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Research Proposal Jojo Ying Tung Lam
PIC Aim: To create a discussion and portrayal of the political relationship between Hong Kong SAR and China through collaging photographic images and drawings for a series of exhibition prints. Objectives: 1. Clarify and know about the political issues between Hong Kong SAR and China. Make discussion and compare about the country system and politic between Hong Kong SAR and China. 2. Research about the history and political relationship between Hong Kong SAR and China: information of both country’s systems, citizenship and political strategies, the governments; the reason why people are having different comment/opinions/reactions. 3. Analyse method/technology that artists use in their artworks which are affective to people and strongly projects their topic of political ideas, such as taking photos, using Photoshop, collage and hand drawing. 4. Looking at artist/ graphic designers who uses collage. 5. Research about documentary photography of still life which has social content. Methods: 1. Read books about Look at artists whose artworks are affective to people about politic
of different countries; having strong connection and narrative which portrays the political issues of their countries (4-‐5 hours to meet object 1).
2. Visit websites and look at artists/ graphic designers about how they apply drawings
and Photoshop techniques to create collage and constructed images (4-‐5 hours to object 2, 3 and 4).
3. Browse around the library, find books about documentary photography of still life, to
gain idea of how documentary photography reminds us about memories and how to link it to social content (4-‐5 hours to meet object 5).
4. Watch videos/ interview of political artists that their artworks are being published. Aim
to gain knowledge about the political issues and history in relation to China politics;
also to understand the mentality and thoughts from the artists and the reason why they publish political arts (4-‐5 hours to meet object 2 and 3).
Method and Strategies A research strategy that particularly appealed to me during the guest speakers’ talk in research symposium was to insight the environment and daily objects which are engaged with the history and personal rituals by reading books, browsing the internet and visiting the locations. Chris Corson-‐‑Scott and Julian Hooper employed these strategies whilst in the process of their projects. Chris Scott produces quiet, lyrical, many-‐‑layered images of deeply personal and intimate subjects; Julian Hooper’s work is engaged to his ancestral history. Their works are elusive and high quality. Corson-‐‑ Scott believes the combination results in a more ‘human’ image such as finely detailed, yet softer, richer, and ultimately closer to how our eyes see light than digital capture. He rarely takes more than a single image of a subject, also stimulate a deeply thoughtful ponder approach to image making; spends days and years to take the final consideration of exposure and condition. His work has strong engagement with the history. Scott mostly takes photos of daily objects and locations; there are so much change of the locations due to construction and technology progress. Technologies emerged that fundamentally altered the way we do things, the methods by which we gather and disseminate information, and how we communicate. Julian Hooper is a New Zealand born painter whose work is strongly engaged with the history. Hooper said he has a keen sense of his ancestral history, yet also a sense that he has opportunity to work it out for himself, to make discussion, argument to create his art works. The recombinant nature of his paintings are like historical fiction and collages which details an eclectic and imaginative visual language that delves into his personal ancestry. The historical record hummed away in the background, but the images were imaginary and slightly fantastical. Internet is a research method for Hooper such as a huge image databank as well libraries; he sweeps through both those territories looking for elements that he could use. He does quick pen drawings that record some of these things he could see but also rehash them with other elements in order to use them in image making. He reviews his sketches, goes back and discover in them drawings that weren’t successful. However, when Hooper reviews his drawings he could see what he could actually do with them and improve; It allows Hooper to very quickly and rigorously process imagery. The research methods that I identified in my current research proposal are successfully influenced to my project, exploring and identifying the topic of my project politics with the genre documentary, stage and political photography. I intend to work on Photoshop to create constructed narrative images according to the politics between Hong Kong and China. The old images I took of Hong Kong would be used as the background as documentary. This could like Julian Hooper’s’ work, combining different elements to engaged with the history, create historical fiction and collage. This aims to gain a better understanding of the concept behind the images and telling stories of politics to meet the objectives of my topic. These methods are allowing me to produce work in a more creative and faster process.
The research method I have employed is to read books, articles and browse the internet about political art, Chinese culture and history. This is to gain knowledge about the politics, reason of now days’ changes and people’s thought; in which way, how art engage with the political history and background; also to make discussion through the images. The research strategies, to visit the locations and insight the environment would be adopted from my current plan. As my condition does not allow me to be there taking photos in Hong Kong, yet I cannot insight the actual environment. I can only do research through books and internet.
