Interim Critique - James Pentland

INTERIM CRITIQUE JAMES PENTLAND

POSITION YOURSELF

JAMES MATTHEW PENTLAND

13 YRS AGO

WAS MEANT TO BE MY FIRST NAME

PRIMARY SCHOOL

SECONDARY SCHOOL

FAILED AS LEVELS

CH AN GE

WOULD I BE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION?

ACTIVE FAILURE

1ST JOB SUTTON

PLACE OF BIRTH: ST HELIER HOSPITAL HOMETOWN: CARSHALTON, SURREY DOB: 14.08.92

AUGUST 08 TIL’ APRIL 09

NEW A-LEVEL CHOICES

CHANGE OF GOALS

APPLY FOR A DEGREE IN MATHS

NO DO I WANT TO END UP IN A MUNDANE JOB ALL MY LIFE?

UNEMPLOYED

(MY PARENTS HAD TO RELOCATE FOR MY BIRTH)

CHANGE OF MIND

NVQ LEVEL 2 RETAIL SKILLS

WOULD THEY BE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION?

ATTAINING A HIGHER POSITION WITHIN THE COMPANY

2ND JOB CROYDON

LEFT, EXACT SAME TIME, CONSEQUENCE?

JULY TIL’ APRIL

APPLY FOR A DEGREE IN GRAPHIC DESIGN

09 12

BA (HONS) GRAPHIC DESIGN 3 YEAR COURSE 3RD JOB KINGSTON APRIL TIL’ MAY

CHOICE OF FIVE UNIVERSITIES

BA (HONS) GRAPHIC DESIGN 3 YEAR COURSE

LIMITING IT DOWN TO TWO UNIVERSITIES

COMPLETED A-LEVEL’S

12 12

START DATE: 16TH SEPTEMBER 2011

WOULD I BE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION IF I WENT TO UNIVERSITY HERE?

UNEMPLOYED MINDSET ON BECOMING A TYPOGRAPHER

WAS THIS A GOOD OPTION?

you kill it, ZH·OO grill it

4TH JOB NEW MALDEN

SEPT 12 TIL’ PRESENT

NO

WHY?

I WASN’T UTILISING THE FULL POTENTIAL THAT WAS AROUND ME

NAVAL GRAZING PROJECT - ROADKILL

2ND YEAR

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO RE-POSITION MYSELF

TAKING ON COURSE REP AS A POSITION

THAT INFLUENCED MY DESIGN WORK

IN WHICH ENHANCED THE SOCIAL NETWORKING POSITION

MEETING MORE STUDENTS IN WHICH CHANGED MY SOCIAL POSITION

FIND A PAID INTERN

INTERN, INTERN & INTERN

TO BE CONTINUED

TO BE CONTINUED

MA GRAPHIC MOVING IMAGE

WORK IN INDUSTRY TO DEMOSTRATE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE

GRADUATE FROM UCA

APPLY DIRECT TO A MASTERS DEGREE

SCHOLARSHIP / BURSARIES

UNDER A YEAR LEFT UNTIL I STEP OUT AS A GRADUATE

ABSTRACT MUSIC VIDEO

IN WHICH INFLUENCED THE MEDIUM OF MOVING IMAGE FOR FURTHER PROJECTS

RHYMING SLANG RUBY MURRAY

EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO DISCUSSING THE IDEAS OF NARRATIVE THROUGH MONTAGE

THIS BODY OF WORK WAS RELATING TO NARRATIVE

3RD YEAR IN WHICH RELATED TO THE TOPIC ‘SHOCK’ WITHIN SOCIETY IN WHICH ALL THREE RESEARCH PIECES INFLUENCED MY OWN VERSION ON A VIDEO OF JIMMY SAVILE

USED THIS TO ENTER A GRAPHIC COMPETITION MASKING 3D PHOTOGRAPHY WON THE COMPETITION

IN WHICH ENABLED MY WORK TO BE PRESENTED IN REAL LIFE CONTEXT

DISPLAYED IN LONDON GRAPHIC CENTRE

JOHN SMITH’S ‘GIRL CHEWING GUM’ PIECE WAS INFLUENTIAL TO THE RESEARCH OF NARRATIVE

GILLIAN WEARING’S ‘2 OF 1’ PIECE WAS INFLUENTIAL INTO VOICE REPRESENTATION WITHIN SOCIETY

ANDY WARHOL’S ‘CHELSEA GIRLS’ PIECE WAS INFLUENTIAL TO USING THE TECHNIQUE OF SPILT SCREENING

COLOUR

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LIGHT PAINTING

RUINS

THE EVERYDAY

WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? MARTHA ROSLER

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THE ARCHIVE

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APPROPRIATION

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