Assignment 3 Painting is not dead

In the conventional way, painting is making up by 5 things including the use of material, flat surface, framed surface , the choice of location and the purpose of the creator. In the the progress and outcome of the art work,we called it a medium specificity which is a consideration in aesthetics and art criticism.

But today, when people try to analyze a work, they doubt that the emerging form of Internet art (for example, photography) is going to replace the painting, as it does not include all the elements of painting. However, it is not true. I think that photography has all the elements of painting. Hence, Photography is one of the form of  painting. Therefore, painting is not dead when more people tend to use camera instead on paint on canvas.

In this assignment, I use one plastic bag as my creating material and photograph it. Each image, I took over 20 times and reset my camera , here are my art works to . 

(A) Plastic bag wrapping the mahjong table 

Attempt 1: Painting as an act in itself, as in a repeated process of re-articulating something or re-imagining things and then teach you how to choose and to think, however, photography does the same time. After the several attempt, actually (A) is a plastic bag wrapping the mahjong table for protecting it from dust. I tried to manipulate as a sunset scene and set different light in behind. All I do it intentionally.

Attempt 2:  Sometimes, a good painting is created freely with no intention. In (B), how many faces you can find in the picture.? I did no make it in this way intentionally, but you can find 2D and 3D dimension in the image. Hence, material can paint as well without painter. Even though now we have plasma screens, Photoshop and graphic novels. Painting just becomes more convenient and flexible than before by using camera.

B) Plastic bag yet to be used

Attempt 3: We do not need a painter to paint what we want. Be a creative brain, asides the water colour, acrylic and oil, you can choose every materials in your daily life. In (C,D), what image and object w\are associated to your mind  ? I think that it look alike i am diving, or a big wave in (C) and a baby hitting her/his mother inside the stomach or someone put his hand on a transparent desk gently. There are many possibilities, like painting. The funniest thing on Painting is it seldom tell you the whole but tell you the little part of the story. Imagination is always needed to everyone.

(C) The moment after containing stuff

(D) Plastic bag contains stuff

All in all, painting is not dead, all the digital art is still keeping the medium specificity and did not replace the plainting. Creator still can enjoy the satisfaction that brings from painting (photography) as all are controlled by your conscious.

Assignment 2 Blindfold photography

It was a exciting tast the blindfold photographer has no idea of the vision of environment surrounding him or her, he or she can use the three senses including hearing, smelling, and touching  to reconstruct everything. In the presentation day, i was impressed by some groups using mirror to make a reflection and then record it. It was a good try. In my blindfold photography, it started from Wo Che estate to Lik Yuen estate. There are four rules in my journey.

• Shoot every 60 sec
• Try to trust my instincts to walk my daily way
• Shoot everything I hit, guess what it is and write on paper
• Shoot if there are interesting sounds

Now, here is my favorite shot.

It was an unexpected shot once it checked what i took in the whole journey. Recalling my memory, i failed to follow my daily path and got lost in the trip, kick by unknown object and feel cool and warm under the sun. Here, it collected many sense of mine as i stood almost a minute and took it.

1. My head felt hot but cool winds hit my face
2. Some people  were talking far from me,whisper...
3. The space was silent so i was not next to car road, so lucky...
4. I heard some sound from gates.

I guess ...   CAR PARK. (Wrong! Of couse.)
It was the ground floor of the building.As a blindfold photographer, i think i had a great shot, the shadow, natural light and perspective are found in this image, however, it was not paralleled. In short, you are nothing when you are blindfold even through how familiar the place you are, the only thing you need to do is trust yourself and the other senses. I realized that sometimes we rely too much on our eyes, we missed too many things. Here i experienced  and learnt a class.