Week Two Summary
If the second week was all jolly , the second one was to bring a different kind of group chemistry.
We met on Monday to discuss and see what further research people brought to the table . I was so shocked to see that half of our group drifted so much from the initial concept . We all settled on Impressionism last week , we were supposed to research into Dries Van Notten and other influences. During the Coast Presentation a week before , the brand representatives loved our initial concept, so it was a shocker to see that people came to the table with a whole new concept Surrealism .
To begin with , Surrealism and Impressionism are completely different worlds.While Impressionism shows emotion through the use of brush strokes and gestures , Surrealism is an entire encrypted puzzle that has hidden connotations .Also , the designers associated with those art currents are very different .While Impressionism can be associated with Dries Van Notten , Dior , Valentino , even Chanel , Surrealism work with an entire different group of designers as Elsa Schiaparelli or Alexander McQueen .
While Impressionism is something that could be related to Coast , Surrealism is an entire different world.
To sum up my dissatisfaction , Impressionism is already broad enough . I myself am not a big fan of the concept , but there is a lot to work whit . It also seamed to me that the people who brought less to the table were the ones who were hysterical about Surrealism . Also , I have noticed that half of my group has no knowledge about the history of arts , thing that made me very skeptical. The people in my group who are well written and have broader understatement of the subject they all agreed with my point of view.
It is starting to show who are the people involved and dedicated to our cause and the ones who are just making excises . There is a lot of character difference in our group , but being the spokes person I prefer to be neutral to the fights that are going on .
The General idea after this meeting was that we are going to continue with Impressionism , but if people want to look into Surrealism they should feel free.
On Tuesday we had to submit our Learning Agreement , thing i was scared about , the lecture we had about it wasn't very helpful and I still don't have a clear ideea on what a Learning Agreement is .
The brightest part of this week was the patter cutting workshops , that I have found very inspiring !
In other order of ideeas I hope the group chemistry is going to go back to normal for next week . We all have to bring design and print proposals to table for next week .
My starting Point
Having such a broad subject as Impressionism , I have looked into it differently . I opted to look at what is inside the picture and the feeling the strokes and textures were sending.
I have chosen to make the depicted element:Nature directly interact with its medium : Paint.
Inspirational Board and First Hand research into the interaction of nature and paint
At the moment I am sitting on top of a mountain of ideas and i can't wait to experiment more . I wish my group mates would stop arguing and start doing more primary research .I find it peculiar when people say they struggle with getting inspired , but when it comes to show their work they have no primary inspiration just some pictures found on the internet .
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