After much deliberation and distress, I have decided to change my project. I will be returning to one of my five original concepts, one that I dismissed early on but has a lot of potential. My project painting and possibly block printing second hand suitcases. The suitcases' placement and the background (solid color or pattern) will suggest a narrative to the viewer.
I feel that this is not completely different from my world map idea as the root motivation for both comes from my love of travel and different cultures as well a desire to engage the viewer in a narrative.
I've already started a painting of a suitcase that belonged to my grandfather when he attended the Carnegie Institute for technology of architecture in 1936/37 and am searching out other suitcases of various types and time periods. I am also playing with the idea of using various frames to contribute to the suggested narrative of each suitcase.
Notes from this week's critique,
ReplyDelete-Adam has lots of old suitcases that you could use for inspiration
-Consider the background elements and other forms of symbolism that could help tell the story
-The simplicity and subtlety of your piece from intermediate painting had a strong resonance with the faculty, so this is a good direction in which to progress
-Bringing other elements that relate to travel may strengthen the narrative of the individual pieces and the series as a whole
-The presence of the stickers and colors on the suitcase adds more character to the pieces
-Opened vs. closed suitcases help develop a narrative as well
-Changing the size and scale of the pieces, the types of suitcases, and the plane placement of the pieces all are elements you could experiment with to strengthen your narrative