PoD - Lesson 13 - Iphegenia in Splott

Iphigenia in Splott

*All images of the implementation phase and actual project come from Autumn after I repeatedly managed to let my phone lose all battery life. If I were to repeat the project I would not do this again.

Analysis
We began our task by reading the script once, twice with some notes and then a third time with more detailed analysis.
Research
During our research period we all went off seperately to look at the different aspects of the play we found most interesting.

Iphigenia in Splott

Cardiff, Living on the Streets

Gary Owen
Suffered from depression
A bit of a recluse - hardly left his room
Lived in Splott
Iphigenia in Splott inspired by Kate Tempest - Fight against Austerity

Other Works
Crazy Gary's Mobile Disco
The Drowned World
20 suicides of young people from 2007 - 2010
"permanent fog surrounds splott"

Baby P
Cause of Death - Child Abuse
50 injuries over an 8 month period, seen repeatedly by child protection services, the NHS
Nationwide review of social service care launched
Repeatedly taken away from his mother only to be returned to her at a later date.


Burning Monk
This is the image of Quang Duc setting himself on fire in order to fight the oppression of the Vietnamese government against the Buddhist population of Vietnam, It received world wide noteriaty

Tomb of the unknown Soldier
Letter to the unknown soldier

How to Train your Dragon - No change without sacrifice


Kate Tempest - Wasted play
Kate Tempest - Europe is doomed


Stevie Smith
- Not waving but drowning

I have always been a fan of Stevie Smith's poems and found this one particularly relevant to the play due to the themes of misidentification and

"3. Plant a tree to remember a life lived
A popular way of celebrating a birth is to plant a tree.
where you can plant a tree and leave a message,

4. Turn their favourite piece of clothing into a teddy bear
If the person in your life was known for their colourful ties or perhaps for a signature colour, then how about remembering them in the form of a teddy bear?
Memory bears are designed as keepsakes and are crafted from the material you provide from clothing that belonged to your loved one.

Alternatively, the clothing could also be transformed into a cushion cover or a lap quilt, depending how you would best like to keep their memory alive." - https://www.centralengland.coop/blog/funerals/20-unique-ways-to-remember-a-lost-loved-one [Accessed 9 Apr. 2017].


This selection of images are from an exhibition I attended at the Oriel Myrddin Gallery in Carmarthen.
The exhibition was a collection of installations created by various people as part of a competition to depict a variety of mental health issues. I felt that this was particularly relevant to Iphigenia due to Effie's mental state, and the connection between mental health and drug/alcohol abuse. To the left is the collection of pieces that I found most reflected the play and its themes.


Different forms of commemoration - Mood Board

Incubation
I initally struggled with the incubation stage because I couldn't properly differentiate it from the research period. I had considered research to be purely research while the incubation stage was the creation and development of ideas. I see now that all of the ideas should have come during the research phase, while incubation is merely the expansion of them. Statues
Shrines
Strobe lights (club) -> Music -> Fade out -> candles
Black clothing

Cloth, candles, flowers - tissue, poem, plaque, music, make little flowers, flowers
Blankets
Poem - Female actors




Selection


Implementation
During

My main role for the implementation of the installation was the creation of the plaque, the collection of real flowers and the assistance in the set up. 

As our group lacked anyone with much background in theatrical tech work we decided to keep the technical elements fairly simple, limiting ourselves to simple moving lights and lasers, and the built in sound system. I think that this worked quite well as we were able to operate the entire installation easily and in the real world it wouldn't have required a large budget. 

Evaluation

General

I would immediately like to take a moment to highlight Autumn's role on the project, without whom we would have had none of the paper flowers and far fewer lights. Her research was also incredibly interesting and not a route I had considered going down. A general criticism I have of myself is that I found I blurred the lines between the different stages far too much, particularly the research and incubation phases. I think this stemmed from my confusion on what each section focused on. I had initially considered the incubation stage to be the forming of ideas when it should have been the expanding of them. This is the task I find has been the most useful in fully understanding the steps of design

Read Script

I read the script once on it's own before rereading it so I could begin to add some notes. The third reading was spent with my group. I found this incredibly useful as it made me look at the play under a new light. After my own reading I had a fairly rigid view of what I thought of the play was about and going through it with others helped me pick up on things that I hadn't previously considered. For example, I had initially considered the play to be equal parts revenge and sacrifice. This is most evident with Effie's relationship with Lee as I only looked at it from a vengeful point of view but no revenge actually took place. This was largely down to me overlooking the scene and it helped having another pair of eyes to catch the things I had missed. 

