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RESOURCES

OUTCOME 1. Researching and recording ideas.  

First Step:

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In order to get you started with finding inspiration take a look at your own life.

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Imagine that someone who has never seen you needs to make a portrait of you.  You can only provide them with 5 objects collected from your last week.  Give this portrait artist clues about yourself and the world that you have inhabited in the last 7 days.   

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Find meaningful objects by asking yourself specific questions. For example:

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What does a receipt for a recent purchase say about you AND the world you are in?

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What does the condition of your shoes say about the person who wears them and the surfaces they walk on?

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What does this quick drawing that a friend made in your Maths book say about your friends and the school that you go to?

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Make these findings visible in your visual diary as annotated documentation.

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For this outcome you will use your visual diary as a place to research and record ideas.  In the visual diary you will identify sources of inspiration and artistic influences as well as outline individual ideas, art forms and aesthetic qualities, and translate these into visual language.  

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Have a look at some examples of Visual Diary Work Here:

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/56365432810829082/?lp=true

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Check out Andy Warhol's collections of personal objects here:

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/andy-warhols-time-capsules/

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