Trace - Retrace: Production of a group of reproducible collages with reference to time, place and memory.
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Arts and Cultures
Abstract
This project explores the relationship between time, place and memory through the production of a body of studio work. This work will be made in response to the investigation of a site on the rural/urban edge of Kyoto: the site of the artist's residence in Japan 15 years ago which has since been demolished. During a ten-week period based at Kyoto Arts Centre the artist will undertake an investigation of the site. Investigative material will be in the form of traced drawings, maps, photographs, film, casts and found object collections. Work in progress will be exhibited in the North Gallery of Kyoto Arts Centre and the project will then be developed in the U.K. The final output will be in the form of a group of 'reproducible collages' in which processes of collage construction will be combined with those of image reproduction including tracing, etching, silkscreen and digital printing. The aim is to produce works which parallel, rather than illustrate, models of memory which relate to conventions of discontinuous time. The body of work will be developed towards solo exhibition in the U.K. and documented and contextualised through a project publication. The project will be located within the context of contemporary fine art practice that is concerned with issues of time, place and memory.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Christopher Jones (Principal Investigator) |
| Title | An exhibition of the final artworks from the project was staged May 10th - July 1st 2007 |
| Description | Th exhibition consisted of a series of 'reproducible collages' made during the project, combining a variety of forms of print production with a collage/assemblage process. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2007 |
| Impact | The exhibition was visited by approx. 500 visitors |
| URL | https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/c.d.jones/6C_Newcastle.html |
| Title | Installation made from 80 small elements (photographs, collages, digital prints and oil paintings) |
| Description | The installation was comprised of a selection of 80 art objects which combined oil painting, photography, digital printing and paper by means of a collage process. These objects were installed across the stretch of the gallery wall as a single art piece. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2006 |
| Impact | Presented publicly accompanied by gallery talks and opens studios to audience of approx. 500. Documented and contextualised in hard copy publication. |
| URL | https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/c.d.jones/6B_Kyoto.html |
| Title | Three groups of artwork: 1. An installation. 2. A group of 10 digital 'collages'. 3. A group of 9 large reproducible collages. |
| Description | 1. A constellation of related art objects, wall-based and produced by combining collage, photography, printing and painting. 2. A series of works in which the assembling of component images was achieved digitally and then printed. 3. A series of works in which juxtapositions of media were achieved through a physical collage process. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2006 |
| Impact | Work was presented at exhibition, through public lecture and open studios to audiences totalling approx. 500. It formed the basis of a publication with texts that explored the visualisation of memory and the appropriateness of various means of artistic production to achieve this. |
| URL | https://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/c.d.jones/6_Chris_Jones_trace.html |
| Description | The principal finding was the creation of viable forms of reproducible collages that could serve as visual models for memory formation and recollection |
| Exploitation Route | As practice-based research resulting in a body of artworks , presented in public exhibition, the research has the potential to engage with a wide audience and to prompt questions about our understanding of how memory is formed, and the process of recollection happens. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Education |
| URL | http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/c.d.jones/6_Chris_Jones_trace.html |
| Description | They were used as the basis of a one-day creative symposium held at SangMyung University, Seoul, 2007 |
| First Year Of Impact | 2007 |
| Sector | Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | Anglo-Japanese Daiwa Foundation Small Grant |
| Amount | £1,550 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2008 |
| End | 11/2008 |
| Description | Invitations to visit overseas HEIs: Invited to Seoul National University as an Asem Duo Fellow, & to SangMyung University, Seoul as artist in residence. Public talks. Presentations also given to Daiwa Foundation following completion of project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | These invitations included guest talks, research-driven workshops & exhibition of artworks, resulting in extensive discussions, future collaborations, creative production, educational impact. University students created their own work in response |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008 |