Norm Yip

The artist Norm Yip collaborated  with the fashion stylist Bhisan to create a series of images to convey virtual clothes. Their first collaboration involved the use of Christian iconography to create the imagery on the body. They incorporated these images with the model to give the illusion of tattoos. These ideas were to combine the opposing imagery of Christian beliefs and physical art, due to in Christian religion tattoos are forbidden.

Another shoot he did was collaborated with Bhisan and Janice Yip. The images are projections of snakes onto Janice's body. The imagery were seen as 'highly erotic charged images' when they were shown. They have references to religious backgrounds with sexual over tones. These images are a great representative of what we are trying to achieve with our work, the use of projected images on the body to create clothes. 

First Filming in Hotspur House

Today we have tried and tested our ideas in Hotspur House, applying the projection to a person in white in the warehouse. We wanted to see if our vision of virtual clothes could actually been made into a reality.

We met firstly in the studio to collate all our images and drawings/samples. When our work was put together it works well within the patchwork brief and shows the different identities of Manchester. With these images we made a short video to use for the projection. With this ready and loaded we took out projection to the warehouse.

With the projection set up in two different locations, the light was a big issue. Due to it being bright in a lot of the spaces, the projection wasn't coming up on the top as well as it could have. The projection also showed on the wall, it is a problem but it can be over come relatively easily with the positioning of the camera.

This short video shows our ideas coming along since our first attempt. We used a dark corner and filmed from the side to show the projection. We're finding a better location for filming and going to use some models in all white to show our ideas better.

Film Camera Take 2

After experimenting with different cameras on my first visit to collect images, I found that I didn't have enough shots that came out well. I have used the same camera again but used a full film and experimented with what it can do. These are a few shots that I think have worked the best.

Drawings

In my group we have started putting our images together. I find that each style of drawing shows the area they are looking at. Some have used bright colours and other more to tonal work. My drawings are based mainly in quick, charcoal and pencil.

I've focused on buildings and certain sections on them. In Norther Quarter there are many interesting areas on the buildings, as many are very dated and have a 70's feel to them. There are a lot of warehouses and rich brick buildings due to them being built in the industrial revolution and the cotton industry boom. Many of these have weathered well and create rich colours and textures to draw from.

Film Camera

Whilst going around Northern Quarter taking photos and drawing images, I used a rang of cameras. I have taken my first set of photos on a Fujifilm digital camera, these have been useful for drawing purposes. The second set have been taken on a Olympus film camera.

 These have come out very different, some are in clear focus, some have been effected by the sun and others have been over laid. The last photo I took was on my Polaroid camera in silver tones. This was a bit over exposed but the outcome is fairly interesting and could make a good print.