Abstract Fear-Proposal

This is the Proposal Presentation created using Microsoft powerpoint.

This assignment encourages us to create an installation piece exhibiting our personal fears through video, sound and photography. Through researching various installation artists using many different mediums, I have chosen to use Video with a sound relating to my fear and a set of images.

My first thoughts whilst planning this assignment was how I was going to successfully connote my fears through video and photography. I then decided to research artists such as Bill Viola. He uses slow motion video of concepts such as people emerging and descending into water continuously.

Once I had decided what direction I was going with my exhibition in terms of installation medium, to develop my ideas further I took a series of test shots. My first set of test shots were centered around a narrative. I chose to do this as it was a good way to know if my final piece should have a narrative. These images were successful for research purposes but was a project to improve on.  With my second series of test shots I decided to focus more on the digital aspect and improve my  technical ability  with Photoshop, something I had needed to improve on in the past.

Theme

For My exhibition, I have decided to theme my images around the fear of Nail files and Ghosts . I have chosen these fears as they are things I am scared of myself. I thought these would be effective as ghosts is a common fear, and nail files is an uncommon fear. This shows a diversity in fear.

Installation

Video

For the set up for my installation, I have decided to create a dark area to connote fear. I will have a old looking television showing my video  surrounded by boards to block out view. The front board will have a several eye holes, ranging in size and position on the board. The viewer will then have to bend down and find a eye hole to view the video inside. This will give the viewer a sense of un-knowing and asif they were viewing a secret.

The contents of my video will be centered on the fear of ghosts and of the unknown. It will also contain my fear of nail files.  This short film will be on rotation at my exhibition.

The fear of nail files will be exhibited in the sound of the video. It will be someone filing there nail’s and will go as the soundtrack to my video. I think this will be a disturbing sound which will aggravate   the viewer and make them uncomfortable.

The video itself will use fast transactions and shock tactics to engage and disturb the audience. It will contain scenes of a person slowly walking towards the screen then a fast transaction were they are close to the screen. It will then cut to a scene unrelated and so on. I am planning to work on instinct when creating the video, as this is the most effective way I work.