The Presentation
Slide 1
Introduce your presentation, and include a working title.
- The working title for this project is Remember Something London. I wanted to choose something open, but not overly ambiguous at this stage.
- I am not necessarily expecting the title to remain the same, and shall address potential other titles at later stages in the process, as an interesting exercise.
- For now, I consider it useful to have a title for the project, as it holds me somewhat accountable for what I do next.
Slide 2
Identify how your project builds on previous work.
- In Unit 1, I looked at memories of my own, specifically in relation to Camden, during the ‘Traces’ project on The Carousel.
- For my Summative project as we were given the prompt ‘value’ I was drawn to what other people class as valuable in terms of memory, and moral values.
- To gain input from others I created an anonymous survey, and used the responses to create a sort of collaborative piece, in the form of a poster and then later I adapted the memories people had provided into short, illustrated rhymes.
Slide 3
Broadly explain your concepts and intention for the project.
- For my final major project I want to again focus on memories, and I want to include other people in my piece.
- I’m hoping to create a sort of archive, using photographs taken around London – that demonstrate, or highlight, social-political issues.
- I plan to combine the photographs with other people’s memories – as illustrations obviously edited together in various ways.
Slide 4
Identify areas and concepts that will support the development of this project.
- I’ve set up another, short, anonymous questionnaire to gather responses and created a poster for the QR code to hopefully reach further participants.
- I’ve been considering conducting mini, informal interviews with people out in public and looking into more London-based news stories, as well as researching and attending community-lead projects.
- In the ‘background’ photographs, I want to use representatives for perhaps more social-political context but I don’t want to be unaware of what I’m presenting, or performative in my approach to community-based projects = social-context research
- I’m terms of material concepts, I’m interested in considering different illustration and painting styles to see what would work and what doesn’t.
Slide 5
Identify the materials and processes that you will investigate.
- I’ll be using my DSLR to take pictures – this is quite a new piece of equipment for me but I’m enjoying learning to use it in theory and practice.
- I’ll be experimenting with printing onto different types of material and with scanning things back into the Adobe softwares to edit digitally.
- I’ll consider how to present the final outcome, whether in the book I’ve been imagining, whether it will be digitally produced at all, or whether it’ll be more hand-made.
Slide 6
Show artists/ designers whose work relates to the area you're working within.
- I’m looking mainly at photographers and illustrators for my artist research. So these artists are some of the ones I’ve chosen who I found really inspiring on my research days, and some other favourites. I’ll be looking into video as well so could even end up considering more modern realms of display such as VR software maybe, or perhaps aim for a more dated aesthetic by using older processes.
- I’m looking to expand my research further by going to other exhibitions that showcase different creative disciplines too, so sculpture, textiles, installations – to try and keep an open mind with what I create at this stage.
Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency – I enjoy the personal documentation of friends, close relationships, as well as the aesthetic of the pictures themselves. Everyone looks preserved.
Joy Gregory: Catching Flies With Honey – I liked the (I think) full showcase of work. Enjoyed different processes that were used for documentation – cyanotype, kallitype, liquid light process, etc. Displayed photos with nails – official but ‘background’.
Michael Wolf: street view – works in Hong Kong. Busy lifestyle documenting. Very crowded population. A bit big brother/ boundary pushing with street view.
Slide 7
Show artists/ designers whose work relates to the area you're working within.
Mark Leckey: Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore – I enjoy the nostalgic documentary style. Found footage/ archival. Juxtaposition in sound at various points. Unsettling but kind of captivating – maybe because of editing, maybe content, probably both.
Mattias Adolfsson: sketchbook page – I like the illustration style. Diary-like. Humorous. Caricature-esc. Cute. And I love the tiny details. Could look at it and see something new each time – also Darrick Robertson (Transmetropolitan) for detail & illustration style/ page mapping.
Hattie Stewart – collage/ digital art. I enjoy the fun style & mix of illustration & photography. I like how big & bold everything is. Fun, obviously cartoon, definite style.
