At this stage I’m still wanting to focus on the fact that my first draft of my dissertation in due by the end of Week 9 but I am still continuing with my research and looking for stories and objects.

1. Archived Industrial Images:
2. Finally Seeing SEEP:
3. To Do:
4. Group Tutorial:
   1. Devlopment with the new direction:
   2. Appointments:
      1. Mitchell Library:
      2. GSA Archives:
5. Identity:
   1. Font:
   2. Project visual Plan:

Over the weekend on my way to Edinburgh for my friend Neil’s stag do I had a conversation with another friend of mine, Keir, who’s grandfather had worked one of the bridges we past, who then became the bridgemaster for that same bridge and who then stopped a man from jumping of the bridge, saving his life.

I’ve asked Keir to allow me to include this story and one of his grandfathers belongings because this is exactly the sort of thing I’m looking for, just a normal man who had worked his life and during that life stepped up to save another mans, without want or need for accolades.

Through the starting stages of these two stories I have so far, the photography of Robert G Taylor and now the story of Keir’s family the growing through line is one of Glasgows industrial past. This is a topic that has been covered more than enough but I want to focus on the people that made it happen.

Archived Industrial Images:

Looking through the Trove Digital Archive and searching for Clydebank now with this vision of people and Glasgows industrial past has narrowed my search, below is some images taken from the archive that caught my eye either for their artistic vision or the potential to use them within my work somewhere.

https://www.trove.scot/search?q=clydebank&page_type=Digital%20Images&viewmode=grid

With this gallery of collected archived images I wanted to paint the visual image and lanuage of the work, I think with a black and white images with choice colours or full colour images with in them then it will draw more attention to them, highlighting certain aspects, people or places.

Another detail I want to point out with some of these images is the difference in scale, the relationship between the structures and the people that build them.

Finally Seeing SEEP:

It was long awaited as the exhibition was either closed or I was busy but I finally got in to see the exhibition and was not disappointed the level of multimedia outputs but still with the amount of consideration and attention that went to displaying these pieces in such a way.

In such a small space they used the space efficiently with consideration to the hight of the room as well as the audience and eye levels. Even something as simply elevating the projection felt like a dynamic use of the space, the spaces created with the use of walls to make them feel like almost different rooms.

The use of light and even multiple light sources, to either highlight or use in a dynamic lighting of the exhibition its self.

When looking at the videos shown the mix of speaker audio on the larger more focused custom built rig and the personal headphone output, the only problem that I personally had with it was that one custom rig was welded metal and the other was a wooden set up for the projection stand and I understand that both are the exposed material but personally I would have liked if they both were the same material.

To Do:

Getting myself back on track.

• Keep looking for the objects and stories of the people Glasgow and Clydebank.

At this moment I have contacted people about stories, turned to my family and friends to try and find stories as well, I have now been in contact with Barbra at the Glasgow Archieves in the Mitchell Library though, so thats another line to follow. I am worried that I wont find the stories I’m looking for and that this might have been too big of an ask.

• Develop the exhibition that I will put on when I have these stories, how will I display the work, how will I realise the stories and objects that I have collected with the same amount of respect and consideration I have seen SEEP.

I think it might be a good use of my time to get a stand in object or a collection of stand in objects that I can then start to develop with and realise so that when I do have the stories and objects I can insert them in and find out any issues or developments before I have peoples things and stories so that I might make them proud of the output and show the stories and objects respect.

• Tidy up my Design Domain digitial form sculpture for TechTonic.

I won’t let it get into my way but I would like to allocate some time to the Design Domain VR scultpure so that I may display that confidently at the exhibition, I want to tidy it up and impliment some things that make it impossible to break or wander.

• Continue developing the REDACTED night.

I want to continue dedicating my weekends to REDACTED at ISO with Pav and faciliate the guys on making a great show and showcasing their talents and abilities as well as showcasing my capabilities to those in the field.

Continue researching and writing my essay

Even though I have sent away the draft I still want to continue working on it, writing the second half to a passible level and then once I have the feedback redraft the essay.

• Extended Design development

Extended Design will take a back seat until semester two, once everything else is sorted and the essay is submitted then I can focus on Extended Design and give it the time it requires.

Group Tutorial:

Initially I was worried about the group tutorial and felt like I didnt have enough to show because I’ve got bogged down in trying to find the story and the object but after talking about my project with Paul and the guys helping me think less about the story and the object and more about how its shown, it reminds me about what Nicholas Oddy said:

Its less about the object and what the facts are and more about the story and how its told.

Devlopment with the new direction:

Below is a initial sketches and development considering the new direction for my project and how I will display the the research and artifacts, with more of a focus on the soul of the story and the artitsic expression of my final year, instead of being too literal which I often struggle with when it comes to design work.

The three sketches above show the development and the detatchment from the usual work seen in exhibitions and building upon that, by using exhibition displays that I felt communcated well as a starting point I believed that I then could.

Appointments:

Mitchell Library:

I have an appointment with the archieves at the Mitchell Library on Wednesday the 3rd of December to look through the most recent Glasgow Poor relief records with a request of any stories that tie to Clydebank or industry, due to the information act the records from 100 years ago are the only ones I can access but it might still be informative.

GSA Archives:

I have also been in contact with the GSA archives and messaged them to contact Katie who I met when I tagged along to the year 3 scanning days at the archives, who asked me to just contact her with any questions or requests for access to the archives. With the new direction I have now, I feel more confident with what to ask for and because its less specific or tied to the objects.

Identity:

Font:

Project visual Plan: