Temporality is a brief from my installation, video, and sculpture route at college. We had to think about what things in life are temporary, analyse different angles and perspectives then choose a topic to focus on. I've decided to focus on the human body, mainly on the chest, heart and lungs; and with this I have developed it further into focusing on breathing.
I thought to myself, how would I be able to capture breathing within my work? How would I be able to show this process in a video? This is when my college tutor suggested to video myself breathing, trying out different methods. All in all there were a few suggestions, one of which to video my chest expanding and contracting. I thought the best way to do this would be to video the top half of my back, so I think the best way to do this is to have a bare back, and to film it in the privacy of my bedroom.
So I put the timer on the video so that I can get into place and not get any other body parts in the shot that I would be embarrassed about when it came to showing my tutor what I had done during the half term. So I press the start button and quickly get into place; everything seemed to be going to plan, this was until half way through me showing how stupidly deep I breathe I realise that I didn't really think about how I was going to stop the video. I end up thinking my best bet is to pull the covers over myself and drag myself to the side so then I can turn the camera off without getting in the shot.
I decided to watch a replay of the video, just to check that the first part of the video was a-ok, it wasn't til I uploaded it onto the laptop that I realised you can hear Florence and the Machine playing You've Got The Love in the background from where Mini-Pear doesn't realise how stupidly loud the speakers are playing whilst being in the room next door to myself. I thought I might as well carry on watching the video as the rest of the video seemed to be running smoothly, and I could easily edit out the sound of Florence in the background, this wasn't til right at the end of the video when I managed to see that I had left my phone on the bed as I had walked off with the covers. It had looked like a performance, an installation in a way, if I had moved my phone, and realised the music playing in the background I reckon it could have gone a whole lot better.
I thought to myself, how would I be able to capture breathing within my work? How would I be able to show this process in a video? This is when my college tutor suggested to video myself breathing, trying out different methods. All in all there were a few suggestions, one of which to video my chest expanding and contracting. I thought the best way to do this would be to video the top half of my back, so I think the best way to do this is to have a bare back, and to film it in the privacy of my bedroom.
So I put the timer on the video so that I can get into place and not get any other body parts in the shot that I would be embarrassed about when it came to showing my tutor what I had done during the half term. So I press the start button and quickly get into place; everything seemed to be going to plan, this was until half way through me showing how stupidly deep I breathe I realise that I didn't really think about how I was going to stop the video. I end up thinking my best bet is to pull the covers over myself and drag myself to the side so then I can turn the camera off without getting in the shot.
I decided to watch a replay of the video, just to check that the first part of the video was a-ok, it wasn't til I uploaded it onto the laptop that I realised you can hear Florence and the Machine playing You've Got The Love in the background from where Mini-Pear doesn't realise how stupidly loud the speakers are playing whilst being in the room next door to myself. I thought I might as well carry on watching the video as the rest of the video seemed to be running smoothly, and I could easily edit out the sound of Florence in the background, this wasn't til right at the end of the video when I managed to see that I had left my phone on the bed as I had walked off with the covers. It had looked like a performance, an installation in a way, if I had moved my phone, and realised the music playing in the background I reckon it could have gone a whole lot better.
This is why I should never attempt this method ever again without the help of someone else.
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