Initial Ideas

These are a series of scanned pages of initial ideas I have developed on how I feel our group can display our work for the exhibition.

1st idea; using large panels to create an optical illusion for the viewer, encouraging them to search for the image and become more involved in the piece, alternatively from simply glancing at the photos. 2nd idea; create multiple panels which each of us would submit one panel to form one image, the subject would remain the same but the variation would be in the photographer's style; exposure time, print process, colour or black and white etc.

3rd idea; immerse the viewer in a world of our final prints, creating a four walled room which the viewer can walk in and see the variation in work pieced together to form a collaboration of work. 4th idea; creating a large scale montage of the work we have done as a group, the amount of photographs we took at Denbigh asylum would work brilliantly here, the range of photographs coupled together would compliment each other, it's a way of portraying the environment which we visited and creating an abstract final piece.

5th idea; adapt the multiple panel idea from the first page but alternatively include different forms of media, all of the members of the team are combined honors, it seemed a good idea to use our skills in other forms of media and show the range in the exhibition, for example the majority of the members are graphic design students so we can include our drawing and design skills where as other members specialize in multimedia so could include a video format in the final piece. 6th idea; using the montage idea suggested earlier but not restrict it to the walls of the Kingsway building, instead use the materials and objects around the area, for examples the staircases and railings could be used to display our work, it would spread the environment of the theme further. 7th idea; this idea would be grouped with another instead of working alone, this way I feel it becomes more effective. After researching David Shrigley; his use of small signs to attract attention really interested me, I thought of playing on this idea of curiosity. Instead of telling people to follow the signs or look at the work, imply to opposite, trying to deter people from viewing the work and as a natural reaction if you see a sign that says "don't look!" you inevitably look, it engages with the viewer and encourages them to spend time looking at the work.