After putting off blogging for as long
as I could manage, I have decided that enough is enough! This time I
WILL keep on top of my blog. Although I must confess, this epiphany
came to me only after being told that my grade depended on it!
So what is the ominous Unit X that
we've been anticipating from the start of this year, I hear you cry! The closely
guarded secret was revealed to us this week. In honour of Manchester School of Art's 175th anniversary, we've been given the theme of 175 as our starting point. Our first task is to come up with some facts that will 'activate the number'.
This was so typical of a new brief to land us with something completely vague and expect us to go off and churn out something great. So being left to our own devices with a project that is so open to interpretation I did what any self-respecting student would do and consulted Google! These are the facts I have chosen.
What's more is that this is to be our first collaborative unit where we will be working with Textiles and Film and Media students to produce our final piece of work. This is something I'm very excited about as it gives us a chance to take advantage of the skills and techniques involved in other courses and begin to create a creative student network with people we may not otherwise interact with in the studios. It's also a really great way of working as most project in the creative industry as a collaborative effort and I think it will introduce us to a really great way of working which will allow us to bounce off of each other's ideas.
I must admit, the notion of group work generally does leave me feeling a little nervous but since I've always loved taking a sneaky peak at other people's sketchbooks and seeing how their ideas evolve, if anything this project will be a great opportunity to do just that! Working with other art students will create a really creative atmosphere where we can bounce off of each others ideas and hopefully come up with something really ambitious as a result.
All in all, I'm looking forward to working on this project and can't wait to see what we come up with.
This was so typical of a new brief to land us with something completely vague and expect us to go off and churn out something great. So being left to our own devices with a project that is so open to interpretation I did what any self-respecting student would do and consulted Google! These are the facts I have chosen.
What's more is that this is to be our first collaborative unit where we will be working with Textiles and Film and Media students to produce our final piece of work. This is something I'm very excited about as it gives us a chance to take advantage of the skills and techniques involved in other courses and begin to create a creative student network with people we may not otherwise interact with in the studios. It's also a really great way of working as most project in the creative industry as a collaborative effort and I think it will introduce us to a really great way of working which will allow us to bounce off of each other's ideas.
I must admit, the notion of group work generally does leave me feeling a little nervous but since I've always loved taking a sneaky peak at other people's sketchbooks and seeing how their ideas evolve, if anything this project will be a great opportunity to do just that! Working with other art students will create a really creative atmosphere where we can bounce off of each others ideas and hopefully come up with something really ambitious as a result.
All in all, I'm looking forward to working on this project and can't wait to see what we come up with.
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