Investigating
Various Themes
To help visualise the underlying themes of my
project I brainstormed about 50 different key words. I looked at the materials I
was planning to use, the shapes of my masks, and the properties of all
different aspects, both physical and mental.
I wrote everything down on paper and arranged
them into a square. This showed the conceptual breadth of my project and helped
to view it as a whole.
Then I began to narrow down all these ideas
into more accurate lines of composition. I organised my thoughts into groups
and arranged them by process. This slowly grew into a timeline of concentrated ideas.
I continued adding and refining these ideas,
until I had a solid grasp of my project. This resulted in five major lines of
composition, with one even containing two secondary lines:
1. Theme – why, self, perception.
2. Masks – copies, break, mend,
defects.
3. Time (video) – timelapse, growth,
creation/destruction.
4. Time (sound) – internal thoughts.
5. Skin – paint/objects, colour.
6. Layers – texture, futurism, wire,
contours, nature, leaves.
By thinking about my project and narrowing it
down to these core essentials, I was able to identify which elements were the most
important to me.
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