Week 4 Activity: Micro Project
The Journey
Collaboration withRob Jones, Howard Pratt & Mick Yates
Read the input from us all here Week 4 – TheJourneyComplete-Collaboration
My Part of the Micro Project:
The start of this journey was with a Henry Miller quote: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” Reflecting on ‘The Journey’ as a subject for collaboration it was necessary to step out of my own rhythm & consider what may be best for a cohesive end result within the short time frame & the weather constraints. With this in mind I approached my part to show the contrast between a metropolis & regional cities & landscapes. My Journey reflected a day in London literally showing the transport journeys I regularly take & ‘the pauses’ in between the craziness where it is necessary to stop, breath, LOOK & regroup. I started with the sunrise waking up the city & the increasing hum that comes with the day, it was a connection that reflected both that outside world & the inside haven that I call home. St James’s Park is a place I regularly cross – it’s literally a bridge between busy life in the west end & the manic Victoria St, predominantly full of grey suited 9-5ers & tourists pulled like a magnet to Victoria Station. ‘The Journey’ made me conscious of the habits I use to break the fast pace of life here & I saw that I interact more than I thought I did with people on the street. I faced the challenge of time lapse photography & felt where I stopped could have been the beginning. Given more time our collaboration could have gone a lot further. The collaboration itself was easy, the main issues on my part were time, weather & learning new skills, which I love. Who knew time lapse photography was so much fun! I wanted to concentrate on the emotion of the journey & how it makes us feel as we leap from the frantic to the restful frames. I’ve chosen the image LOOK as my metaphor for the project, although our aim was to show that special place where we love to shoot mine was more the restful pauses in between the crazy where I can think & refresh, which brings me back to: “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.”
Presentation Stills
This week, we will look a few different approaches in terms of collaborative practice and we will consider the importance of collaboration for the benefit of your own practice. How far would you say that you already collaborate with others? How might your practice benefit from collaboration or perhaps thinking more openly about ideas around authorship?
Collaboration with Howard Pratt & Rob Jones
Having formed a group of 2-4 individuals, you should agree on a theme or strategy for a collaborative micro project. You are completely free in terms of the content and creative direction of the project but you should aim to create a small body of work in its own right, which has been formed in collaboration.
The outcome should be in a digital or digitised form that you can share with your peers, ahead of the webinar towards the end of the week, where you will present and discuss your project and the process of its making.
NB: Each group has its own ‘discussion’ tool available to those who signed up for a group. If you have any questions, please ask your Tutor.
Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCAhKGhYzh0
In this video, we will discuss Gustave Le Bon’s thoughts regarding crowd psychology, and we will also interpret a few modern mass movements through the lens of Le Bon’s work.
