For this assignment, you are to reflect on the past three projects and independently generate a range of work that builds on the ideas set out in your manifesto. You should seek to demonstrate awareness and understanding of the contexts and subjects you have encountered and be ambitious and imaginative with your ideas.
Identify some key ideas from the projects to date and develop creative work that builds on your skills learning and the crossovers between your choice of disciplines. If necessary, make further use of the Skills Hub and other resources available to you to support your assignment.
This is a self-directed assignment so you will have to structure your own exercises and plan your schedule. How much work you make is up to you, however, it should be substantial enough to demonstrate your aptitude for learning, experimenting and bringing work to resolution in a coherent and skilled manner.
Feedback Point
Once you have completed the assignment, submit the required work and your tutor will then schedule time to complete your feedback report.
Part of my working ritual is to prepare a cup of herbal tea.
I guess a process of providing something beneficial to the body is a treat a flaneur would use to tackle life’s adversities.
Reflecting on my previous assignments and addressing what I have gained on my way, I would confidently say I’m thrilled with the outcomes and what my study has taught me so far, work about things that matter to me and develop functional skills.
Every person has their passions and hobbies.
Mine are knitting, cooking, swimming and creative writing.
I also realised the affinity there is between these practices.
Swimming isolates me in a different world: losing myself in the water and using my body to get on with my training, my brain is processing freely anything that captures my attention: with the likes of a wanderer, my brain spins around words, pictures, scents, and icons, giving birth to a fusion of ideas filtered from my perspective; when my session concludes, I’m energised, with a clear vision and (above all) new projects ready to be born.
I recently discovered that photography could be a part of a concept, a principle that helps tell a story by embodying my thoughts and storytelling in my puzzle.
Profoundly machine knitting needs unique ingredients: yarn, a knitting machine and a set of modules that can convert stitches into a passion; Only the best ingredients can guarantee a great outcome, but they always need the appropriate cook to ensure that everything is in portion; There is always a fragile balance between a great fabric and a poor one.
The same rule applies to cooking
and to creative writing.
Creative writing has been my walking stick, my second skin,
and has worked as the main principle of expression: it also helped me connect with my subjects and having a two-way relationship made my research deeper and my learning curve sharper.
A good example is the forgotten story of the Holocaust survivors of my home city: Thessaloniki.
One of the more captivating subjects to me was Eco poetry: the perspective of an out-of-body experience and the feeling of seeing with non-human eyes being helpless and isolated in your world; On the contrary, be a creation of beauty with qualities unique and irreplaceable.
What are the challenges? Is my study based on Dalton Trumbo’s film Johnny Got His Gun a stepping point?
Are Metallica’s One a cry of despair, a scream about staying human?
I feel blessed that I had access to so much information and that my horizons broadened.
There is a lot more to come. The exciting journey continues with more in my arsenal and a better understanding of the world. In that miraculous drift, I intend to gain on my way as much as possible, be more creative, and feel alive.
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