PROJECTS

“Too Trashy”

My 1 kilometre project!

Reflection

For my 1 kilometre assignment I chose to walk a kilometre by the river near my house and clean up any trash I found along the way. My goal for this project was to see just how much garbage there actually was in only 1 kilometre, and I was sadly surprised with the amount I found as it was a lot more than I had originally anticipated.

I was between a few different ideas related to picking up trash for my 1 kilometre before I settled on the photographs. At first, I wanted to make a turmeric anthotype using the garbage I found, but I moved on from this idea quickly once I realized it wouldn’t be sunny enough. I thought about creating a sculpture or painting, but ultimately I was concerned about where I would put the piece once it was finished, and how it would become much harder to dispose of the different materials properly if they were all stuck together.

I ended up choosing to photograph each individual piece of garbage to make the total amount more obvious, and to make the recycling process easier as well. I also decided to photograph some of the trash attached to my clothes. I was really excited about this part of my assignment because it helped me to take a risk artistically and push the boundaries of my concept. How gross is it really to tape a few pieces of trash to my outfit and pose for a photo when we are currently eating, drinking, and breathing garbage every single day? Doing this helped me to remember that if I managed to collect 36 pieces of litter on a measly 1 kilometre walk, just how much MORE could be lying around Guelph?

If I were to do this project again, I think I would spend a lot more time taking photos of each individual item. I am so happy with how the pictures turned out, but I would definitely prefer if there was a little less dirt on my backdrop!

“Flamingo”

One Feat, Three Ways!

Reflection

For this assignment, the feat we chose was standing on one leg. To make things a bit more interesting, we had all of the participants stand next to a stranger and hold eye contact with them for an entire minute as they balanced.

It took us two attempts to film our project. For our first try, we had a lot more people, all of which were 100% meeting each other for the first time as they shook hands in front of the camera. We had them stand in more of an airplane pose, which was super fun, but it was a lot harder to see their faces in the videos. We struggled a bit with a few different technical aspects on our first filming day, specifically lighting (too dark, and too many shadows), and camera angle/cropping. Because of this, we ended up reshooting. Our second time around was a lot better! We had less people, so less pairs, and a few of the matches were not total strangers (some the complete opposite of that), but I am actually really glad that we got to the opportunity to experiment with different relationships for our reshoot! It was exciting to see how everyone reacted in comparison to our first take. We were a lot more practiced the second time around, so our final video ended up a LOT cleaner, with better lighting, no shadows, and we chose a new pose that made it easier to see the participant’s faces. Overall, I am very happy with our final One Feat, Three Ways video project, and I think our reshoot was worth it!

Audio Project

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