Contextual Research
- Tami
- Feb 9, 2021
- 2 min read
Tuesday 9th February 2021
As per the last blogpost I have been doing more visual contextual research but I have added some sort of image to every post of this year to sort of give the context of what the post is about and stuff like that. I didn't edit them in any way other than that. Since I specialise in Film I thought it would be a smart idea to relook at the suggested references because I had already looked at the film section of it but I wanted to see if there was anything else I could look into but the things were just films and books and I didn't know how to research and reference them properly. However, from my search on the internet I did look at this photographer who "turns his childhood memories into photos". It was really interesting to look at.
The photographer is named Thomas Friedrich Schaefer and I learnt more about him from his website. (http://www.tfschaefer.net).
He was born in Germany but was raised in both Germany and Brazil. "He has lived, travelled to and worked in South America, Europe, South East Asia, Western Africa and North America.
Thomas Friedrich Schaefer had the opportunity to observe different social and familial environments within distinct communities. Since moving back to Germany, he has tried to assess his memories and his past within his images."
And I am guessing this is what inspired his series Experiential Spaces, "inspired by fragments of his childhood memories of growing up. At the same time, he wants to stimulate the viewers to bring out their own childhood memories too."
I think this really relates to my idea of memories, keeping them and sort of exploring the meanings these mementos have with the memories. It isn't necessarily a 'my idea' sort of thing but it was my idea to showcase this.
Below is Experiential Spaces #1.
"Schaefer remembers himself as a kid angrily doing his homework while his father watched soccer on TV in the adjoining room. Schaefer builds elaborate room sets meticulously in his studio in Berlin, Germany, which takes over 200 to 400 hours for each."
Although my work isn't as elaborate or thought through as his, I think they may sort of have similar themes.
Following my tutors advice, I looked at artists that explored the idea of lost and found and found this blogpost about this exhibition called "Lost and Found".
It showcases various examples of things relating to that topic, I like how it isn't only about losing property, "You can lose – your mind, your temper and your keys. You can find – inner peace, the strength to go on and your keys," but I wanted to focus on Respectable A by Peter Lang.
I think it is a very cool concept and shows that different things have different meanings to people based on their own experiences.
"Peter Lang, an artist and animator who graduated from Hornsey College of Art, has created an illustrated picture book for children called ‘Tincap and the Lost Sock’, that combines illustration and Augmented Reality – when viewed through a smartphone or iOS device the illustrations become animated. He has also created a series titled ‘Respectacles’ – digital paintings of reading glasses he has lost."
Maybe I don't know how to research and reference other things either.
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