TOP (7) : presentation in Tate ; Strategic Process

We have done presentation in Tate. It was a such a long day, but so much fun was going on. My group 'Strategic Process' was just simply showing our film work to people. I could feel people did not really notice that gallery was a fake gallery, then they just realized in the end where expos the truth about real scale of gallery. It was really fun to see people's reaction during our film is show on. And, it was very interesting to see other group's presentations. Presentations consisted of Film works, performances, etc. Especially presentations of other groups who have similar territories of me were the most interesting things. Different ways to answer questions what I have had similar thing remind me that questions I have had. So the morning session was very dynamic time to see all presentation and learn about lots of territories.

After that dynamic morning session, afternoon session was kind of calm time to think about lots of things, but it was also dynamic in different way. I could hear about opinions of others directly and clearly. It was more clearer way to know other's perspective than the morning session. Painting, material, body, language, political, etc, lots of subjects make me have a thoughtful time to think about my territory and other one's territory. I think that hearing about other's territory and their thinking is unexpectedly helping me to define my territory. It is feeling like making sure a boundary line between mine and others. And, I could find some connection with other territories I have never thought that is connected to my territory. Even It was such a long day to remember all, this plenty of informations will helps me to do something on my art.

TOP (6) : Preparation for Take presentation ; film work

The first seminar after holiday, small territory group had a meeting for presentation in Tate. In the morning session, we have just talked about new works we made during holiday. Then, we just started to talk about how we present. An idea we decided to use is from Sasha member of our territory group. She made a new work called 'Shoes Box Gallery'. She just set up fake gallery in shoes box, and taking a picture to make it looks like real size of gallery. In the first time I saw her pictures, I have not noticed that is shoes box gallery. This kind of idea, playing with scale was the main idea we decided for presentation.

So this is bigger box gallery we made for shooting. We just printed our work and stick on wall. And I just pierce a square hole to use my Iphone as screen for my animation work. For shooting inside of box, we were using Gopro camera which is pretty tiny camera. We tried lots of shoots to have better video which people can not really notice that is miniature gallery. We also put huge lights for more natural video.

So this is our final work for presentation. For pretending that this video is just presenting usual gallery, we just include very natural background music which is very smooth and calm. After that, we had kind of hard time to choose how to finish this video. It was really hard to expect reaction of someone who watch this video first time, because we make this fake gallery and watched video so many times. That videos just look like a fake gallery for us. However, when we show this video to tutor group, we just realized that most of people can not really notice that is not a real gallery. So our final decision was exposure the truth of gallery we made in the end of video. It took longer time than we expected, but it was fun. And understanding perspective of others who does not know about truth was unexpected interesting things.

TOP (5) : Presentation

We have done presentation to tutor group. Presentation was kind of based on painting 'The Treachery of Images.' and book 'This is not a pipe.'. Rene Magritte was a useful subject to explain and define common territory of my group. Doing some tricks with art work is totally looks like illusion where we started in the beginning. The book 'This is not a pipe.' is just talk about this painting. Using Magritte's painting and using book which talk about his painting is helping us how Magritte have inspired us much.

After talking about Magritte to show our common territory, we just try to divide each of us in common territory. Starting from big common element between all of us, and just finding more detailed common element between each of us. I think that having common element detailedly is so much helpful to understand and explain our territory.

In the end of presentation, we were talking about exhibition for more detailed explaining each of our specific territories. Each of us just pick one artist from the exhibition 'Mirrorcity.', and talking about them and our own interests. I picked 'Anne Hardy' to explaining about concept of system and coding thing of my territory. And showing my work series '8 Painting' with explaining what I have hided under this work as a system. It was really good experience to talk about my work and territory. It is more helpful for me to understand myself than I make people understand my works.

TOP (4) : Set up codes behind art work

For understanding my territory more clearly, I have just thought about few artists who could have smilier territory of mine and my group. The first art work I have thought about is 'An oak tree' by Michael Craig-Martin. Actually this is one of my favourite art work. I liked this works for long time, but I just realized that this work could have very similar territory.

The work is pretty simple. There is one cup of water on shelter, and artist kind of insist that that cup of water is an oak tree. I love the interview contain his insistence in art work. His insistence in interview sounds bit insane, but I believe that is one of processes how artist make art. And I think that there are lots of things behind of this work to understand. After understanding something behind of a work, the work will be more enjoyable than without understanding.

Every art works could have something behind of works, but I think that it is not every artists make something behind of their work on purpose. Artists always have ideas for their works, and that ideas are usually something behind of their work. And that something is not very important things for some artists. However, that something could be the most important thing for me and some artists who have similar territory with me. I would call that something 'a system' or 'a code'. I sort of enjoy hiding a code under my work, and watching reaction from viewers. I do not think that people have to understand my code, but I believe that it is more enjoyable after understand the code behind my work. And the work become totally different thing after knowing the code. This ways to see my works with knowing and not knowing is what I want people do in my art.

