RESPONDING TO FEEDBACK
In light of the feedback received on my presentation and in the group crit, I have been working with language, more garish media and recognisable images. I feel that the use of existing imagery has achieved an immediacy that supports the communication of the underlying message. The contrast between high art imagery and kitsch florals and patterns achieves an immediate sense of the kitsch and commercialisation of art, capturing the ideas pivotal to my essays; that taste is subjective and defined by the context and institution in which it finds itself.
Subtle alterations work successfully to re-appropriate the imagery by subverting the tone of voice and establishing more accessible motifs, furthering the idea of status and class.
NEW DIRECTIONS
For me, I feel the most successful images to come out of this set were the ones that used concise and direct language. While the image of Christ and the bust capture the ideas explored within my essays, they are perhaps a little too specific and as such, are not as immediate in communication. I do feel that their subtle alterations, however, work in their favour but subverting the tone of voice through little means.
The image of Mona Lisa, and Michael Jackson seem more successful through the single words as these are more direct and communicative. I am particularly interested in exploring language as a means of triggering questioning of imagery, encouraging the viewer to engage more organically with the issues of power in taste.
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