Leeds College of Art BA (Hons) ILLUSTRATION OUIL603 Extended Practice
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Credits 60
STUDIO PRACTICE Project Proposal Name Blog Address Molly Fairhurst m-fairhurst1417-sp.blogspot.com Date 06/02/17 Rationale I have been considering the idea of “situated illustration” (as described by the Royal College of Art)- work that “responds to a certain location… connections that surround work and site… contextual awareness… locality, spatially and psychologically”. Work that is “engaging” and has “persuasive interactions with the public”. “Work that revisits archives and seeks to expand the relevance to wider groups of people- exploring significance beyond academic notions”. Essentially, working in response to locations and archives, and creating a space that addresses these subjects to a (wide) public audience. At this point I am not sure where this will go, but as a large part of this type of project is research, this isn’t so necessary at this point. I have been considering the following themes and subjects, just stemming mostly from drawing a lot of trees in my spare time. Themes / Subjects • Naturalism • ‘Post-Nature’ / ‘Making Nature’ • Attention Restoration Theory • The Slow Movement • Outdoor Education • The Kibbo Kift (post-scout movement, interest in pacifism, art and costume) • -> Dada-ism Professional Context & Contextual References • Museums • Galleries • Education • Publishing -> books • Archives, collections Illustrators/ artists working with collections and installation: • Misaki Kawai • Laura Carlin • Rachel Lillie
BA (Hons) Illustration - Level 06 OUIL603 Extended Practice – Major Brief
BRIEF TITLE Final Major Project Brief Working in response to location and archives, create a space/ collection that addresses these subjects to a public audience. Potential themes: • Naturalism • ‘Post-Nature’ / ‘Making Nature’ • Attention Restoration Theory • The Slow Movement • Outdoor Education • The Kibbo Kift (post-scout movement, interest in pacifism, art and costume) • -> Dada-ism Products & Proposals Function & Context • Installation • Education • Publication • Entertainment • Archive, collection • Installation • Publication Context & Distribution Audience & Tone of Voice • Museums • Families • Galleries • Non-academic • Publications Additional information/Considerations Deliverables A collection of work An installation… ?
ACTION PLAN – use this section to identify specific tasks that you need to complete in order to resolve the brief. Week What do you need to do? 1 2
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RESEARCH ACTIVITY: ‘Making Nature’ at the Wellcome Collection
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A visit to the Wellcome Collection’s ‘Making Nature’ exhibition, an archive of art and artefacts that document the idea of nature after modern man. RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Reading Deadline Details Reading artistic and thematic literature relevant to the project RESEARCH ACTIVITY: Outdoors research and drawing Deadline Details Recording from life the environments that inspired these movements and ideologies, examining their impacts on others and myself. RESEARCH ACTIVITY ????? Deadline Details ?????? RESEARCH ACTIVITY ????? Deadline Details ???????
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOOKS / TEXTS - (Harvard Refernced)
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The Kindred of Kibbo Kift, Annabella Pollen Designing Utopia: John Hargrave and the Kibbo Kift, Cathy Ross and Oliver Bennett
MAGAZINES / JOURNALS / ARTICLES – (include publication date and details)
ON LINE REFERENCES / WEBSITES / ARTICLES (include specific urls)
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Wikipedia :-( Geocities, probably
OTHER REFERENCE MATERIAL (Films, events, exhibitions, conferences)
‘Making Nature’, exhibition at the Wellcome Collection
BA (Hons) Illustration - Level 06 OUIL603 Extended Practice STUDIO PRACTICE
Project Proposals
10 steps to producing persuasive project proposals
1. Set clear aims and objectives 2. Be SMART
(Specific , Measurable , Achievable , Realistic , Time Conscious) 3. Use words from your brief 4. Justify the need for your proposal 5. Describe your audience 6. Describe your motivations 7. Consider the reader 8. Eliminate vagueness
9. Visualise the ending 10. Assume nothing