my timeline

MY TIMELINE

The task I was set was to make a time line of things that symbolised events that we had experienced that week. In order to create my timeline I took various photos that I had taken the previous week that represented things that I had done. In doing this I decided to put a twist to my work I printed off the picture and decided to take a picture of the picture in a place can could signify something different. I took these in different places around the O2.

  For example for this picture i chose the photo of the baby face, that i took from the Design museum. The reason i chose to place the baby face in front of a person is to show the difference from being a child to an adult. Showing how you can grow in time and could represent how the student has brought the memories of being a child with her. I thought this was successful as it could be interpreted as various different meanings.

For this photo I chose my receipt as a representation of something I did that week. The reason I chose the receipt was because it was a receipt for Wasabi, I had never had Wasabi before until I that week so it was something memorable for that week. I took the photograph of the receipt on a wasabi set out table as I thought it would be relevant as that was the Wasabi restaurant I tried it at.

The image that Im holding up is of the creation I made at the Memory Palace. Everyone was allowed to draw there own picture on the poster and that is what I drew. I chose this as I have never done anything like that before.When taking the picture for my timeline I thought it would be effective to hold it up like it was a poster as it was a picture of a part of one. Therefore I held it up like the other posters almost to represent what my poster could look like.

When taking this photo I thought i'd chose a panorama of the V&A. I feel the panorama captured the whole room. This was effective as usually when you take a photo you cant see everything but with a panorama you can. I held the image in front of white double doors to create the idea that behind the doors is the photo can that the doors can open into new memories. 

The image I'm holding up is of the Pavilion that I visited the previous week. The pavilion I found is an interesting piece of architecture. I have never seen anything quite like it before which is why I chose it. I    held the photo in the O2 space as I feel this linked with the image. I put the photo in front of the open space because to me the Pavilion can have various different interpretations and the open space could reflect this. 

The next photo I chose for the timeline was a picture of the Memory Palace exhibition, the reason for the image is because Memory Palace was unlike any exhibition I have been to as you had to remember everything in there as no photographs or sketching were allowed. I put the photo in front of the Ravensbourne entrance as I will be making many new memories at the college.





The image i'm holding up is the heading of the design museum where I visited the future is here exhibition. I held it in that position and that place because I there is a future at the O2 as it is a major tourist attraction. It is very popular and based in a popular area. Therefore I thought it would be effective to place the exhibition heading pointing at the O2.

  

time capsule -step by step

Step by step
How i made my capsule 
First thing i did when thinking about burying my belongs I gathered them together and placed them into plastic bags, in order to protect them from the dirt in the ground so they stay safe and clean for when someone else finds them.

Next when creating this time capsule I then had to find a significant place to bury my belongings, I chose my local park. This is because when I was younger I spent the majority of my time there, so it holds many memories from my childhood. I then had to dig a hole in the ground I did this with a shovel and estimated how big I would need the hole to be. Once I dug the hole I placed my bag of items into into it so i know they fitted and they did. I had to make sure nothing was squashed or ruined so it was placed in carefully and it obviously had to be a fairly big hole.

I then buried my object ready for future people to find and to see for the future.

frances kearny V&A

Frances Kearney (born 1970) 

Five People Thinking the Same Thing II, III and V 1998

Kearney's snapshots are all staged. Meaning that clothing, posture and expressions are all set up for the photograph.  Kearney's work is concerned with the passing of time within a domestic setting, often with the subjects absorbed in what Kearney has described as "lost time". What I picked up from the work displayed was the element of hidden identity, in her work is it obvious as the models are positioned facing away from the camera, in the last image, it is not quite as noticeable but I feel it is still present. By depicting the figures with their faces turned away from us it leaves the characters unexplained and evokes an anxiety and an uncertainty towards the meaning of the image.

These two photos were my favourite of the five at the exhibition, I simply liked the layout and the setting and feel they really compliment the theme of the five photographs on how they are left with no identity revealed and that we as an audience are unaware of what they are doing we are just left with thoughts. 

Time capsule objects

TIME CAPSULE
Looking into the past

When choosing what to put in a time capsule I chose to put 10 significant things in. For me when looking back at my past there are 10 objects which reflect who I am or have changed who I am in good and bad ways. Here are the objects I chose and why I chose them;

Hospital Band

Hospital band

This object is very significant to me. It represents a rough time in my life. The band is what my sister was given when admitted to hospital after being in a very serious car accident. From this accident I lost a friend, who didn't make it in the accident and in a way my sister as she suffers from a serious head injury, this causing brain damage. I chose the band for the capsule almost to bury the past in order to put the trauma behind me. With the band are various words like; fatal, trauma, car, accident, loss, hospital. I felt these described the memory the best.   

Photograph

Childhood picture

This photograph I chose to put in the time capsule because it is a picture of my twin sister and I. This photo was taken after our first day at school. Not only was our first day at school very important and scary but I chose this photo to show how we were constantly together and always had each other. The main idea for burying this is that now we have chosen to go separate ways and are no longer always together, but this will always remain a memory. The words I chose to put in with this picture are; Play, first day, school, twin, happiness, togetherness. These are what I felt best described the photograph. 



Car keys
My car keys are very important as they are the keys to my very first car. My car is a big part of my life now, it provides me with a sense of independence and security. I can travel to places on my own and safely. I put them in the time capsule so when its dug up in the next ten years maybe keys will not exist? I chose words like: first car, Clio, independence, transport and home. This is to give a clue as to what they are and also what there for. 

My keys to my first car

Birthday card
This birthday card is my 18th birthday card in which I received from my two best friend. I chose to bury this in the capsule to almost bury the memories we had and because at 18 many things change. You go your separate ways to like university and move away so I thought it would be good to signify moving on and making new memories. I chose various words for this card like; 18th, friendship, presents, legal. I believe that these would show what the card could represent.




Kandi Beach t-shirt

My holiday t-shirt

This shirt represents the memory of going on my first girls holiday, it got given to me at one of the events in Ayia Napa. The top has been personalised and ripped which almost tells a story on its own. I wanted to use this as this is a holiday that I will always remember and I don't think any other holiday can compare. I chose words like; sun, sea, party, beach, fun, friends. So when the top is dug up people could have an idea of the story behind the top.

Primary school shirt
This shirt has multiple signatures all over from all my primary school class mates. Leaving primary school is a big event in my life as you move on to secondary school. That is why I chose to bury it as I wanted to bury the past to signify the new and moving on.

Holiday and Primary school shirts and my 18th card

Serpentine Gallery

Serpentine Gallery

                                                                      The Pavilion

The Pavilion is designed by Sou Fujimoto and is inspired by natural structures. It appears cloud-shaped, differing from a climbing frame and a building. It is formed of many white steel poles and clear disc's, this gives the architecture almost a sharp but transparent look. Not only can viewers and visitors can sit in the middle of the box where there is a cafe you are also able to climb the outside and sit at various different heights. Its transparency allows the surrounding landscape to become apart of the structure. Its form is dominated by the glass which gives it a feeling of space and freedom. The structure gives an exterior feel whilst maintaining protection from the elements, for example the british weather. The Pavilion can almost look blurred due to the materials used and the image can merely change depending on the light. When you walk through there is no sense of inside or outside the landscape becomes a canvas acting as a background to the structure, therefore merging the architecture and landscape as one. The unusual yet ambiguous structure looks finished but unfinished and the puzzling structure order are the perspectives which causes a gaze to the building this is very effective as it makes the building more distinctive.