Political Photography -Read books about Look at artists whose artworks are affective to people about politic of different countries; having strong connection and narrative which portrays the political issues of their countries.
-Visit websites and look at artists/ graphic designers about how they apply drawings and Photoshop techniques to create collage and constructed images. - Watch videos/ interview of political artists that their artworks are being published. Aim to gain knowledge about the political issues and history in relation to China politics; also to understand the mentality and thoughts from the artists and the reason why they publish political arts. "Ai Weiwei, A Beneficiary Of The Rise Of China?". Understanding Modern China. N.p., 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2016. Cabos, Marine. "Li Wei". Photography of China – Pre-Mao, Mao & Post-Mao Era. N.p., 2015. Web. 16 Apr. 2016. Francisco de Pájaro, and Thomas Corkett. Art Is Trash. Print. Preskey, Natasha. "Francisco De Pajaro: Meet The Street Artist Proving Modern Art Isn't A". The Independent. N.p., 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2016. "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry". Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 May 2016. "Communism: In China". Cs.stanford.edu. N.p., 2016. Web. 5 May 2016. "Photographer Li Wei Levitates In His Debut US Performance | The Creators Project". The Creators Project. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 May 2016. "Gravity Defying Photography | Li Wei". Vimeo. N.p., 2012. Web. 16 May 2016.
Francisco de Pájaro, and Thomas Corkett. Art Is Trash. Print.
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The book Art is trash produced by Spanish artist Francisco de Pájaro aims to critique a society that is always looking for perfection. His use of rubbish-‐‑the by-‐‑ product of our consumerist society as the canvas for his art makes us look at what we so desperately want to ignore and holds a mirror up to us and our habits such as reflection of the society and human beings. “The beauty is there but there are also ugly things that are part of our environment,” Pajaro says (Preskey, Natasha. "Francisco De Pajaro: Meet The Street Artist Proving Modern Art Isn't A". The Independent. N.p., 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2016.)
Francisco uses old mattresses, boxes and bin bags to create his creation on Europe’s street; using everything from kebab cartons to discarded refrigerators, Francisco is impresses with his spontaneous sculptures-‐‑ all marked with the tag ‘Art is Trash’. By making art out of garbage and unwanted items that people have left over on the street, Francisco aims to critique a society that is always looking for perfection but we forget there is also ugly things and darkness that are part of our environment.
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Pajaro’s art is unique in his own way to portray the society, humanity and politic issues. As Pajaro uses rubbish as art and also portrays humanity and social problems in a negative way; the artists are not precious about his creation, Pajaro doesn’t get any appreciation and commendation from other artists. Pajaro has chosen to work in the heart of the city, he also has a message for the bankers working nearby. Pajaro describes his creations as “a little present to put a little bit of colour into the city”. He describes his characters as “hurt, humiliated and ignored by society”. Who are “seeking justice and a less selfish world” “I present the working class as a united force in the fight against the oppressors in the capitalist system,” Pajaro says (Preskey, Natasha. "Francisco De Pajaro: Meet The Street Artist Proving Modern Art Isn't A". The Independent. N.p., 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2016.). In my point of view, Pajaro’s work is a direct expression of mind, reflection of the reality; the voice of people who can’t be heard; sadness of the society, humanity, mentality, politic system…etc.
Art is Trash is a constant yet ephemeral cry of despair against human stupidity. The trash is the ideal place for painting, and it is where I get my inspiration. I paint against uninhibited capitalism, greed, vanity and selfishness. I feel like myself living in an era and a system that I don’t fit in with because it is so far from my ideas. At the same time, my strength, my weakness and my soul are those of a warrior who fights with the power of panting, my weapon of self-‐‑defence.
Fig 3. My work is dedicated to the indigenous peoples of the Americas, my heroes; they have been deceived, massacred and murdered and, in the twenty-‐‑ first century, abandoned and humiliated. Art is Trash is a rebellion against all of you, and against those who look the other way, who walk with their eyes trained on their mobile phone and prefer to look at fashion store window displays or admire the aberrant constructions of big cities. Art is Trash is an act of disobedience against all the adversities that my eyes see and my mind understands I use so-‐‑ called “art” as an anti-‐‑aesthetic weapon of mass destruction against the human savagery, ignorance and social intolerance of this established and devastating human progress. In the street, my main intention is to paint badly and quickly, so that the visual venom is lethal to all the people who feel implicated by it-‐‑ including self-‐‑important artists who don’t’ paint or say anything and territorial and possessive urban taggers (P.34 Francisco de Pájaro, and Thomas Corkett. Art Is Trash. Print.)
