Lauren

Manifesto

I will attempt to show the world from an animal’s sensory perspective using videoed footage, recorded sound and perhaps flash animation.

My research sources will include:

- Books (both fiction and non-fiction)

- Art

- Film- kafka, The fly

- Internet articles

- Field research – trips to zoo, pet shops, kennels etc.

I will experiment with different visual effects, such as blurring, night vision, colour blindness and black. Sounds I might work with include white noise, natural and created sounds. My aim is to generate the user to feel emotions of:

- fear

- claustrophobia

- insignificance

- anger

- confusion, for example.

These are other areas of interest, for possible inclusion:

Metamorphosis

1. Biology. A change in the form and often habits of an animal during normal development after the embryonic stage. Metamorphosis includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog.

Anamorphosis

The evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes

Design proposal

To produce a series of short films and construct an installation for viewing. The user sits inside a small booths to experience the films. I will draw inspiration from animals, such issues as strange occurrences, true or fictional stories, misconceptions and ill treatment. Each film will incorporate elements for different senses, as I am also interested in constructing a climate inside the installation to assist building an atmosphere.

Manifesto #2

Intentions

Interested in our sense of taste and tactile

To work in natural or naturally derived materials.

Consider the basics of life- what we can’t live without? Without our senses parts of life would be missing or it would be a world undiscovered.

Consider the small details of life- What are the little things we take for granted, or get overlooked?

Improve my understanding of art and the practices involved

Improve my sensorial awareness- What is my weakest sense? How can I strengthen my weaker sense?

Principles

Don’t necessarily want a product, yet I want a tangible outcome

Overproduction- don’t want my project to become large and expensive; a waste of materials. It needs to be efficient in its use of materials and its purpose must be clear.

I hope to explore the different senses to discover which I feel I relate to most or will find most rewarding to work within.

To play with different materials and explore small everyday details and objects