Week 9 - Time and the image

I looked through a portfolio where I saw an article on Susan Derges. She produced a series of work called 'The field at stiniel'. She created photograms through taking analogue images of the moon and star fields with water and ink, scanning 'cloudscapes' in to create a ghostly transparency, putting this all onto glass in a tray and filled with water. Above this she put a sheet of unexposed paper  with branches gathered from the fields which then combined together to make a clear photogram. 

Susan Derges - Gibbous moon, Alder, 2009

"The Moon/Star/Field/Cloud series is an expression of the diverse nature and powerful experience of the field at Stiniel"

Susan Derges - Arch 3 (spring) 2008/9

I felt Derges's work of seasons and layering was to create this thought of being there. Representing how she saw these fields when she visited them and showing her emotions through the image. The difference in colours and light between the two images represents maybe her feelings at that time of being there. The reeds and water show the calmness of the fields flowing  by quietly to create this sense of tranquility. 

Another artist I looked at was Richard Long. I felt his work portrayed a vast amount of time through his 'Walking the line' project. Long produced a series of images which were made during his walks through the world's landscapes using a variety of materials like stones, driftwood etc . I felt they portrayed a journey, a road to somewhere unknown. 

Richard Long - Walking the line

I like this image because he made the line himself. Like he was making his mark in the grass. It seems very personal like expressing his emotions through this central line down the ground, representing his feelings. 

Richard Long - Walking the line

Long's images helped me to create my own time image because of the use of lines used in his work. His variety of angles and scenery around the lines inspired me on how to construct my own image and how to then print it as my final picture. 

Time and the image
my personal outcome 

My image shows something person to me. A journey through time which I feel I am doing now. I have a lot of gardens/parks like this back home and so shows a real personal representation of me and my life.

Sources

Long, R L, 2002. Walking the line. 1st ed. United Kingdom : Thames & Hudson Ltd. 


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