Monday, January 3, 2022

Stage 1 - Research - when, why and how.

 You're aiming to produce work that address this criteria...







Stage 1 of our creative process is the activity - Research. 

You therefore need to write about research.

Use the instructions from the session and the prompts below if you need them. Aim to write about 2 columns as a minimum with a column of images.

  • When do you have to do it?
  • How quickly should you do it and why?
  • What do you use to do it?
  • What type of resources are you directed to use?
  • What are the component parts of your research that you're supposed to identify in your work?
  • What does your artist research look like?
  • What is primary research?
  • What is secondary research?
  • What is empirical research?
  • Why is Youtube a good resource?
  • Why are auction websites a good resource? 
  • What are the best ways to research?
  • Why are journals so good for researching?
  • Where is the nearest Library?
  • What is the LRC and what's in there for your research?
  • How and why do we use the keyboard commands CTRL + F when researching text. 
Use these prompts above as headings aim to write between 2 and 3 columns answering the questions, use screen grabs of resources and Photograph things associated with research practice. 

There is a lot of information about research on my blogs - see the links below and use these to answer most of these questions.



Using websites for research.

Generally you have to search using the photographers name, that's the best way of doing web based research. The issue is how to do find the relevant photographers in the first instance? The best method by far I find is to start with Journals. The British Journal of Photography show cases the best of contemporary photography and historical photography. I flick through that each time it's published is almost essential when you're studying and if you can get your hands on back-issues -even better! That'll introduce you to a multitude of new photographers working right now! Once you have the names, you can then search wider using their homepage or resources on the web. The chances are, doing that you'll then find the websites that you'll then see are useful for photographic research at this level. 

Some of the better websites include the following...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M9t2fm__K0                if used properly 
https://vimeo.com/13886050                                                   if used properly.



FAQ's_______________________________

"What do you mean by 'component' parts of the research'"?

That refers to the stuff that you generally have to do when you're researching - (1) Work that meets the criteria, you're asked in the assignment to research specific things, sometimes its MTP's other times it the reasons why the photographers make their work. (2) Images (3) Initial response (4) Quotes (5) A bibliography.

These are generally required when you put your research together. 

"What constitutes primary research"?

Primary research in our case generally means (1) Going to galleries or exhibitions and seeing the work In situ - so that you're able to see the size, scale, materials and the way it's framed, hung, mounted etc, which are all really important, even where the work is in the gallery in relation to window/lights etc. I've been to galleries just to see, how work is mounted, the type of frames, the colours of the mount boards and really fine and precise details that you're never going to see or read about readily on the internet. (2). Meeting the artist and either being able to ask questions or observe their work processes, watch them making their art or in the case of photography assisting the photographer. (3). Emails. some of the photographers you research are quite happy to answer your questions if you email them and that's always worth trying as you get really useful answers if you ask the right questions. (4) Empirical research is primary research - research by doing. So going out with your camera and taking pictures or testing your theory about how something might work is a form of primary research. 


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Stage 1 - Research - when, why and how.

 You're aiming to produce work that address this criteria... Stage 1 of our creative process is the activity - Research.   You therefore...