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
COLOUR
COLOUR
LIGHT PAINTING
RUINS
THE EVERYDAY
WHERE DO IDEAS COME FROM? MARTHA ROSLER
THE EVERYDAY
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THE ARCHIVE
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APPROPRIATION
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