Good or Bad Idea?

This is one of the ideas i had, but didn't end up pursuing.

I decided to do test pieces on photoshop before

Here i am looking at the item;

What condition is it in?

How has it got to that stage?

How did the item end up in that location?

How people have interacted with it before, during and after its use?

Any wear, tear, damage done to it? 

Bringing the item from an image out onto a stand for people to inspect it. 

see it for what is really is. 

Asking questions with no real answer

The water bottle is rotated differently, have to watch out for this. 

If i were to do this, i think i need more interesting items, location varies but item is the key to get people's attention, and the more thats happened to it, may be more interesting to view

Examining Everyday Notes

Examining Everyday Notes

I started to collect notes that other people had written

This is a very common form of communication, whether its a note on your bedside, note on the fridge, note on a kitchen table, people do this on a daily basis. 

I was interested to see the variety of ways people had written the message, graphology and examining the motion of text

This i enjoyed, people tend to write important messages using CAPITAL LETTERS, however this person didn't, using someone's things without permission is frowned upon, but using small text, she/he is saying it softly. Like a gentle friendly request more than a command.

This was drawn by my cousin when staying up at Scotland. This got me interested. If i had more time, i have an idea for a project. 

I would go to different chains of hotels and accommodations in the UK and collect any doodles or markings drawn onto the bedside notepads. I would then display them, trying to find if the drawings or marks differentiate depending on the location, class and reputation of the hotel. 

This was a message left behind by someone in the kitchen, "Eat me" with rolls of bread next to it. 

Capital letters state importance and feel like a command, slightly takes away the kind gesture in sharing food. 

This was obviously not "Kirsty" who wrote it, but someone her actions enough to compliment her to everyone else. Underlining "Kirsty" shows significant importance towards that person and is the main subject in this message. NOT written in capitals so its a friendlier message. Date is stated, this could mean they had a schedule, and someone else is next.

 :) indicates happiness that they now have items to clean the kitchen, stating it could have been a mess beforehand. 

These 3 were written by the same person i presume. I had gotten these in the same location. 

Writing her name at the bottom means that she wants people to know that it is her that is "FED UP", her as an individual not so much everyone is "FED UP"

Her thinking was obviously rushed, she misspelt "Clean" and wrote "CLAAN" to begin with but obviously cares about spelling mistakes and went back to correct it. 

Also the tear of the paper needs to be examined, this is an A4 paper that comes from a pad, usually they can be removed neatly but these are not, which suggest she ignored the removal function of the pad and ripped it with slight aggression which compliments the message too, time could have been an issue too.

Misspelt "Clean" again, defiantly same person writing these messages and due to the same colour, i would say all written alongside each other, one after the other. 

I love this, the end of this message has a sense of sympathy towards herself, she wants to use the sink but unable to due to its condition. Her psychology may have changed near the end, to a softer side, she didn't use capital letters for "that" so she must have has a period feeling upset or tired of this action repeating, generally upset. 

This is my favourite note!

This person took his/her time to decorate it with another colour.

At the start, the font style of overlapping scribbling may have been intended but after realising how time consuming it would be, he/her stopped and went back to smile writing. 

" ? ! " This is both a rhetorical question and a command

I liked examining these notes, i think i will continue to collect these, from everywhere i go. Show them to you at the end at a gallery space and see what you think about them and about the person who wrote them. 

Failed project ..... 1 outcome!

This was the "Failed Project" 

Where i handed out name cards and was suppose to receive emails back containing photographs of what each person thought was beautiful through their eyes. 

Out of around 30 i had one response!

At the start, there was already some technical problems. 

I am sure many of you have experienced some in the past

There was no photo 

 So i emailed back

He sent me it again, and told me the location. 

I printed the image off, as you can see, technology doesn't always produce what you want. Quality is poor in this print

This was the image sent to me by email

I then decided to edit it. 

Everything can be improved, nothing is perfect

By me doing this through photoshop, has it improved it or ruined it? 

The shadow may have given the image some presence of human kind, knowing that someone was there to take the photo.

By changing the way it looks, does it ruin what happened in real life? 

Technology has so many problems but benefits too. 

When it comes to FINE art, is it doing it justice?

It was nice to see what this one person thought was beautiful through his eyes. 

I was hoping for a wide range of responses. 

Failed Project

Failed Project

I created 60 name cards

Eugene Lee

eugenelee713@gmail.com

Take a photo and send it to me

I wanted random individuals to take a picture of something beautiful and send it to me

I wanted to receive a wide range of different subjects

This was the process if i were to have gotten some images. 

I think this is like a posted note, like a task to do, but if it isn't of any importance, it get budged down the line, or even thrown away or forgotten. 

I wanted to ask the question " as technology ruined or improved the real beauty of fine art? " 

I handed out around 30, in London, Edinburgh and Glasgow. 

I haven't received any images yet

Time to think of a better strategy!

Art you miss everyday

Art You Miss Everyday

During visits to galleries, i look at how people interact with the space around them and how they loo at the pieces of art. 

We take our time to look carefully at every detail, the brushstrokes and colours in galleries but why not outside?

So in Edinburgh i did a small project, looking at 3 things. 

1. The texture in our surrounding

2. The colour within the texture, the colour expressed in the overall photograph. 

3. Evidence of people's interaction

Footprints

Wear and tear (both weather and people)

I really like this piece, the fact that it emphasises the sunlight that shines on a single leaf in between the gaps.

Shadow looks like a face

Experimented with different colours, changing the mood of the image which can create a different outcome to viewers. 

Contrast between the subject and colour when turned to pinky red. 

The colours are really exaggerated here and i loved how it turned out. (top and bottom)

Footprints showing signs of presence.

Damages in nature, like broken twigs caused by mankind.

This is a tear in a taxi cab

How did it happen? 

Over time or single action?

Words carved into the stone

Stop and take a moment next time your out to look at your surroundings in much more detail.