Proposal for FMP

My proposal for my FMP is completed.   I started it a few weeks ago after talking to Emma as initially when given the proposal details, I thought OMG this is going to be hard to just write the proposal.   However, on reflection it hasn't been.

rough notes for FMP 

I have my primary research already and this was beneficial because I had my starting point and knew my topic was going to be about Borth.    I have received feedback on my photographs last year and advised that did I know that they fell into groups already and I hadn't infact noticed it.   I don't see things like this necessarily in my work so it was very useful to have this pointed out to me.

I did a draft proposal and asked for feedback from peers and tutors and was given pointers where I needed to add more information, which I have now done.  These areas included adding references where I had obtained information from, references for companies I will use and more details of cost of the project.

We also then were taken to see Mark Davies for his input into our proposal.   Mark talked about the horizon being infinite and unachievable  i.e. when you walk towards it, it gets further away.  This fits in well with the horizontals and vertical themes within the project.   Mark gave me some books to look at whilst with him and I picked up a few pieces of work including the following:

Fat Monkey made from flip flops by Florentijn Hofman - from this angle and distance you cannot see that it is a money or what it is made from.   Close up reveals the media used.




http://www.florentijnhofman.nl/dev/project.php?id=171

This appealed to me because of its size primarily.   The fact that it is also made from flip flops is even more appealing as it's so unusual.   The flip flop is apparently the national icon on of Brazil which is where the Pixelshow was being held.   How does this influence my project?   Well it just makes me think out of the box about making something largescale for instance the rocks that I sat on, so smooth to sit on and touch, but so awkward to walk on and not too comfortable either.

Alfred Wallis


http://www.andyblair.co.uk/alfredwallis/






http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/wallis-houses-at-st-ives-cornwall-t00239

Alfred Wallis' work looks primitive and I love this type of work.   From a personal point I would hang this work in my home, and similarly, my own work to date tends to have a naive/primitive look to it which I used to call child like when I first started out on the foundation diploma.