‘Pluto’: the end of nature.
Construction and Development into the New Millennium (2000-2012+)
(BA Hons Photography 3rd Year Project) (Video Installation with Sound and Lighting)
This project, thought over the summer break, is how modern society and civilization is growing at an astounding rate and how plans for the London 2012 Olympic Games is bulldozing residential housing, businesses and Greenland in order to make space for a ‘temporary’ redevelopment.
Throughout the period of Photography my views on the subject of Photography and its comparison with (and against) art have changed persistently. I’ve discovered that Photography “The Camera” is an extension of the eye, the nature of art is the only subject in which you can feel the atmosphere with Brush Strokes. I aim to completely drive photography into a new light with this project.
My Photographic work consists of myself and the environment around me. This project continues the commissioned work produced in Rome 2008,
Construction and Development into the New Millennium (2000-2012+)
The Images in this project are also intended to be taken with Polaroids, I intend to use my last batches of Polaroid film to show an unaltered perception of the changing planet, at the current date.
Climate Change remains one of the most discussed issues of our time and our response to it continues to dominate the news.
2009 has been a very challenging year with charities and organisations worldwide with strong attempts of attempting to tackle climate change, with each even more dramatic from the last.
I wish to produce an environmental awareness campaign on how we’re treating the planet, based on demolition, rebuilding and regenerating areas, leaving our CO2 ‘footstep’ behind on the planet. I will present my piece as an installation, as a series of images edited together to form a video, which will be projected, with a collection of lights arranged to the left and right of the screen, which will be in time with the music and pace of the video.
The Music, is arranged, composed and directed by Bemani Artist ‘Naoki Maeda’ under the Alias of ‘Black∞Hole’ it first appeared in Dance Dance Revolution SuperNOVA2, a dance rhythm game and later in BeatMania IIDX DJ TROOPERS -15-, A DJ Simulation Game,
The Affect this has with the current video:
‘Pluto’ only features a generic video in BeatMania IIDX, not made especially for the track consisting of clips of flowers and cryptic messages in English and Japanese.
”Now this is quite distinctive in DDR, is translated to a drastic change in BPM.”
- L.E.D (IIDX Bemani Sound Director)
However, More information is leaked with the strong nature of the song in DDRX, The later instalment of the Music Rhythm games sequel, with cryptic messages and featuring a faster remix composed by U1-Asami (Yuuchi Asami) under the title of ‘Pluto -Relinquish-‘
I feel as if the videos used don’t pair with the track, as the melody is very uplifting, fast yet slow for sudden moments in time in order to raise tension.
The effect the Installation has on changing the Atmosphere of the Video is in order to raise awareness to the viewer of the issues I will be presenting.
Research Taken to Date:
| Exhibitions: | Artists: | Printed Material: | Other: |
| Radical Nature
Barbican Art Gallery. |
Loatha Baumgarten
‘I prefer it there better than Westphalia Eldorado, 1968-1976’ |
Metro ~Green Britain Day~ | Bemani Music Rhythm Games. |
| Walking in my Mind,
Hayward Gallery. |
Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s ‘The Blur Building’ | Cryptic Messages, Greek Gods. | |
| Earth Alert,
Korean Cultural Centre UK |
Yayoi Kusama | Disco Lighting Equipment | |
| Futurism,
Tate Britain |
Frauke Fischer
‘Gypsy Swing’ |
Act on CO2 Advertisements and awareness campaigns, including Road to Copenhagen. | |
| Pop Life,
Tate Britain |
Ben & Jerry’s 2009 Advertising Campaigns (Ogily & Marther, Singapore.) | ||
| Film: 2012. | |||
| Book: The End of Nature,
Bill McKibben |
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| Protests to ban domestic flights. (Trafalgar Square) |
