The start of the pandemic coincided with my Practical Art module for History of Art. Ordinarily, the module would culminate with a physical art exhibition in Millburn House. The circumstances of 2020, however, called for the research, sketchbook, portfolio, and final piece, to be photographed and submitted digitally for marking. To compromise, I decided to create my own website so I could curate how the multimedia components of my work were to be presented. From the very beginning, my project would involve music and audio components, and the digital platform would effectively allow the viewer to hear my work whilst viewing the visual art simultaneously. The resulting site presents a visually appealing project, and the viewer is invited to read the artist research in a series of blog-like posts, scroll through the virtual sketchbook, listen the series of musical recordings, and view the virtual final piece exhibit. 

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The project ‘Momentum’ began by researching works which unified visual art and music, inspired by immersive exhibitions I had seen at the 2019 Venice Biennale. With initial key themes of communication and translation, when lockdown struck, I moved back home with family, and my work developed into themes involving daily life, chance occurrences, spontaneity, and ideas of unity. The resulting work, in its digital totality, presents a lockdown story concerned with finding beauty in daily life, however repetitive or seemingly ordinary the day may seem.   

 

My website expanded when my Visual Poetry module encouraged a creative project, also whilst studying remotely. I created a visual poem, found poem, and film poem. Designed using Canva, Instagram, and Tiktok, the works comment on our obsession with social media, how it circulates, and its prevalence in our daily lives. These poems serve to create an unusual poetic experience in attempts to overcome the banality and repetitious nature of daily life, where it seems only natural to turn to social media.