Day of mixed halves, really. More successful morning than afternoon, but a more fun afternoon. Perhaps also first evidence how serious the faculty will be and a difference of tolerance...
So yeah, still folding paper, but with an unsanctioned (at times) rush towards masking tape.In the morning this was okay, as we had, as a group, pushed the objects as far as they could go on a flat surface and wanted a different perspective. Table, then floor, then... wall. Unfortunately the objects didn't lend themselves to unsecured hanging, like, at all. So tape needed to be deployed to aid in that extra experimentation. Jerry was okay with this (or at least, he raised no objection). Carl, on the other hand...
I do get the criticism. I understand the criticism. But I wish the tutors had gotten on the same page beforehand with this. The goalposts kind of moved between morning and afternoon, and while, with no tutor present in the afternoon people reached for tape and a more pictorial approach both, I feel that certainly in our case, it was an exploration of the inherent design of the paper still. We just got caught up in the design and it's possibilities and wanted to explore that further, after it had been taken as far as that design could go unaided.
I am sure the tutors would say that they gave us an inch and we took a mile.
An incorrect approach then, rather than anything else. Taking onboard the crit, and trying to not let my perception of the slightly unfair nature of it colour me, we should have found a way of making the work hold together better, rather than being focused on trying to maintain the purity of the line.
Interestingly, both objects displayed my hallmarks of exploring the intersecionality of lines, which makes me wonder: Despite being in two different groups, was I the dominant personality? Something to watch for. Perhaps the nature of the medium just lends itself to that.
Of note, also, that our afternoon group was the only one to not produce something that could be described as a depiction of something. So we were able to carry that through from the morning sessions too.
And there was some Bauhaus inspired mindfulness, too. Odd how the Germans came up with an Eastern meditation, isn't it?
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