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SELF-DIRECTED PROJECT OUTLINE

Project 03 Research + Build 

SELF-DIRECTED PROJECT OUTLINE

Project 03 Research + Build 

DUE: TUE NOV 15 @ 5:30PM

TITLE Give your project a descriptive and memorable title. You want it to stand out and the title itself can help define your intentions.	Have to pick from list: Pieces of Me This is Who I Am Time Travel The Daughter Of The Ties That Bind
PROJECT DESCRIPTION What will you do?	I will be creating an Artist Book with the names of my female lineage back to the 1500’s.
SIGNIFICANCE Why is it important?	I believe and acknowledge the power of the Feminine. My line is strong. I can call up power anytime from these women, and the ones before.
AUDIENCE Who will gain from the result?	I will gain from the result. My Two sisters are also interested in this information. My mom has dementia and has forgotten the name of her grandmother. Anyone in my family unit who wants to know Assertory will gain. The wider audience might reflect on their lineage if they are able.
TARGETED RESEARCH QUESTIONSWhat more do you need to know about this topic in order to reach an effective artwork?	When were the Witch trials in France? How many women were accused and killed? What were women practicing that had them killed?How do I make an Artist Book?
RESEARCH RESOURCESWhat books, videos, articles, websites or other resources can enrich your research and concept development?	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestry.comhttps://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/french-witches-14th-16th-centurieshttps://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/french-witches-14th-16th-centurieshttps://www.readbrightly.com/diy-accordion-book/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/seven-superpowers-women-manifesto-kim-berube
CONTEXTUALIZE ARTIST RESEARCHWhich artist(s) will you research who is exploring a similar subject matter and/or medium (note: instructor can offer suggestions). Art21.org	Made Appointment with Instructor to get some suggestions
IDEATION STRATEGIES What brainstorming strategies will you implement to brainstorm and develop the concept? Consider the strategies that work best for your creative development .	Use of Mind Maps to organize thinking.Brainstorming with friends regarding a title. Go to Paper Store and look at their variety of papers. Look at different kinds of ArtbooksArtist research
POTENTIAL OBSTACLES What obstacles do you anticipate upfront?	I am not very good at cutting things straight. I don’t want my book to end up all wonky.
CRITERIA FOR SUCCESS In your mind what would constitute success?	The book looks put together and displays they way I want it too (my vision comes through)
PROJECTED TIME TABLE  What do you plan to accomplish each week? Artist ResearchColab ConnectResearch of the topicIdea brainstorm	WEEK 1 (NOV 8-15) Project Outline, Brainstorming Ideas. Review Unit 1 and 2 and see where I want to go further, or what would enhance the work. Make an appointment with Insteuctor for Artist Research SuggestionsWEEK 2 (NOV 15-22) Artist Research, More research for Art Projectm Make a mock up of the book to plan the pages. Go visit Paper Store to source materials. Colab Connect questions posted.WEEK 3 (NOV 22-29) Finish up any loose ends NOV 29 Critique Day

ARTIST RESEARCH 03: Research + Build

ARTIST RESEARCH – Remedios Varo

• Born December 16, 1908 Angles, Spain
• Died October 8, 1963 Mexico City, Mexico
• Raised in Madrid
• Learned drawing from her father who was an hydraulic engineer. He gets her to reproduce engineering sketches.
• Father introduces her to mysticism, science, and philosophy
• at 15 she is enrolled into Escuela de Bellas Arts in Madrid connected to Dali and Picasso
• Trained as a painter.
• 1930 moves to Barcelona and Paris. This allows a liberation of family expectations and academic painting, as well as religious ideology.
• Exposed to modernist thinkers and Surrealist artists.
• 1935 Cadavre Exquis (Exquisite Corpse) Collective book
• 1941 emigrated to Mexico to flee Fascism in France and Spain.
• Becomes close to Surrealist Leonara Carrington.
• Practice flourishes with drawings and paintings exploring females and supernatural forces.
• 1956 canvas Armonia (Autorretrato Sugerente) sells for $6.1 million
• By the time of death, she had created over 500 works.
• 2019 Varo is featured in “Surrealism in Mexico” Di Donna Galleries New York,
• 2020 canvas Microcosmos (Determinismo) sold at Sotheby’s for $1.8 Million

Oil Painting on Canvas 70.5 x 40.5 cm

A woman leaves her therapy session. She drops the head of her father into a well. Part of her veil with a mask attached falls away. She carries a basket of stuff to get rid of next. Painted in a Surreal style, it is full of symbology. A dreamscape rich in colours and textures. Behind her on the wall is a sign: FJA. Freud, Jung, and Adler the founding fathers of Psychotherapy. She wants to leave all those male influences behind. Everything up to a point had been male dominated for her. It also mirrors the mythological story of Electra, but in reverse. She values herself over the man.

