Tell an Untold Story: Group Crit

This is my crit feedback from the beginning of the holidays based mainly on my zine. I made the mistake of reading over what was said and taking it into account but not properly reflecting upon it. My zine was supposed to show the objects left behind by people and the places that I found them. I was going to continue to work into the images and to place fragmented ghostly figures within them but looking back on it now, I quite like the raw, suggestive nature of just the ink. It has an uneasy mood to it.

In the crit I asked a question about objects and how I can represent them differently because that is what I was struggling with. I think that this is a really interesting concept but I just really hate drawing objects which is why I am struggling. I would so much rather draw the passers through and the canal.

What interesting suggestions were made in my crit?

• It was repeatedly suggested that I look at the texture of the objects- doing rubbings etc. Forming the objects out of their own rubbings might be an interesting way to approach making them?
• Someone suggested that I look at negative space and weather or not we consider these objects an essential part of the canal. Maybe drawing simply drawing the space around or within the objects could be a implistic approach to representing them. I think this question of 'are the objects an essential part of the landscape?' is a really interesting one. It goes hand in hand with what I was looking at yesterday about how mess and things which aren't supposed to be are what catch our eye. Maybe I could look at how the objects have branded themselves upon the landscape. I could try printing with the objects and overlaying images. 
• Somebody suggested that I look at Cornelia Parker and how she re-contextualises objects. This is something that I was already thinking about so I am going to do it next. They also suggested showing the objects in their former glory. It could be interesting to create a series of characters who have passed through the canal simply through the objects that I found. i.e. the teens drinking from the Smirnoff bottle at night. - although this could be a bit of a tangent
• Lastly someone said that they really liked the fish interview. I feel that the interviews are something that I moved past quite quickly and I'd like to go back and look at them. I found out some really interesting stuff.