Author Archives: trukhanova

I have decided to put my work up on the website in order to visualise how it would look like if it was in an exhibition space. I would use the same design as I used on the website with the backdrops of nature against my photos. I would also add nature and city soundsContinue reading “Work display”

After a discussion with my tutor, I have come to a decision to use crops on my photos in order to empathise certain parts of them, make them look more interesting and engaging. Here are the new version of my selected photographs, with a few more added

Here are some of the shots that came out of the triptography technique that I applied with my film camera. In this series of images human relationships and behaviour is juxtaposed with the architecture of the human culture. William Burroughs has a theory “logic of control” about languages of aires and control structure. Burroughs usesContinue reading “selection of shots”

A contact sheet from my second film roll

My original plan was to make shoot and develop at least 4 full film rolls, however given the current restrictions posed by the global pandemic, I was only able to shoot 2 rolls of film. Therefore, I have a significantly less amount of material to choose from. However, despite that I am still going toContinue reading “The current situation: pandemic and my project”

A contact sheet from my first film roll

In this post I am going to explain how I used the cut-up technique for my project. The technique of creating Dadaist poems is a process when you pick out random words from your cut ups and put them together to create a poem that doesn’t necessarily have a great grammatical structure. However, I decidedContinue reading “Cut up poems”

The aim of my project is to uncover the subconscious, what lies underneath our everyday lives. I am going to explore how humans interact with the structures of the city that they have created. I am using a surrealist technique called triptography, where you create a triple exposure on film shooting over the same filmContinue reading “Project proposal (updated)”

After looking at several surrealist techniques, I have decided that I am going to use cut-up for my project. I have been making dream journals where I have recorded my dreams in quite a chaotic manner with no certain structure, just like how they appear. Then, I cut every word out and put them togetherContinue reading “Cut-up technique”

In today’s session we have assessed our own project’s progress so far as well as the project of one of our course mates. Here is what I have written about my project: The project identifies critical and aesthetic research questions broadly; however, it doesn’t go in depth in analyzing those theories. More evaluation is requiredContinue reading “Self-assessment”