'I'd associated public art with sculpture dotted about the landscape and I'd never wanted to do that,' says Bob, a London-based British artist born as Patrick Brill in 1963. 'I'm more interested in how people understand their surroundings, where they are and what they can do; how art can improve their lives and be a language for understanding the world. So a lot of the projects I've worked on have involved working with the public rather than producing thingsfor the public. This is what I wanted to do when I was asked if I'd consider curating the Thames Gateway project.'

Noriko Okaku

Noriko Okaku in RED Gallery from Alice Masters on Vimeo.

Her work explores the variety, eclectic nature and strangeness underlying everyday thing and actions. Her video work incorporates drawing, collage, photography, painting and animation.

This girl and Max Hattler below are the first I have found to actually use hand drawn and collage methods in their VJing. I guess it is because they are mainly animators, and that is where i need to be looking more. I really like their stuff.

Max Hattler and Noriko Oakuku

a/v: '/\/\/\' (by Max Hattler + Noriko Okaku) from Max Hattler on Vimeo.



a/v: '(O)' (by Max Hattler + Noriko Okaku) from Max Hattler on Vimeo.

"Max and Noriko first met when studying Animation together at the Royal College of Art. There are parallels in their animation-based experimental, semi-narrative, non-dialogue approach to working with film and video. Apart from their live work, they have collaborated on several projects ranging from tour visuals for The Egg and Basement Jaxx to stop-motion film Aanaatt and Max's latest short film Spin. With (O), their third collaboration, Max returns to his teenage roots in sound/music-making and makes a first foray into live audio performance, complemented by Noriko's surreal animated visuals." (London Short Film Festival 2010)

a/v: Max Hattler + Economy Wolf @ Beck's Fusions at ICA, 2007 from Max Hattler on Vimeo.

This again, is a good video of some different VJ. Again, not quite what i want to do, but i like how it is different to what i've seen around. Some parts do go to the electrical, vibrant lines and shapes, but they incorporate some stop animation and video, as well as some pixelated computer generated images, that appear to have been made into an animation.

I am starting to see that looking straight into VJing is something that i shouldn't be doing. I think i need to look more to artists and designers who typically use 3D paper craft in their work, and see if they have gone to any animation or visuals for massive projections. And obviously, i need to look at the real world, and try and get some influences from that.

Visuals at festivals

More of the actual 3D in the flesh kind, but this is the type of artistic side that i am trying to make, and how it can create an amazing atmosphere at a festival.

I love how massive everything can get. From the performance stages, to small tents, stalls, random things in the middle of walking areas, games and costumes. All of it is very very fun.

The Flaming Lips visuals

Really interesting, and really different visuals for Flaming Lips live show. The actual images are completely different from the stuff i want to try out, but i love how it's so different to the normal, fashing lights and lines going across a screen.
I'm starting to get a bit worried that that is all VJing is, but this has perked me up... a bit.

Looking through festival VJing. I believe this to be quite old, so could explain why i don't love it. As it's kind of not up to scratch and not visually perfect. But i like how it is drawn and uses colllage to make visuals, rather than lights or computer generated images. And definitely DIY and cheap looking, i do like it for that. But kind of hate, because it is a little bit ugly. But that might be it's charm.

Tutorial 21/3/11

I think... i think i have finally come up with an idea for my final project.
I had a tutorial a few days ago, and expressed my idea, with a sort of brief and context in mind. The words got shuffled around a bit, but i believe i am happy with the final outcome. But first, i need to explain a little more stuff.

Basically, as a class we have been told about a live brief for a festival in Manchester called Parklife. If i'm right, i believe we've been asked to create motion graphics for projections and LED screens, which i'm guessing will go behind the performers.
I was really interested in this brief at first, as i have always wanted to create visuals for music, usually in the form of music videos, but since starting this course, i've started to realise that music videos are slightly pointless, and a slight bit waste of money. They are good and fun to watch and make. But i think bands should be spending more on live shows, soo... creating visuals for a live show seemed perfect. However, when talking this brief through, there seemed to be a lot of technical stuff, and complicated words that i'd never heard of, which terrified me. I did express this, and i was reassured that you could approach this at any kind of angle, even from a more illustrative one, but some technical knowledge is needed.
I could use this as an opportunity to get to know all these technical things, so this could be really good.
But my second, however, is that working for this brief may restrict me a little. Seeing as this is our first year, and probably the last year (if we do carry on to be budding artists) that we are given so much freedom with a project. I spoke this through with my tutor, and he did agree. Saying i should keep an eye on this Parklife brief, but basically not to allow myself to get restricted. So... my brief.

