DR.ME Workshop

The DR.ME workshop was particular interesting and engaging due to my original preconceptions that collage didn't fit within my work. However the task DR.ME set of creating a piece of moving image using 10 stills created using college has changed this. I found this task particular engaging due to the word we where given (plain) as we decided to create a contrast within the moving image by using incorporating bold colours into our college. We used a simple square to create consistency across the moving image with the colour/pattern within the square changing as well as the letter within each square which spelt out ‘plain & bold’ (see figure 1). This approach allowed us to avoid the stereotypical use of college featuring ‘ransom’ lettering and busy collections to create a quite simple and sophisticated compositions. Consequently keeping the collages simple works successfully in a gif format as the letterforms are more visible due to the limited use of multiple colours and patterns. Overall I found this workshop particularly helpful as it has shown me how I can incorporate college into my work to create a greater variety of exploration within my research and initial ideas.

Figure 1