My Panel Two Layout

During class, we were given a form to fill out for the planning of our panel two board. First, I drew a rough plan of my layout so I could see how many series of work I am doing and also the whole view of what my panel two would look like relating to my kaupapa (mental health)  and how it will be done.

This panel board, it portrays the coping part of having mental health by using different angles to show different perspectives of each set.

How many series of works are you planning?

- I am planning to put five (5) series of works for panel two.

What can you tell me about how they extend upon your kaupapa?

- The series of work that I planned would give different perspectives of coping or dealing with mental health.

How?

- By shooting different angles or have a similar set of a specific photo.

What links can you tell me you are making to your artist models?

- Most of the photographs that I will be taking would have a voyeurism construct.

- Also some of it will be inspired by cinematography artists and their films.

What are your next steps?

- Shoot and edit photos for my panel one board.

- Plan my panel three board.

Subject Matter and Kaupapa

In Art, the subject matter and kaupapa are an important foundation to start creating amazing artwork. A subject matter is what you see in the artwork (objects, incidents, people, or places) whereas a kaupapa (theme) is the content and meaning of the artwork. Artists make their artwork by expressing their kaupapa (theme) through subject matter.

In class, we were given a google slide with the artworks below. We were tasked to answer the questions written on the slides with the artworks. This is a good practice to enhance our knowledge about subject matter and kaupapa in art.

The artworks above express different themes of how they are represented and explained by the artwork itself. Referring to these subject matter that expresses a meaning, the term denotation and connotation are used. It is a figure of speech where a word has both. Denotation gives the exact meaning of a word while connotation gives the word's emotional meaning. 

Series and Sequences

We were given a printed folio and were asked to find the series of photographs that sequence together.

I think that this folio was inspired by how suffocating this world is. It portrays the harmful effects of the use of plastic on the environment and the people. 

This series of photographs, helped me understand what series really is in the field of art and how it leads into a sequence of work. It gave me an idea of how to connect each photograph by mixing the raw and edited pieces to create a story. Also, in reality, it gave me an awareness of the effects of the use of plastics.

3.1 Mood board (Cityscape/Urban world)

 Mood board

The photo above is a mood board. It is like a student guide of what their artwork would be like and it is for students to get ideas from.

To start off with L3Art Photography, we were to decide on a theme, choose at least an artist from each section (Traditional, Contemporary, Aotearoa) of the matrix given, and collect an example of their work related to our theme. 

The theme I decided to work on was cityscape/urban world and the artists I chose were Walker Evans, William Eggleston, David Hockney, Duane Michals, Larry Sultan, and Ans Westra.