2D Imaging Fall 2010 Assignment 4 - Multiple Image Compositing/Collage Objective: Preparation for Character Development via Serial Imagery and an exploration of Dada
Character Development may refer to: The change in characterization of a dynamic character, who chang- es over the course of a narrative.
Create 3 self-portraits that are a collage of 2 or more faces. Include numerous other images. Derive ideas for these support ele- ments using an idea map.
Photomontage is the process (and result) of making a composite photograph by cutting and joining a number of other photo- graphs. The composite picture was sometimes photographed so that the final image is converted back into a seamless photographic print. A similar method, although one that does not use film, is realized today through image-editing software. This latter technique is referred to by professionals as “compositing”, and in casual usage is often called “photoshopping”.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Photomontage
Collage A collage (From the French: coller, to glue) is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. A collage may include newspaper clippings, ribbons, bits of colored or hand-made papers, portions of other artwork, photographs and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas. The origins of collage can be traced back hundreds of years, but this technique made a dramatic reappearance in the early 20th century as an art form of novelty. The term collage derives from the French “coller” meaning “glue”.[1] This term was coined by both Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso in the beginning of the 20th century when collage became a distinctive part of modern art.[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collage
Serial Imagery Serial imagery is a central idea of mod- ern and contemporary art. The Impressionists and their contemporaries were the first to use it, for example Claude Monet in his Poplars, Haystacks or Rouen Cathedral. Hmm...not much on that one. Research!
http://www.computerarts.co.uk/tutorials/2d__and__ photoshop/photomontage_tricks
By Derek Gores By Michael Keck http://www.michelkeck.com/dog_art_prints_of_ http://www.foundshit.com/mixed-media-mo- keck_dog_collage_s/113.htm torcycle-collage/ What are the key characteristics of Dada art?
* Dada began in Zurich and became an international movement. Or non-movement, as it were.
* Dada had only one rule: Never follow any known rules.
* Dada was intended to provoke an emotional reaction from the viewer (typically shock or outrage). If its art failed to offend tradi- tionalists, Dada writing - particularly Tristan Tzara’s manifestoes - proved a fine, nose-thumbing Plan B.
* Dada art is nonsensical to the point of whimsy. Almost all of the people who created it were ferociously serious, though.
* Abstraction and Expressionism were the main influences on Dada, followed by Cubism and, to a lesser extent, Futurism.
* There was no predominant medium in Dadaist art. All things from geometric tapestries to glass to plaster and wooden reliefs were fair game. It’s worth noting, though, that assemblage, collage, photomontage and the use of ready made objects all gained wide acceptance due to their use in Dada art.
* For something that supposedly meant nothing, Dada certainly created a lot of offshoots. In addition to spawning numerous liter- ary journals, Dada influenced many concurrent trends in the visual arts (especially in the case of Constructivism). The best-known movement Dada was directly responsible for is Surrealism.
* Dada self-destructed when it was in danger of becoming “acceptable”.
http://arthistory.about.com/cs/arthistory10one/a/dada.htm
Victorian era photomon- tages Kurt Schwitters http://homepage.ntlworld. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dav- com/davepalmer/cutand- epalmer/cutandpaste/schwitters.html paste/intro.html
Raoul Hausmann http://paperstreetsupplies.com/art-and- artists/dada-collage-photomontage-by- raoul-hausmann/
Research Surrealism and ZINES Neo Dada and Pop Art
Works by Robert Rauschenberg
“I really feel sorry for people who think things like soap dishes or mirrors or Coke bottles are ugly because they’re surrounded by things like that all day long, and it must make By akamundo them miserable.” http://www.zazzle.com/akamundo
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ americanmasters/episodes/ robert-rauschenberg/about- the-artist/49/
Works by Eduardo Paolozzi
http://www.art2invest.co.uk/ pop-up_images/elvis.htm