a few more experimental type images that i have created

this is just a simple poster i was messing around with, it is showing that even though the genetics can be the same from the parents; the children can be different from each other...basically results may vary...

FMP Proposal....last one...i promise

I have been asked to create a project, which is solely based on the term ‘D.N.A’. This is an extremely vague term and can be interpreted in vast number of ways. The term D.N.A is short for ‘deoxyribonucleic acid’.

I will be solely concentrating on the ‘genetics’ part of DNA. My initial idea is to compare my features to my dads and granddads. This will be relevant and interesting because all three of us are the oldest of our generations from our family, if you look at images of each of us and compare us you can tell that we are related and also you can compare us and find extremely similar features.

My research will consist mostly of images of my dad and his dad. But I will also compare people I know or have heard of who also look like or have similar features to their family members. I will also be looking into genetics as a whole; from this information I will hang onto key points to include into my FMP. I have also visited a DNA exhibition in London, which had a whole room dedicated to the genetics part of DNA; so I could use images from that exhibition as my initial research and also for some professional ideas and influence. Also I will be broadening my knowledge of DNA by researching the meaning of genetics.

I will be keeping a look out for other exhibitions that I might be able to go to get ideas and to see other ways that I could portray this idea. That will make up my primary research. For my secondary research I could research the term DNA loosely and come up with quotes or past workings to include into my own work.

I will want to work with many techniques to produce my final outcomes or just to experiment and see what would work best. Some of these will be the collage of many pictures of my chosen family members and me. Another technique would be illustrating the actual features and images either free hand or by using Adobe Illustrator. If I was to create it free hand then there are many resources I could use to help create my final outcomes; these include paint, normal pencils, felts, various fine line pens and paintbrushes and also actual materials being put together to create the features and image.

I will also try and experiment with lino cut and try and make my own prints, I could also use acetate to make my own stencils; the way that would work best would be if I was to cut into many pages of acetate; cutting different features from a different person each time and the end piece would be a collage of all the stencil pieces printed together on one big A3 or A2 sheet.

I will develop my final pieces many times and concentrate on the aspect that I am not too confident on handling. For example these may be using a significant tool on Adobe Illustrator or there may be a problem with resources, which I should be able to attend to. My ideal poster would have at least 3 subliminal messages, however this type of poster should speak its message very easily and shouldn’t have any subliminal messages.

The concentration and precise work needed on my part is extremely hard and strict, this is why I should be working on this non-stop until I am happy with the outcomes and I am happy with the level of commitment that I am inputting. So far I have not been concentrating as much as I should so that will have to change and I will have to start concentrating on my work and have a major input in my work.

I think that if I just compare one set of people it might not be enough for FMP standards. To solve this problem I will be making various posters not just consisting of me my dad and granddad, I will make others, which compare other people in my family with similar characteristics to each other. I am sure that I can find people in my family with similar characteristics, however if I cannot then I will have to resort to using other people who I can illustrate and include in my own work.

I will need to create a detailed action plan so that I can stay on track and up to date with my work. This will also make me more concerned about my work and want to complete the tasks set to me by myself. I must stick to this action plan because if I deter from it I will be behind and then all my work will start to pile up and I wont be able to handle it.

My end products will consist of 3 or more comparisons on A3 or A2 poster paper of my family. These will be produced to the highest quality, I must not cut corners and this is why I have said that it will be extremely hard and precise. I will also have some research and images incorporated into my work as a ‘witness’ that I have made this myself and that it is not forgery. I will use many materials and techniques to create these posters and these materials and techniques will be the subliminal messages in my work. They will link to the personality of the person/s I am comparing. Also there may be other subliminal messages in my work which link to the people I will be comparing, maybe the subliminal will link to all the people I am comparing in that certain poster.

At the end of year show I am hoping to produce an exceptional brief by carrying this idea out and making it unique, fresh and innovative. To do this I must produce a detailed action plan that I must follow so that I don’t lose track of what I am doing and so that I don’t fall back and lose my initiative.