Analysis

This is probably the step I am least happy with my approach to as I do not think I spent enough time analyzing the themes/characters of the play in comparison to some of the other projects. I think that this immediately hindered the research phase as I did not have as much source material to draw from. However, despite my short comings I believe I was able to grasp the main themes and ideas of the play as well as getting a clear idea of the characters' beliefs and motivations. One thing I found particularly useful was going through the play with the rest of my group as I found that we were able to branch off each other's ideas and I was able to approach the text and certain characters in ways that I wouldn't have done if I was alone. I do think I was very fortunate to have the group I did because I did struggle more with the analysis for the project. If I were to redo everything from scratch I would definitely dedicate much more time to this stage. 

Research

One area I am slightly disappointed not to have explored further is the idea of creating a small teddy bear out of an article of clothing as this would have been able to link to both the commemoration in general and more specifically the loss of a child. In hindsight I also should have looked at the real life implications that the play had on society. Although I had looked at the play itself I had failed to research any impacts it had upon the world. This was especially noticeable in the final presentation when we were asked about the effects the play had on society and I was unable to come up with a satisfactory answer. However, I thought the rest of my team gave it a valiant effort.

Incubation 

In comparison to the other projects I found the incubation stage for this project to be the most useful as I believe that it was here that we truly made it a group project and we were able to expand greatly on the initial idea. In this case, two heads were undoubtedly better than one. 

Selection

Implementation

I would say that although I am fairly happy with how we worked as a group I could have done far more to help out with some of the more time consuming sections, namely the creation of the paper flowers and the gathering of flowers.

Presentation
Although this presentation was a definite improvement to previous projects, I feel that the other group was decidedly superior in their presentation and we could have done more prep work. I
Define the groups

References

Centralengland.coop. (2017). 20 unique ways to remember a lost loved one - Part 1 - Central England Co-operative: food stores, funeral, travel and optical services in the Midlands and East Anglia. [online] Available at: https://www.centralengland.coop/blog/funerals/20-unique-ways-to-remember-a-lost-loved-one [Accessed 9 Apr. 2017].

"The Burning Monk, 1963". Rare Historical Photos. N.p., 2017. Web. 15 Apr. 2017.

PoD - Lesson 12 - Breath

Breath

Read Script
I found that the sparse script was much more open than the other ones I've studied, which allowed for a much wider interpretation and artistic freedom.

Analysis
Time line 5 10 5 10 5 - Intensity
We immediately thought of the first breath you take when trying something new - "the world is new"
- Sky diving, Sex, first cigarette, Childbirth, War and Drug use.

Research
Admittedly, I did focus more on heroin addiction than anything else because I found it the most interesting subject and as a group we felt early on it was the path we may want to take. Our final piece may have suffered slightly from this as it meant that we slightly narrowed our sights too early in the project. If we were to redo the project I would spend more time gathering a wider range of influences before deciding on the path we wanted to take.
Fun Fact! Spending multiple evenings reading up about heroin addiction is a great way to bring you down if you're feeling a little too good about the world. 

Samuel Beckett
Fought as a resistance fighter for the French during WWII. His unit was betrayed but he managed to escape and flee with his wife.
War would have been relevant to him as substance abuse is relevant to many in our age group.

Half a million heroin addicts in the US and rising. Bags can cost as little as £6.

Personal stories
Rachel Whitear - Slumped forward
Summer Myers - Found by brother in a caravan

Songs
The drugs don't work - The Verve
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ0n3itoII
I found two stories both claiming to be the inspiration behind this song. The first is that it depicted the band's own struggle with drug abuse and the search for happiness. One of which being that Richard Whitear's father was dying of illness and the drugs did nothing to improve his health. In my opinion this was the much more powerful stories because of the love involved
Golden Skies - Little Robyn, a song about heroin addiction.

Popular Culture
Russel Brand
Trainspotting
Requiem for a Dream

Stephanie MacDonald Tony Fouhse

Cardiff, Living on the Streets

War - First kill, desensitisation - Kill Kill Kill -> dehumanisation and demonising of the Vietnamese during the war in Vietnam. - "Kikes"
Nazis, Cults, America (Walmart and national anthem in primary schools) Live and breath together. Indoctrination.
Relief - Guilt - pride?

