APERTURE
Lucy Williams' recent project for the University of the West of England CMIR/RWA Bursary Scheme has offered her an opportunity to merge two extremes of the image-making continuum : she has taken technical elements from the DIY ‘camera-less’ pinhole aperture movement - possibly one of the first gestures of the beginnings of photography and also the current technical sophistication of the RED One Camera (now used as standard for major Hollywood productions such as The Social Network or Pirates of the Caribbean).
Thus the work, titled 'Aperture', experiments with a pinhole ‘lens’ (which is literally a small hole in apiece of metal - in this case a soda can) that then replaces a very expensive 35mm glass lens. This metal with a small hole in it then sits in the position where a lens should be. But instead of making an image on normal photochemical film, the pin hole 'lens' is attached to a highly sophisticated 4K Digital cinematography camera (of which UWE has 5) to create a filmed journey of the composition in space of a ‘nature morte/still life scene, with it’s making and emerging form captured from multiple moving viewpoints and angles.
The work will be displayed at the RWA during various periods of the RWA Autumn Open (commencing Saturday 18th October in the Fedden Room), together with more commissioned works from other artists, plus works commissioned from young students at Knowle West Media Centre.
This is the first time this has been achieved world wide. Lucy worked with a technical team from UWE's Media Centre and the expertise of CMIR.
Thus the work, titled 'Aperture', experiments with a pinhole ‘lens’ (which is literally a small hole in apiece of metal - in this case a soda can) that then replaces a very expensive 35mm glass lens. This metal with a small hole in it then sits in the position where a lens should be. But instead of making an image on normal photochemical film, the pin hole 'lens' is attached to a highly sophisticated 4K Digital cinematography camera (of which UWE has 5) to create a filmed journey of the composition in space of a ‘nature morte/still life scene, with it’s making and emerging form captured from multiple moving viewpoints and angles.
The work will be displayed at the RWA during various periods of the RWA Autumn Open (commencing Saturday 18th October in the Fedden Room), together with more commissioned works from other artists, plus works commissioned from young students at Knowle West Media Centre.
This is the first time this has been achieved world wide. Lucy worked with a technical team from UWE's Media Centre and the expertise of CMIR.
More works on a simple theme - one location, one moment to achieve a work:
Zagorsk - 1992, USSR
One Second to Midnight - UK 2006
In Re Ansel Adams - USA 2008
Autumn Dusk Cafe Scene - Italy, 2008
Les Petites Cartes Postales de Beijing - 2010, China - opposite
Water Table/ The Power of the Sea - 2008/2014, UK & USA
CMIR RWA KWMC Bursary Winners
Zagorsk - 1992, USSR
One Second to Midnight - UK 2006
In Re Ansel Adams - USA 2008
Autumn Dusk Cafe Scene - Italy, 2008
Les Petites Cartes Postales de Beijing - 2010, China - opposite
Water Table/ The Power of the Sea - 2008/2014, UK & USA
CMIR RWA KWMC Bursary Winners