Useful websites and work on projections:

http://www.woostercollective.com/projections/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htt3Z4nZ4IU

http://antiadvertisingagency.com/project/light-criticism/ < not exactly a projection but I love this

Projections in the public realm

Homeless Vehicle

Today in Jacqueline's workshop we looked at artists who have projected their work in the public realm. In particular we looked at Kryzstzof Wodiczko, an artist who is driven to produce political pieces of work. His intention is the same as mine, to highlight issues that are kept in the dark. His first piece Homeless Vehicle isn't a projection but it is intended to highlight the issues of homelessness in the USA. It worked as this piece gathered a lot of media attention. As did the swastika he projected on the South African Embassy, video here.

Other pieces he has created are Tijuana, which deals with victims of abuse and rape. This makes for uncomfortable viewing but by projecting this publicly and on such a large scale it is forcing the viewer to confront the issue. You can view a video on the piece here. You can also see how much he has thought about the place he is projecting, the use of the architecture aswell as the video itself.

I love his War Veteran work which was part of the AND Festival in Liverpool 2009. Here is a link to his work in Liverpool. This video shows the exact location I want to project my own work!!

Contacting FACT

The ideal location for my projection would be the blank wall opposite FACT. This is located in a busy part of the city and I have seen artist's work projected on that wall before. Above is a photo of the location, the wall to the right hand side. I have emailed and telephoned FACT asking could I use one of their projectors to help me do this. They said they would call me back to see if this was possible, it has been a few days since that moment so I will call them again next week if I have no joy. I spoke to MITES who deal with the hiring of equipment and they said because I am projecting just outside that I wouldn't need to hire it (so hopefully it will be free of charge!).Next time I call I will ask if there is anyone I can ring myself, I have been given two ladies names Louise Latter and Laura Sillars. Aparantlly Louise Latter is very sympathetic towards the type of work I am doing, so I am going to try and push to speak to her as there is a better chance of them helping me. I have a few other options relating to the location of my projection if things do not work out with FACT.

Been a while..

Yes it has been a while since my last post, disasters of life getting in the way i.e my laptop crashing! However in the meantime I have been attending Jacqueline Passmore's workshop on Friday's and it has been a massive help. After my assessment I decided I wanted to do a public projection of my work using pictures of missing women. I CAN SAFELY SAY I AM NOT THE MOST TECHNICAL PERSON, so attending thses workshops has been a real learning curve and also a confidence boost. I have made my video ready to use for my projection. I used the images I previously used in my address book, these are the images of women who revieve little or no media attention. By putting these images of women in the public realm I am highlighting the issue and bringing it to the publics attention. Here is a link to my video I uploaded to youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAlx4Mbk5PY

I kept my video simple and effective and not using anything obvious to the subject (like I did in some of my previous work). I used the slow zoom in and out to add a feminine touch and I think it makes it very moving. I used black and white images as this reminds me of some posters and bad images released to the press.

Interesting site

Ihave been considering text within my work. I had a group crit yesterday where the idea of using the images of the current women missing in the UK and projecting them. The images may well stand on their own but the use of text may also enhance the meaning of my work, but without giving too much information away. I found this site that uses text and I think it is really strong. If I consider text I may use this as inspiriration on what i DO NEXT:

http://lostbutfound.co.uk/