My three proposals for final piece (London history in the making project).

1. Interim review
Harriet Davie

2. Proposal One
Mural painting inspired by graffiti campaign
“Depaul UK brings in graffiti artists for London street art campaign
tackling youth homelessness”
Youth homelessness charity Depaul UK has launched an awareness
campaign involving a group of graffiti artists who will create street
art to tell young peoples’ stories. This campaign has given
homeless people a voice in society. Andy Bird, executive creative
director for Depaul, said: “If you live in a big city chances are you
come into contact with homeless people on a regular basis, often
asking for money. “It’s easy for charity fatigue to set in and forget
that they’re not there out of choice, but because they come from
circumstances and backgrounds which have given them little
choice than to sleep rough. “By telling these kids’ stories we’re
inviting people to connect with them as human beings. And using
the street as a medium felt like an original and powerful way of
doing it.”
In response to these interesting graffiti works I would like to create my own
versions and use paint and typography as a key part of the design. The
colours and font used play a important part of telling the story behind the
painting. By creating a story in art, It would invite the public to feel that
have a connection with the person who’s story it is.

3. Proposal Two
Painting inspired by Thomas Ganter used for a
billboard/poster
Contextual reference:
Name: Thomas Ganter
Practice: Artist/Illustrator
From: Frankfurt, Germany
Relevance to London: His
portrait of a homeless man
came first place at the BP
Portrait awards and has been
displayed in the National
Portrait Gallery.
His shortlisted portrait of
Karel, a homeless man he
encountered following a visit
to a museum, invites the
viewer to contemplate the
coexistence of wealth and
poverty. He portrays the
homeless man in a manner
reserved for nobles or saints,
which emphasises that
everyone deserves respect
and care.
In response to his work, I have
experimented with different poses and
positions the homeless person could sit
through figure drawing. The final outcome
would be a painting/illustration that would
be used for a poster. My best idea so far
would be to have a homeless man sitting
against an urban building that has a window
in the background. And in the window was
a reflection of the shard. This would draw a
contrast upon the rich and poor
successfully.

4. Proposal Three
Photography poster inspired by Kathryn Prescott
Contextual reference:
Name: Kathryn Prescott
Profession: Actor, photographer
From: London
Kathryn Prescott, London born photographer and actress, made
her first solo exhibition ‘What Makes Us Care?’ which exhibited in
St. Martin in the Field's Crypt Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London.
The project focuses on, explores and challenges the way in which
modern society desensitises the homeless and individuals in need,
on the street. By photographing famous actors, she puts into
perspective that we are all human.
In response to her work I took some of my
own photographs of friends dressed as
homeless people. For the final poster I
would want the person acting as the
homeless to be relatable to the public eye,
kind of like how Prescott has made her
images recognisable. For one of my ideas I
thought of dressing my model in smart
clean clothes and jewellery (as if she was
working class) but photographing her on a
dirty, urban background. The poster would
reach out to the viewers who are working
class and above and would suggest that
homelessness can happen to anyone.

5. Chosen Proposal
I have decided that I’m not going to choose one individual proposal, instead I'm
going to take ideas from all three and combine them to make my final outcome. I
have decided to use my first proposal to experiment using Photoshop to create a
low-poly portrait as part of my development, but I don’t intend on using it for my
final idea. I am going to use the idea of having the shard in the reflection from my
second proposal for my final piece but as a photo instead of a painting. I will also use
my idea from proposal three as my final outcome will be photographs and will
display a contrast between the rich and the poor. I intend to develop my ideas using
photography and Photoshop.