From the POV of the Assignment

With this post, I am concluding this assignment of Point of views. yay!! laughing

THE SUN

Why did I choose the Sun? Well, I really like the hues of a sunset and it is a beauty in many ways. Its like… well… a little hard to describe but lets hear it from someone else point-of-view, describing it to a blind person:

THE CONCEPT

My concept is to show the contrast between the positive side vs negative side of the sun split with 3 compositions on each side. Also, I have used the same subject matter for each row in contrast.

THE STYLE

Based on my reference pyrograph artist who uses sunlight and a magnifying glass as a condensed form of energy in burning wood to create his artworks, I have decided to emulate the same style of pyrography in digital means with a landscape as a backdrop. I have also used the play of “shadows” in the form of silhouette papercuts layered over my compositions. I used more positive space in the “positive” side and more negative space in the “negative”. I have also subtly added the sun to be in the east on the right side vs the west on the other side.

layout

THE COMPOSITIONS

THE SUN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A BEACH IS PARADISE.

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In this composition, I wanted to show a sunset at the beach, where it would look the most amazing when the sun hits the waters, making them sparkle as it dips below the horizon, coupled with the sand on your feet and breeze in your hair.

THE SUN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A DESERT IS TORTURE.

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In this composition, I have composited a desperate crawling man being tortured in a desert with immense heat, depicted using the heat waves in the papercut as a form of framing overlay.

THE SUN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A TREE IS GROWTH.

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In this composition, I used a backdrop of a farmer working on his crops in the background with a tree in the foreground growing towards the direction of the sun, as the sun is a source of food for its growth.

THE SUN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF LAND IS DROUGHT.

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In this composition, I used a barren land with lifeless trees and dried shrubs in the background, with a layer of floor cracks due to the drought in the papercuts.

THE SUN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF AN EX-CONVICT IS FREEDOM.

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In this composition, I wanted to show freedom in the form of “everything under the sun”. The cityscape is used in juxtoposition with the barbed fence representing the prison.

THE SUN FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF A BLIND PERSON IS (STILL) BLEAKNESS.

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Last but not least, in this last composition, after all my research on blind people, I have tried to simulate what they actually see of the sun. A partial blind may still see either bokehs or parts of blocked vision in black; a once-born-already-blind has never seen the sun, but can feel it from a slight increase of brightness and the warmth; and a once-able-to-see blind will only have a memory of the sun. Hence, I have composited these theories together to create a abstract image of a blind’s perspective.

THE REFLECTION

Having the sun as my subject, it was really too broad and I have came up with so many ideas (too many actually) that could not be linked together easily into six. Conceptualizing was the hardest challenge for me, but I’m really glad that I could finally piece them together. To end this post, here is the machine at home that I use in cutting the papercuts. cool

POV: Researched

Sorry this is way overdue but here is more research and maybe a finalization of ideas…

Honestly, I felt that the previous POVs that I have came up with was not good enough so I have revised it:

Then Sun from the Point-Of-View of

  • farmer is harvest
  • Forrest Grump is a destination?
  • (in contrasts)

beach is paradise
desert is torture

body is vitamins
skin is UV damage

ex-convict is freedom
blind man is feeling

  • (west vs east)

west is luxurious tan
east is avoidance (asians)

White Skin Asian debate

west is sunset
east is sunrise

apollo vs Amaterasu

  • (or in military context)

recruit is sunburn
trooper is never ending journey
sergeant is torture
officer is first light
wet feet is sunbath


so… I have decided on going with the contrasting concept.

1. ex-convict is freedom vs blind person is …

2. skin is sunburn vs face is UV damage

3. crops is growth vs land is drought

Point of View Ideation

EDIT: Jump to updates.

Subject

The Sun


  1. Sun pov of Japan is origin/Flag
  2. Sun pov of a Shinto is Amaterasu (goddess)
  3. Sun pov of vampire is death
  4. Sun pov of soldier is heat stroke
  5. Sun pov of night is the other side
  6. Sun pov of photographer is f-stop/exposure
  7. Sun pov of a lens is a flare
  8. Sun pov of a beach is paradise
  9. Sun pov of sunset is egg yolk
  10. Sun pov of winter is early sunset
  11. Sun pov of artic circle is midnight
  12. Sun pov of eyes is blinding
  13. Sun pov of sunglasses is muted colours
  14. Sun pov of Ramadan is fasting
  15. Sun pov of compass is time
  16. Sun pov of plants/trees/flora is food/growth
  17. Sun pov of a body is vitamins
  18. Sun pov of power is solar energy
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CHASING THE SUN VLOG on Facebook (sorry, not possible to embed in WP)

Reference Artists

Photographer Jasper James – City Silhouettes

Nikolai Tolstyh


After consultation updates

Some takeaways from the presentation sharing was:

  • maybe consider “golden hour” as my subject as it has the element of time to play with
  • “the sun” is in between “golden hour” (too restricted) and “light” (too broad) so maybe sticking to the sun is much better

More research

Jordan Mang-osan – Filipino pyrograph artist that uses sunlight and a magnifying glass to create his artwork by “burning”

… and apparently there is even a tool on Kickstarter to help with this technique: FEBO on KICKSTARTER

The results of these artworks are so pretty and might try to replicate this NOT by using the sun, but a similar look. (kraft paper + inked + silhouette cutouts????)

more ideations:

  1. the sun from the pov of beijing is hidden
  2. the sun from the pov of a heliophobic is trauma
  3. the sun from the pov of photophobic is fear|discomfort|pain
  4. the sun from the pov of a nightshift worker is home
  5. the sun from the pov of a scientist is a different light
  6. the sun from the pov of teletubbies is a face
  7. ego from the pov of the sun is blinding

Also, I will try to conceptualize my ideas by playing with duality of with/without light, with/without sun or day and night.