in a neural network are just raw data. What the machine learns to do with this data, how they represent these features, is hidden representation".

https://deepai.org/machine-learning-glossary-and-terms/hidden-representation

This image is plate sculpture, derived from a sketch I did of my fathers face with coloured ovals drawn over. Following the hidden representation theme, I want to describe how my father would often hide his feelings. The plates represent a kind of armour shielding him from reality. The information is there but hidden from view. The model is a mock-up, and if I decide to proceed with it, I will use enamel paint rather than acrylic.

Mock Up of Shield Mask

Shield Mask with my Fathers picture superimposed