Cherill Hopkins Exhibition 2012: Week 1 Origination

Week 1 of Collaboration and Exhibition introduces us to the dual subject of Design Origination and Design Collaboration. For the first three weeks we are required to blog about design origination and then continue this blog but include design collaboration thereafter.

During class we completed a group exercise to define concept, origination, critical discourse, critical thinking and creative thinking. Secondly, we were presented with the task of completing a blog for the course. Thirdly, we were introduced to the book Simplicity by John Maeda, we will cover a chapter for the next 10 weeks. Finally, we researched the definition of exhibition, sources of information and exhibition perspectives.

Group Exercise to define …

Concept:

Representation of an idea or design, a solution to a problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_art

An idea for a design might include, for example, what colours to use, what the layout will be.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_design_concept

Origination:

Is an event that is the beginning, the first step, the start of the process of creation.

Critical Discourse:

Written of verbal constructive criticisms.

Reviewing the problems, risks, helps to plan ahead.

Sets up communication, talk about it, write about it.

Great idea but can it be better?

Communication … talking

Critical Thinking:

Is internal, analyses concepts.

Critical thinking is internal while critical discourse is about communicating.

Creative Thinking:

Is looking at problems and situations from a new point of view, its brainstorming.

Its lateral thinking, stepping outside the square, an unorthodox thought pattern.

Exhibition definition

What is an exhibition?

Visual display of work (design or art) with a central theme, idea or a common group of people.

What venues would be suitable?

Depending on the weather indoor or out door venues, for example, parks, streets, art show rooms, halls, public display areas.

Consider … what you are showing, it’s size, can it fill a room, what electrical needs are required, what public facilities might be required.

What media could I use?

Sculpture, paintings .. any art or recycled material that is required.

Who are the Stakeholders?

Investors, University, me

What resources needed for an exhibition?

Venue, lighting, visual pieces, hanging materials, nails and hammer, money, labels

How do I promote it?

Social media – facebook, twitter, Uni web page

Advertising – flyers, stickers, posters

Where can I get more info on exhibitions?

Web

Students, Lecturer, Gallery staff

Sources of Information

What are the Top 5 search engines?

I’ll add the words “in the world” to be more specific

Google #1, Yahoo #2, Baidu #3, Bing #4 and Ask #5 (reference top 5 internet search engines in world)

What is the benefit of using different search engines?

Different results are produced by different search engines because results can vary depending on what you and others generally look at.

What alternative are there to search engine use?

You can visit a library to look at magazines, books – Michelle Turner is the creative arts library specialist at CDU

Communicating with other artists and using web sites like:

Ø Youtube

Ø Whitepapers http://www.whitepapers.org/ - research reports

Ø Eyemagazine http://www.eyemagazine.com/home.php

Ø International Journa of Design http://www.ijdesign.org/ojs/index.php/IJDesign/

Ø Graphis http://www.graphis.com/

Ø The design files http://thedesignfiles.net/

o Referencing Methods: see Visual Diary Specs / Showreel Specs

What are some different ways to word your web searches?

You can put an “ around particular words to narrow the search to the string of words.

Add a “-“ to exclude certain words, for example – cats will return a search without reference to cats

Ctrl F, then type the word you are looking for on an opened web site to find your particular reference

You can also use the following features:

Ø Google – wildcard for a broader search

Ø Boolean Search – use and / or gives more variation on search

Ø Google Scholar – research and peer review information, academic writers

(Reference class material, reference http://websearch.about.com/od/internetresearch/a/genericsearch.htm)

Exhibition Perspectives

Student

Community

University

Sponsors

As a group we researched 2 perspectives, the student and university, our results are published below.

How do I put on an exhibition from a students perspective?

Ø “Have a credible body of work” along a similar theme

Ø Choose your best work to show

Ø Start small – this way you can meet deadlines and represent your work well

Ø Know the space available for exhibition

Ø Prepare an invitation list suitable to your requiremnts

Ø Help with marketing and promotion

Ø Plan the resources you need

Ø Meet deadlines

Ø Keep a record of work and the event

Ø Liaise with University

Ø Keep with exhibition theme

Ø Follow protocol of venue

Ø Plan and organize thoroughly

Ø Make and keep records of the event and your work

How do I put on an exhibition from the university perspective?

Ø Liaison with promotion department

Ø Know and follow Rules and regulations

Ø Organisation - Ensure that all personnel involved with the exhibition –both internal and external –are clear on relevant developments as they occur and know their responsibilities.

Ø The University will use the exhibition as a promotional tool.

Ø An exhibition can validate the quality of lectures and teachers.

Ø An exhibition will also show outside industries the university is competent

Ø A successful exhibition is essential to a good Reputation.

Research

Why exhibit?

As an artist I wanted to investigate others opinion on why it is important to exhibit your work ... one way of doing this is by having your own web site, in this video we hear the thoughts of a few artists ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-ZThIrLRig&feature=player_embedded

Basically, if you have a web page for your art work you can show it to the world, it's easy access. People also expect that you have a web page, so as to appear professional, its best not to disappoint.

What should I exhibit?

Looking for inspiration I found some amusing exhibits, the more ludicrus the funnier they were ..