Appropriation Unit: Collage Study and Remix Project
The Collage Study and the Remix Project were both very different from my perspective. From a physical standpoint, we used tangible imagery, glue, and scissors to create the collage study... we did it the good old fashioned way! We also had the opportunity to use anything that we could find from nearly any number of resources. The remix project was digital to start with, but for my personal project, I chose still images which I printed. In that way, the projects related.
I preferred the collage study because we could use any material that we wanted, however I found the the remix project was quite challenging. We all started with a rather dull, old, educational video piece and took in multiple different directions. I find that I was surprised to see the differences in ideas, each had its own voice and own feel to it, and starting in one medium led to the creation of other mediums.
As far as the appropriation of objects, I find that the collage piece didn't feel appropriated because of subject matter. We were using others' images, but the topic was personal to us. The remix project felt appropriated from the start. With my own project, I find that my concept is strengthened by the fact that it is appropriated imagery from that particular movie. My pieces probably could exist without the movie based on their abstract qualities, but I do not think that they would be meaningful in anyway without the movie.
Jen, I believe that you confronted the project in a way that best suited you. Sometimes it is better to go with your heart if you are not satisfied with what you have started working on. I enjoyed your abstraction, and I know that you struggled. However, you came up with a succesful idea of using multiple still images.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that you felt that the collage didn't feel appropriated because it's subject matter. I wonder what the assignments would've been like if we were to flip the objectives. If we would have had to of made a piece about our strengths and weaknesses using only "The Nature of Sound" footage would if have felt less appropriated and more personal?
ReplyDeletei find it interesting how we differ on physical verses digital. i personally found working traditionally to be a great hindrance on my ability's and ultimet outcome. (nothing...) even with the limited source for the digital one i felt tremendously more free to explore and destroy. your move of the project out of its original medium was a good move as it is a further step of appropriation that a lot of use skipped or didn't use.
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