Thursday 10 December 2009

Inductions this week

It was a busy day yesterday but interesting to meet so many people at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN). Thanks to all the staff I met I've now had my inductions and can use the darkrooms, scanners, portable lighting and the library.

Some interesting ideas are starting to emerge from talking to staff, some concepts about how to create the Myriorama background, using black and white images and tinting them manually to overcome the problems of colour correction on colour images while trying to match background landscape images, especially shades of green grass. This ties in nicely with the origins of the Myriorama with hand tinted images.

Another interesting conversation brought up the technology I was using and the use of sensors and input/output technology. The staff at the Electronic and Digital Art Unit were mentioned and I will have to investigate further as their projects looking fascinating.