I found our group tutorial with Jon quite productive compared to the single tutorials we had last year. It was interesting to hear others ideas and processes as they go through out the year, and also to have their imput on my work. Thinking about the food project I am being pulled towards actually making cameras out of food instead of pursueing my initial interest in 'food and mood', this came apparent in the tutorial, and I am going to start with a pepper. I thought this would be an easier option to start with as it would hold it shape and hopefully won't take long to produce.
Some of the others in my group were interested in the aspect of food and habits/phobias. Some phobias brought up were fascinating, one girl could not eat any food on her plate if it was touching another type of food. I wonder what it would be like to feel that strong about something I would just take for granted (food touching food ona plate) How would it impact your everyday life? You wouldn't be able to order anything in a restaurant as generally food comes touching each other on the plate.
21 October 2009
19 October 2009
Food project
To commence the second year we have been given a project with the theme of 'food'. I have been particulary interested in looking at how foos effects mood and our behaviour. There have been quite a few experiments donw which imply additives and pesticides effect us adn make our behaviour more aggressive. However, there has not been sufficient testing to make these accounts creditable.
It surprised me that surveys had also been done on pets, such as cats and dogs. The results are evident that cheaper pet foods with less nutrients and more additives cause more aggressive behaviour. I had never really thought about this, but pets are just the same as us and we should watch what they eat just as much as we would ourselves.
There were some other interesting points made in our group disscussion, I found it interesting when someone mentioned how they looked at other peoples shopping, trying to gather information on what that person is like just from what they eat. It is fascinating how you can create an image of someone from just what is in there trolley. I hadn't thought of this but, I am sometimes consious opf what i am buying and wonder what people think of me.
It surprised me that surveys had also been done on pets, such as cats and dogs. The results are evident that cheaper pet foods with less nutrients and more additives cause more aggressive behaviour. I had never really thought about this, but pets are just the same as us and we should watch what they eat just as much as we would ourselves.
There were some other interesting points made in our group disscussion, I found it interesting when someone mentioned how they looked at other peoples shopping, trying to gather information on what that person is like just from what they eat. It is fascinating how you can create an image of someone from just what is in there trolley. I hadn't thought of this but, I am sometimes consious opf what i am buying and wonder what people think of me.
17 October 2009
Back to interactive arts
After a long summer of working and a bit of travelling it is good to get back to manchester and be back in the dark rooms. I didn't manage to do much pinhole photography over the summer due to the lack of a dark room (which is something I need to look into) but, I am back on with the experimenting now. I have no particular subject I want to focus on, I am just keen to learn and explore as much pinhole photography as I can. To start off with I have a project called 'A Pinhole a Day', where I will make a use a camera everyday. I am keen to experiment with the limitations of pinhole photography and see where it will take me.
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