Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - Evaluation

In evaluation to my piece, the way it is working is near enough what I needed. My only consideration for the future is to maybe look into generalizing the data from the sensor so that the jumps in number are a bit more progessive. This I think would make the reactions to the sensor more reliable and not as rapid. Also I would have liked to have included sound in my piece and this is an area that I would consider investigating next time. One thing that surprised me about finishing the piece was how the different images I had taken broke down. It came apparent that image choice was crucial, one image could simply make or break the piece. For example the 'conflict' image that I thought fitted the piece perfectly was one of the worst to view. So for my review I have decided to show the strongest experimental piece which I think uses the best image to show off the code and also the code using the images that had taken following my research. My obvious next step would be to collect images that I now know would work with the code to create the greatest impact upon the viewer.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - Overall Conclusion

In overall conclusion to the research I am happy that I have given the piece a solid foundation to which perform upon. Three images have been chosen to showcase the piece that represent the notions that the sublime and beautiful show grandeur, aesthetics and conflict. The only thing now is to get the piece working in realtime and reacting to its environment.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - Conflict Image

1, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

Here the image depicts a cloudy moment just before the sun breaks the horizon early in the morning. This sunrise quoting back to Turner represents the birth of life and in conjunction with the single tree shows a strive for peacefulness and the sublime. The clouds then contridict this message and dominate the landscape, depicting danger. The break in the clouds is used the same way it is within Turners work to show the viewer an escape from the inpending darkness. This image I feel is the best one that I have collected as it is the one that has the greatest emotional impact. Also because of the strong shapes in the image the impact of the gradual bluring effect will be emphasised which will strongly showcase the piece.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - 2nd Image Conclusion

These images I feel are the best at showing conflict between what is seen as beautiful or sublime. It is the conflict which I am playing with in real time within my piece where an abstract art form is created. It is then the viewers perception that states whether it is just as beautiful as the original image. So to represent this notion I feel I need to collect one final image that captures this moment of conflict.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - Snow Storm

Image courtesy of Turner: The Life and Masterworks by Eric Shanes, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

This unlike the two below again doesn't realistically depict what is happening within the landscape but instead the feeling. The shapes and gradient of colour used focus the viewers eye to the centre of the piece and creates great sense of scale and proportion. This play of perspective and shape creates a sense of power and inturn that of something that is dangerous but also beautiful.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - Calais Pier

Image courtesy of Turner: The Life and Masterworks by Eric Shanes, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

This very much like the image below depicts every humans strive for peace and the beautiful. Here the sailors wrestle with the waves to simply try and get to the horizon where the cloud is breaking and hopefully the sea is calm.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - Dutch Boats in Gale

Image courtesy of Turner: The Life and Masterworks by Eric Shanes, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

Here the shapes used in the image displays power and passion. The roughness and darkness of the clouds gives a great sense of inpending danger. They are used as an emotional stimulate the viewer and this in conjunction with the corner of blue sky to the right shows a yurning for the beautiful and sublime.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - Sunrise/Sunset Image Stock Conclusion

The couple of images I have collected for this stock I feel are the best at depicting the sublime and beautiful. The only problem is that to actually showcase the piece in which the image will blur and desaturate the softness of the sunset doesn't give the greatest of impacts. To solve this problem I am going to look in to Turner's pieces of work that show power and emotion, features that also give an impression of the beautiful.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - Sunrise/Sunset Image Stock

7, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

This unlike the image below does contain a landscape and this inturn with depicting a sunset gives a great impression of grandness and the sublime. It almost wants the viewer to take care of that specific moment in time and keep it from harm. Because of this, this image will be the next one to be included in my piece.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - Sunrise/Sunset Image Stock

6 n a half, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

This image was taken after sunrise and I feel depicts the feeling of piecefulness and inturn that of beauty. But the one thing that is missing is the depiction of somekind of landscape. Because of this the image lacks in the notion of it being grand and sublime. This then I feel doesn't give the greatest of impacts upon the viewer.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - Image Conclusion

In conclusion to Turner's sunset and sunrise pieces of work I feel I need to collect various photographs that depict these times of the day. This is because I feel that it is at these times that we are at our most peaceful. During these times we are over awed by the grandness of our environment and in turn come to respect it more and more. Above then are a couple of images I have taken that try to recreate this feeling and respect.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - The Clyde

Image courtesy of Turner: The Life and Masterworks by Eric Shanes, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

This actual piece depicts sunset differently to his other work as there is no definate horizon or landscape. Here he is simply depicting the feeling of a sunset and not a photogrpahic perspective of one. This then instead of showing an asthectically beautiful image shows the feeling itself. Its passion, warmth and happiness that we all associate with the beautiful and sublime.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - The Blue Rigi

Image courtesy of Turner: The Life and Masterworks by Eric Shanes, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

This piece depicts the birth of the sun at sunrise over Lake Lucerne. To me thre is a great sense of grandness to the piece very much in the same sense as the last image collected in my 1st stock. The piece as character and a great sense of freshness and proportion.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - William J Turner - Petworth Park

Image courtesy of Turner: The Life and Masterworks by Eric Shanes, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

This piece strongly gives the impression of the sublime I was specifically looking for. The scale in conjunction with the colours gives the viewer a sense of warmth and happiness. An interesting point to note though is that Turner himself saw the the activities of the sun during the day as a lifetime. It is born in the morning at sunrise and dies in the night at sunset. From this I can draw parrellels to my project in the sense that if I can capture a sunset it will further emphasise the deteriation and death aspect of my piece.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - Image Collecting - 1st Stock Conclusion

In conclusion to the images below several could be used in my piece, especially the ones that display scale, proportion and uninterrupted shapes. My only worry though is that even though they show beautiful proportion, I need to add other kinds of images to my library. One artist that has interested me when researching the sublime and beautiful is William J Turner and his landscape oil paintings depicting the sunrise and sunset. It is at these times of the day I feel that the beautiful fully displays its self and because of this, this is what I will look into next.

Intermediate Studio - Permanent Flux - Research - Image Collecting - 1st Stock

1, originally uploaded by Jimbo (Alan James Wellock).

This image like the others investigates size and proportion but also persepctive. It is its perspective and scale that gives it charactor. It displays a feeling of grandness and makes the viewer feel small but respected. I feel it is the closest these set of images have come to the sublime and beautiful, and is one I will then use in my peice.