Looking at Simon Norfolk- Afghanistan

This week I focused on the artist Simon Norfolk and viewed his body of work Afghanistan-Chronotopia online. For this project Norfolk displays his 12 images with a written introduction that gives contextualisation for the project. Here Norfolk explains the ideologies for his title ‘Chronotopia’ and says in reference to Afghanistan that “Mikhail Bakhtin might have … More Looking at Simon Norfolk- Afghanistan

Project Development-2

My first shoot for this module took me to the former site of RAF Ballyhalbert. I used the same resources as my last module to locate my areas of interest http://www.ww2ni.com/countydownairfields.htm & http://www.livinglegacies1914-18.ac.uk/HostedSites/RAF100CommemorateEducateInspire/RAFAirfields/Ballyhalbert/. Then lastly good old-fashioned walking/snooping around, the landscape has changed greatly so was difficult to get access to some of the areas. … More Project Development-2

Surfaces & Strategies Week 3

Week 3 Strategies of Sharing   This week’s presentations focused on the collaborative ideas of photography, whether it’s a participatory, collective or cooperative method that we include in our current practice. I found the presentations quite interesting especially with crowdsourcing, these could open up your practice to endless possibilities and outcomes. I enjoyed the work … More Surfaces & Strategies Week 3

Project Development-1

First World War Workshop I attended a WW1 workshop at Queens University Belfast hosted by Council for British Archaeology, Living Legacies and Home front Legacy. Although only 2 sites from WW1 are in NI (25 are in Ireland), I still found the presentations very interesting because I could still relate methodologies to capturing WW2 sites. … More Project Development-1