TOP (3) : Visiting exhibition and reading books

So this is what my group have done in the first and the second meetings. Lots of key words were considered for identifying each of us more clearly first, and trying to find some commons to find our territory. After having some key words, two books were chosen to read. My choice was The book 'This is not a pipe' to read. The book is just about painting 'The Treachery of images' by surrealism painter 'Rene Magritte'. I think that The painting 'The Treachery of images' and The book 'This is not a pipe' are very relevant to find commons of our group. Each of our work has sort of illusions or tricks. I believe illusion and trick is that making few perspectives something can see in the first seeing and not, and when the second perspective you find after the first seeing, feeling that is trick and illusion. This was my thinking during I read The book 'This is not a pipe.'.

As a result, there were few words we found after talking about the book 'This is not a pipe.'. Heterotopias, similitude, ambiguities, cues/indicators and uncertainty are the word we found, and we were trying to define them how does that words work for our group. However we did not think few words do not really help to define our territory, because ambiguities, uncertainty and others could be just what art are. 

Mirrorcity was the exhibition we all visited. It was totally confusing exhibition, and I could feel curator want viewers feel like panic. It was very enjoyable, but I was totally exhausted after this exhibition. Introduction of exhibition said this exhibition is based on concept of London which is multicultural city. Various works were presented in exhibition. Even this diversity was the reason I spent so much energy, the diversity was also the key element to make me feel this exhibition interesting and enjoyable. 

There were 23 artists, and my favourite artist is 'Anne Hardy' (Picture above). He have done very simple work in this exhibition. Just put some wooden pieces of sculptures in the room which was limited to two people at the same time. That wooden pieces are miniatures of buildings in London. Actually I have noticed that wooden pieces are miniatures, I just realized that when my friend told me that in school after visiting exhibition. To be honest, I was not really interested in this work before knowing the truth of that wooden pieces. However, it became totally interesting thing when I just heard that wooden sculptures are kind of symbolizing buildings in London. After understanding kind of system which artist set up behind an art work, the art work become so much more interesting. And I think this is what I want to do in my art works through material process. I am trying to use various materials to make system, coding or whatever called something behind art work, and I believe that something I set up behind my art work will influence people.

TOP (2) : Material process

'Material process' is the name of group I joined. In the first impression of my group, I thought that our group is about illusion. And I did not really understand what 'Material process' mean is. 'Material process' and 'Illusion' were look like different words, but I think that I can find reason why 'Material process' is suitable for expressing my group. Actually 'illusion' could be an aspect of every art works. I think that most of art works is sort of illusion which is seen by viewers before knowing the truth how artists make or the reason why artists make. So illusion could be not enough to define my group. And I believe that this is reason why we call us 'Material process' now. Various materials were used for making tricks and illusions in our art works. And people should understand process how we use material.

So this is my process how I used few materials for my illusion. The first and the second picture, I just put glassescase on canvas, and just called them 'Painting 1' and 'Painting 2'. However people who watch this works can easily know this is not a proper painting. Even I just call that art work as painting, they will never think that works are paintings in the first seeing. However when people understand how I made a process for art works, they will kind of understanding why I called them 'Painting.' even they do not think that works are proper painting. Which is just like understanding system to use or code to use. I do not think people have to understand process to know why I called them painting. Having question 'These are not proper paintings, why does he call them painting?' should be enough to enjoy my art works.

Discovering words 'Material process' is the most interesting thing for me in this TOP unit till now. Different way to understand my art works myself is making me possible to define myself more clearly.

TOP (1) : Dividing group ; Look back to my works

The first and the second seminars, I have done my short presentation to show my territory to my tutor group and joining group of particular territory. For the presentation, I have tried to look back to my previous works. Actually I have never thought about territory of my own art, so it was kind of interesting to look back on my works.

During looking back to my previous works. I found two parts in my previous practices. I think that the first part of practices is about social things. I was interested in relation and interaction between people in our societies. Countries, companies, symbols of them and ways to make their own images were interesting things to make my works in the beginning of my practices.

 

However there was a huge change from these works. My interest was moving into material and medium of art. Using glassescase for my painting and making my own new concept 'moving painting' were my recent practice. I have just tried to cross medium to understand what medium are in my art. And I think that this practice is where I can find my territories.

So I just talked about these in presentation, and joined group called 'Illusion/material process'. Actually I just realized that my works have a kind of illusion. Various illusions in my group 'Material process.' is totally interesting, and we just found lots of commons between our works as much as we talked.