Life
On a slightly lighter note, I briefly looked at the definition of breath and then of vital force. In our incubation phase we tried to combine both heroin abuse and the idea of natural life.

Incubate

Selection
By the time we had entered this stage of our design process we already had a pretty clear idea of the route we wanted to go down. The main selection came later on when we looked at the images we had taken and had to choose the direction we wanted to take the film in.

Implementation
Location - Will - scenographer
Camera - Shutter speeds, voyeurism, darker - Will
Belt Prop, costume - Blue shirt is trainspotting inspired, and make up - Sophie
Movie Maker - Me and Sophie
Photoshop - Me - Touched up certain pictures to make them more vibrant.

Evaluation
Out of all of the projects to date I am most proud of the final version of this project because I feel like we worked well together as a team and stuck close by to the seven steps of design. You can see a definite improvement since the last project in terms of sticking to the seven steps and giving each one adequate time.
One of the few negatives I can think of to the project as a whole is that I find many of the pictures pretty similar to one another and I would have liked to include more variation within the film to show a sharper contrast between the death/hopelessness of heroin use and the endless possibilities of a new life. As it stands I think that the film, although great in its own right, fails to live up to its potential. Additionally although not a criticism, if I were to redo the project from scratch I think it would be interesting to go down a more natural path, taking more inspiration from the stories of real life addicts and the experiences they had. I think that our final version does little to show the brutal reality of addiction and we could have offered increased realism had we offered more vague imagery. Most of the pictures were staged, which I feel takes away from the emotional impact that having more natural imagery would possibly have had.

Lesson 11 - PoD in Practice! - Far Away

Big Brother - 1984

Far Away

Read Script
We began our journey into self discovery and creating our installation piece by reading the script twice.
Analysis
After our initial script readings we all had some early thoughts on the themes and ideas of the play. However, we were mostly just dumbfounded and didn't know which way was up. To tackle our joint confusion we went through the first two acts together and then went away to independently study the final one.
Act 1
Joan - Confused, stilted conversation. Frightened.
Harper - Authoritative figure, Directs conversation, very much in the position of power
Act 2
Deeply ironic - conversation about abuses of power and standing up to The Man while still very much a a part of the system. Indoctrination.
Heightened tension with each time jump as hats grow in size and prominence.
Act 3
We see just how wrong the world is. Are they talking in metaphors? Through propaganda and indoctrination has the government managed to convince the populace that all this is true? Is all the chaos real? No questions are answered and the carol once again uses confusion and disorder to show the state of the world and keep the audience on the left foot. Regardless of what is correct we do know that humanity has become incredibly brutal and animalistic with no regard for human life. I can find direct quotes if you guys want
Joan is beginning to act as a more independent character that appears to question the rules that make up her society. This is suggested by the complete abandonment of her post. However, still shown to be very much part of the world as suggested by her casual mention of the murder of a little girl.

Glenn Grohe

Research

Gordan K Odell

Propaganda posters used in World War II.
Death marches - Bataan Death March
1984
Carol Churchil 1939, Lake District, born just before WWII so spent the early years of her life surrounded by much propoganda and fear.
Indoctrination - "the process of teaching a person or group to accept a set of beliefs uncritically." - Web Definition