I feel this style of painting looks medieval, but also contemporary at the same time. I relate to the’ dropping off the head’ of my fathers ideas. This has been something I myself have been working on as I go through my own therapy.

Varo grew up in a Patriarchal Society. Her liberation from her family and country allowed her to be free. I find the exploration of female ideas and power, and the ability to project it through art fascinating.

What could be if one was free from the male dominance of power?

I carry the idea to be free. to move forward with my own visions. My own feminine powers and thoughts. Free to be me.

Website links

https://www.artnews.com/feature/who-is-remedios-varo-and-why-is-she-important-1234574762/

https://www.moma.org/artists/8317

https://www.wikiart.org/es/remedios-varo/all-works#!#filterName:all-paintings-chronologically,resultType:masonry

LAB 03 The Walk

 

1.PLACE: Situate to the place that you want to explore for this walking lab. Record the following items:

1. A few blocks away from my house near Laketrail School in Courtenay B.C. Canada
2. A forest with a large strand of old trees
3. I see this strand of trees when looking out my upstairs studio window. I have not been over there for a number of years.
4. UP + DOWN perspective:
5. Take time to look downward (Take 2 interesting photos – change angles and perspectives).

• Take time to look upward (Take 2 interesting photos – change angles and perspectives).

Take a photo of you that serves as a portrait but does not include your face.

 ACTION: Take 10-20 steps (or more steps), stop.

3.  TOUCH: be as descriptive as possible

1. Feel a surface and write down 1 sentence to describe it. 

The tree bark feels rough and flakey to the touch like old toad skin.

• Feel a second surface and write down 1 sentence to describe it. 

The ground feels dry and crispy and makes crunching noises as I walk.

• Write a sensation felt within the body and write down 1 sentence to describe it. 

I instantly started feeling dry and thirsty and wanted a drink of cold water.

4. SEE: be as descriptive as possible

1. Describe a colour and texture of an object – do this for 2 objects
2. The small brown pinecones are dried and prickly, littered all over the ground. 
3. A brightly red colored maple leaf blazed a fiery trail across the forest.
4. Describe the texture or colour of an object surface and cross it with another sense – do this for 2 objects
5. The dankness of green
6. The watery blue sky

• Take a detailed photo of one element you wrote about for this section.

 ACTION: Take 10-20 steps (or more steps), stop.

5. HEAR: take 3 minutes in stillness, with your eyes closed and listen. 

1. List the various sounds you hear, a minimum of 8  sounds
2. Cars
3. People talking faintly
4. Small birds chirping
5. The wind in the leaves
6. Trees creaking
7. Crow cawing
8. Music from a car radio
9. Dog barking
10. Pair each sound with 1-2 descriptive word
11. Cars – Pollution Machines
12. People arguing – Communication breakdown
13. Small birds chirping – Verbal happiness
14. The wind in the leaves – Hollow message
15. Trees creaking – Ancient souls
16. Crow cawing – Call for a Murder
17. Music from a car radio – Teenage Angst
18. Dog barking – Sharp warning
19. Doodle on a piece of paper (lines, marks, dots) in reaction to a sound – label the sound(s) you focused on. Note how long you doodle for 20 sec, 2 minutes. 

• Take time Listen to your breath. Write words to describe it.

Regular inhalation with a slight smokers wheeze on the exhale. Breathing in deep the oxygenated environment and feeling it surge in my body.

 ACTION: Take 10-20 steps (or more steps), stop.

6. SMELL close your eyes and take a deep breath. 
7. Write 2-3 descriptive words to explain the smell of this place

Dry, dusty smell of dirt being kicked up as I walked due to no rain. An organic plethora of spores.

• Write 2-3 descriptive words to explain the scent of a specific object in that space. 

The dark, dank smell of decay within the mossy overgrowth of a rotting log.

 ACTION: Take 10-20 steps (or more steps), stop.

7. TASTE be as descriptive as possible (this one will be explored in your imagination:)
8. Write 1-2 sentences that if you could taste this sense of place, how would you describe it? 

The tangy sharpness when chewing on pine tree needles. Everything is tasting earthy and slightly bitter due to the shortage of rain.