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Pajaro uses simple comic illustration and animation as the elements for his project Art is Trash. The elements are originally from Dali and Picasso in Art in Trash’s style, blended with eighties Spanish comics ( Mortadelo and Filemon) ( p.8 Francisco de Pájaro, and Thomas Corkett. Art Is Trash. Print.). comment:
I really like his work as it has a strong connection and significant to social problems of current society and the installation with hand drawing is very creative. I also like his attitude that he is making his own work that although not everyone would appreciate or like but he still being proud to say he knows what he is doing and ‘seeking justice and a less selfish world’. The humiliation of the society by painting on trash to create characters is a good/unique idea to portray the dark side of the world/society/government; in my opinion, take humiliation as a good idea and it works for political art.
Work Cited Fig 1. "Francisco De Pajaro". Flickr - Photo Sharing!. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Apr. 2016. https://www.flickr.com/photos/claudelondon/9286964538
Fig 2. Preskey, Natasha. "Francisco De Pajaro: Meet The Street Artist Proving Modern Art Isn't A". The Independent. N.p., 2014. Web. 29 Apr. 2016. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-‐‑entertainment/art/features/francisco-‐‑de-‐‑pajaro-‐‑ meet-‐‑the-‐‑street-‐‑artist-‐‑proving-‐‑modern-‐‑art-‐‑isnt-‐‑a-‐‑load-‐‑of-‐‑trash-‐‑9836077.html
Fig 3. "Inenart » Urban Voices". Inenart.eu. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 Apr. 2016. http://www.inenart.eu/?page_id=11121
Fig 4. Things What I Like. N.p., 2013. Web. 30 Apr. 2016. http://willoneale.co.uk/post/63004451013/art-‐‑is-‐‑trash
"Ai Weiwei, A Beneficiary Of The Rise Of China?". Understanding Modern China. N.p., 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2016.
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Ai Weiwei ‘s artworks are the most outspoken domestic critic. Against a backdrop of strict censorship and an unresponsive legal system, Ai expresses himself and organizes people through art and social media. In response, Chinese authorities have shut down his blog, beat him up, bulldozed his newly built studio, and held him in secret detention.
Ai Weiwei is a Chinese contemporary artist who is active in sculpture, installation, architecture, curating, photography, film and social, political and cultural criticism. Ai Weiwei had a lawsuit due to his free speech which is against Chinese Communist Party. Recently, Ai Weiwei was ranked the third place the U.S. Time magazine Person of the Year award.
Ai Weiwei has been living in U.S from 1981 to 1993 then returned back to China. Due to the China’s strategic position in the world, especially the rapid rise of China recently, Ai Weiwei and other followers are the sources from the value of western politics. In another word, they are beneficial from the rise of China (Hong, 2011). Indeed, just like the people from the mainstream society, they get different rewards or welfares from the opening up, those dissidents are also facing the same problem. But Ai Weiwei is the one who is the most envious in the dissidents. In the few months of arrested, Ai became the big celebrity suddenly all over the world, both his reputation and art works are increased rapidly. The days he was arrested in the jail become the valuable resources that can be sold or stored.
Ai Weiwei is known as a modern artist who does things in a way that everyone has no courage to do. As China is a Communism country, there is no right to speak a word which is against the government. But Ai Weiwei is not scared of the politic issues that bad things could happened to him; instead he takes it personal, extreme and feel free to speak the truth.
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The film Never Sorry produced by Ai Weiwei talks about the inside story of a dissident for the digital age who inspires global audiences and blurs the boundaires of art and politics.There is paticular moments, a voice which is allow to change the way what people think . He said ‘ I love the culture but I want something new’. In the film, there is a scene about Sichun earthquake, it has changed the way I think about things a lot; there is no right to conceal the truth. There was the amount of 5000 students died during the earthquake
In the video, Ai Weiwei has defined himself as a artist who is always looking for what is possible. People called him Aishan and Ai God online which is a very dangerous discruption in China.
and they didn’t have to. This news has been shutted down and hided by China government and it is no longer be on local Chinese TV and website; no one is allowed to discuss about it further forced by China government. Ai Weiwei has been telling us the truth that we should not conceal the truth and should have to investigate if there is a shoddy “tofu” architecture construction.
