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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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15
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Self Promotion Brief
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Work on Timescale action plan
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Reflection of previous project
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One Day Project
(John Hegley)
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Location drawing
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Work on
Presentation document
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16
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Proposal Deadline
4.40
Web Presence intro 10.00
Bargate exhibition piece
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Tutorial 11.45 (Ceri)
One day Project
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Portfolio Seminar 11.00
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Talk 11.00
Work on Bargate shop stock
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Work on Self Promotion
Location Drawing
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Work on
Presentation document
Work on Portfolio
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17
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Bargate Exhibition
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Work on Portfolio
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Talk 11.00
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Work on Self Promotion
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18
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Portfolio Deadline
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Studio Work
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Portfolio consultant 11-1.00
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FMP work
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19
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Self Promotion Deadline
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Studio Work
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Talk 11.00
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FMP work
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Work on
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20
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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Amend Self Promotion (if required)
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Studio Work
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Talk 11.00
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FMP work
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Work on
Presentation document
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21
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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Self Promotion Crit 2.00
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Talk 11.00
Presentation Doc CV workshop
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FMP work
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Work on
Presentation document
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22
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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FMP work
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Easter
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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Work on
Presentation document
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Easter
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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Work on
Presentation document
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Easter
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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FMP work
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Work on
Presentation document
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23
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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Pres Doc Tutorials
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Talk 11.00
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Studio Work
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FMP work
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Work on
Presentation document
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24
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Degree Show Presentation Workshops
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WIP
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FMP work
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25
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Pres Doc Assessment
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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FMP work
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Work on
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26
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Bank Holiday
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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FMP work
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Work on
Presentation document
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27
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Pres Doc Final Tutorials
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Studio Work
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Studio Work
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Pres Doc DEADLINE
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FMP work
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Work on
Presentation document
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Working title; Melpomenia.
I intend to make a visual
narrative concerning nature and man made structures. I will be location drawing
areas of interest where nature has taken over. This will range from buildings
to small incidentals, such as plants growing through paving slabs. I aim to
collect an interesting and diverse body of sketches and paintings in order to
use later. I will also be researching places that I am unable to get to online
and taking inspiration from photography of some more extreme examples (as shown
below).
I will also be looking at modern
structures, currently untouched by nature, and re-imagining them in the future when they have been
abandoned and left for nature to take it’s course. I was influenced by Steven
Siegel, in the way that he takes newspapers, rubbish and other man made
objects, turns them into sculptures, and then allows nature to take over. I
like the idea of the Newspaper stacks containing all of the concerns of
humanity becoming insignificant in comparison to nature. As they rot back into
the earth it gives us a sense of how fleeting our concerns our in comparison to
the earth.[1]
Steven Siegel, Big, With Rift
2009 DeCordova Sculpture Park
and Museum Lincoln, MA paper[2]
Other influences include literature; The
Wasp Factory by Ian Banks fascinates me in the way the protagonist has
built a complex ‘factory’ from crude, every day objects. Matter by Ian M. Banks captured my imagination with a description
of an abandoned mill, it’s large mechanisms overrun by nature. Finally, Foundation and Earth by Issac Asimov has a chapter based on the
planet Melpomenia where we see a great civilization has
deserted the planet. The planet itself, however, was rendered virtually
uninhabitable by a radical climate change; the only life form able to survive
it was a carbon-dioxide feeding 'moss'. I found the emptiness and quiet of this
chapter stirring and the descriptions of the futuristic technology and its
demise to the planet inspiring. The working title therefore for this project
will be Melpomenia,
which Asimov presumably derived from Melpomene,
the Muse of Tragedy. I aim to create a similar atmosphere to this planet using
images created from the current state of our world. It will be ambiguous in the
way that it perhaps has a post apocalyptic feel, yet it is created from things
we can easily see around ourselves. I will be exploring a number of elements
including plants, machinery (large industrial mechanisms), outdated technology
and modern technology. I want to explore not only a take over of nature but perhaps
a coming together of the two, for example, natural machinery. This will be done
through mixed media, ink painting, collage, paper cuts, mono prints and acrylic
painting. I want to be able juxtapose natural fluidity with severe lines and
angles, bring them together in a form of natural and mechanical harmony.
I am looking to create large vertical images in order to
be able to crop and create further ambiguity. In this respect, my main
influence comes from the work of Klimt, his use of verticals. In Judith II (Salome) we see how Klimt has
stacked up the compositional elements to create intensity within the scene. As
the figure is cropped we find ourselves without any set location, making the
figures are powerful and striking. I aim to employ a similar technique with my
images, creating layers through collaging paintings and paper cuts together. I
aim to make a three panelled folding screen as a final piece. I have thought of
many options for this, perhaps a series of layered transparent images, lit from
behind, or an image with further projected moving parts on it. It is possible
that I will create three large images and hang them in series much like
Japanese Pillar prints. This will create an open landscape, making the image
continue beyond the boundaries of the painting. As with the Japanese tradition,
this extreme selection in intended to ‘encapsulate the whole’[3],
the landscape continues beyond the boundaries of the image. This continuation
outside of the painting was a device widely used by artists influenced by
Japanese works and is often found in vertical formats and Pillar Pictures that
I have found inspiring throughout my previous projects. I would also like to
construct a concertina book in this vertical format, folding out like a large
map. This is perhaps another aspect to consider in the production, employ map
like qualities within the image. I have no doubt that through continuous
working, aspects of this proposal will change, however my final intended
outcome is some form of visual narrative documenting nature and man. 
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