PAT TESTED

As I was talking about in one of my other posts about a girl doing a project on PAT tested things, and saying how everything now had to be checked and checked again for health and safety, I was looking at the design of it, and although it is a very simple and standard, clinical design, there is something interesting about it...

READY-MADE

Ordinary objects that are manufactured to be something else, by either repositioning, tilting or signing it when this act was done, the object became a ready-made and therefore art. This process involved very little interaction of the artist and the art, however provoked reactions of millions and sent them into a frenzy...

BLOGGED

Having spoken about its nice that, I am increasingly thinking about blogs. I use mine for work I do and for things I think are relevant or cool. Its a place where you can put stuff that you think is cool or worth looking at. As I said I could spend hours at a time trawling through all the style, art, design, fashion blogs that pop up, its like a never ending bank or images and writing. I feel this project would be bringing a blog to life in a way, this is because when you see something cool, you mark it, you let share your finding with other people people either agree or disagree.

ITS NICE THAT

It’s Nice That is a website that has been around for a while now, they basically champion great creative ideas, and in doing so they expose lots of new talent, This idea is something that is quite similar to the 'Is It Art' work that im doing, in the sense that they are voicing an opinion...

IDEA 3

The third idea has evolved within the time I was writing it down. I was basically talking about the fact I could use a stamp or sticker or even have a rule book for the catalyst for observation and discussion of art. I have been thinking about the gallery that art sits in and the outside world that can be observed as art...

POP

I was drawing out some ideas this morning and this afternoon had to go out, however I walked past this POP sign on my way out and about. It was crazy as its exactly what I was talking about within my second idea. Pretty cool though.

IDEA 2

The second idea I have had is pretty much the opposite of the first, this is to go with the shock tactic, or the bright and bold tactic. Highlighting this platform to discuss about the artwork that is on show, possibly using different shapes and colours to distinguish different feelings towards the art...

IDEA 1 - IS IT ART

The first idea that I have come up with for the 'Is It Art' work is a little piece that sits next to a piece of art within in a gallery. It is a piece that is passive, subtle and involves the artwork with its design. It can be written on and what people have written can be read...

OPEN FOR DEBATE

Focusing on the 'is it art' project at the moment I am looking to open up anybody to have their own opinions about art, or what they perceive as art, this is either what they have seen which is branded art or something they have seen which they think could be art. This opens up the enjoyment of observation, and looking at the world around us in a different light. As art is becoming more and more accessible it doesn't mean people understand it.

I feel that this works needs to open out a conversation between a group of people or just to make you question your own perception of art. I want it to give more than just a yes, no or any other one word answer. Art is subjective, which I guess means your views can never be wrong. Which goes back to one of my original sources of Marcel Ducamp, and his urinal project.

I also feel that this piece should have some form of satirical take on art, so it questions art itself, while also promoting it. At the end of the day art is made and viewed for pleasure, weather it has a serious message or not.

SJ CRIT - 11/03/11

Friday was the day of my first crit after the mid term assessments. It was a chance to get some new ideas on the table and discuss what was going to happen next. the idea that I was mainly talking about was the 'is it art' brief that I have come up for myself. I explained to the group what I wanted to do...

IS IT ART

I want to undergo a one day project soon, which will tackle the point I was talking about in earlier posts about empowering people to be able to have their own opinions about things they have seen and thought were interesting. It means that people can join in with the act of art and therefore means they can form decisions about the world around them whilst enjoying the act of observing.

This is where I want to step in and enable this person to be able to say what they think is cool, or worth giving recognition to it by making a simple sticker that has some words on it, when the person sees something of merit, they stick the sticker by it, creating a debate between other people who see it, and in turn making people think about art and the world that surrounds us.