Auckland Art Gallery - Fiona Pardington

Auckland Art Gallery 

I think today was useful especially looking at new works from John Pule, Shigeyuki Kihara and Fiona Pardington. 

I really enjoyed looking at how the different works were set up. It gave me ideas about how we want to present some of our artwork. I know that I want to use frames now for my final photographs but will have to discuss that with Peter.

I also took into consideration the use of lighting that was used for Fiona Pardington's work. I really like how she stuck with low lighting for her photographs it drew use closer to the work. 

So I will look into how we want lighting for our final presentation. 

I really enjoyed a nice small group and just talking a discussing the work with others. I think that this trip helped me on how I want to display and set up. 3

 

Recipe

Serve: Art School, Rebecca, Myself, Family
Time: 8 weeks

Ingredients (Tools/Materials):
- DSLR Camera
- Photoshop
- Premier
- Costume (Tuiga, Fala (Fine Matt), Nifo Oti, Knife, Lipstick
- Dancer (Phiaddra)
- Studio
- Tripod
- Exhibition Space

Method: 8 weeks

Week 1: sort out schedule, sus out when we want to experiment. What we need and don't have.
- Gather materials/tools
- Figure where we would like to display our work (Taarati Room maybe) Need to email.

Week 2:
- Book Studio space
- Research more artists till we have a clear idea

Week 3:
- Book studio space.
haven't been able to get together at this point things had come up but we have arrange to shoot next week test out things and experiment hopefully.

Week 4:
Tuesday: Prepare for out shoot on Friday, Get blog up to date things we are looking at.

Friday: We will be shooting our moving image and maybe hopefully photograph as well.

Week 5: Start Editing the moving image, Editing photographs
Up date blog as well.

Week 6:  Maybe organise a reshoot, Update blogspot.

Week 7: Working bee with Taarati to clean walls in room/ repaint room.
Set and prepare the space, Look at framing and start to print.

- Bio space - figure

St Paul St Gallery - Friday Week 10

St Paul St Gallery 

I really enjoyed getting to see Rebecka and for her to give us a deep explanation on the thought process of creating the work as well which was interesting. 

Seeing who contributed to the artwork as well and who Rebecka collaborated with. 

Meeting two artists from Indonesia and seeing the difference between the two works. 

Being able to mix and mingle with other lectures from other institutes. 

Adele - Send My Love Research

Adeles new video clip uses various layers which is kind of what I am trying to portray in my final work. I really like the use of lighting also in this video. The amount of layers also works well with the video and the change of colour in the lighting as well is different. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk4BbF7B29w - Link for the video

Ronnie Boehm

Ronnie Boehm lives in Vienna/Austra. Ronnie doesn't make a living of his photography work. The artist was on his way to finishing a bachelor of science in  sports engineering when hes had my first encounter with photography from that point his grades went downhill fast, to the point where he stopped studying. All his efforts went into photography instead.

Ronnie Boehm first encounter with photography was his girlfriend was a ballet dancer and she had a photographer booked to shoot her and three other girls for her company. A few hours before the shoot the photographer had canceled. In the fre hours before the shoot, he looked up everything he could find about aperture, shuttertime and iso. After that he was hooked.

Boehm usully shoots everything that involves people and still prefers shooting with what he started with which was dance, he describes working with dancers the contribute an amount of energy and elegance noone else can.

I really enjoy Ronnie Boehm's photography and I like the way he plays with shutter speed. The way he captures the dancer as she moves through their movement. This something I want to try and capture in some of my photographs hopefully.

I also like the use of his lighting it isn't too high key but it has enough light to capture the bodys movement.

Manipulating long shutter speed. 

The two camera men had the camera running and in the video we saw the man named Josh walk up to the stairs anda man named Jacob. Jacob had the job to fire the flash at Josh in a pitch black room on the stairs standing in one position. Josh then quickly moves and because the room is pitch black the camera does not pick up any of his movement. Jacob fires a second flash to capture him in the other position. The shutter has been opened the same time. So it becomes a single image. 

The final result is the image that is above I think this may be another experiment I want to try again with movement.

http://www.lynda.com/Photography-Night-Low-Light-tutorials/Manipulating-long-shutter-speeds/90279/102155-4.html

The Nifo Oti

Nifo Oti 

This is a carved wooden war club called the "anava" The anava and talavalu were Samoan clubs that were carved with serrated or braced edges that were more than capable of decapitating enemies.

The functionality of the weapon is unique to Samoan military history. The weapons main advantage was the design. A blade like weapon which had to sides with primarily opposite functions.  

The Taupo plays a part when it comes to the war, she shares her advice, peace making vision it brought up by the nifo oti, she is showing that she can be strong, cruel and just as powerful as a man. It displays leadership. In the taualagua some dancers believe that you should hold the knife gracefully holding the weapon at the finger tips, others believe it's a weapon that should be wheeled out with stride. The taupo carries her ancestors with her when she dances. 

This is just an example of what the taualuga dance looks like with the nifo oti.