The Five Obstructions- a film by Jorgen Leth and Lars Von trier.

lauryn86 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:50:41 +0000

After watching a clip from this documentary, I was surprised to see that these ‘obstructions’ seemed to to be almost welcomed (at least at the very beginning), almost like this was a challenge to push and better Jorgen Leth as a film maker. I think that to add obstructions to any work is a challenge to see how far you can stretch your ideas before they cross those boundaries. The documentary was visually different to the typical documentaries that I choose to watch but I enjoyed this. The quirky “hand held” nature kept me interested along with the idea of breaking down cinema. It was also intriguing to watch a persons morals get taken to extremes and see just how far they would let them self go for their ‘art’.

Summer

lauryn86 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:46:55 +0000

This summer we were asked to look at the three themes Spectacle, Memory and Power. As I tried to work through it, I found asking myself and others the question of whether I was on the ‘right tracks’. After returning to University and seeing the presentations of fellow students’ work, I felt I had limited myself and really I could have looked at almost anything that related back to those three themes, within reason.

So from then I have tried to look at more of a range of things including books on memory psychology to artists as well as photographers so far. I evaluated how my work as changed over the course of my 3 years and I believe that my best work (including workbooks) came from my first year. I think it had something to do with the fact I had just finished my art foundation year before I started at Coventry. My work was far more “arty” and to be honest I feel thats where I naturally work best. This year I want to include that art feel to my work and start to enjoy the work instead of just working to deadlines.

LaurenMartland

The Five Obstructions- a film by Jorgen Leth and Lars Von trier.

Summer