Camberwell Illustration 2011/12 Second Year

Unit 6: Developing a Methodology: Visual Language Project: Fact Task: Research

Start: 9 December 2011 End: 10 January 2012

Thehardestthingtoseeiswhatisinfrontofyoureyes. (JohannWolfgangvonGoethe) Note Thisisaresearchtask,whereinyoufindyourcontent andbuildupafullsketchbookofmaterialduringthe holiday,readyforthethreeweekprojectstarting(and briefed)on10January. Task Visit,withus,onFriday: TheOxfordMuseumofNaturalHistory (entomology,geology,mineralogyandpetrology,zoology) http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/ ThePittRiversMuseum,Oxford (anthropology,worldarchaeology) http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/ Visitinyourowntime,ifneeded: TheHunterianMuseum,London (surgery,anatomy) http://www.rcseng.ac.uk/museums TheWellcomeCollection,London (medicine,lifeandart) http://www.wellcomecollection.org/ TheHornimanMuseum,London (anthropology,naturalhistory,organology) http://www.horniman.ac.uk/home Findandchooseoneexhibit.Startanewsketchbookand takedownasmuchinformationaspossible.Draw,note. Useacamera,ifpermitted.Collectanymoreinformation youcan,fromthemuseumsshop. Continuetocollectandresearchinformationonthe exhibit,overtheholiday.Yourresearchshouldscopeout aroundthesubjectandunderstanditincontext.Continue yourhabitfromthepreviousvocabularybooktask.Fill thesketchbookwithdrawings,notes,collectedpicture research,tobuildanarchiveofinformationaboutyour exhibit. Youraimistounderstandtheexhibit,ineveryrespect. Thiswillthentranslatetoprojectworknextterm,where youwillagainadaptandgrowyourvisuallanguage,to explaintheexhibittoaviewerorreader. Exhibit Yourchoiceshouldbeseenandfoundinthelisted museums;noothers.Sticktothebrief. Yourchoiceshould,firstofall,fascinateyou. Itshouldbeinterestingtodrawandphotograph. Itmightbeonething,oragroupfromonedisplay. Notehowitisdisplayed;andwhy. Notehowithasbeenexplained;andwhy. Withwhatithasbeengroupedandcategorised? Isthefocusonhowitfunctions? Orhowitisformed? Oritsmeaningwithinasystem? Isitpartofawiderfamilyofthings? Orwhereitisfrom? Isthereastorybehindtheexhibit? Considerthemuseumstaxonomy.

Outcomes Youwillbeaskedtoproducefinishedworksinachoice oftheseformats: Animatedgif A0drawing Setofpictograms TwelvepageA5zine Model

MoredetailsontheformatsinJanuary.Thesuccessof theprojectdependsonthedepthandqualityofyour researchsketchbookforthispreprojecttask.