Slide 8
Show what primary research you will, or have already carried out.
- I’ll be going on several trips to various places to try and capture the right moments. I’ve already started doing some test shoots in Marble Arch, and in Camden.
- Listening to interview podcasts, for inspiration and ideas about how to talk to members of the public.
- Attend more photography, and video exhibitions. As well as taking a look into illustrative techniques, such as those used in memoirs, or graphic novels with personal context for the author. – Fictional Father, there is a fire that never goes out, diary of Anne Frank graphic novel.
- Looking at film archives for the way they’re literally organised for viewing & typical content – BFI, Libraries.
- Looking at photography archives, geographical archives and archives of different eras and styles.
Slide 9
Broadly identify what form your work will take.
- I’m aiming to create an archive, that will document people’s memories of London, and current social, political, and environmental issues.
Slide 10
Further illustrate your project.
- I will explore what form the archive itself will take – digital, handmade, video, displayed files/ organisational presentation, etc.
- ND Stevenson: memoirs book – the fire never goes out. Sections, different illustration types depending on mood/ subject matter throughout.
- For a previous project I spent time gathering candid footage from different parts of London. I enjoyed the time spent observing, especially when my attention was focused on what I had recorded, as I watched footage back. The following clip was filmed in Camden, in 2024 – Camden Road Clip
Slide 11
Further illustrate your project.
- These were images that I took on a test shoot at Marble Arch on 27/02/2026.
Reflection
- What was said about your slides?
It was expressed by one of my peers that my project sounds and looks exciting. This pleased me and helped to cement that this is a worthwhile project idea to invest time in.
- What suggestions were made that you had not considered?
Relevant artists for me to research, including – Dean Kennings, who commonly works with diagrams to display information about his processes, and the documentary work of filmmaker John Wilson.
There were also recommendations of other places I could visit, both online (Internet Archive – which was recommended for possible ideas on how to display archives, however, seems to be potentially useful for its content also.
Another suggestion was to visit bookshops to look through the graphic novels, and the children’s sections, for ideas on illustrative styles and techniques.
- Would you use any of the feedback you were given?
As well as following up on research recommendations, I’ll be considering what exactly I’m displaying in terms of the archive’s form – for example, will it be something people can view individually, or something to just glance over, or perhaps it would suit/ register better digitally with a modern audience (see Michael Wolf as example).
- Why and / or how would you use it?
I may follow up on the feedback I have received later, to gather opinions/ preferences on the format of my created archive, with examples provided.
I am also considering whether the ‘data’ stored in my archive will be viewable to the public, or whether the form of the archive itself will become the focus for, at least, a section of my time working on the FMP.
- If not why not?
I think it’s interesting to consider feedback, even if once explored I feel the results won’t make it into the finalised outcome – it’s helpful to consider what others think of instinctively when the overall concept is considered.
- What have you learnt about presenting your work?
Having enjoyed the formats of other student’s presentation slides, I think I could consider adapting particular presentations to certain briefs. For example – as I progress I may have a clearer idea of if my project will be digital, or handmade, and could collate and present my slides in the same style.
I find it useful to make separate notes/ annotations on slides, so I’m able to give a more concise, and informative presentation. This is something I also find useful when reflecting on work, as it helps to remember, or keep in mind, my original intentions for the project.
It’s also proved very helpful to effectively create a pitch for an idea that is, at present, half-formed – I’ve found this to naturally spark ideas in my mind, and being able to brainstorm with others, I feel helps to hold me accountable to actioning potentially overlooked stages of the project.
- Note down 3 things that you will now action as you develop your FMP project and the proposal.
- I will keep a bibliography/ research planner with all my references for the project in.
- I will visit more exhibitions and shows of different disciplines to gain a wider perspective of how to present an archive of any kind, as well as looking into different illustrative styles.
- I will keep a diary as often as I’m able, to document my adapting ideas, daily references and research.
Squirrel M. Lambert 