Contextual Studies

Today we had our first contexts lesson and I found it very interesting, so decided to do a quick blog about it. We were given the brief to write an 1000 word essay by December, which I think is very possible in that time frame. I would like to write my essay about post-modernism in film, but I don't have much development on this idea yet.

What really captivated me was when we had our first lecture, where we were helped to really look at different inspirations for our Invisible Cities brief. We were introduced to a few different ideas, and I've made a small list of things to consider when attempting my next thumbnails:

• Angles
• People - who lives there?
• Map
• Style of time period
• Does it tell a story?
• Level of detail
• Utopia or dystopia?

One subject that also really interested me was the concept of 'non-places'. This is a phrase used to describe a place where human beings remain anonymous and where they do not hold enough significance to people to be described as real places. For example, a bus stop or a supermarket could be described as a non-place. This is something I felt really drawn to, and I'd like to explore this further in my next thumbnails for Invisible Cities. I now feel a lot more inspired after this lesson, and I can't wait to get started on some more drawings. More to come soon!