THEME: Stories of Creation & The Recreation of Ourselves
MEDIUM: Performance & Photography
Stories Of Creation & The Recreation of Ourselves
The stories we tell matter. Where we come from and where we are going are both shaped on how we unfold and rediscover the tale once and again. What is the story we are rediscovering for this community?
CHECK THIS: For more context in how we arrived to this theme, check out ...
Playing with Photography & Self-Portrait
Performance & Photography
In the process, we will explore how our bodies can tell stories. And through some basic photography principles, we will capture the essence of these stories in still images.
Minimum materials required:
Camera (phone cameras ok) and you.
Mural Process
Week 6: Sketches for overall image.
Week 7: Writing Exercises about the Themes.
Week 8: Feedback Review of the First Draft (coming soon).
2nd Draft Sketch
DROP OFF INFORMATION
UPDATE:
Drop off your art
any day between
August 24 - August 27th
9am to 4pm
at:
Innovation Works
London, ON.
Last day to drop off your art work is AUGUST 28TH ( between 9-12 Noon) BEFORE 12 NOON
To drop-off your Art at Innovation Works follow these Instructions:
At the very front area of the main entrance, you will find a few tables and chairs as part of a coffee shop. There, you will find a Big Box Saying RUCAP. Drop-off your art here. You will also find a hand sanitizer in case you have to touch the box or someone else's work. That's it!
Note: Your Art will Be Returned to You. We had a couple of people asking about what happens to the Art. The Art will be returned to you later on, we may return your Art at the Painting Parties, or at the Unveiling events. We will make announcements when this will be taking place, most likely, late September and October.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT YOUR ART IS FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 BEFORE 12 Noon at Innovation Works
WEEK 13!
Aug 26th - Sept 2nd
Titles, like names, give meaning
and spark a first impression.
The Title mirrors the face of the Project.
What is RUCAP's Title saying?
Goals for this week:
1. Submit Your Art-Work by Friday Noon
2. Vote for a Title for RUCAP´s 13 Panels
3. Write/record a description of your Art
Activities:
-------------------------------------------------------
I. RUCA´s Installation Tittle/Name
Last week we had 39 entries proposed for the naming of our 13 Panels Installation.
This Week we get to Vote on The title for this installation!
-------------------------------------------------------
II. Create a Quote or an Audio Description of your Art Piece
This Week You will be writing one Quote (your quote of course), or making a sound recording of 30 seconds where you describe, complement or enhance your Art piece.
This can be a statement, or something about you, or a poem, or a song... anything that describes the intention and the feelings of your process, your Art, your life, the theme of the panel, etc.
In order to Complete your quote or audio description keep in mind the following:
1. Keep it short, record an audio of 30 Seconds max, or write 5 lines Max .
2. Keep in mind the Theme in your panel when you create your description.
3. Be Creative
Deadline for this Quote or Audio Recording is Next Wednesday September 2nd
Important Note: This quote/audio will be part of the website where the panels will live. Visitors to the site can click on parts of the panels and see your description of your Art and a bit of who you are. The panels will be printed with links for visitors of the Richmond Underpass to access the context on the site. Send your Art descriptions/audios to this email
or via WhatsApp to 226.503.7188.
To have an idea of what this final piece may potentially feel like check out the following link from a previous project, once you are on the site, click on any parts within the mural:
Instructions to Create Your Final Art Piece!!!
It was lovely to meet most of you in real-time last week through the zoom meetings….
Goals for the week:
-
Choose your sections
-
Begin creating your final art piece..
Activities:
-
Choose your section and download it.
This document will guide you STEP by STEP. There is lots of super useful information in there.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/15Yr86UWtpPmb_GGDfckVnEp_-kXvteqN2EirI45E9Tg/edit?usp=sharing
-
Shape your ‘canvas’ to the shape of your section.
Your art piece is going to live inside the shape you chose. How do you create your art following this shape? There are two different ways you can approach this. 1. You can transfer the outline of the shape onto the surface, and then make your art inside this outline. Or 2. You can create your art (performance or objects installation) and take a photograph. Then, Alejandro and Melanie will crop the art in the shape of your section.
-
Transferring the shape of the section onto a physical surface
Transfer the image using the Grid Method (CLICK FOR TUTORIAL POST). Since Egyptian times, artists have been using the Grid Method as a drawing tool for more accuracy. The Grid Method is super fun, and it can be pretty easy. For detailed steps to the Grid Method, go HERE (grid link).
Then, print all the photos of your performance and make a collage fitting your shape.
2. Or, cropping your photograph. Once you send your photo to Melanie and Alejandro, they will crop your photos to fit the shape of your section... Make sure you take note of the shape of your section so that the performance/installation has similar proportions. .
-
CREATE YOUR FINAL ART PIECE!!
This is a very exciting stage. You’ve been learning many things in the past nine weeks. From creating concepts and themes, to using metaphors, and sketching stories.
After last week's zoom meeting, we added a new option for you. After sharing reflections about how shy we can become in performing in front of the camera, we thought it would be a good idea to add the option of making art with objects. This is called readymade art. .
Readymade Art is when we use ordinary objects, change them in some way, and they become expressive forms.
So, just how you can use your body to tell stories, now you can also use objects to tell stories.
-
Documenting with high resolution photos. Because we are printing this in large format. We ask you that you send us photos in the highest resolution possible. Ideally, we want each photo to be around 25MB. If you cannot take photos with this much resolution, we recommend that you take several photos of the same installation.
2. Supporting photos. As you noticed in the Choosing Sections document, you will need to submit a collection of supporting photos that we will place in the branches and the roots of your tree.
-
Supporting Materials:
Readymade Art: Check out all these examples of meticulously arranged objects. https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/239113061454630063/
Readymade Art: Check the artist Doris Salcedo and her art with readymade objects.
Performance Art: Check out all these examples of Performance Art documented in Photography. https://www.pinterest.ca/search/pins/?q=performance%20art%20photograph&rs=typed&term_meta[]=performance%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=art%7Ctyped&term_meta[]=photograph%7Ctyped
Performance Art: Check out some of the installations from Pipilotti Rist https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/585819864019936772/
TIMELINE for July and August
W #6
July 8th - 13th
Participants create sketches for possible ideas of an overall image.
W #9
July 29th - August 3rd
Participants learn about the medium through workshops and tutorials, and sketch ideas on how to turn their story into art.
W #12
August 19th - 24th
Participants take a photo of their art and submit their final piece.
W #7
July 15th - 20th
Participants share written stories related to the theme.
W #10
PHASE 3
August 5th - 10th
Participants choose the section of the mural, and begin working on their art piece.
W #13
August 26th - 31st
Participant record on audio, video or written form, a description of their art.
W #8
July 22nd - 27th
Melanie presents a final sketch for the mural, and participants suggests edits.
W #11
August 12th - 17th
Participants continue to work on their art. Melanie provides support and feedback.
Fall
PHASE 4
In September, Melanie weaves all the submissions to create 13 murals. In October, Mural gets installed in.