End of Week 8- Final overview

 “Harvesting Fragment’s From Hulme”

I photographed balconies from the Social Housing in Hulme, to capture the difference in people living there. How they interpret their own environment and use the space around them. Even though they are a community, they use their personal space in a different way and make it their own. 

Reflecting on project outcomes and the unit as a whole

What have you learned in this unit about:-

-          The breadth of context of art and design practice (i.e. other creative disciplines and ways of working beyond your own)

-          Collaborative working

How well did you:-

-          Manage your time

-          Manage your project as a team

-          Communicate/present your ideas to others

-          Critically reflect on the outcome(s) of your project, how successful was it, did you achieve all you set out to do, if not why? How well did it express your ideas and communicate to an audience?

-          What were your team’s key successes during the unit? What would you do differently next time?

-          What personal strengths and weaknesses have you identified and what will you do about this in the future?

I have learnt from this unit to take other peoples skills on board when working together. We did not do this as a team and I think we should have been more involved with one another, learning new skills.

I believe I managed my time very well due to the fact that during this project we didn’t have a lot to do. Also by working by myself I could do my work as I pleased and quickly. At the start we had trouble settling on an idea that suited everyone. We then decided to work on our own individual projects under the same title so there was a link between our work. We made this decision because we thought it would be the best way to work and it wouldn’t cause problems. I personally believe I communicated what I was planning on doing well and everyone understood what my intentions were. Also I think in our presentation to another group we again communicated our idea well.

I think our project working within a group wasn’t too successful due to the fact that we ended up doing our own thing where as I would have liked to have worked together. So that I could experiment within different practices. I think our idea was successful and was still all linked, showing that we came up with the idea as a group. My work shows exactly what I wanted to capture, people living in the social housing having their own take on their environment around them and their personal space. Also how I presented my final images are arranged like the social housing buildings, different levels of flats with balconies.

Our team’s successes were that we saw a problem early, this being not being able to settle on one idea, and fixing that problem by going off on our own under the same title. We also communicated well within a group and kept the other members up to date on our progress. I think next time if I was working with another group, I would like to work all together as a group on one idea. This way you have the chance to experiment within different practices.

Strengths for myself are that when I know what I want to do I will crack on and get it done and brainstorm a lot of ideas. My weakness is probably that it takes me a while to decide on an idea that I want to progress in, next time I will research more and gain more inspiration right at the start.