World War 2
The 'He's watching you,' poster may be my favourite piece of propaganda because of its intended meaning and how it was interpreted by the American public. It was supposed to show the "menacing, shadowy figure of a German soldier peering directly at the viewer," and was intended to remind the public of the importance of secrecy within the industrial sector. Instead, many Americans saw the shadowy figure as a symbol of 'The Boss,' which I think fits in well with the context of the play. I found it eerily similar to Orwell's depiction of 'Big Brother' in '1984.' 
The second poster depicts a woman and child being grasped at by sinister claw-like hands. Its purpose was to make the public "feel responsible for the well-being of women and children," leading to them supporting the war effort by buying victory bonds. In regards to the play, I like this image because of its dehumanisation of the Axis Powers reflects the very animalistic language of the play, particularly in the third act. 
I looked at the Bataan Death march where 60-80 thousand American and Filipino troops were forced to march across the country to different camps. Around 6000 Filipino troops and about 800 American troops died on the march. The American government dehumanised the Japanese for this act, which is hypocritical because of how they were treating black Americans at the time and for a good many years afterwards. This is similar to how Joan and Todd only focus on the abuses of power when it can be used in their favour.
Incubation
How can we best encapsulate the main themes and ideas of the play?
I was particularly taken with the idea creating propaganda posters to represent each act of the play. An early idea was to do something similar to the projection Jamie and I made during the reaction to Epic Theatre. This would also incorporate lighting and art and, which would make good use of both Rhodri's technical skill and Beth artistic talent. It would also have been work they would be able to do while I was away.
Another possible avenue would have been to create a series of hats that would either reflect a single character or could possibly encapsulate the essence of an entire act.
Three rooms - we would use dividers found in the design room to create three independent spaces. Each room would reflect a different scene within the play and tackle a separate issue. There would be a central light shining only on one segment to emphasize a particular segment and draw attention away from the others. Each room would draw inspiration from  However, this proved too complex in the implementation phase so we cut it down to its key elements, which we attempted to capture with the final propaganda posters.
Selection
Having our list of ideas written down, we immediately discarded the hat idea because it would have been too difficult to obtain all of the materials necessary to construct them, as well as the fact that none of us knew precisely how to construct a hat. The segmented room was ruled out in similar fashion when we were worried it would be too time consuming to produce and had the risk of being chaotic and confused.
Implementation
Unfortunately I was AWL (away with leave) so I was unable to contribute a lot to this stage. However, I think that even with the crushing blow of my absence, my group was able to create a strong installation that reflected they key themes of governmental power abuse and propaganda that are present within the play.
Beth and Rhodri obtained trestles from the workshop before Beth created three posters in a similar vein to the ones I presented up there. Rhodri collected a light from the tech store, which shined through the posters to give a dark, shadowy silhouette.

Evaluation
It is important to stress that Rhodri and Beth were the primary members of this team while I was away and could not contribute as much as I should have.
Overall, I am more than happy with the final outcome but have the opinion that we could have done better to create a bigger, more immersive piece had we all been able to work together more often. I primarily place the blame on myself as I only had a few days to fully immerse myself in the project and it was somewhat difficult to find a day where we all had the afternoon off and could meet up to discuss the project.
One thing I found particularly interesting was how the research period affected my interpretation of the play; as I found out more about Carol Churchill's upbringing and background my understanding of the characters changed. This is most evident with Joan who initially confused me but became an almost anti establishment figure as I found out about Churchill's history of writing about abuses of power.
For this task we were only told to do a single thorough solo read before we moved on to group work and analysis. I found that my initial script reading wasn't nearly enough for me to get to grips with the obscure subject matter, which highlighted the importance of multiple script readings.
Looking back over this project after completing the second one and almost finishing the third, I am able to more clearly see the downfalls of this project and am disappointed most with my research because I feel like I could have gone so much more in-depth with it. It was an incredibly interesting subject and I regret not going down more avenues. On the other hand, I am being slightly forgiving to myself because I had work experience, which meant that I did not have as long on this project as I did for the other ones. It was also the first project and I know I have definitely improved since then.

References

Olive-Drab (1998) WW II poster: He’s watching you. Available at: http://olive-drab.com/gallery/description_0173.php (Accessed: 6 March 2017).

H, A. (2015) ‘Keep these hands off’ by Gordon K. Odell. Available at: http://ahabbestad.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/keep-these-hands-off-by-gordon-k-odell_11.html (Accessed: 6 March 2017).

Lesson 10 - Model Making - 23/1/17

In this lesson we used the 6 step process of design in order to create basic models based on six unique types of theatre: opera, epic, absurd and theatre in education

Process of design
1 - Analyse
2 - Research
3 - Incubate
4 - Select
5 -Implement
6 - Evaluate

