Post - Crit +

So, despite my misgivings about fridays Crit it actually went really well! the whole week was a really interesting process, not only being able to see and review the Digi Film groups work but to have Crit sessions with 40+ students and four or five members of the faculty made things much more interesting and wide ranging in discussion.
I think in terms of my Crit that talking to R Gillies the night before was crucial. She made me realise exactly how my work has kind of split into two much more distinct catergorys since coming here. There is the work that is the continutaion from the rest of my Fourth year at art school; which almost culminate with the images osted earlier on this blog. And then there is the body of work that has changed and moved on from there and drawn on the influences i have been exposed to while studying here at KCAI. The important realistion for me was that the three prints presented on Friday were images that belong to this expanded project that is drawing on the influences here at KCAI and is still an ongoing and shifting project.

Points that came out of my Crit:
-Austin's comment about my use of the word "suspended" and how that the images have such a gravity and weight (due to the figures position and movement and the black space) that there isnt a feeling of suspension in them. There is much mire a feeling of gravity and movement. My comeback that its a phrase i use influenced by the process of creating the images and that i agree does not reflect the nature of the images.
-The use of lighting and the change of the lighting and clothing to suit individuals and there relationship within the photograph.
-Use of the massive black space to create and highlight the feelings and emotion of each figure. The way on which this space also creates the feelings of movement and space.
-Joe Fuller's comment to me afterward about how the distance the camera is from the subject also lends this diagrammatic element to the whole thing.
-The images were read as part of a series but they are not identical and do not suffer due to this. In fact they work brilliantly together because of the subtle differences in lighting and position etc.

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