Lecture 5. 11th March - Time based art, Guerilla art, Wearable technologies

Most of this lecture concentrated on Guerilla art and wearable technologies. Guerilla art is a very famous type of art being so public and controversial. Some of the main artists being Barbara Krugar, Keith Floring and Banksy. The wearable technologies were based on GPS systems with examples being Blast theory and Pac-Lan. I found this lecture very difficult to follow and without being over critical thought that there was a lack of preparation for it. I am glad that I have been made aware of Guerilla art as it seems to be a large type of art work that I knew nothing about before but feel that I will not be able to relate it to my own work.

Lecture 4. 4th March - Land, Earth and Environmental Art

In this lecture Ben talked about many different artists including Richard Long, Robert Smith, James Turrel and Carl Andre. I did some research in to land art last year on my foundation course so I felt that I was unable to take much away from this lecture as the information was quite general. It is definitely something I could bring in to my work because of the fantastic patterns that are created in some of these artists work. These patterns can be turned into prints for many different textiles if they were experimented with a little. Taking inspiration from patterns in nature is something that I would like to explore if I can find an opportunity.

Lecture 3. 18th February - Body extensions

This week we looked at the work of Rebecca Horn. It was concentrated on her performance work and the extensions that she creates from her body. Mediation was an important word that I picked up on, it is the record of what an artist has done. This can be a very important factor of work that is created away from the public eye as well as performance pieces and site specific work which we will move onto in the next lecture. I feel that performance artists is not something that I can relate to very well but the documentation of work for history purposes is very important.

Lecture 2. 28th January - Tapestries

In this lecture we were talking about the history and importance of tapestries in cultural and biblical terms in particular relation to allegories. This was a very interactive session where we worked in groups and produced our own allegory, I must say however, that I did not find that this was a particularly thought provoking activity but it was interesting to find out a little more about the history of tapestries.

Lecture 1. 21st January - Textiles timeline

In the absence of Ben Owen Jones we worked in small groups and were set the task of creating a timeline of textiles. I found this an extremely engaging activity as we thought about the many fashions we have all been subjected to during our lives. Studying textiles as a degree and being involved in it every day of our lives we take for granted the everyday textiles we use and feel because of the creative nature of the textiles we are used to in university.