SCHOLARSHIP Slide 2 2 Slide 3 3 Slide 4 4 Slide 5 5 Uses
Photography as its main focus (theme & subject). Intelligent
understanding of framing & the concepts behind photography.
Research questions are clear - questioning the position of
photography,& appropriate artist selection & reference.
Shifts that are made; colour, black & white, material, medium,
analogue to digital, relate strongly to specific shifts in concept
there is a logic to choices made. The restraint in the use of
colour is astute; colour is tactically employed. Text is used both
as a visual device and a tool/ element in conceptual thought
process. This device is not reliant on the text to communicate
alone, but rather acts as an image as well as text. Conventions of
photography are employed to transport concept with a broad range of
pictorial devices employed; these are well adhered to, ie the
candidate is aware of how aperture/ shutter speed can convey ideas.
This is a strength it is an informative relationship. Again, the
candidate documents installation/ performative aspects with
understanding that the outcome operates as an image, and is in
effect about the picture. There is a consistency in the continual
questioning of media and its relevance to the overall premise. The
fact that this portfolio keeps moving is a real success in
unfolding and extrapolating complexity of concept, eg. on board two
there are 5 options explored that each build and broaden the
dialogue about the investigation; a criticality is employed in
deciding what to take forward. The last work the performative
aspect (burning); the act of burning is dealt with succinctly, and
links back to the notion of the artefact. The workbook highlights
the integration of artistic models and practice, and includes key
ideas and concepts of relevance. The selection of work for the
portfolio is well chosen; the portfolio is visually coherent and
fluent. Slide 6 6 Slide 7 7 Slide 8 The workbook highlights the
integration of artistic models and practice, and includes key ideas
and concepts of relevance. The selection of work for the portfolio
is well chosen; the portfolio is visually coherent and fluent.
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Outstanding Scholarship This lays out a strong proposition
immediately on board one and continues to isolate and draw on a
number of intelligent and interesting solutions throughout. The
candidate is completely engaged at all times; testing, trialing,
making decisions, editing their own practice. There is a high level
of drawing facility employed; ideas are explored, analysed and
problem solved through the establishment of a drawn language. The
candidate utilises established practices of illustration and
painting related to pictorial structure/ space, sequencing (time),
format of finished work, technique, conventions of fantasy and New
Surrealism. These references are intrinsic to the works and are
clearly understood by the candidate. There is clear understanding
of how to manipulate the illustration factor, through inside/
outside frames, pop-ups, etc. The works move intelligently between
illustration and the structure of the paint. When the candidate
moves out of the frame, they do so meaningfully. Subject matter is
constructed by the candidate, involving both a photo shoot where
they directed their own subject and further innovation through
drawing. Narrative is used to drive formal decisions and to inform
the pictorial enquiry, for example, a woman as a character in a
world, of trees and animals, and a filmic set of relationships that
are subject to influences that occur in the world. This allows an
interpretative quality to come through, akin to storytelling
through the repetition of a central character, emphasising the
sequential aspect. Slide 14 14 Slide 15 The workbook enriches the
study. Drawing solves its pictorial problems/ it plans for/ and
engages in other possibilities. Drawing is used as a process of
invention and discovery and the paintings are a synthesis of this
process (drawing is used at times as a kind of doodle implicating
ideas of memory and fantasy). There is a real engagement in the act
of drawing, the candidate is actively processing all of which is
evidenced strongly in the workbook. T here is a strong sense that
the workbook is simultaneous, that the workbook and portfolio have
a symbiotic relationship, that one is problem solving the other.
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Outstanding Scholarship A confident submission that explores an
open-ended and well-structured brief; it is an emotive, sensitive
and intelligent response to the topic. The situation is Confide, a
new health organisation target audience are mid teens to mid-20s
focusing on mental health issues; the brief involves developing a
range of promotional graphics. Right from the outset the candidate
is purposeful in their choices; the first being to draw by hand as
the main aesthetic, and as a way of reaching target audience. This
strategy is employed through a series of complex and intelligent
images; and moves from hand drawing into contemporary graphics
without losing the autographic. Illustration is used to animate
ideas, ie the television is animated with the hand coming out of
it, the phone reaches out, etc this is all treated in a playful yet
meaningful manner. There is a real sensitivity to the topic, which
is captured in the continual attention to detail, restraint and
control, and appropriate media to concept relationships. It is
clear that the candidate understands formal qualities of design he
or she has such a voice because of the way that they employ
specific conventions; limited colour palette, framing of formal
qualities coupled with informal, playful composition, type as
image. There is intelligent play with figure ground relationships,
consideration of spatial ins and outs, foreground background
relationships. The layout is strong and enables the viewer to move
across the three boards freely. Slide 21 21 Slide 22 22 Slide 23 23
Slide 24 The same type of aptitude follows through into the
workbook, which also contains an open-ended tone. This is a real
asset in the unfolding of this investigation the key aspect being
that the candidate chose an aesthetic, unpicked it in order to
transport their thinking, and did so with both originality and a
high level of reinvention. Slide 25 25 Slide 26 26 Slide 27 27
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