catching up…

I’ve spent a little bit of time trying to catchup on some of my practical work. This meant assembling the pictures I took in Osaka and Nara before I left. There were four of them in all and they can be viewed here. What I decided to do was pick up where the challenger left. Basically, I imagined that they never left and stayed for an unspecified amount of time. This would then allow me to use captions and serial numbers akin to the originals, and I could effectively keep the series going. In reality, the challenger did keep going and it went on to Hawaii. Those images were the next in sequence in the original sets. This way keeps me interested in the intended idea of the challenger photographs. Therefore I am photographing things that would be of interest to people back home. Culturally, this aspect is very important, as this is how the originals would have been viewed by a keen public. I still feel that little is known about Japan in England besides the usual travel snaps for tourist guides etc. These images I feel show the post-modern landscape of Japan. This is something that the final works should focus on. I should be drawing specific attention to the people who would be looking at my works, and sadly, these people are not necessarily Japanese.

I have also spent some time listening and watching some documentaries and talks relative to control and causes of human behaviour.

Pinker, S. [Internet] The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature, 1 hr 52 min 25 sec – Apr 26, 2007 <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5328790388262397286&q=steven+pinker&total=26&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1> [Accessed 7th August 2007]

Curtis, A. [Internet] The Century Of The Self – Part 1 of 4 – By Adam Curtis, 58 min 25 sec – Aug 8, 2006 <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8953172273825999151&q=adam+curtis&total=298&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=1> [Accessed 7th August 2007]

Curtis, A. [Interent] The Century of the self, 2 of 4, 58 min 37 sec – Aug 6, 2006, <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-678466363224520614&q=adam+curtis> [Accessed 7th August 2007]

Curtis, A. [Internet] The Century of the self, 3 of 4, 58 min 34 sec – Aug 11, 2006, <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6111922724894802811&q=adam+curtis> [Accessed 7th August 2007]

Curtis, A. [Internet] The Century of the self, 4 of 4, 59 min 0 sec – Apr 1, 2007, <http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1122532358497501036&q=adam+curtis> [Accessed 7th August 2007]