Ai Weiwei has been facing the camera and paticipating in this film in his real identity as a politician ,he made film of himself getting beated and caught by police for telling the truth. ‘ I act brave because the danger is really there.’ said by Ai Weiwei. This film he made is a true documentotary story of Sichun earthquake and his life about politic , which is a voice inside, speaks the truth to the world about the darkside of China.
Fig 6. Ai Weiwei’s photography protays the politic and Chinese mentality; It is also a humiliation of China. His work reflects the intense reality which is illegal and not acceptable in China as no one is allowed to talk about any bad things of China by the government and law. Comment: Political art is to protray something non speakable, the hiding truth, the blind side of the world, voice from heart , true experience and opnion. The film Never Sorry produced by Ai Weiwei has changed the way that I think about things; he inspired me to continue my project and don’t be sorry to make art about it. It is important to scatch the surface, clarity the social problems and politic issues between Hong Kong SAR and China. I will do invertigation with Hong Kong people, local China mainlander and foreigner to compare their knowledge and though about China. I really like Ai Weiwei’s photographic idea in fig 5 and fig 6 as these images reflects deeply about the Chinese politic and mentality. The photographic ideas of these photos are in a successful way to not being serious but meaning deep in a simple, interesting way.
Work Cited Fig 1. "Ai Weiwei, A Beneficiary Of The Rise Of China?". Understanding Modern China. N.p., 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2016. https://uosm2018.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/ai-‐‑weiwei-‐‑a-‐‑beneficiary-‐‑of-‐‑the-‐‑rise-‐‑ of-‐‑china/ Fig2. "Ai Weiwei". Iconic Photos. N.p., 2011. Web. 9 May 2016. https://iconicphotos.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/ai-‐‑weiwei/ Fig3. "Ai Weiwei, A Beneficiary Of The Rise Of China?". Understanding Modern China. N.p., 2013. Web. 16 Apr. 2016. https://uosm2018.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/ai-‐‑weiwei-‐‑a-‐‑beneficiary-‐‑of-‐‑the-‐‑rise-‐‑ of-‐‑china/ Fig4. "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry". Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 May 2016. http://www.aiweiweineversorry.com/ Fig5. "Ai Weiwei -‐‑ Artista Dissidente E Coraggioso.". NIHIL. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 May 2016. http://www.officialnihil.com/new-blog/2016/1/3/ai-weiwei Fig6. "Ai Weiwei Dropping A Han-‐‑Dynasty Urn | Art Blart". Artblart.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 May 2016.
Cabos, Marine. "Li Wei". Photography of China – Pre-‐‑Mao, Mao & Post-‐‑Mao Era. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 May 2016.
Fig 1."Buddha in Paris”, 2012.03.20. Parc de la villette, Paris. 126 x 192 cm Li Wei (born in 1970, Hubei, China) is a contemporary artist from Beijing ("Li Wei (Artist)". Wikipedia. N.p., 2016. Web. 9 May 2016.). He is a self-‐‑taought artist with humble origins.” How about you, didn’t you fell any joy?”. Li Wei produces simple work, like a hymn to happiness. Photography becomes a means to share life philosophy, in which it is possible to debate serious problems in a humorous manner. Reality and fantasy meet, clash and reveal each other through an art that he himself describes as “crazy”, “instinctive” and “sincere”. Li Wei mocks our own view of things, preferring to ridicule contemporary society rather than approach it dramatically. He has invented a simple iconography whose symbols make sense in a global context. According to him, one of his dearest wishes is to create a little joy and freedom in our lives. Mission accomplished (Cabos, Marine. "Li Wei". Photography of China – Pre-‐‑Mao, Mao & Post-‐‑ Mao Era. N.p., 2015. Web. 9 May 2016.). Li Wei applied Photoshop technique on his photography work which creates impossible images; people floating, standing, falling in the way that will not be happening in real life. His work is unique is a way that these constructed scenes and images are portraying something in life as emotional things, concerns, happiness, sadness…etc. Li Wei is the real life 'action hero' who creates explosive images of himself being thrown off buildings and dangling from; the unusual performer dramatically creates scenes of himself hanging by his fingertips from street-‐‑lamps or flying out of 25th office windows.
Fig 2. Going with the float: Artist Li Wei's daughter seems unconcerned that her father is standing on top of her balloons
A little girl holding a clutch of helium balloons may not be such an unusual sight. But when your seemingly weightless father is standing on top of them, people are going to notice.
