Revised project proposal

Creative Project Proposal CAAD 5007 

THE CREATIVE IMPULSE

                 

“Fire never burns in the same place twice” Batty Thunder Bear

The previous interpretive project inspired me to work through the additional medium of oil paint, and to look at light and dark, the subject of fire has sparked inspiration to capture a moment in moving time.

The initial up welling of a concept for me is largely subconscious and takes time to start to float to the surface, and takes shape only when I interact with resources and tools. As I learn best kinesthetically I find a physical approach, where my inspiration is channeled through my body and tools as if they were one, more beneficial to my practice.

       I am always looking at ways to express the relationships between things or people, how the synergy of being and paint can create something so much more than the two contributing factors. I particularly value the phenomenological approach to art when two apparently separate entities create a thing, of a unique moment in time without preconception or formula.

I have looked at the philosophy of Martin Heidegger in relation to being a part of the world around rather than just an observer of it.

“It is the work that first lets the artist emerge as a master of his art. The artist is the source of the work. The work is the source of the artist”

        I have been reading ‘The Thinking Hand’ Juhani Pallasmaa; craftsmanship, the process of making, the immediacy and authenticity of the combination of man and materials motivate me.

I watched the film ‘Being in the world’, it explores creative mastery, the risks of becoming proficient and the meaning disclosed to our being.

“Being in the World is a celebration of human beings, and our ability, through the mastery of 

physical, intellectual and creative skills, to find meaning in the world around us”

Concept

I experience the spark of creative process, moment by moment through being there in 

somebody else’s synergism and the spark becomes shared

I will look at people who have significant skill in a specific area, for example my partner is a 

professional carpenter, my mother a chef and my son training to become a singer.  These 

people are around me all the time, to observe and interact with, they are my family which is 

already an integrated part of my life and process.

I aim to represent their skill or the essence of their mastery through abstract and/or lyrical visual language. To capture colour and movement, intent and enthusiasm in the moment, both theirs and mine together

I will inform this project by using a phenomenological approach to self-expression and learning 

to use the optimum materials in response to stimuli, to create spontaneous/immediate unique 

work.

To make artwork that represents the air that is displaced when the hammer hits the nail or to 

capture the whirlpool nature of mixing a cake and the seamless join of the maker and their tool.

When mastery is happening I am often there, often engaged and integrated, it is a natural 

progression to sketch, paint or photograph these moments. As these moments happen and 

are recorded, they create a narrative perfect for making artist’s books.

This could be interpreted as Heidegger’s ‘Ready at hand’, using a skill that comes as the most appropriate to do the job, bypassing analytic thought.

Genres

I am inspired by the work of Anselm Kiefer, he also being a great fan of Heidegger; his use of Phenomenological expression sparks my own. His use and range of materials is vital to his mastery. Kiefer’s work is an experiential eruption in response to modern German history.

Gerhart Richter, fits into many genres, his work can move between genres dependant upon what he is working with and how he chooses to express his ideas, from conceptual to abstract to photo realism, his ‘ready at hand’ box of skills appear unlimited. His fire never burns in the same place twice.

The work of Kevin Sinnott masters the dynamic relationship and is vital and immediate. The people within his work are all connected and totally integrated within their environment. They are Being in the World.

SWOT analysis

Strengths –

A foundation of meaning within the potential work. Working with a project that inspires me and leads to work that is not just deeply personal but relevant to a world where people don’t always feel that they are a part of that world.

Weaknesses –

Tendency to run to far and too fast with the work rather than take time to fully explore specific areas fully.

Getting caught up in being representational and trite with making art.

Opportunities –

Opportunity to explore phenomenology and to gain greater insight into the synergy of relationships

A chance to explore the greater depths of technology as a part of the material response to this project i.e. Blog

Opportunity to raise something social and political within my work (which will be a first)

Threats –

Choosing a project plan with too much possibility, must be ready to fully develop one area rather than try to cover as much as possible.

Giving in to frustration when I try to ‘think’ my way around a project and then making work that lacks imagination or originality.