IKON Gallery visit

my visit to the ikon was different to other exhibitions that i have visited, the exhibition in one word was...expensive. i say this because there was a room that looked like it was being refurbished but it was actually the 'jewel' of the exhibition.

there were jewel encrusted screws, real gold carpet edgers and a deliberate roof leak...

amongst these were many other pieces which consisted of planks of wood, a table with vinyl tea stains and a wall splattered with diamonds and also a wooden step ladder with splattered paint...well the paint was actually carved ivory!

all in all the exhibition in my mind was a success, i enjoyed the experience of walking round an expensive room.

dna family tree initial thumbnail

Mitchy Boy Exhibition 22/4/2010

Mitchy Boy Exhibition 22/4/2010

Mitchy Boy Exhibition 22/4/2010

quote from wikipedia

A family tree, or pedigree chart, is a chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure. The more detailed family trees used in medicine,genealogy, and social work are known as genograms.

Research

there are many websites i could go on to for research and background checks etc, some of these are:

ancestory.com

genesreunited.co.uk

myheritage.com

familysearch.org

etc

Family tree

Gattaca Review

The movie Gattaca shows life in the future where your job, life expectancy and pretty much everything else is determined when you are born, however if you are a test tube baby your genes and sex can be altered to make you the perfect human with no chance of diseases, excellent athletic abilities and much more.

Leading actor Ethan Hawke is human born and his life expectancy is determined to be 30 years, his parents are devastated but are sure that he will become a high rank in the food chain.

however his brother is born a test tube baby and is instantly better at everything in life than his older brother.  one day ethan runs away from home to become an astronaut while he is working at a space shuttle centre as a cleaner.  in life you are either a valid or an in-valid.  but valids can't become disabled, however he comes across a valid who is disabled and from there on he becomes that valid (Jerome Morrows-[jude law]) and lives his life as jerome morrows.  his one aim in life is to go on a 1 year trip into space which happens once every 70 years.  but an in-valid cannot even work as an office worker at the shuttle centre so he takes over jerome morrows life (with permission), the real jerome has to provide urine and blood everyday because everyday at work everyone has to give a blood sample to let them into the building.

my decision

i have decided to go with idea 2.  i have decided to do a family tree; this concept will consist of a well structured in-depth family tree.  also i will be designing a poster to promote or inform the public about the message of the tree.

Idea 3

Yet another idea i have been experimenting with is concept of our brains being storage devices. the message for this is that a double-helix/brain cell contains your full genetic data. so it basically stores your information for you just like a portable usb memory stick, so the concept here would be that your brain ia a memory stick which stores many ideas/thoughts, events (past, present, future) etc. but a double helix contains your genetic and personal data which if you do a scientific DNA test you can tell that who the DNA sample belongs to or who else has similar data as yourself. just lika amemory stick holds your everyday life information and work.

Idea 2

the second concept i would like to persue is a family tree. The overall message to this concept is still about structure like the first idea but this time it is family structure. what i mean by this is that i would like to portray my household family as very structured and tight. this concept is much more interesting and intreguing than the watch structure concept.

Idea 1

The term of the F.M.P is D.N.A. This is a very vague term and can be interpretated in many ways. i will concentrating on the 'structure' aspect of DNA. i would like to show that the structure of a double-helix is perfect and unique. the next step wouldbe to compare a double helix to another uniquely structured item which would be ananologue watch, (workings and innards). for the practical part i could make/construct a model of watch bits constructed in a double helix shape, also it will be lika an exploded diagram. i have been experimenting with some materials thati could use to make a larger scale of the watch bits. also to go with the model i will design a poster to promote the model or to inform the public about the messageconnected to the model.

new ideas

I have decided to conjure up a few other ideas because my initial idea is not very so i have thought of a couple more ideas which i may make my final major project