Tristan IAD

  This week I had to bring my item into university but because I commute it means that I had to get on a bus and train in order to achieve this. It made me uncomfortable due to the fact I had to get on a train at a busy period of time and people were staring and I had a few ask why I had a table on the train which they found amusing.  Lidar scan of the original item of furniture before I disassembled it to see how it evolves overtime.                                        I slowly took apart my furniture paying attention to the details of how it was originally assembled and how each part came apart in different ways and the craftsmanship of things such as the joins. whilst doing this I had to keep in mind the verbs I chose from the previous weeks text vibrant matter the words I chose were complicate provoke  assemble  these words were the starting point in order for m...

To begin the session of this week we listened to a chapter of vibrant matter titled thing power 1: Debris  written by Jane Bennett, whilst listening I picked up certain things that I found interesting such as the fact that we pick things up in sequences and one thing may lead us to seeing another such as in the text it mentions something reflecting onto something else and being seen which might not have usually been the case. this also reminded me similarly to something we all found whilst in Fratton doing a site visit we were supposed to be looking at details and our eyes were drawn to a dead rat which was ironic due to the text this week now being able to be linked back. Another key point I picked up was there are multiple different methods of reasoning such as deduction and inducted reasoning however the one we use the most is abduction which is seeing and understanding.  photo of the extract showing the list of items  Dead rat photographed in Fratton which originally ...

We went on a trip to Fratton and visited 2 locations the first being St Mary’s church in fratton, whilst at this location we were told to pay close attention to detail and done numerous drawing activities to challenge this such as closing our eyes and also finding lines that create a weft within the building. We then compared what  sounds were like inside and how they contrasted to the outside and the juxtaposition of this and the noises we could hear such as the wildlife, human activities etc. this also helped me be open minded about about how the space would be used by everyone and everything not just humans. how would changing something impact the use of the space for the animals such as the squirrels?  St Mary's church Fratton  collecting lines that I could see that helped make up the structure of the church and seeing how it almost all weaves and interacts drawing with eyes closed- based on memory                    ...

  Studio week 1 one of the initial tasks I was asked to complete as masters students was to draw a line on a long piece of paper this was to help symbolise my position in the class with in my peers. it was interesting to see how everyone perceived this task as some people didn't just draw straight lines and they showed creativity and individuality. we all then participated in a group activity where we meditated to clear our minds and help us be present and then listened to a piece of text about time and loss and spoke about important parts we found in the words, after this we meditated again before being allowed to draw using different materials and non conventional techniques. The idea of the exercise was to think in a different way and not be so rigid when drawing giving us complete freedom to show what time is to us without being literal. By using different senses such as touch, sound and sight it allowed me to think fluidly and not have an idea set in stone and made me trust th...