'My pictures show the unstable, there's a lot of danger and I love to create that feeling in my work.'said by Li Wei. 'Some of the images can be really complex and take up to six months to put together whereas some are very simple and can be planned in a sketch and shot immediately.’ Said by Li Wei. 'The images can involve me getting battered around a bit -‐‑ most times I will pick up an injury from the stunt wires -‐‑ one time I got my head stuck in a pane of smashed glass.' Said by Li Wei. Reference: ("Anyone Seen My Dad? Amazing Artist Defies Gravity As He Stands On His Daughter's Floating Balloons". Mail Online. N.p., 2010. Web. 10 May 2016.)
Fig 3. Screen Shot Li Wei’s Gravity Defying Photography series talks about human beings, actions and thoughts are controlled by someone else and unseen force. Li Wei has been studying oil painting in a college of Beijing in 1993, he left without graduating because he thought college was too traditional. He thought this is a digital age. In this rapidly changing the world, he wanted to use permanent medium photography to capture art. So his art developed using both performance and photography combined.
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Li Wei had gained international recognition with the Crash series. The crash series is about not belonging to earth but seeing earth from the space. People rarely see this type of photography that’s why they think Li Wei is making a movie because the project involves lots of people and to help. The most important hardware that Li Wei uses as a method to create images are wires; handing people onto the sky or upside down. Then he uses Photoshop technique to get rid of the wires in post. The crash series has been performed in Beijing’s 798 art district.
Fig 5. Up, up and away: Li Wei that some of the setups put him in genuine danger This series reflects China’s breakneck change of pace, related to 2004 China underwent a tremendous change. At that time, Li Wei was living in Beijing and he was deeply reflected by this rapid change and he thought people from the country started migrating to cities with very little living space. It was a huge change and strain on people’s perceptions and emotions. People want to break free from these small and confining spaces. Li Wei had face himself to the camera, use wires to hang himself out of a tall building because he wanted to capture the feeling of wanting to break away. Li Wei said there was important point between reality and fantasy; he was trying to find this point in his art. He knows that having a concept is not enough and we need to pay attention to the detail. There is a visceral feeling and detail in shooting on location that can’t be duplicated on a computer. However, Li Wei thinks except for using Photoshop technique its very important that himself or ourselves also have to ‘be there’ ("Gravity Defying Photography | Li Wei". Vimeo. N.p., 2012. Web. 16 May 2016.).
Work Cited Fig 1. Cabos, Marine. "Li Wei". Photography of China – Pre-Mao, Mao & Post-Mao Era. N.p., 2015. Web. 16 May 2016. http://www.photographyofchina.com/blog/li-wei Fig2. "Anyone Seen My Dad? Amazing Artist Defies Gravity As He Stands On His Daughter's Floating Balloons". Mail Online. N.p., 2010. Web. 16 May 2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1312195/Come-fly-Death-wish-artist-Li-Wei- creates-amazing-flying-sports-car.html Fig3. "Gravity Defying Photography | Li Wei". Vimeo. N.p., 2012. Web. 16 May 2016. https://vimeo.com/46115238 Fig4. "Li Wei: Falls To The...". designboom | architecture & design magazine. N.p., 2009. Web. 16 May 2016. http://www.designboom.com/art/li-‐‑wei-‐‑falls-‐‑to-‐‑the/ Fig5. "Wei". Pinterest. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 May 2016. https://nz.pinterest.com/pulpostian/wei/
Chinese Propaganda Art -‐‑ Visit websites and look at artists/ graphic designers about how they apply drawings and Photoshop techniques to create collage and constructed images. "The Art Of Chinese Propaganda". NPR.org. N.p., 2012. Web. 30 May 2016. "Chinese Posters". Chineseposters.net. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. "Cultural Revolution Campaigns (1966-1976)". Chineseposters.net. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. "Chinese Propoganda Posters Galleries". JazJaz. N.p., 2007. Web. 30 May 2016. "Communism: In China". Cs.stanford.edu. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. "AH 411 Topics In Asian Art:Modern And Contemporary Chinese Art - UW-Madison Department Of Art History". Arthistory.wisc.edu. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 May 2016.
"Cultural Revolution Campaigns (1966-1976)". Chineseposters.net. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016.
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Colourful propaganda posters have accompanied almost every event or development that took place in People’s Republic of China (PRC) since its founding in 1949. These posters were intended to mobilize, inform, congratulate, inspire, instruct, or appease the people. The accessibility of the posters message for the large number of illiterates in China was an important reason behind the production of posters.
