Nature Verses- ANDY GOLDSWORTHY



Andy Goldsworthy

Andy Goldsworthy is an extraordinary, innovative British artist whose collaborations with nature produce uniquely personal and intense artworks. Using a seemingly endless range of natural materials—snow, ice, leaves, bark, rock, clay, stones, feathers petals, twigs—he creates outdoor sculpture that manifests, however fleeting, a sympathetic contact with the natural world. Before they disappear, or as they disappear, Goldsworthy, records his work in suburb color photographs.

Andy Goldsworthy River & Tides1
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Nature Verses- Project Outline

Nature Verses is an exhibition showcasing the work of LFAS Photography students. The exhibition will consist of mini installations that respond to the environment. The great outdoors will be the venue (LFAS Court Yard).

The project questions and challenges the relationship between humans and nature. It’s the Canadian conundrum; the fine balance of peoples’ continuous struggles with the beauty, and the power of the environment. Students will respond to the works of Andy Goldsworthy, and Christo & Jean-Claude, and various other installation artists. The exhibition will be on-going for two weeks; nature may prevail and destroy the works; this harsh reality becomes part of the experience. Once the exhibition ends, there will be no evidence of its existence.

Materials & Construction Consider the following materials: fabric, photographs, paper, wood, rope, string, plastics, and metals. Bring all materials to create the installation and remove them when the exhibition is over. Students will not be permitted to alter or destroy anything on the school grounds.

Project Outline

Students are required to create a detailed plan in which they outline a proposal for an art installation in the school grounds. The installation will be in response to the environment and the chosen display area. When planning, consider renowned environmental installation artists: Andy Goldsworthy and Christo & Jean-Claude. Parents and friends are encouraged to participate.

Evaluation

The students will be marked on creativity, originality, successful implementation of their plan. The students’ artwork will express a clear message relating to the theme “Nature Verses”. The installation is respectful of the surrounding environment. The complete clean up of their installation area. Students will only receive a final grade when all evidence of the installation has been removed.

Rendering your ProShow Slideshow

You may have to install Quicktime in order to use the required rendering settings. Here is the link to follow to install Quicktime: http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/

When you finish your slideshow, you need to render it. When you render your slideshow you are creating a file that compiles all of your images, music, and effects into one show that can be displayed as one final piece, not many parts.

Here are the steps to follow to render your show:

1. First save all of your files to the desktop of your computer, open your proshow file from there and render it to there.
2. Create Output- Video File
3. Type- Custom
4. Format- QuickTime [check with Audio]
5. Compression- Apple MPEG4 Compressor
6. Resolution- 1280 x 1024
7. Framerate- 29.97
8. Aspect Ratio- 16:9 (Widescreen)
9. Encoding- High Quality

***If you do not finish rendering your show by Tuesday morning, your piece will not make it into the final show*** I have to build a full composite of all of the photo shows into one final video, this takes time and it needs to be finished by Tuesday afterschool for the rehearsal.

Whoever is helping at the show, make sure they set the projector to the same frame resolution 1280 x 1024. Also, check the aspect ratio so that it doesn't stretch the images, but fills the whole frame of the main screen.

Silver and Light

This project was created with the same spirit that america was founded on. Our intentions are to connect everyone in america through the lens of this camera and social networking sites. We can't do this without you. We want to tell your story and show your city or town through photographs of you, and people you know. As we travel around america looking for people and places to shoot you will be able to keep track of where we are going and help us decide where we go next. Join us in our journey by liking our facebook to get yourself photographed by us.

An extra special thanks to Brandon Rein, Scotty Hoffman and Trevor Atwater.

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The Photo Essay-
A photo essay (or "photographic essay") is a set or series of photographs that are intended to tell a story or evoke a series of emotions in the viewer. A photo essay will often show pictures in deep emotional stages. Photo essays range from purely photographic works to photographs with captions or small notes to full text essays with a few or many accompanying photographs. See Wikipedia.
Your Photo Essay is to be of seven or more photos that document a real life story or inform about a real issue. You are to have an introduction first (1-2 photos), a body of information (2-3 photos), and a conclusion (2-3 photos). Your images should be composed in an eye catching way. Each image should be a vital part of the story telling. The exposure, use of shutter and depth of field should work to tell your story.

Photo Essay Examples:

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Washington Post's Carol Guzy

James Natcheway XDRTB

David Griffen How- Photography Connects Us

LIFE Magazine

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Nan Goldin

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Mary Ellen Mark

William Eggleston

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