20. your making - contextual framework
social political
personal critical/ theoretical
historical geographical
institutional cultural
21. social context
Making and seeing art always takes
place in a social context. The way it is
seen and how it is seen are culturally
constructed.
Audience for work - who is
included/excluded/implicated on the
ways an image is produced, circulated
and consumed
25. personal context
Biography - narrative of the self
particular issues - memories
What motivates/ drives you?
Your particular skills as an artist/
designer/writer/photographer
What strategies do you use when the
work is not going well?
How do you relate to the forces that in
part condition what you know and in
which you make things?
27. critical/theoretical context
Does your work relate to particular
critical debates about contemporary art
and design practices?
Is your work informed by/engaging
with/contesting particular theoretical
frameworks/issues?
31. geographical context
Local, regional, national, international,
global.
Where do you make your work?
Do you make your work in relation to a
particular place?
studio home church city rural cyberspace
33. institutional context
MA Course - Camberwell
Your educational background/experience
Your professional
background/experience
Your family background/experience
35. cultural context
In it’s broadest sense - ‘a whole way of
life’ - this relates to all the other
categories.
More specifically, what works of artists,
designers, writers, filmmakers,
photographers, musicians are important
to you and your work - why?
45. a journal is a place for...
Recording
thoughts, ideas, observations, things
Reflecting
to gain understanding
Analyzing
to further your learning
Concluding
setting out what you have thought
about
46. what’s in it - actual?
written notes
diagrams
drawings
sketches
47. what’s in it - ideas?
personal insight
observations
questions
speculation
the work of others
48. content
raw
un-thought-out observations
recorded close to the action
think police note book
reflection
stuff you have thought about
connections
notes on the unexpected
70. materials ambition -
what are you going
to do?
title
processes context
description of
what you are audience
interested in.
work of others what do you
want at the end?