After conducting the three experiments I found that my concentration had shifted massively from one aspect of noticing to another. Originally I had wanted to delve further into the different ways of recording my noticing i.e. video, audio, pictures. I was initially interested in this because of how successful the media I collected from task two had turned out. The pictures I collected were aesthetically pleasing, projecting patterns in architecture that I did not expect to originally notice. Thus, the next task I set myself was to look for patterns in movements, which I had aimed to record as short videos. I did record a few snippets of video, however, on my second visit to the Convent, I found to become more immersed in the noticing that my younger sisters were undertaking, rather than my own. Their influence on my own noticing was more impactful than I had first imagined, and thus it posed the questions: How can another persons noticing impact my own? and How do different people notice the same subject?
These questions have given me the foundation for what I wish to explore in task four. When presenting my pitch, I was thoroughly pleased to have been given numerous ideas as part of the feedback. Some of the suggestions given as part of feedback included taking my sisters to another location and almost repeating the processes that I had undergone in the experiments of task three. In this task, however, my intention would be to focus on their noticing rather than solely my own. I really do enjoy the idea of this as a beginning to my task four as I believe children have a completely different way of both noticing and perceiving the same surroundings as us. To be able to capture their experience with a location (preferably one of a natural, organic landscape) is something I want to focus on in project four. I am unsure as of yet if my final project will be the recording of them and their noticing, or rather the environment from their perspective. However it comes to be, the feedback I received has given me that direction to focus on and has boosted my confidence in the project itself. I also think experimenting with a few different mediums is still a possibility, as the option of using audio and sound in this task was suggested. I hadn’t initially thought of how to incorporate audio into my task four, but now there is a clear path that can be taken.
I do hope for task four to explore my noticing of other people’s noticing, and hope that it can also incorporate the idea of nature as a ‘backdrop for human consciousness’.
