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Collage Project: Project:
Landscape today/ Landscape tomorrow (in 20
years) Create
a series of 3 digital sight collages
of some aspect of your visual environment using a camera, a scanner, and
techniques of layering in photoshop. You must use only visuals which you capture yourself.
You may not use visuals downloaded from the net, or from any other source.
(Images on your physical computer or TV can be used if they are recorded via
camera as part of your environment.)
Then envision what one landscape would be like in 20 years.
c. 2008 R. Perleman Here
are some guidelines and things to consider: 1.
Before
you begin, take some time to look
at your environment. Keep a journal. What do your see? Where do you find your
gaze going? What is prominent and
what is receded to the background? How do different visual environments make
you feel? How many different things do you see at once? Are some more
important or more present in your consciousness than others? Are there
particular objects which stand out from others? If so bring 3 to 5 small
objects to studio and scan them. They can be part of your collage. 2.
Continue
looking, but now photograph as
well. Do not just photograph once. Photograph every day for at least a week.
Photograph during the entire course of the day. Anything you feel your eyes
going towards. 3.
Take
a look at what you have photographed.
Look often and take notes. Do things look familiar or is it different seeing
your images than it did actually being there? Do different images make you
feel differently? Can you describe the differences? Can you describe the
feelings? 4.
Look
through your notes; is there something which you have photographed which is
particularly interesting or exciting, or terrible or beautiful, which you
could use for your piece? Look at that part, and think about other parts
which might be related. Try to focus on what might make a good visual collage. 5.
Please
play! Once the materials are in Photoshop you can try out different
combinations of visuals. This is a visual exploration not just an
intellectual exercise. Spend time exploring what you can do with the
different images you have collected. 6.
Using
the lecture, screenings, and reading assignments as guides, along with your
own experiments with the images you have collected, use the lessons and
skills learned in studio. Talk with your instructors and student mentors
about ideas about ways to assemble your collage. Try out different ideas.
What works best with your material? Make
a sketch which reflects your ideas for how the materials can work
together. 7.
Give
yourself time after you have put all the visuals into Photoshop. Rearrange
and play with the images until they state what you want to say. Use a mouse
or stylus to draw or write on your collage. 8.
Submit
your 3 digital collages, each as 8 x 10 inch, 150 pixels per inch, Photoshop
psd (with all layers intact NOT flattened), and also in jpg file format
(flattened). Plus your envisionment of what one of the areas will look like
in 20 years. Deliverables: *
3 digital collages from your environment *
1 collage of the future of one of the above collages (you can use
appropriated images for this part of the study if needed in addition to your
original image) each as 8 x 10 inch, 150 pixels per inch,
Photoshop psd (with all layers intact< NOT flattened), and also in jpg
file format (flattened). Grading
Criteria: 1.
Assignment completed on-time. 2.
Adherence to the size and file format specifications 3.
Appropriate use of Photoshop tools. (e.g. if jaggies are intended as an
aesthetic, that’s fine, but they shouldn’t be in the image because you used
the wrong image resolution for the size of the images) 4.
Exploration and application of creative tools in Photoshop. 5.
Quality and clarity of class presentation 6.
Expressiveness and imagination as illustrated in your collages. 7.
Use of original images and scans only. |
