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BA (Hons) Illustration - Level 05

OUIL501 Context of Practice 2

STUDIO BRIEF 1 - Research Proposal

Look at the ideas and sketchbook work produced for CoP2 by another member of your group. Suggest ideas for areas of further research, for each of the following categories, which will ultimately inform any decisions concerning their overall research question for the module.

Proposed Research Question or Theme History of technology and its effect on our consumption of art How has technology and its advancements changed the way we view ‘art’ etc.

1. (Research Behind) What research needs to be undertaken into the general and specific contexts of the Research Project?

Continued research into the history of technology Chronologies of different equipment used for relevant purposes, i.e screens, video, internet, computers, phones, radios, digital art processes How art forms were accessed in the past and how that differs from now, and the in between Further research into Walter Benjamin and things covered in seminar, and other relevant texts

2. (Research Through) What approach(es) could be taken and what processes, methods, materials and tools could be involved in the Research Project?

Go to discovery centre for drawings of old technology Library, books of Walter Benjamin, other related ones, historical books on technology, current comparisons between old and new. Internet research into old and new, also personal reflection on current interaction with creative stimulus.

3. (Research For) What preparation or investigations needs to undertaken for the Research Project to take place?

Book discovery centre Enquire about relevant texts Further narrowing down of point and visual exploration into content of essay

4. (Research In Front of) What research needs to be undertaken regarding who the project is for?

A mini survey of some kind among peers relating to how they gauge their interaction with art in terms of recent technological developments

Sources of further Research (illustrators, books, websites)

Suggestions for a revised Research Question(s) based on the above.

BA (Hons.) ILLUSTRATION		LEVEL	05
Module Code	OUIL501			2014/15
Module Title	Context of Practice 2

1. Outline how you have identified an issue and approached practical responses so far

I began with the theme of History and Technology so I looked at visual material of technology in the part compared to today and did some drawn studies on these images. After the seminar on Walter Benjamin I realised I could link my project directly to the themes we discussed so I started to think about my essay exploring the topic of technologies advancements and the effect they’ve had on the creative world.

2. Identify the ways in which your visual responses and theory are connected. How and why does one process inform the other?

The two are very strongly linked as the idea for my essay was taken from my visual research. As I research more into the history of relevant machines and devices I will become more informed in my drawing of them, this should eventually lead to my drawn project being more than just drawings of old computers and instead something with a message linked to that which I explore in the essay

3. List the visual research sources you are using to develop and inform your practical responses

At present I have used mostly online resources like Pinterest as its an efficient way of gathering a stock of relevant images on a theme. I intend to further my visual research by visiting the Discovery Centre to draw the dead technology they have there, and by looking into books either from the past explaining ‘current’ technology or books from the present discussing the history of technology.

4. Begin to define the visual aspect of CoP2 here: bullet point your action plan for practical production of visual development and the 8-12 page publication. (content should be ideas-based at this stage: roughs and investigating media)

·       Extend existing visual research ·       Decide on overarching theme and link between the two ·       Narrow down specific theme of book ·       Decide upon content of book ·       Work with existing drawings to see how they can be developed ·       Make some thumbnails of potential ideas