28.2.2015- 1.3.2015 Sourcing photographic imagery and brainstorming further imagery ideas

Sourcing photographic imagery and brainstorming further imagery ideas
Understand, Ideate

From narrowing down the possible sculptures in wellington i could use I went and took pictures of the 5 i had chosen. Which are Water: Bucket Fountain and Water wand, Wind: Wind socks/Akau Tangi, Earth: Green islands, and Fire: Tripod.
This helped me to get further inspiration for the sculptures from being able to experience them in person as well as narrowing down my list further.
Due to not being able to photograph the water wand in action and the bucket fountain being more visually diverse and inspiring i have decided to use the bucket fountain for my water category.
Then with wind already being decided i had to choose between the green islands and the tripod. Which i have decided to choose the green islands due to their more natural quality and believe that the tripod would be better suited to the extra page where i would like to discuss the art that has emerged because of the film industry/weta workshop which is based in wellington, thus i could include other sculptures and art that weta has produced and discuss how wellingtons art comes from many different aspects.
Then after i took the photos i did some brainstorms of my main 3 sculptures where i thought about line quality, shapes, symbols and colour schemes, which will also help to lead into further developing these imagery ideas.

Some photos taken and brainstorms bellow:

26.2.2015 Sculpture Research, Secondary Imagery

Sculpture research and imagery sourcing
Understand

Bucket Fountain: 

http://www.bucketfountain.co.nz/history.html
http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/12/the-bucket-fountain-in-wellington-new.html
http://www.sculptures.org.nz/tours/courtenay/bucket-fountain
http://hotelwaterloo.co.nz/the-bucket-fountain/
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellywood-or-what/5574277/Wellington-Unlocked-Sculptures
https://shininglikeadiamond.wordpress.com/tag/max-patte/


Links provide a variety of information about the bucket fountain in order to inform my written content, information such as artists, date finished,histoy, public opinion, and personal opinions.
Photos below come from some of these sites.
Maps come from google maps.

Water Whirler:

http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/venue/len-lye-water-whirler-wellington
http://www.sculptures.org.nz/tours/waterfront-tour/water-whirler
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Water_Whirler_Pier_Design_in_Wellington_Harbour.JPG
http://eyeofthefish.org/more-nautica/

Links contain information on the creation, artist, history and workings behind the water fountain as well as some being the sources of the following images, with maps sourced from google maps.

Akau Tangi:

http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=24959

http://www.sonicsfromscratch.co.nz/dadsonics.php?id=68

http://www.sculpture.org.nz/the-sculptures/akau-tangi

http://www.sculptures.org.nz/tours/coastal-tour/akau-tangi

http://www.sculpture.org.nz/store/images/AkauTangi1.jpg

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/national/photos/3669775/Wellington-Wind-Sculpture-series

https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyjogSwUWFc7UssJr4XFveTtd23qHfNAXZJg-HMjZlzZ9Cb9WWS8OjQuetEtAe6kKvDpUG5jRguUjwJDTpCXYSVV4MsPULU1A26mpDDGnRKE6njcdmxUyiwIhhYTTZFYWAJlChoFdKkr8/s1600/ATnight5.jpg

Links discuss aspects such as the origin of the name, the way it works with the wind, how it fits in the series, the works form and contain pictures seen below, maps of evans bay sourced from google maps.

Green Islands

http://www.regangentry.com/featured/green-islands/

http://wellington.govt.nz/your-council/news/2009/11/green-islands-sculpture-finds-new-home

http://www.sculpture.org.nz/the-sculptures/green-islands

Links contain information on creation of, artist, when made, its relocation and public opinion on the piece as well as photographs of the piece. Maps from google maps.

Tripod

http://media.newzealand.com/en/story-ideas/wellington,-new-zealand-film-capital-on-the-edge/

http://www.sculptures.org.nz/tours/courtenay/tripod

http://cyleow.blogspot.co.nz/2010/12/canon-g12-best-of-g.html

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4126/5088768954_854da63f76_b.jpg

Links contain infomation on the piece such as creator, aethstic intent, public opinion on the piece, time it was made,  location and reason it was built. Along with below images, with maps from google maps.

Studio 1.2 Homework

Studio 1.2 Homework
Ideate, Understand

In order to have a better idea of what sculptures will work better for my brochure i brainstormed multiple different matrixes with many of the wellington sculptures which i felt are both considered as art and also fit into my elemental point of difference. This helped me to see which sculptures emote more emotive qualities and adjectives which will help to inform my imagery. This ultimately has helped me to narrow down my list of possible sculptures and help me focus on gathering imagery on these which will lead to a finalisation of 3 sculptures.
I also did some research on the sculptures in order to see how other people reacted to these sculptures or the artists feelings which helped to further inform emotive qualities and adjectives which i may not have considered and helps to connect to a wider array of audiences.
This leads to me to start further researching, sourcing imagery and written contain for these narrowed down sculptures  so i can head towards synthesize my material in the next studio.

(Pictured; matrix sculpture brainstorms with the narrowed down sculpture with circles.)

(Links;
-Website depicting the multiple sculptures to be found around wellington including pictures and important information such as names of pieces,artists and date placed in wellington.
http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/arts/outdoor-public-art/sculptures-and-memorials

- Video on the Wind sculptures in evans bay which give insight into their construction and creators feelings towards the pieces,inspiration and intentions. This leads me to consider focusing on this area in my extra pages of my brochure as a good place to witness and experience multiple pieces of wellington art which embody wellingtons most predominant element, the wind.
https://vimeo.com/12887153

Studio 1.2 Critque

Studio 1.2 Group/Class Critique
Critique

In this session we got into small groups and pitched our best/favourite matrix ideas, my matrix got chosen by the group to be further developed and presented to the class. These two stages of critique were helpful in discovering how other people viewed my ideas and how they would interpret them. This helped me to find out that the labelling of my activity as a whole is very important in communicating what it is i want to focus on or the focus of the brochure is, also the issue of what subjects should be included in my brochure was highlighted as i need to make sure the pieces i choose can truly be or are widely considered as actual 'art'. I also got positive feedback on the use of the more abstract concept of elements as my point of difference instead of location, terrain etc. which i am happy with as it is something which will help to bring a different flair to my brochure and help to influence my use of colour and imagery later in the design process.

(Pictured; group version of my matrix)