AGM62 Introductory Presentation and AGM61 Feedback 30 September 2020

In preparation for the first session of the module, I had to prepare a short presentation of up to five minutes. I could, for example, briefly present my work for Research and Experimentation, your Dissertation, or anything else you are working on currently.

For this presentation, I decided to focus on my body of work produced for the AGM61 Research & Experimentation. Since completing and submitting the work in June 2020, I had time to consider the project as a whole, especially in light of the marking feedback I received. The following presentation shows the submitted body of work, my interpretation of the feedback and future progression of the project for this module.

Feedback: Comments & Advice

The following are areas I need to take into consideration while carrying out the necessary work for AGM62 Photography Research Project Stage 1.

Creative Experimentation:

• Deepen the overall exploration by further refining the image-making process
• Deepen how initial imagery is transformed through the process of working
• Explore the conceptual and critical relationships between trees and photography

Technical Realisation:

• Focus on how applied technique relates to overall aesthetic coherence
• Further refine picture construction through montage technique

Contextual Understanding:

• Give greater definition to visual examples of other photographers’ and artists’ work
• Explore key references further:
  • Paul Nash (trees and landscape – pictorial style)
  • Eileen Agar (surrealist – Black & White tree photography)
  • Idris Khan (layering and photography)
• Place future projects into a clearer and more coherent context
• Explore the contextual framework for practice with a narrower focus and greater depth

Critical Awareness:

• Montage in art and photography: explore and demonstrate further engagement with related ideas about subject representation
• Concentrate and focus more on:
  • Identifying underlying principles of practice
  • Relating these principles about subjects in the work as fully as possible