I am little late with my first »Supervision Log«, and the feedback received for my Pecha Kucha presentation. The reason is that my last week’s work focused on finishing the »Final Project Proposal«, which I handed in yesterday.
By the way, what are these logs? These are the meeting notes of each 1:2:1-season with my supervisor, Laura Hynd.
Back to essentials: The feedback on my presentation was positive; important advice was to make the whole series cohesive.
Here are the notes.
Date of Supervision Meeting: 02 February 2021
Start time of Meeting: 09.30 am (GMT)
Length of Meeting in minutes: 30
Meeting Notes & Action Points:
- I presented my Pecha Kucha-presentation to Laura
- Comments from Laura about the portfolio »Greetings from the Parade Ground« shown in the PK:
- The blurriness of the centre image in »Officer’s breakfast mess« (Figure 1) contrasts with the severity of the military
- With the use of plastic model kits and toy soldiers, there is a playfulness in the work
- Thoughts for the FMP portfolio from Laura:
- Make the work cohesive
- Think about integrating personal stories like daybooks et al.
- As an alternative: Creating my own persona who tells the story
- Look at these artists:
- I mentioned these possible risks for the FMP:
- A potential obstacle for the future work could be, that I will not get access to some areas because of security restrictions or legal regulations.
- Negotiations with several authorities are currently underway.
- I have to think about workarounds for this, like using archival material instead of new photographed or finding another viewpoint
Date of Next Proposed Meeting: 23 February 2021
A day later, I had the chance to present again in an »Evening Guest Group Critique« led by module leader Wendy McMurdo. The feedback here was positive, too. As additional inspiration, she mentioned Anton Roland Laub’s »Mobile Churches«. It’s his play with space and scale in his investigation of Bukarest’s churches that fits to my work.
Advice to the group was to use open calls, festivals, and portfolio reviews to spread our work and get feedback on it.
List of Figures:
Figure 1: Marcel RAUSCHKOLB. 2020. »Offizier Frühstücks-Casino« (Officers breakfast mess). From the portfolio ‘Greetings from the Parade Ground (Grüsse Vom Übungsplatz)’ [online]. Available at: https://www.marcelrauschkolb.de/greetingsfromtheparadeground [accessed 28 Jan 2021].
Figure 2: John MACLEAN. 2020. :ruler_triangular_ruler: ‘Fine Art Photography’. John MacLean [online].
Available at: https://www.jmaclean.co.uk/photography/fine-art/ [accessed 15 Feb 2021].
Figure 3: Adam BROOMBERG and Oliver CHANARIN. 2018. Bandage the knife not the wound. [UV print on cardboard] Broomberg & Chanarin [online].
Available at: http://www.broombergchanarin.com/hometest#/bandage-the-knife-not-the-wound-1/ [accessed 9 Feb 2021].
Figure 4: Anton Roland LAUB. 2017. Mobile Churches. ‘Anton Roland Laub’. [online].
Available at: https://www.antonlaub.de/?og=1 [accessed 15 Feb 2021].
Resources:
RAUSCHKOLB, Marcel. 2021. ‘Greetings from the Parade Ground (Grüsse Vom Übungsplatz)’. Marcel Rauschkolb Photography [online]. Available at: https://www.marcelrauschkolb.de/greetingsfromtheparadeground [accessed 28 Jan 2021].
MACLEAN, John. 2021. ‘Fine Art Photography’. John MacLean [online].
Available at: https://www.jmaclean.co.uk/photography/fine-art/ [accessed 15 Feb 2021].
BROOMBERG, Adam and Oliver CHANARIN. 2021. ‘Broomberg & Chanarin — BANDAGE THE KNIFE NOT THE WOUND’. Broomberg & Chanarin [online].
Available at: http://www.broombergchanarin.com/hometest#/bandage-the-knife-not-the-wound-1/ [accessed 9 Feb 2021].
LAUB, Anton Roland. 2021. ‘Anton Roland Laub’. [online].
Available at: https://www.antonlaub.de/?og=1 [accessed 15 Feb 2021].
Marcels CRJ 
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