Questions to Ben I prepped before our meeting:
• Should I put any trigger warnings anywhere on the inside of the publication or on my blog posts about the nature of the content? Sensitive medical imagery of red, swollen eyes that some people may find uncomfortable to look at.
• Does the booklet need to be submitted separately in the submission process or is being situated on the blog fine? It will probably be too big for submitting separately as I found with my dissertation PDF (imagery and audio made it impossible to upload separately but was fine to submit on the blog PDF).
• I have a few other things I’ve painted and collected that I haven't included in my publication for size and time reasons - for example, a circular canvas painting that is orange and textural to represent the back of the eye / a retina - should I expand a bit more perhaps on the retina and include that painting? I have some Instagram status updates from the time of recovery that could go into the booklet? More poetry? IS the current content fine? Am I overworking so close to submission? All feedback welcome.
• Joomag is only free for a certain amount of time. Should I screenshot the current publication page by page and pop it into a Google Slides presentation incase it goes offline during the marking process?
Notes from Tutorial with Ben:
• In response to trigger warning, do place it somewhere on the publication as it is an outward facing thing. Also mention the TW in the reflection. If I were to be sending this out, I would want to ensure people were aware of the content. Also demonstrates professionalism.
• In terms of the content, the booklet is done now. The content is there and nothing needs adding.
Take the time to do the reflections and the writing reflecting on the direction the work is going in. Ensure to document that conversation with Matt, any roughs. Don't make roughs? Talk about that in reflection. Not many experiment or make roughs in Level 6, nor does ben. You know your way of working now.
• Artist research. Valuable looking at deconstructing and processes. Something that relates to project, relevance. Recommended artist to look at - Robert Motherwell. Work has relevance with mine. There isn't really a minimum or maximum number of artists to look at.
• Prep work - gathering my photographs from the time and going through my Instagram. What’s next? Screenshot my instagram as that was part of my process and is relevant. Link it too somewhere.
• It's excellent to have been uploading paintings to Instagram along the way as it shows that I am engaging with the real world and the "live" and now. Document that. Show that I have documented all of my sight loss journey through photos on Instagram (link it) and my Google drive photo album (perhaps make public and link it?) Don't need to upload PDF separately if it's on blog.
• It's good to have consideration for dimensions, page count, DPI, and these sort of creative concerns. Document this. Publications go up in 4 for print though that doesn't matter so much with digital.
• I asked about the Masters Loan and whether you have to pay off your Bachelors first in order to obtain a Masters Loan. In my PP module (which is now submitted so I cannot make a not of this over there) I identified wanting to undertake a Masters to continue my studies and the place I've found myself at with painting. there's still a lot to learn and uncover as I've found myself at a different place than when I began the degree. There are facilities I'd like to use and much more I'd like to learn about and from myself as an artist. There was some terminology that was unclear and made it sound that the BA loan needed paying first on the gov.uk website, though it is impossible for many to pay their Bachelors off straight away. Ben agreed and said he has friends who have done a Masters who haven't paid theirs. Masters allow for better footing and access to managerial and higher-end jobs.
• Ben is available for the rest of the day and on Monday morning should I have any more questions or any problems arise with submission. Available after submission as well as Amy, if I require any assistance and information on the marking process.
• It’s important to have a break and have a reflect on everything after working constantly for 5 months.
Reflection and Next Steps:
Catching up with Ben was very valuable and to have clarification on my questions that rose as I was working on my publication for submission. I was happy to have a suggestion of another artist's work to look at and reflect on and to talk about my Masters as the loan had troubled me for a few weeks and I didn't know who to ask about it. I am keen to continue my studies and to continue the exploration of my practice as a disabled and blind painter, I think there is a lot of value in the work I'm producing and the story that I have to tell, more stories and experiences yet to be told, but I won't be able to do that without a loan and some financial help coming from a working class background in Salford (covered in my electives briefs).
It's reassuring to know that my publication work is done and that any hangups about content can go in my final reflection. I suppose as artists and illustrators we often think there is more to be added and to be done but there is the issue of something being overworked and there being too much content that hasn't been curated / everything just being thrown in because it's available and to hand.
My next steps are to complete my final reflective report and to ensure I've reflected on as many points in the project as possible. This weekend I will be ensuring I've covered everything in my directory and that all of the links are working upon submission.
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