Work in Progress Critique #2

Diagram of the basic set up for my project. What is not pictured is the loop former I will need to make out of some distance and a film reel. All I need to form the loop is to splice the beginning and end together and then create tension using a grip stand.

Cell Phone video experimenting with the scale and distance/brightness of the two projectors. 

Pictures of experimenting with the project on a smaller scale. About 20 feet of film.

 I had to use a little bit of film tape when they were in position so that the structure would hold its shape better.

The next step would be to make a stencil image using Photoshop. I will then trace this image onto some acetate and stencil the image onto the film canvas with bleach. I am not quite sure how to do this on photoshop, but there are many tutorials on youtube, or if anybody wants to each me how.

Project Proposal #2

Project Proposal #2


For my second project I plan to create a canvas of film, emulsion side out, on top of a regular canvas board. I will secure the film to the canvas with push pins so that it will not move. I will use this canvas and a stencil I will create out of photoshop and acetate to stencil an image using bleach onto the film. This will cause some of the emulsion and bleach mixture to seep in between the canvas board and the film, creating an abstract painting based off of the shapes created by the stencil. I will then take the 50 feet of film off of the canvas board and project the film via a 16mm projector onto the abstract emulsion painting that was created earlier in the process. I will loop this film as to make sure that it keeps playing continuously. If possible, I wish to take a video of the film on the canvas with a light behind it and project this video on-top of the canvas board as well. My project should emphasize the different pieces of work and art that create the whole installation.

Work in Progress Critique

After some testing, I realized that my LCD light has a hot spot that will obscure in the image of I center the image. I can either create an image around the hot spot or I must find some sort of scrim to put in front to make the light softer, but not too diffuse.

Also, the image I will need to create out of tape will have to be pretty small on each of the mirrors and quite precise. I can foresee some difficulty with this as I am not the steadiest person and am certainly not the best drawer either. I have not chosen the image I want to use, but experimented with simple shapes such as triangles, squares and circles.

If I added a phrase or words to the image, I could further my idea of fragmentation. Preferably, each word will only have some of the phrases letters, but when added together will create the full phrase. I could even progress this idea by creating words on each mirror through the fragmentation of the phrase.

Proposal for Project #1 --Wednesday September 21, 2011


My plan is to use the masking of light through the use of mirrors and black, non reflective tape. I will set up a series of small mirrors (6"x6") on two "stands" facing each other. The mirrors will be aligned vertically along the stands and positioned so that they bounce the light off of the opposing side from bottom to top. Each mirror will have "fragments" of a whole image masked off with black tape. By the time the light is reflected off of each mirror and onto the screen, an entire image will be visible.

For an alternative, I considered using colored sharpies instead of black tape to emphasize the fragmentation of the image. The image in itself will be one utilizing negative and ground space exclusively, making it less detailed, but still easily recognizable, similar to the image below. Even though the details are nearly gone, the shapes tell us who the person is. (Charlie Chaplin).