Photography snap (card game) Idea 1-A range of 60 cards, with each card being present in the deck 3 times. Could be snap with the same photo, or edit photos to be a certain colour and play snap through the coloured photos.
Idea 2-word game photographs taken, symbolising a letter.for example a photo of a pen sumbolising the letter i as it looks like the letter i. The players then given 15-20 cards and the player who creates the longest word from the letters wins the game.
What Is Instruction Based Art?
1. Can an idea be a work of art? Yes, an idea can be a work of art, this is because a piece of art work normally always starts out with an idea,as well as this hearing other peoples thoughts and ideas can sometimes elaborate into a piece of art work by someone else if the artist found the idea interesting.
2. Is good art always skilful? Whether or not someone finds a piece of art work skilful depends all on perspective of the particular person looking at the artwork. This could mean that someone finds a not very skilful piece of art work very good as they could have a personal connection to it or just in their eyes it could be good and in someone else's not so much, so good art is not always skilful.
3. If you don't make works of art can you be an artist? You could be artistic in the way that you think, but if you don't make works of art you can't be an artist as an artist is defined as 'a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art'.
4. Why might artists ask other people to make work for them? Artists could ask people to make pieces of art for them to see a range of different perspectives and see how they differ from themselves and other people creating the art. For example, in instruction based art the artist get other people to compete the art, however they are still the artist as the idea in the first place came from them. 5. What makes an instruction interesting? An instruction is interesting, particularly within art as without further evaluation on the instruction by the person who gave it in the first place everyone will take the instruction in different ways. This would make instruction based art finished pieces particularly interesting as everyone involved was given the same exact instructions and the same time period to complete their work in, yet all pieces will probably be very different to each other. 6. Does a photographer always have to be the one who presses the shutter? No, the photographer doesn't always have to be the one to press the shutter, as long as it was their idea in the first place they are still the artist of the work. Someone else pressing the shutter could be an idea behind the work and could be crucial to the final piece of the work.
John Baldessari
John Baldessaris photos shown above are photos that he's taken and then written a caption for them so that the audience of the photos are compelled to think more about the image and are confused. This is because the audience may not think that the caption is necessarily meant to go with the photo and struggle to understand why the photo has a certain caption attached to it.
Notes in class- Originated in a paris cafe - Can be daft and dangerous - All art can be anywhere - Interactive - Been on for 20 years and is ongoing - can be anything - Art based - Half set up for you already
Instruction based art is a form of art that allows the audience to join in and make the art their own. Instruction based art is thought of by an artist, but then created by the audience, however the materials and instructions are already there for the audience/ new creator, so is already half done for them. Instruction based art was thought of by in a cafe in Paris in 1993, and a famous exhibition called 'do it' has been on the road for 20 years now and has over 60 incarnations of it in different forms, in several different locations. This shows how instruction based art is popular and really works for audiences across the country. The exhibition also brings people together and gets them talking and engaging, this is good because often people don't talk directly to each other, but talk through texting or social media.
Instruction based art photoshoot John Baldessari's photo assignment
'Photograph backs of things, underneaths of things, extreme foreshortenings, uncharacteristic views. Or trace them.'
Second photoshoot (improvement photo shoot)
I think my new set of images better represents the instructions from the photography task because they generally look more abstract and better fit the instruction criteria.
These are my favourite photos from both photoshoots combined. This is because I like how they look quite abstract and it will take the audience a bit of time to recognise what the photos are actually of. I also like how I took risks while taking these photos as they are not the kind of photos that I would normally take, so I dint know if they would work when put on my website. I really like how these photos look individually but also how I composed them together. I think that the monotone images work with the middle image that has a very green tone to it.
Instruction photoshoot
The photos above were taken as an improvement of my previous photoshoots, and to be used in my card game that I am currently planning.
For my photography game I decided to create photography snap. I decided to create photography snap because I thought it would be beneficial for all age groups and it is fair easy to play and work the rules out for it. In my game I used a range of different photos that I really liked and thought would stand out within a game of snap. I used a total of 25 photos, as I thought that would be the best amount of images to have in a game of snap.
When I first made my game the quality of the printing wasn't very good, so I re printed my photos and carried out the same process as I did when I first made the game. This was printing all the photos out the same size and then sticking them on black card. I used black card as I thought that black card would be the best colour to use for my photos as the black colour made the other colours stand out more. I also decided to use card as I preferred how the game looked and felt with card rather then it being laminated.
My photos in my photography snap game were all taken within my instruction based art project, although having different instructions for some of the different photos.