SB3 Futurology (hey that rhymes)

FUTUROLOGY

heck, what a project. 

back to the future 

This self directed brief was kind of... well... lets just say it was really difficult for me. I was stuck in a creative rut for the three out of the four weeks, having generated little work, that was a random mess of uncollected thoughts. Stuck. Stuck. Stuck. 

The only thing i created at this point that i found enjoyment in was that little zine of chair stories. which wasn't really related to anything in my sketchbook- the inspiration had come from reading a book on zine making, to be honest. Maybe the best work comes from playing around and not really considering things? hmm... wellllll.. maybe..ok maybe the best ideas, not finessed work. . 

chairs. futurology. chairs in the future? conversations. Funny...?

for me, creative ruts just stem laziness and inispiration, until i feel sick enough with guilt and panic to actually get off my arse and seriously think about work i'm creating or generating. Jasmine helped a lot with this process during this project- forcing me to come into the studio and actually sitting me down and actually making work with me, any work, anything at all- by having a play and an experiment with a pot of ink and some tracing paper. big-up- Jas, mucho love. 

Although the work i was generating was like.... mediocre at best, it kick-started a thought process-folding paper in half and drawing half s chair in really splodgy ink, and closing and opening the paper again- like that ink splodge therapy test, but with chairs, benches, stools, wheely office chairs and sofas. mmmm tasty. 

This formed into drawing like a gazillion chairs from my head, just with a pot of ink and a quite dodgy paintbrush. But this is all i had to give- my creativity had dribbled out of me again.  

Admitting to myself i needed help and speaking to my tutor made me realise that the work i was making didn't have to be perfect- the inky stuff was a good starting point to make something a little bit special in a messy kind of way. 

So... the outcome was a little couple of zines with little tiny stories in them about people sitting on chairs in the future. concept- in the future people will still need to use chairs, people will still have conversations, people will still get their hearts broken. And some painty splodgy char illustrations to go alongside. 

I'm not sure its the best work i ever made, but i'm very very proud of myself for actually producing these outcomes when i was in a really difficult sticky spot. And the exhibition was super cool too.

ta daaa

roy xxxx