SOUND SUITS

Nice caves SOUND SUITS are also suggestive of the human form but colourful and fun, the materials are also really satisfying 

FIRST PROPOSAL

Finished editing my film and decided to use Jane Austens 'pride and prejudice' first proposal because its a example of english language which is mirroring the country side i have set my film in. i wanted to create the film to be more along the lines of the absurd, a theme i am researching and developing so i have mixed in other dialogue from jane austen classics so that the audience member doesn't understand exactly whats happening, and then cuts back to the end of the first proposal so that when i play the film on loop it has some order. 

I like the film but i think next film should include some more 21st centuary pop culture things that are more recognisable to my audicnace.

BIG FOOT

Charles Wigmar's photographs influenced my completion of my fur tall man. i like the heads and the obscure size, its large but really unthreatening. the materials an size shows no evidence of a human although the slight indication through facial features or arms or legs gives similarities that i like and want to develop the image of a relatable thing thats also unidentifiable. the materials used are also chosen through to the environment, i also like the first images if the furry ones that stand in a group, i think i might make some more and have a collective i really like the look of more then one they work well and make the image stronger  

OVER THE RAINBOW

Rachel Maclean's videos created and acted by her have short snippets of tv shows and songs that people are familiar with within western culture. i really like the costumes and the face she plays all the characters her self and mouths the speech from the well known 

BURROW ME / PIG

Laure Prouvost videos with hand held footage cut up with other photography and images whilst having a narrative subtitles below explaining the story but not having complete collation between the image and the text is interesting. the music behind it also creating an atmosphere for the footage. I like the connection between the imagery and the text and the hand held film 

http://www.laureprouvost.com/menu.html

FEATHERS AND FLUFF

might fill the space with stuffing from pillows from argos., and feathers from home, mixing the materials i am interested in, man made and natural materials. 

RUDE BRITANNIA

Edwina Ashton and other artists were involved in such as David Shrigley and Sarah Lucas. the room on the 'Absurd' was curated by harry hill the comedian
the absurd is a theme i want to explore heavily in my work and this exhibion is incredibly inspiring
i am finding it difficult for the installationa nd develpoment of my exhibion because i think thats the part i find hardest about my work. i am going to stop trying to make the setting compltytly involved with my film content, stop makign the space look like an animal or have pure animal conatations to it because its far to limiting
i want to develope this absurd theme and get differnt couloured materials and make an installtion taht is invasive or has to involev te participation of the audinace
like a small tent or film screening envionment
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/exhibition/rude-britannia-british-comic-art

BACK IN TO THEIR ROOTS

I have been filming my fur suits back home in Rattelsden which is where i wanted and originally planned on filing them to begin with when i made the things, 

they work well in a setting of a house or outside 

this works well because its a real scene and makes them come to life 

also having human bodies in the films makes the characters believable 

this works so much more then just placing them in the studio or having plain clothes 

I wanted to re-create the 'first proposal' from Jane Austin's pride and prejudice, 

this is a clear example of traditional english behaviour, and as i am researching the projection of human emotions, actions and intentions onto animals as humorous, i thought i would start with a story i know very well and one that i think shows a dialogue that is easily understood without seeing the expressions on the faces of the actors 

the projection of language is shown through the speech and i like that the audience has to imagine the expressions through the fur suits 

instead they have a head made of fur, 

this continues my research on absurdity and creating the human absurd in a fantastical reality. 

i will continue the other films and write scripts for the other clips shown above

i thought starting with an already made script was a starting point which i hope to develop and create my own characters and stories using my fur suits to demonstrate human and animal differences etc 

JOURNEY TO THE LOWER WORLD

Marcus Coates and his ‘journey to the lower world’ is an example of shamanism through becoming the animal he is wearing. Coates is an influence as he often has contact with or encounters animals in the ‘lower world’ that he has a connection with, notably from the british landscape that he knows immediately. His work centers around his sentimental yearning and frustration to get back to nature.

 His work relates to mine in this sense, and draws connections between my sheeps hide cape which i havent yet used for anything. it looks relatively shamanistic although i want to develpope it so that it doesnt look like the hide of an animal more like a character or creature inspired by the material rather then that be the overriding quality of the piece.