I started out with a few Stan Brakhage clips, Murder Psalm and Mothlight, and liked the elements of natural v. constructed brought out by the contrast between filmed work and more traditional media used on the film.

 

The way it contrasted more traditional forms of art with the at the time new media of filmed video appealed to me. I wanted to work it in with my own interests and hobbies, which is both digital and traditional illustrations/painting.
I intend to both “update” and personalise Brakhage’s work whilst remaining a kind of homage to the emotive/aesthetic qualities of the film, I am leaning toward creating small animations or gifs, combining both the digital and traditional paintings of the same image to create movement in a static piece.

I also intend to examine the qualities of the original traditional work (chosen from my previous works in order to maintain a neutral beginning point), and movement. I hope to question what is really captured when a picture/portrait is drawn (moment? object? person? time? static?).
I also want to include a physically dynamic background upon which to project the gifs, and an element of interactivity. I wish to project the gif onto the physical copy of the original image.
The William Kentridge work The Refusal of Time which I saw at PICA, also has qualities that I wish to capture. The texture of the room itself was a huge influence, with walls that have been papered and ineffectively cleaned up prior to being used for projection, and walls that appeared to be made of either sandpaper or black sand. It also strongly examined movement in various ways. The pictures don't show it quite effectively, but couldn't locate a video (after an admittedly quick search, bearing in mind it has five separate projections in the installation, and a physical kinetic machine present in the room)

Photo's from the William Kentridge show the refusal of time

However I wish to include certain elements, such as sound, colour study and audience interactivity.