Fields of Practice- Image Making As Evidence

The project will provide an opportunity to explore the process of etching. While learning about this process students will consider the use of drawing as an organising tool within the world. Given the potential offered by etching, students will be asked to explore the possible relationship between photographic images and drawing. This will involve research into the history and contemporary practice of etching. It will also involve a critical investigation of the use of multiples in contemporary Fine Art practice.

The project will begin with a discussion that centers on the historical depiction of social space. As a starting point students are asked to respond to the images provided and then respond with their own research. Students are asked to develop an account of a space in a way that locates their work in a time and gives a sense of what makes this time particular.

This studio project is designed to support the development of productive individual practices through the testing and development of a project which is transformed through the use of etching processes. Tools used will include:

Workshop learning,(beginning in week two)
Discussion in pairs
Group Conversation
Crits
Shared Research Activities
Individual feedback
Shared commentary on work as it occurs, (postings)

Timetable
Wednesday: Workshops
Thursday Afternoon:Group meeting, Task set
Discussion then either research activity or paired feedback

Project Outcomes
1. The production of a folio of prints
2. Independent research record that gives an account of the conceptual development of your idea.
3. The completion of tasks set and posted on the blog weekly for eight weeks



Task: Week One
Following the Thursday class, please find a selection of images which might help explain the ideas you have at this initial stage. These might be drawn or they could be found, they might be yours or the work of others but either way you will need to have altered the image in some way that helps explain your approach. Copies should be emailed before the week two class,(30th July) to j.speers@auckland.ac.nz