Studio led by Matthew Hobson & Michelle Salamon - Voodoo Dog
About the studio show
This studio uses vampire texts – books and films - as a starting point to explore narrative[s] – linear and non-linear in various forms - 2D print-based, storyboards, building towards moving image / text / sound pieces. The key ideas behind the studio are de-composing – making new work out of pre-existing materials; exploring ‘the triangle of image, text & sound’ and how those elements interact, support, absorb or substitute for each other in order to create narratives; the relationship between 2D print and screen.
After a period of research – students were asked to explore two specific starting-points – ‘the vampire in the city as a metaphor’ and a short given passage from Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula–[ already a web of found texts ] which they had to deconstruct and adapt to their purposes. They have been using this material in order to make a ‘snake-book’ or boustrophedon, a form which offers all kinds of linear, and mainly non-linear possibilities. They then made ‘storyboards’ for an imaginary film’.
They also de-composed Twilight [Dir: Hardwicke, 2008]– using the image / text / sound from one given 7min section in order to render the film ‘un-recognisable’ but also to develop some kind of critique of the film’s suppressed themes.
To support this they have been on a research trip to Highgate Cemetery [‘twinned’ later with a visit to Pere Lachaise Cemetery on our Paris field trip]; had a ‘cascade-learning’ session on how to make a boustrophedon, been supported by lectures/talks including – ‘The Vampire As Metaphor’ ‘Male & Female Narratives; ‘Adventures With Text’; ‘Adventures In Image, Text & Sound’; Kracauer’s Triangle & The Importance of Ceiling-fans’ – crits, demonstrations and workshops.
Level 6 shadowed much of the same programme but with a good deal more flexibility. Their print-narrative piece can be in any chosen form and their storyboards were made to support/pre-plan their Major Project motion-pieces –which are proposed under the ‘vampire as a metaphor’ idea but self-negotiated and can use any ‘motion technique’ they consider apt — stills, sound, stop-motion, animation, video etc.
Exhibition details
| P.V. | Thursday 13 June 2013, 6-9pm |
| Opening | Fri 14 - Sun 23 June 2013 Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sat 11am-5pm, Sun 11am-4.30pm |
| Venue | Central House (4th Floor) |
| Course | Graphic Design BA (Hons) Illustration BA (Hons) |
Images
Mehwish Ahmed
Nicole Becker
Joshua Blackwell
Zainah Alisan Butt
Mustafa Charmaga
Nathan Colquhoun
William Cook
Russell Daniels-Lake
Ahmed Dualeh
Marwa Al-Hassani
Kirstin Helgadottir
Khayam Khan
Estera Lazowska
Salema Matlib
Martinai Matusova
Costanza Milano
Fisayo Oniyide
Naimah Ouafi
Shaema Shibli
Elizabeth Solari
Eleni Zakynthinou
Chara Ardanitou
Daniel Cutler
Simone Kavena
Rachel Kirk
Martina Matusova
Katya Nikolova
Roseth Nkosi
Vanessa Samuel
Joy Taylor
Liam