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Week 5 structure Ex

Choice a location that I don’t think will happen a lot of things, then one person record, one person shoot. And then, combine together.

Week4 Narrative and Non narrative exercise

From my perspective, the difference between narrative and the non-Narrative story is the explanation. The non-narrative story needs audiences to figure out the meaning behind the story. However, the narrative story will give audiences some explanation to find out what going on with that story.

 

 

 

Task Two: Refining

 

• What did you learn about making media through noticing that you could apply to further projects?

After Task two, I realized maybe I am more sensitive about the letters and the numbers. Different people will notice different things, through their life experiences, they will observe different stuff even in one pic. I am trying to make each of my work has a meaning. Hannah asked me why you think all media needs to be meaningful, after task two and the reading, I am more thinking about if it is a picture, then it will just be a picture, but if I have something behind this picture, then I will see the relations and the unseen things behind this media.

 

• Write out 2-3 queries/questions which emerge for you about noticing that you might want to explore further.

 

I am wondering I build a circle of noticing, I will write what I am going to notice and then go to the place notice, I notice more than what I expect to notice, I am thinking what can I notice more beyond this phenomenon?

Task Two:Reflecting

 

 

• What are the differences and similarities between what you expected to notice and what you recorded?

 

As my prompt said, I record pictures that include books, shelves, chairs, people’s movement. But I also record some people play chess in my pics, which I feel a little bit wired. Because in China, people who go to the library is only for study. They need a place that quite to focus on what they need to focus on. So when I see some people go to the library for having fun, it makes me think about Library is also a place for relaxing. And the numbers and letters in the corner. I know I will see something letters and number on the books, but I can observe more numbers and letters in the corner, that other people can’t notice.

• From watching your pair’s media and talking to them, how do you think their way of collecting with media differs from yours?

   Jessie’ workMy Work

 

When I saw Jessie’s works, the ways she took those pictures are more like a photography, the shapes, lights and the compositions of whole works are more professional. She said sometimes it will limit her thinking of noticing stuff. Comparing my pictures, there are more optional, I just took the pictures where I put eyes on. I do not only notice the things I expect to the thing, but also the things really pop up my eyes. I guess Jessie not only noticing things, she also tries to collect those things in beautiful ways.

 

 

• How has making this work led you to understand key ideas about noticing in relation to readings, exhibition, discussion?

 

In Bogost’s reading, there is one sentence said, “the photography has long been understood as a ‘way of looking’”, I am thinking from both my and Jessie’s noting, we saw the differences in our familiar place, and it allows to think and noticing more about the things that we miss before. In Pounds ‘exhibition, he “retaking” those pictures from the internet, and I did “retaking “pictures from Jessie. It makes me think about the way of noticing and how do we notice things. Also, from week 4’s reading, it talks about that the audiences can in some way like co-creators to define a meaning of a documentary or film or picture. Which exactly much what I’ve done. I didn’t know anything about the state library, so we I go there to collect media, I am the creator of my media. Although Jessie familiar with this library, when she saw my media, the way of collecting those media, she will re-creator those media pieces, and think, notice the stuff in my pictures. So we can notice different things although in one particular picture. Through re see through pictures and talks to Jessie, according to the reading, we can easily build the connection between them. As reading said, “Shore’s images are deflationary not because their subject is subordinate but because their composition underscores unseen things and relations”. When I noticing things, I do not just observe things, I have interested the unseen things and the relations behind the media.

 

Task Two:Noticing

 

 

• List what you notice when you play all of your media back. Are there any similarities or patterns between your pieces of media?

After I went to Library, I must tell it totally different than what I’ve imagined. The outside of the building is nice, but when I get in there, it kind of messy for me at the beginning. So I decided to go a little bit further to start my 10 steps each. We I really went inside, it gave me a sense of repression, the light and the design of the lamp… The books, the number of each shelf, the letters have written on the door, the art pieces, it may be not all of them but most of them have “letter “and “number”, it really interested me. How am I supposed to find those many letters? After I “retake “all the pictures, I consider letters and numbers are always in my pictures.

•  Draw connection lines between similarities in your list to draw a map. What did your pair notice in your familiar environment?

After I saw my pair’s work, I consider all the picture is about one theme “light”, she said she took those pictures in the glorious sunset. The whole series of her pictures are so beautiful. I know this place, but her pictures gave me a sense of newness. I sometimes do sketch there, so the pattern of the windows, chairs and the structure of the building, I familiar with those things. One little thing I realize I don’t know before is the number behind all the chair, which exactly match my pictures. I didn’t notice those number before. Also, the pattern of the glass window always led my eyes when I do the sketch. However, Jessie tells me the stories behind each window. I guess it changes me a way of thing those beauty glass windows.

 

• Was there anything they noticed, that you had not noticed before?

I didn’t notice the shadow of my pictures, there are some of them has people’s and object’s shadow in there which is interesting. I realized maybe most of the time, my eyes will focus in some things colorful rather than something dark like the shadow.

 

Task Two:Prompt

I and Jessie becomes a pair to do Task Two. I give Jessie a location named Saint Patrick’s Cathedral. I give this location is not only because of it one of the architectural glories of Melbourne, but it also has some special meaning for myself. It the first scenic spot I went when I came to Melbourne. I feel incredible of this beautiful architecture. I sometimes do the sketch in there. Jessie gives me the location is State Library of Victoria. I never go to this library before, even though I need to pass this building every time I go to RMIT. In my mind, a library should be light and quiet, nice and clean. Through my memory, state library has some sculpture outside, the building is all white, I guess in this building it also should be very light.

When I saw the exhibition in NGV about noticing, I felt extremely amazing. When I know Pound spends hours searching, sorting and buying prints and then he gives those pictures a theme. This process is “retaking “the pictures. I start to realize if I get a lot of pictures how can I start to give them a connection between each other, is there only one theme between those items?  From Mason’s reading, we need to be listing, marking and recording stuff that interested you, and then start to make a connection between each item.

So, I list what I expect to see:

Books, Chairs, People, Bookstore, Lamp, Shelf, architectural structure.

Our formula is each 10 steps we take one picture until we think it enough for ourselves. I am kind of excited with this excited. Hope I can see something spacious!

Taks One: Reflecting Post

• What made you stop to record the moments of noticing you did?

I like the combination of nature and material. On a deep level, the relationship between human and nature. In my photos, train signals, glass windows, a path, telegraph poles, those materials are all made by the human. However, there is still landscape in my photos.

• How did the way you collect relate to your initial research prompt?

As my initial research said different people notice different things, I consider life experiences influence us a lot. Because I went to Maryland studied the one-year foundation of art, I really focus on the composition of a view. Also the colours, lights can attract me a lot. Is noticing a negative thing? To be honest, I feel each media worker even artist should have this ability, this is the essential ability. In each studying process, noticing is the first step. However, the understanding of one notice information is from me. It is a re-creating process….

Through this week reading, different items will also have some relationship, the thing is you need to find out the meaning behind them.

• What did you discover/learn about making media through noticing?

In my opinion, noticing will help media workers re-creating something that people won’t normally see. Noticing can help them to create meaningly compositions underscores unseen things and relations.However, I feel for media worker, noting is just the first step. The perspective of their compositions is more important, how can a media worker using what he noticed to creating his composition is more important.

• What question(s) arise for you out of this making?

How can I relate my noticing to my audiences when my knowledge of “noticing” topics is shallow at best? Sometimes, it is hard to think about a reason that why I noticed this thing. Like, on a black and white picture, there is only one more colour on it, everyone will pay attention to that colour, but how do you find out something(meaning)behind that point? This is the hardest part for me-the limitation of thinking.