DEVELOPMENT POST 1 (PB3)

We have commenced brainstorming for the upcoming project. This project has a few more parameters in relation to the previous project. We have been looking into the potential concepts, themes, constraints and construction of the project. An aspect that has driven our concept thinking is the platform we have to utilise to portray the project, Korsakow. The way in which content can be manipulated and arranged on the screen, as well as the ability to link between videos has aided us in formulating a general prompt for our project.

Through focussing on the constraints first, we decided that we would like to construct the project through landscape and extreme close up shots that come from within the landscape. We still have not worked out the specifics in terms of the overriding question or prompt that will inherently guide the themes of the project, but we are considering colour, shapes, textures and sensory experiences.

This week I looked into the work of Jonathan Harris, specifically his project The Whale Hunt. This project is interesting to experience particularly in relation to constrained work as well as modularity. Through this project Harris wanted ‘to experiment with a new interface for storytelling’ (Harris, 2007). So he documented his experience of hunting a whale but with specific parameters involved. The major constraint to the project was the timing of taking a photograph. He took one every five minutes, but at times of excitement up to thirty seven within five minutes in relation to his heart beat. In terms of modularity, the photographs are presented in a way in which each audience can cater the project to their interests, whether this be in a linear manner or otherwise. Each fragment of the project functions on an individual level, but as a whole it tells a narrative.

In terms of constraints, our initial ideas for the constraints are not so restrictive or unique as those in Harris’ ‘The Whale Hunt’, rather we would just like to have consistent lengths of 10-15 seconds for each landscape and close up. Another constraint is that we intend to have five landscape shots and ten respective close up shots for each landscape. We would like to link from each landscape to another landscape shot, however we have yet to figure out exactly we will connect between spaces.