Collage
Original Images
SCALE
Detail: Paper Bird
Replacing the paper bird with a smaller scale
Replacing the paper bird with a larger scale
Stacking all three different scaled paper birds on top of each other
Detail: Flying woman
Replacing the subject with a smaller scale
Replacing the subject with a larger scale
Stacking the subject of different subjects on top of each other
Combinations of the stacking of paper birds and woman
Observations/thoughts:
In both cases of the paper bird and the woman, the image still seems to carry a different meaning when a different scaled detail is replacing the original one. When a larger scaled detail is collaged onto the original image, the emphasis changes. Using the example of the paper bird, the focal point of the image is the lady who somewhat releases the paper bird. Yet, with the slightly out-of-place larger scaled paper bird, the meaning changes. The emphasis in now placed more that particular bird when makes the audience wonder: perhaps the bird is going to transform into something else. However, the larger scale paper bird or lady seems to clutter the image more. This made the detail look out of place. When the scale is changed to be much bigger, it feels as if the book had some form of magical powers that made her bigger. In this case, the meaning is different from the original one, which seems to be that she is just levitated; some form of sorcery from the image made her float. I feel that the bigger scaled detail, when collaged onto the original piece seems to complicate the image more. Aesthetically, it looked to be rather weird and out of place due to the contrast in scale.
Just for the fun of things, I stacked the different details together and this forms an interesting image. It gives the image a sense of movement, somewhat like the futuristic works. It also changes the meaning of the entire image.
REPETITION
Detail: Arc
Repeating the arc of the same scale on the image
Detail: Human in the arc
Repeating the human subject in the arc
Observations/thoughts:
In the first image, the final product seems to be rather cluttered. It reminds me of a tiled wallpaper of the computer or the background images of websites. It also changes the meaning of the image. Instead of serious and fresh tone, the image becomes somewhat childish and ridiculous in nature. This kind of links to Lecture 3 where Dadaism was introduced. Whilst doing this work, it feels as if I was doing some form of Anti-Art.
The first image is more successful than the repetition of the human subject in the arc. The repetition of the human subject in the arc did not change the meaning of the image much. Instead of a single person staring into the green world, more people are doing it together, bringing the feeling of camaraderie. However, it also brings out no new findings. It is, however, aesthetically more pleasing than the first.
DECONSTRUCTION
Detail: Hair
Deconstructed the hair and pieced them together randomly
Stacked the piece of braid on top of another similar subject's braid
Covered the subject's face with the cutout braid
Observations/thoughts:
Each different variation reminds me of different things. The first reminds me of abstract artworks, where items are deconstructed into the simplest form: where I have deconstructed the hair to pieces. While the last reminds me of Rene Magritte's works. The covering of the subject's face is a famous motif of Magritte's works such as "The Lovers" and "The Son of Man". Each variation changes the meaning of the image. The first seems to be that the lady is still deciding the hairstyle or is at a loss of her hairstyle; perhaps at a loss of the construction of her own life. The second is simpler where she just wants to have more braids and wants more material. The last would be the covering of her own identity and the masking of herself with her hair. By masking herself with her own hair, it seems she take pride in her hair more than her own face, wanting others to look at her by her hair.OVERALL THOUGHTS:
For some reason, all these exercises seem to remind me of Rene Magritte and the Dadaism. For repetition, Magritte has a similar work where he repeats the same man ("Golconda"). For scale, "Les Valeurs Personelles" or "Personal Values".- 04:00
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