User:Nicole Hametner/Graduate Research Seminar 2013-TM4.02

Practical Steps

retrospective view on former own work, summary in keywords
collection of notes and ideas of self directed research
collection of references in one single folder
develop a system for personal research database
create an up-to-date readinglist and concrete readingplan for the following weeks
make a clear separation between sources for the thesis and the graduation project
read and write annotations
outline a retroplan until the end of the forth trimester
finalise the project proposal
scout for locations, organise possible access to closed areas
produce small works that might help to develop towards the graduation project
casting for portrait shooting
test out different lightsituations in the studio
tutorials for postproduction
reflect about sound
reflect about presentation mode, how to simulate a space with an installation

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Worklog/Retroplanning

25.09.13 Kralingse Bos, shooting in the moment before night falls
26.09.13 Draft for a personal manifesto, my position as an artist
27.09.13 Unseen Photofestival; Grimm Gallery Alex Verhaest videoinstallation
28.09.13 XXXL painting at Onderzeeboodloods; location scouting in harbour area
29.09.13 project proposal; retrospective view, make a neat copy of notes of ideas
30.09.13 read and start with annotations/synopsis...
03.09.13 database of references; readinglist and readingplan
04.10.13 test shooting project 1; evaluation and plan for project 2
05.10.13 prepare seminar Barend 08.10, possible individual tutorials 08.10 and 05.11?
06.10.13 project proposal...
10.10.13 location scouting
11.10.13 location scouting
12.10.13 evaluation of locations; plan the next shooting end of the month
14.10.13 project proposal; organize shooting for commissioned work in Bern
17.-28.10.13 work in Bern, shooting and complete the postproduction
29.10.13 project proposal...
31.10.13 shooting
01.11.13 shooting
02.11.13 evaluation and plan for next shooting
04.11.13 project proposal...
05.11.13 tutorial with Barend; project proposal, two more weeks to final version

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Project 1:
During the summer I have worked two month in a factory. The company produces adhesive and sealant for the industry and ships its product all over Europe. The sound of the machines and the quiet monotonous working hours were an interesting experience. There were two days where I did nothing else than sticking labels on cardboard boxes, sometimes 50 of the same label for a small special comission, but also up to 1000 of the same. When I threw away the first charge of the remaining backsides of the labels I was fascinated by the way they felt into the big trash container. I decided to collect the huge amount of the following backsides in a bag and to bring them to Rotterdam to produce a small experimental film. Not only the materiality of the backsides interest me, also the sound and rhythm of removing the label. Then other thoughts came to my mind, about the remainder in general, the idea of adhere to something and the process of detachment. I will test in the coming weeks how I can let the little paper pieces fly through the air and filming them, observe what happens while zooming in and discover some details towards a complete abstraction. Besides that I will record the sound of sticking labels on cardboard boxes and remind myself where I spend the last summer.

Project 2:
This small project follows another idea for a short film I had in mind. It will be shot in the darkroom, the camera is pointing on the rinsing tank where the developed photographs move around in the rythm of the water coming out of the pipe. Like the backsides of the labels in the air, the photographs also turn around, showing for a short instant the image and then turn away in the next moment presenting the reverse side, all accompanied by the ripple of the water.