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  Painting from Action video piece 2: interesting how ideas come out as u go along,  started with just wanting to use the black tool i got as its cool n a sponge!!!. ... also a bit of white perhaps.. but started having ideas of what to do and things I wanted to add eventho i wasnt intending to put any 'ideas' into the painting. Eg added a 'T' shape as I was thinking about thats how far i can move my arms up to for 6 weeks after surgery, n then bc of that i wanted to add a 6 maybe somewhere, but then added it as I was drawing a line and made it into a tally looking thing. Also noticed when i started I was using more curvier lines than before. Think this has reassured me, as I think ive been trying to make sure i have this project sorted as it has a limited time frame to do it in, but itll sort itself i think. esp w session 2 on the first painting

  1st Shooting the webcam- just did this as an extra i guess as i liked the angle of the dead red one the camera silhouette- 1st 5 min is the best i think... could add freeze frames after each motion? COuld i possibly key colour out the silhouette?... kinda similar to that short film i watched - the very eye of night 1958 maya deren edit testss: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oxo6yxg14Gg 2nd shooting: webcam silhouette test edit of footage experiments: Photo screenshot tests of editing the contrast n lighting to make it more silhouette-y: Thinking about it, i think it would have been good if i had more space to film a full body, think that way I always could have brought it in more...  dont know if i really like how the footage turned out, but maybe itll grow on me.. I def like it more after editing some screenshots. SOUND??? monochrome it? This way get the same tone and the first one isnt really really red. makes it less about the painting too as you cant really see the real...

Do another version after 21st on A2 paper without compression thing on. add touch ups to the 1st painting. stiff as a plank.?or just plank as title? dada vibe. take photos after each session. could turn into zine? on recovery or smthn idfk. or trilogy if going to do 3 sessions... give title to each one of the tryptich? could turn it into a zine/pamphlet fold out vibe thing 1st session: 14th 2nd: 22nd? 3rd: 30th or a bit later after newyr? 1. painting I                              Session 1- Take photo of dried img -- filmed on 14th                              Session 2- Take photo of dried img -- 22nd? Film session 2 anyway? go over it enough, kill darlings. but also see some of it through is ok/good/preferred. concentrate less on movement? but also keep it in mind to create new layer.       ...

wrote this out on thursday/day before surgery of the things id decided on. Filming.  kept it short n sweet.  top surgery recovery is no joke!! was very tireddd. between 10-15min was tired. even setting up made me tired n I didn't even do anything bc i asked desiree to do it as i cant lift stuff lmao after shooting thoughts: really wanted to make a video post surgery on painting as I have limited movement n I've done it now so I can chill fully lol . might record another one closer to new year  like was thinking aboit action painting n performance art etc and how they put motion into the painting so to contrast this n make something of having limited movement would be interestin And I think this oncoming year i wanna focus on semantics n my body since I've had surgery n gonna be rebuilding myself in a way after years of being so far away from my physicality . Will b tough but it will b fun . idk what this lil ramble is decided I think im going to perhaps do another layer??...

doing it on door used red paint as base. thats what had to hand Trying to find studio footage of action art.   Action art is a lot about movement so camera doesn't matter as artist is moving above, whereas the point of mine is that i wont really b able to move so i need to think about camera placement as this will affect whether the audience can see the painting or not. Could use this to my potential? create a silhouette kinda thing in low lighting so its more about the movement of body and the restriction of my arms rather than the actual painting which could be revealed at the end? want to watch more video art?  action painting: decide where to do it?? and shot and angle ideas trying to find refs from studio footage for shot and angle insp… door longways or upright? Action paintings To dos: Draw out map for where lights and camera could go ?? prep paint - needs mixing with water? could do tests do see paint to water ratio? watch vids and look in expressionist book  Q...

Forgot to post about this. I prepped the door for an action piece i decided to do post surgery (which is now filmed yay), and decided to film it for fun on my laptop.   used red as wanted to use emulsion for a nice matte effect n only had red lol realise bc laptop webcam is on the bottom of my screen its hard 2 angle bc can see the keyboard otherwise, but i liked how it turned out. For the sound, I wanted some ambient shite but also at the same time i had paint it black by the rolling stones stuck in my head as the song is about painting doors. thought it would be funny to reverse the song as in the song it says about painting red doors black however I was painting the door red. THen I also thought as I wanted it to have a more ambient music vibe, I would slow the whole song down as the vid was 17min anyway.  Came out cool I think and i feel it has a ritualistic vibe and for some reason looks kinda slow motion even though its not???? sometimes its also difficult to title ...

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 I have the photos, the vid, & the painting? Titles?? !! ?? !! Thinking: calling the photos 'bound' and then the video can be 'binding' links them together. dont know what to title the painting thooo thoughts from my phone notes: went out thinking i wanted more detail to look warped in a human grotesque surreal kinda style, but turned/turns out I like the washier and blurrier ones better. Might b biased due 2 dysphoria, but I think that works. also the fact that my dysphoria work into choosing the final product is ok and goes hand in hand with it, creates another layer to the works?? its good 2 question if ur holding urself back out of insecurity or feeling stupid, but i think also that can sometimes add to a project/performance at the same time and be The Point of it in a nice way.

Did the shoot with clingfilm.  Had a nice lil set up. Used other blog post and some notes as ref which i ended up not really needing Pics turned out nice, like so so nice .  I made 2 folders again one 'nah' and one 'decent' but i ended up changing it to where i left most of them alone and then made two folders one for faves and ones for ones i rlly didnt like, as like i said most of them were really cooool. Also , there were some that i liked but not for the final image. While looking at the photos, I realised i didnt want it so the whole torso was filling the frame like i thought i'd wanted when taking the test pics. the extra space i found gave it more movement etc. Set up camera with high iso n 1/4sec shutter speed and ajusted the mm a bit but thats it. Anyway gonna start with the ones I didn't like, Sincce theyre not that important here is just a regular screen shot of them. The rest of the photos: IMG_9163 & IMG_9164 39mm // ISO12800 // f18 // 1/4sec IM...