Going on from what I mentioned in my previous post about actively noticing affecting the subject matter, I thought it might be interesting to return to the simple form of noticing that I remember being tested as a kid in primary school as an exercise on noticing.
We would be asked to go out into a space and upon our return, we would have to write down all of the things we noticed – which reminds me of a class activity that we did in our first week or two of this studio.
– I would like to create more comparative work to see how my abilities to notice, how my interests are possibly changed and my awareness heightened through visiting the same area over the course of a few weeks.
I watched a video by Jim Carrey on his artwork and he made an interesting point about how what we create (and notice) is a reflection of what our insides are trying to communicate to us.
‘Something inside you is always trying to tell a story’.

All my queries are in reference to the above; wondering why I focus on the things that I do; ripped and dripping paint, faces (art, murals and physical), particular angles and classical architecture – what is it that I attach to these things in every place, even outside of this project.
My interests lay dormant but when they’re called upon, they manifest in similar ways – so I’d not only like to spend more time in the same place but I think actively seeing new places and collecting media outside of class will aid in finding more pieces to the puzzle.

I found these activities to have come at a really great time for me. Actively noticing is a deeply personal experience, even if you’re in someone else’s area of choice. We still attach meaning to different things and we find moments of interest within our frame.

Prompt: I find that there is always an aspect of grouping within my media.
I realise that I notice things that compliment one another.
Buildings, lines and curves – forming narratives of place, so I would like to continue to notice things collectively in contrasting environments.
As we began the project through working in pairs in unfamiliar places, I would like to continue that idea of noticing the unfamiliar.
I wonder if I can find poetics in the space through the collecting of sounds and videos.
I would like to continue creating a sense of space through the use of video and sound and finding patterns and rhythms to these collections in specific spaces.
In particular, I would like to divide the experiment in both a country setting and an urban one.
I would like to work on the similarities of both and find the narratives embedded within.