Really interesting developments. A number of changes of direction as the ideas start to crystalise for you. Do keep the time constraints in mind, however, as you should be firming your ideas for the final piece around now. If you are going to need to experiment with some techniques or materials, then you need to be starting that now. In the previous two projects you presented experimental samples as part of your assessment, and that really boosted some people's grades. This time you only have the final work and the writing, so you really need to develop your ideas, have a clear goal for your work, and finish it off as a stand-alone piece. I'll be marking it on its technical, aesthetic and conceptual qualities. This doesn't mean you need to throw a lot of things at it. It could be a quite simple technique, combined with a great concept, and executed really well. A really brilliant concept that you have spent hours researching, combined with an unengaging artwork, however, won't get you a great mark. Put your energies into a well-thought-out, well-planned, well-made, aesthetically-balanced, coherent, well-realised artwork instead.
In a review in Saturday's SMH (Spectrum, p. 13), John McDonald wrote: "With most of the other works in Marking Time, the conceptual element is so pronounced it feels like an obstacle between the spectator and the art - as if there were an invisible wall of ideas to be negotiated before one's eyes come into play. In traditional MCA fashion, these pieces are generally more fascinating for the artist than for the viewer. The ideas may be seductive but the visual aspect is profoundly uninviting; and without that necessary lure most of us will simply walk away."
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