We, as a group, had a meeting with Jason Lock today to go over our ideas and see how far we had progressed in terms of planning and what we were doing photographically. Our initial idea for a location was Somerset House (http://www.somersethouse.org.uk/), but on second thoughts after speaking with Karin on Thursday, we didn't think the location reflected our mystical and weird portraiture theme and we needed to find somewhere that helped this.
Here, above, is Somerset House in London. It was our initial location for our festival but on reflection it didn't fit our magical and weird theme of surreal portraiture and "Realms of the Unknown. They host art events and weddings there as part of everyday life there. However, we have decided to change our location to Grizedale Forest in the Lake District.
Grizedale Forest is already open to wooden and metal sculptures that are scattered around the park, giving it an artistic feel to it. One of my groups members has been to Grizedale Forest before to see a photography exhibition in the forest, where the photographs were printed on a large scale and hung from the trees in a path, making you follow a story. For the other three members of my group, their work can all be hung outside, but because of the graphic nature of mine and Maurice Heesen's work, they would have to be shown in a cabin/hut to comply with the 18+ age restriction.
No comments:
Post a Comment