Opera

We began our process of design by creating a spider diagram of the themes and ideas related to Opera. We immediately came up with a basic list consisting of "perspective/scale, opera cake, grandeur, columns, music and fluidity." Having come up with our list we entered into our research phase.
In our research phase we mainly relied on research done over the previous weeks, namely the History of Theatre timeline and Jamie's research on David Hockney.
When it came to incubating our ideas we looked into ways of physically manifesting the different components as well as the different materials available and the ways we could combine them to achieve the same effect. For example, our initial idea consisted of creating a huge opera cake and focusing each level of the cake on a different aspect of Opera, such as music and perspective. However, the construction of such a model seemed daunting and doomed to failure so we decided to create a set and simply include a slice of opera cake.
Talk more about incubation? - How to create opera cake.
We then selected the most immediately recognizable ideas and split up to create individual models to be merged as part of a greater set. To implement our ideas the materials we used were:
Mount board, two kinds of cork, ticket card and tissue paper.
Perspective and grandeur- to give the impression of perspective and grandeur I created three models out of mount board and tissue paper, which were then placed in varying places around the base. The mountain set piece in particular gives the piece a sense of greatness and scale. I also set out cork of various sizes and set them out in order of diminishing size, which hopefully gives the impression that the smallest is much further away than it actually is. The colours I selected to add to the board was inspired by David Hockney's Opera work. Additionally, Jamie created a pillar out of cork as a throwback to Greece and the early ornate details of Opera houses.
For his part, Jamie created a pillar, a slice of opera cake, a CD sculpture and a shell.
Pillar - tribute to Ancient Greece and the pillars often seen in Opera houses.
Opera Cake - Fun little reference to the naming of the Opera cake
CD sculpture - abstract, fluid and grand
A shell - Natural imagery. The shell was created by cutting up ticket card and turning it into the required shape.
Evaluation
I am generally happy with how we performed this task as I believe we were able to follow the seven steps of design and worked well as a team. However, one small criticism is that I think we worked on our own for too much of the implementation.

Epic
Current Issues - Abortion bill in America
When Jamie and I created our reactive Epic Theatre piece we asked ourselves the following questions-
What are current issues going on the world?
How is it currently being presented?
How can we present the information?  
Due to the gravitas of the current President Trump situation we opted to create a piece based on his recent morally questionable decision to ban funding for international abortion charities. In combination with the rapid closure of abortion clinics within the US (162 closures since 2011 and only 22 openings) we decided that this was a relevant issue and needed more attention. When deciding on our medium we wanted something that reflected the protests but also contained theatrical elements. A projected poster was born!
It is with deep regret that I have to say that our incubation phase for this project was clearly lacking. We really liked our initial idea and could possibly have latched onto it.
To implement our ideas we looked at different ways of creating the outline of a fetus, such as drawing and using metal wires. When creating the wire fetus we liked the double shadow that it created on the projection screen so we settled on that. The other tools and materials we used were pens, stencils and paper. I created the basic outline of the fetus out of wire while Jamie created the words to go along with it.


Evaluation
Overall I am mostly pleased with how this piece turned out as I feel it is a good representation of a political issue, which is was Epic Theatre is all about. However, I think we could have tried harder to put the issue in a theatrical context because at the moment it is only the political issue that links the two together. One thing I think deserves special attention is the writing as its boldness and simplicity really adds to the impact of the message. It also happens to be an example of tripling, which further emphasize them each word. Additionally, although it was out of our control, I do like the colouring of the finished image because I think that it gives the image an almost historical weight, as well as creating a stark contrast between the dark wire and writing, and the white background. On the other hand, I am not 100% happy with how my fetus turned out as similarities have been made between it and wales, with a classmate unsure if we were protesting sea world. Although this would have been a good project in itself, it is not what we were going for. When creating the outline I looked online for some reference images and based my design off of one I liked. I can no longer find the image I used but to the left is an example of a similar one. In future I think I would spend longer making the outline clearer and getting each part more correct.

Absurd

For our piece based on Absurd Theatre, Jamie and I first sat down to look at the definition of Absurd.
"Absurdist fiction focuses on the experiences of characters in situations where they cannot find any inherent purpose in life, most often represented by ultimately meaningless actions and events..."
Having completely and extensively covered our analysis period we moved on to researching material related to the above definition. We very quickly had a list consisting of Kafka, pointlessness, Alice in Wonderland, War - American civil (colours), Doctor Seuss and Trees. I was particularly reminded of 'The Butter Battle Book,' by Dr. Seuss because the story acts as a commentary on the ultimately pointless and meaningless nature of war. Adding to this, Jamie spoke about the North/South divide in America during the American Civil War in which the only obvious visual difference between the opposing sides were the different colours they were represented by.
The incubation stage was also shockingly short in which we came up with our main idea and then added little bits and pieces to flesh it out. During this stage we were heavily influenced by what we had around us, rather than trying to use the use the items to produce the idea. For example, we had our central theme of the pointlessness of war, depicted by the guns, which was expanded upon by the coloured gloves and stance. The gloves themselves are supposed to be reminiscent of the clasped hands symbol (pictured above), which makes it ironic due to the hidden guns just underneath.
The final 'installation' is of me and Jamie holding guns covered by gloves of two different colours. The hands are shown to be clasping in order to suggest peace and unity, while the gun backdrop is supposed to hint at darker motivations and a greater threat. The different colours harken back to the American Civil War and the pointless differences that inspired it. I am also reminded of the divide in Ireland where it was only possible to differentiate the opposing factions by the way they pronounced certain words. The addition of the rabbit head was to make the piece more Kafka-esque and increase the general 'absurdity' of the piece. We really went down the rabbit whole with this one.
Evaluation
Overall, although I am pleased with the outcome as a concept I ultimately feel we failed the task by not  accurately following the seven steps of design, which was the ultimate aim of the project. We had little to no analysis or research before we jumped onto the incubation stage. The stages were also not as distinct as they should have been with the selection, incubation and implementation stages being particularly merged. If we were to redo the project I think it would be a good idea for us to define the stages more and make sure we are completely done with each one before we move on. Despite these short comings, I am satisfied with the final installation because I do think that it is fairly representative of absurd theatre as it manages to capture characters in pointless and meaningless situations in which there is little sense. It also provided a good chance to experiment with the seven steps and gain familiarity with them... Even if it wasn't the most successful.

