Visual Narratives - experimenting with the composition of elements in a space

Whilst the simple act of collaging, in flat colour, the constituent parts of a composition taken from real life has proved effective in abstracting that portrayal of a space, I decided to try moving the shapes around into new compositions before sticking them down to further abstract the original reference and attempt to allow the work to stand more independently as a more purely aesthetic organisation.   

Whilst I did find it a useful exercise, and was happy in the results, I still think I prefer the fact that, in the more direct representations, certain elements can still hint at the original objects in that space. For me, the interest in this project stems from the fact that compositional control is somewhat relinquished in creating these collages of found spaces, and the fact that there is a more authentic strangeness to the images when glimpses of familiar things are present and are contradicted by their       

Original 'space'

Collage of shapes in 'actual' position

  

This was my favourite and the 

one I ended up sticking 

down

         

















































     






Whilst I did find it a useful exercise, and was happy in the results, I still think I prefer the fact that, in the more direct representations, certain elements can still hint at the original objects in that space. For me, the interest in this project stems from the fact that compositional control is somewhat relinquished in creating these collages of found spaces, and the fact that there is a more authentic strangeness to the images when glimpses of familiar things are present and are contradicted by the viewers struggle to figure out the context, despite the fact it is taken entirely from real life. This uncanny effect can not be achieved through these completely re-organised compositions, or not as well anyway, and so I do not think i will pursue them in this project, although I do like them as works in their own right.