The graphic idea of Chinese propaganda art is unique. It portrays the politic background, communism and history of China. The graphics are telling stories which are based on realism. Also, there are words written on this graphic ‘there is nothing wrong about revolution’, ‘we are against Capitalism’…etc. The poster has had an enormous visual impact on Chinese society, and this continues until today, even though it now lost ground to commercial advertising and television. A walk through the poster gallery of the People’s Republic that history has left us enables us to get a glimpse of the changes in how China and its ruling Communist Party perceived itself, and its future, over the years.
Fig 3. Once the PRC was established in 1949, propaganda art was employed as one of the major means to provide examples of correct behavior. It gave a concrete expression to the many different abstract policies, and the many different grandiose visions of the future that the Chinese Communist Party proposed and entertained over the years. In a country with as many illiterates as China had in the 1940s and 1950s, this method of visualizing abstract ideas worked especially well to educate the people. Propaganda posters could be produced cheaply and easily. Because they were widely available, they could be seen everywhere and brought some color to the otherwise drab places where most of the people lived and worked: houses and dormitories, offices and factories. Posters penetrated every level of social organization and cohabitation.
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The Cultural Revolution (文化大革命, Wenhua Dageming, 1966-‐‑1976) was a mass campaign of enormous dimensions. Aside from the general revolutionary high-‐‑tide that swept China, the period was marked by a large number of sub-‐‑ campaigns. Indeed, whenever the situation called for a shift in orientation within the larger framework of the Cultural Revolution, this was engineered by setting in motion a new campaign. Factional struggles within the leadership also functioned as catalysts for campaigns. ("Cultural Revolution Campaigns (1966-‐‑1976)". Chineseposters.net. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 May 2016.)
I’ve found Chinese propaganda art is interesting in the way that the comic style graphic is trying to tell stories, history and its also trying to educate people in what was considered right and wrong; it has strong connection about China politic and also a reflection about resident’s thought caused by the government.
Work Cited Fig 1. "Hold High The Great Red Banner Of Mao Zedong To Wage The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution To The End ...". Chineseposters.net. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. http://chineseposters.net/posters/e13-‐‑764.php Fig 2. "毛澤東時代 Mao Zedong Era". Pinterest. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/474355773230521149/ Fig 3. "Chinese Space Program". Chineseposters.net. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. http://chineseposters.net/themes/space-‐‑program.php Fig 4. "The Epoch Times - Epoch Times Blogger Guide". Pinterest. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/403564816580419322/
Collage Photography -‐‑ Visit websites and look at artists/ graphic designers about how they apply drawings and Photoshop techniques to create collage and constructed images "Daniel Polevoy | Theunitedgeekdom". Theunitedgeekdom.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. WETHEURBAN. N.p., 2016. Web. 30 May 2016. "The Surreal Collages Of Joseba Elorza". Colossal. N.p., 2013. Web. 30 May 2016. "Magnificent Collages By Merve Özaslan". Design and Paper. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 May 2016. Ideas, Sketchbook et al. "100+ Creative Photography Ideas". Student Art Guide. N.p., 2013. Web. 30 May 2016. "Miraruido (Joseba Elorza) | EMPTY KINGDOM". Emptykingdom.com. N.p., 2013. Web. 31 May 2016. Jablotschkin, Esther. "Collages By Joseba Elorza – Ignant.De". Ignant.de. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 May 2016.
"Magnificent Collages By Merve Özaslan". Design and Paper. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 May 2016.
It seeks the answer whether greed, urbanization, mechanization and detaching from the nature is favorable or coherent for human or not. In that sense natural act appears with its all colors when our emotions are paralyzed in the vital points of the clishe and dull city life. Merve Özaslan uses vintage black and white photos that she blends with fragments of nature to create visual stories. She fits the natural elements into shapes of bodies, windows and floors to boldly interrupt the old-‐‑fashioned events with modern, color components. Her images are vivid and talk about the joys of life, reminding us to live everyday to the fullest.
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Natural Act is a collection of creative photo of collages in which Turkey based photographer Merve Ozaslan blends colourful nature images into vantage, black and white photos. Natural act is composed by several collages based on the questions of the relation between nature and the humanity. It is basically a critical presentation referring to the fact that each of us is part of the nature. Merve Özaslan merged multiple images into intriguing narratives. Using vintage black and white photographs, the artist blended color elements into the scenes to create unexpected visual stories. Viewers are invited to investigate how the surprising alterations change the meaning of the work.
