Collage/Bricollage
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min read
Updated: Nov 11, 2019
ORIGIN French
noun, plural bri·co·la·ges [bree-kuh-lah-zhiz, ‐lahzh] , bri·co·lage.
A construction made of whatever materials are at hand; something created from a variety of available things.
(In literature) a piece created from diverse resources.
(In art) a piece of makeshift handiwork. The use of multiple, diverse research methods.
In this workshop we used our images from the previous object photo workshops , magazines and coloured paper. To experiment and develop creating an ambiguous collage. With a focus on the relationship of type and image. This workshop was a big learning curve for me, I learnt that the way to create something ambiguous is to make it simple, Because if you kept it simple and left an element out i.e. not giving the answer to the viewer it means the viewer has to be active and think about the message therefore they are more likely to remember it.
I first started out too complicated and I was more interested in making it look pretty but by the end I was toning it down and trying to create an image alongside my narrative. Which is my object (the wooden teddy) being lost and away from its home and owner.
Research
For my research I looked at the designers Sergei Sviatchenko, Max Burchartz and Inge Jacobsen they all created collages using different media and style. Sergei was very useful in showing how he can make normal buildings seem abstract in forming them in different ways. Max Burchartz part of the Bauhaus movement you can see in his imagery how geometric all his collages are. and then with Inge Jacobsen she did not put imagery together to create a collage she used stitching to create an collage. All these design helped me see that collage can be just more than sticking a bunch of photos together.
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