Brief
To create a range of graphic clips, made from paper sculptures in order to be used as projected visuals, in the hope of submitting to the live brief for the music festival Parklife.
The visuals will be made with an aim to accentuate and go alongside the music being performed for audience's entertainment purposes.

Context
Some music festivals have always seen the positives in collaborating art and music and seen how well audiences respond to good visuals.
Smaller festivals, that are just starting out, are seeing the collaboration with art to be a great opportunity to gain more popularity and to open up to a wider audience. They are seeing that art can be used as a very good source of entertainment and can create superb atmosphere.
This is a great opportunity for festival organisers to broaden their horizons and hire people with the skills to create visuals and sculptures to make their festivals a lot more diverse and entertaining.

Done... i think

Basically, i want to make visuals, sort of like VJ clips, all made out of paper (using shapes and type) to go alongside music being played on a massive stage at a festival, in the hope that Parklife will take it too and use it. And possibly to create massive sculptures out of paper to be used as decoration.

Maccabees video i have always liked. Obviously love all the paper stuff and hand drawn'ness' to it. And the stop animation.



I do really like this video, but there are some parts that i'm not really looking at. The bits i really like are when the band is involved and they are using stop motion images to jump them around in the air, and the parts with the stop motion and the paper, i really like that.

I think it would be really cool to make a video with 3D paper and installations, that is always something i've always wanted to do. But maybe if it was something more interactive then that could be very cool. Like a mixture of these videos with Arcade Fires new videos that are on the website for anyone to play around with. I like the idea of getting people involved a lot.

Tom Rowe and Ciara Phelan

Realy really like this.

Pixelgarten

Nous Vous

Shaz Madani

Eve Duhamel

Francofolies Festival Projections from Eve Duhamel on Vimeo.

A really recent discovery. Her work involves a broad range of handmade works from felt tip pen ink drawings to acrylic paintings, video animations, sculpture and installations, always rendered in
bright colors, with abstract shapes and sketchbook-like figurative drawings. I very much like.
I really like the video animations for the music festival. Something that i could take an interest in. Combining the visuals stuff with the 3d and the festival activity.  




 

3D Scultpure type video

WLD Mindset from Tilman Singer on Vimeo.

I have no idea who made this video, but i like it. It's pretty simple, well it looks very simple, basic and resourceful. Looks like it was quite cheap.

Peepshow Collective

Short stop frame animation made for a Toyota advert. Involved lots of layering and collage. Another aspect of paper that i really like. Really like how a DIY process like cut and paste can be transported into an animation quite easily and look good. 

As far as i've been interested in arty, creative, crafty stuff i have always looked to the peepshow collective. They have always been a massive influence from the start. 

These particular pictures are of things i really love. Again, they work with paper and 3D using it as an installation within windows and part of publishing and advertising. Some of their work is featured in a hospital in London, so finally some 3D stuff with a purpose.

Chrissie Macdonald

 

Again, marvelous 3D paper images. A lot of print based stuff, but still really impressive. I think i am going to be basing whatever i do more on print, although i will still try and find some more installation stuff, just to see if it looks attempt-able. 

Chrissie Macdonald also seems to have purpose with her work, making images for big companies and all that jazz.  

 

Owen Gildersleeve

This is a recent found, but i do love this guy's work. Actually, i don't love it. But i really really like it, and think i would really enjoy doing it myself. What i do love is the cheap look behind it, and how it is DIY and simple. Not too much complicated stuff involved.
Although, like Julien Vallée it doesn't seem to be for a purpose, as in it doesn't involve much interaction with an audience. Maybe i need to look more into print based stuff, as i do like the intricacy and detail of these images, something that i think is more attainable in smaller things.

 

I always find with my work that i do really enjoy working especially with tedious things. Even though hating it, and finding deep frustration in it, i always do end up cutting up tiny tiny things, over and over again. I'm usually quite lazy, so it never looks perfect, but i do think i love the repetition of cutting and pasting. 

Julien Vallée

MTV-Hits / Making of from Julien Vallée on Vimeo.

Julien Vallée is a graphic designer and art director from Montréal, Canada, who creates tangible images for clients.


I've always loved the look of Julien Vallée's work. It's very much something that i'd like to do. I love how he works with ordinary objects and bright colours and simple things too. Something that i'd really like to attempt myself. Although, when it gets digital is when it starts to scare me. I'd like to do something like this for this current project brief, i wouldn't know where to find a brief though for this. It just seems to have a purpose to look good, which is cool. But something i can't really do at the moment.

MTV-One from Julien Vallée on Vimeo.