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Merve Ozaslan has taken the images and cut sections by hand, after that she found background and edit by Photoshop. The colour is blended nicely and the edges are smooth and soft. Photoshop technique has been used to create so much detail in her work. The colour is based on the nature and background but not on the human and activities; which means that nature is the key theme and character that is outstanding by the colour.
Merve Ozaslan has taken the images and cut sections by hand, after that she found background and edit by Photoshop. The colour is blended nicely and the edges are smooth and soft. Photoshop technique has been used to create so much detail in her work.
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Work Cited
Fig 1. "Magnificent Collages By Merve Özaslan". Design and Paper. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 May 2016. https://www.designandpaper.com/?p=13388 Fig2. "Merve Ozaslan's Playful Photo Collages - Mini Mavens". Mini Mavens. N.p., 2014. Web. 31 May 2016. http://www.mini-‐‑maven.com/merve-‐‑ozaslans-‐‑playful-‐‑photo-‐‑collages/ Fig3. "MERVE OZASLAN : Photo". Merveozaslan.tumblr.com. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 May 2016. http://merveozaslan.tumblr.com/image/126430013925 Fig4. "Merve Özaslan – Natural Act". Sarah Kante. N.p., 2015. Web. 31 May 2016. https://sarahkante.wordpress.com/2015/09/21/merve-ozaslan-natural-act/
"The Surreal Collages Of Joseba Elorza". Colossal. N.p., 2013. Web. 30 May 2016.
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Joseba Elorza is a Spain sound technician who makes a living with his unique brand of digital collage and illustration. The Spain-‐‑based artist blends humor, technology, science fiction and anonymous historical photography to create some really splendid digital imagery.
In his work he uses copy and paste technique to de/contextualize the general knowledge, re/configure our senses and re/mix the known past with the unknown future. His work is showing collages of different of different world, in which everything seems to be possible. Also Joseba Elorzas pictures imply a sense of ironic humor addressed to the society, showing ordinary, well-‐‑known things in a confusing new way.
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Joseba Elorza combines the known society, unknow future, science, humour, technology and fiction as the concepts and elements in his collages, which is a modern idea that I’ve found his work very creative. The confusion of his concepts is showing a different world that everything seems possible. We can also try to combine different elements in collage and see what possible that comes out of our creation.
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Work Cited Fig 1. "Miraruido (Joseba Elorza) | EMPTY KINGDOM". Emptykingdom.com. N.p., 2013. Web. 31 May 2016. http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/miraruido-‐‑joseba-‐‑elorza/ Fig 2. "The Surreal Collages Of Joseba Elorza". Colossal. N.p., 2013. Web. 31 May 2016. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/11/the-‐‑surreal-‐‑collages-‐‑of-‐‑joseba-‐‑elorza/ Fig 3. "Art Is The Lie That Enables Us To Realize The Truth". Pinterest. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 May 2016. https://nz.pinterest.com/pin/501658845965365774/ Fig 4. Jablotschkin, Esther. "Collages By Joseba Elorza – Ignant.De". Ignant.de. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 May 2016. http://www.ignant.de/2013/11/14/confusing-collages-by-joseba-elorza/
Documentary Photography -‐‑ read books about Look at artists whose artworks are affective to people about politic of different countries; having strong connection and narrative which portrays the political issues of their countries. - Browse around the library, find books about documentary photography of still life, to gain idea of how documentary photography reminds us about memories and how to link it to social content A Celebration Of Family, Food & Faith. Hamilton, New Zealand: Hamilton Girl's High School, 2016. Print. Gossage, John R and Alec Soth. The Auckland Project. Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2011. Print.
A Celebration Of Family, Food & Faith. Hamilton, New Zealand: Hamilton Girl's High School, 2016. Print.
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Fig 2. The project name naturally evolved from the recurring themes present in all of the student’s work. The girls attended photographic workshops on composition and technical aspects of photography and were given twelve months to document their lives. Marie Gordon, principle of Hamilton girl’s High School thank all of the students and their families who bravely took part to enrich their understanding of the world.
The Family, Food and Faith Project published by Hamilton Girl’s High School is originated from a desire to celebrate the school’s culturally community. This book is the conclusion to the documentary photographic project that was created in 2011 for the School’s centenary. This project saw 43 students document their lives outside of school capturing the ethnic and cultural diversity of the school.
