This past two weeks of unit X has been a blur of lectures and workshops! I found them all intresting, especially the Susie MacMurray and the Neil Habersson Lectures! They have given me so many ideas inspired me so much.
Neil Harbersson: Harbersson was a great lecturer, he was very witty and great at speaking about his work. His saying that everyone should have a little cyborg in them, I thought that this was a very powerful statement. He has made me think about what I would change about myself, wether that would 'improve' my ability. The way he sees the world is very thought provoking, being colour blind he only sees in black and white. Feeling like he was missing out on such a huge part of life, colour is everywhere, in clothes, food, brands etc. So he invented a way to 'see' colour, a camera saw colour and played a tone for each colour. It is based on the sonochromatic scale. It has effected his everyday life, now picking food and clothes depending on how they sound rather on how they actually look.
Susie MacMurray: MacMurray's talk was inspirational, her work was stunning and extremely interesting, I especially allowed her ideas and practise of play in her work. Something that I like to do in my own practise. She was great at speaking about her work and explaining the concepts and ideas behind it. I particularly liked her mussel shell installation at Allant House Gallery in Chichester, based on the shells found in the grounds of the house. MacMurray then collected 20,000 mussel shells, to stick each on individually on the walls of the staircase with a piece of red satin silk in each of the shells. Part of her work is to play, she mainly does this by having large quantities of items and material, many of her installations are based on thawing large amounts of certain materials in one place.
Neil Harbersson: Harbersson was a great lecturer, he was very witty and great at speaking about his work. His saying that everyone should have a little cyborg in them, I thought that this was a very powerful statement. He has made me think about what I would change about myself, wether that would 'improve' my ability. The way he sees the world is very thought provoking, being colour blind he only sees in black and white. Feeling like he was missing out on such a huge part of life, colour is everywhere, in clothes, food, brands etc. So he invented a way to 'see' colour, a camera saw colour and played a tone for each colour. It is based on the sonochromatic scale. It has effected his everyday life, now picking food and clothes depending on how they sound rather on how they actually look.
Susie MacMurray: MacMurray's talk was inspirational, her work was stunning and extremely interesting, I especially allowed her ideas and practise of play in her work. Something that I like to do in my own practise. She was great at speaking about her work and explaining the concepts and ideas behind it. I particularly liked her mussel shell installation at Allant House Gallery in Chichester, based on the shells found in the grounds of the house. MacMurray then collected 20,000 mussel shells, to stick each on individually on the walls of the staircase with a piece of red satin silk in each of the shells. Part of her work is to play, she mainly does this by having large quantities of items and material, many of her installations are based on thawing large amounts of certain materials in one place.