Theatre in Education
This is the type of theatrical genre I was least familiar with and the one I feel that we put the least amount of thought into. This lead to the unclear, messy and weak installation you see before you.
The analysis and research stages were virtually non existent with a very brief spider diagram somehow managing to cover both at once. None of us had much idea of what TiE theatre actually was, only that it was the use of theatre in the education of children. Looking back, I think we could have spent more time analysing and researching the different forms this took. For example, the model maker, Beth Tearle, was currently working on model boxes to explain the biological systems within humans. This could have been an example of TiE that we didn't even consider looking into. Instead, we locked on to the idea that TiE was used to teach values and beliefs to children, specifically acceptance, which I already feel was overdone and cliche (not that acceptance is cliche!). . The incubation stage was also horrifyingly short. The bulk of the half hour time limit was spent drawing hands in order in order to implement our ideas.
Evaluation
This is the installation I find myself least happy with. Incidentally, it is also the one with the least adherence to the seven steps of design. This evaluation is going to primarily focus on what we did wrong and how I feel it could be improved on, as opposed to the hopefully balanced view I gave the other projects.
1) Messy
Despite the majority of time being spent on the implementation stage, I don't like the individual components as well as the installation as a whole. I think that the hands themselves look rushed and there is little uniformity in how they were put up. They are also not as eye catching as we hoped and could have been immediately improved upon by using thicker lines to give them some depth. We finished the project well within the time limit and with foresight feel that we could have spent much more time creating neater and bolder hands.
2) Confused
There is a lot going on in this installation, which I find cheapens the entire thing.

Overall Evaluation 
A general criticism I have throughout the projects is that I don't think we spent nearly enough time on the analysis and research stages, seemingly managing to get worse as we progressed through the stages. This means that a few of the projects suffered from a lack of ideas. 

Lesson 11 - Responding to Art Mediums

For the following three tasks we were split into two groups consisting of Iona, Rhodri, Will, Autumn and myself (Group A), and Jamie, Beth, Robin and Sophie (Group B)

Impressionism

Analysis - to begin this project we first got together to discuss what we knew about impressionism without any additional research. This was, admittedly, not very much. Looking online we discovered that impressionism is largely defined by "small and deliberate lines" and was supposed to be visually similar to seeing something out of the corner of your eye. In this way I thought that impressionism could be quite abstract. 

Research - when researching impressionism we primarily looked at the work of Monet and Vincent Van Gogh, paying special attention to their depictions of various skylines. Below are the two images that I think most influenced our final model.

Van Gogh - Starry Sky

Monet 

Incubation
The incubation stage largely focused on how we could create physical representations of the art by Monet and Van Gogh. We knew we wanted to create an abstract skyline but that was mostly it. We also knew that the art form was characterised by smaller brush strokes so brainstormed how we would be able to depict it. Fortunately, being in a workshop meant we had a great many offcuts of various sizes.
Implementation
Evaluation
Overall, I would consider this project a success as we managed to stick to the steps of design, while a

Surrealism
This was probably my favourite project to work on because it is the art form I find most interesting and was one that I had more fun with. The concept behind surrealism is the placement of mundane, everyday events in bizarre situations. Much like the other projects we began this one using

Pop Art

References
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/02/25/why-americas-abortion-clinics-are-rapidly-closing/?utm_term=.20fa9338bab5