There are 43 girls participated in this project, the book includes student’s own work shot on digital cameras and Nellie’s student portraits shot on film. This book represents a real moment in time in the school’s history.
Fig 3. The student’s home life varies greatly and each student brings with them to school a different belief system and a different way of living. This project shows how the cultural diversity of Hamilton Girls’ High School has really changed over the decades.
Fig 4. Fig 5. Documentary photography tells stories and storage the history, moment and memory. There are a few images of Still Life taken to be part of the project. Food is very important of culture and faith and it shows people from different ethnicity are have different everyday life although we are living in the same country. I have found it interesting that Still Life is just usual object in daily life but they could also be a theme, and concept of the story that we are trying to tell. It also gives us the true value of seeing things in reality either in good way or bad way. According to my project talks about politics, pervious cultural Still Life images that I have taken in Hong Kong can be used as a theme, to give a better understanding concepts of the story behind.
Work Cited Fig 1. P.5, A Celebration Of Family, Food & Faith. Hamilton, New Zealand: Hamilton Girl's High School, 2016. Print. Fig 2. "Family Food And Faith - Waikato Museum". Waikatomuseum.co.nz. N.p., 2016. Web. 4 June 2016. Fig 3.P.15, A Celebration Of Family, Food & Faith. Hamilton, New Zealand: Hamilton Girl's High School, 2016. Print. Fig 4. P.21, A Celebration Of Family, Food & Faith. Hamilton, New Zealand: Hamilton Girl's High School, 2016. Print. Fig 5. P.26, A Celebration Of Family, Food & Faith. Hamilton, New Zealand: Hamilton Girl's High School, 2016. Print.
Gossage, John R and Alec Soth. The Auckland Project. Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2011. Print.
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In the Spring of 2009, John Gossage and Alec Soth traveled together to New Zealand to work on a joint photography project. This publication represents the culmination of that trip. The cook documents Gossage and Soth’s journey of being in New Zealand. The images are common of what we see in everyday life and it gives the true value of how New Zealand look like and what they see of New Zealand.
The artists mainly take photos of the location, scenery and still life that they have deep impression about this place. They give little descriptions of each image in hand writing as documentary, which is full of intimacy. They write about funny things that they think of and experienced when they arrived New Zealand.
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Fig 4. Fig 5. I like the idea that Gossage and Soth created this book in a unique way and it is kind of honest of what they see, their experience and being there in New Zealand. Documentary photography is opposite to stage photography, it tells true story, experience and value that everyone is different and unique.
The Auckland Project showcases a playful attention to materials and presentation that marks all Radius Books projects. This book is unique in a way that the concepts come from 2 artists are being in one book. The book is a poster that we need to open it and the journey is inside. Its double sided.
Work Cited Fig 1. P.1, P.2 Gossage, John R and Alec Soth. The Auckland Project. Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2011. Print. Fig 2. P.3 Gossage, John R and Alec Soth. The Auckland Project. Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2011. Print. Fig 3. P.4, P.5 Gossage, John R and Alec Soth. The Auckland Project. Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2011. Print. Fig 4. P.8 Gossage, John R and Alec Soth. The Auckland Project. Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2011. Print. Fig 5. P.11, P.12 Gossage, John R and Alec Soth. The Auckland Project. Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2011. Print.
My Work
My photography series talks about Hong Kong and China politics, it is a historical fiction combine with stage photography/constructed images and documentary photography as a theme. It is focused on telling stories about the politics and portraying the culture and resident’s thought. As my condition does not allow me to be there in Hong Kong, however the images need to be constructed. The graphic idea of the fiction is inspired by Chinese Propaganda posters which is a symbol of communism and significant to the politics; Photoshop techniques has been applied as the main method to create constructed images in detail, this idea is taken from the research of collage; the pervious images of still life and locations that I took in Hong Kong are applied in my project as documentary and theme, aim to give a better understanding concepts in the context of Hong Kong politics.
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Research: 1Xbook about gothic , 6 fashion photographer/ artist , gothic.，Photography skills X3 , gothic lighting X4, 2X gothic stories, some gothic fashion history ， gothic location X2 ,some gothic photography ，Figure repair technique
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This work is fashion Gothic
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The theme is fashion vampire - gothic.
Vampire just fashion theme gothic.
Major is photography and media arts
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