Saturday, 28 January 2012

after work adventures

candle house, granery wharf, leeds

so last night a few friends and i decided to get on top of this building and watch the sun come up. it was so whimsicle and non-routine. all we had to do was wait for a person to come out of the building, then we'd go in and catch the lift to the 21st floor. there were weird beach huts up there. we found a tartan shirt with a paper pinned on to it saying 'take me' so we did. birds from above! schindlers lift, clouds that looked like steam trains, toy cars, no mans land, the curtain scarf. 

The five best places to live in the world, and why

http://apps.facebook.com/theguardian/money/2012/jan/20/five-best-places-to-live-in-world?fb_source=other_multiline&fb_action_types=news.reads

Friday, 27 January 2012

today i went to see matt in woodwork about doing a sculpture of the routes. the lecture got me thinking. pretty interesting. space and surrealism huh? so i was thinking there doesn't have to a boundary of leeds to this project... i could literally go anywhere. get on buses and trains and even abroad if i wanted to. well. maybe abroad.

2012 Book Fair Participants



16HPT
Alex Pritchard
AMBruno
Andrew G Magee
Andy Singleton
Anna Swingland
Archive Books
Are we nearly there yet?
Auditors of God
BA Graphic Design, LCA
BA Interdisciplinary Art & Design, LCA
Batley School of Art
Book Transformations
Bradford School of Arts & Media
Café Royal Books
Camberwell College of Arts
Carys Bryan
Catandcoat
David Barton
East Street Arts
Ensixteen Editions
Essence Press
Fine Art Leeds
Freerange Artists
Girls who Draw
HARD2COPY
Helen Hicks
Jane Cradock-Watson
Jane Hyslop
Jane Kenington
John McDowall
Kelham Press
Kim Bevan
Kristine Steele
Leeds City College
Littlebits Books
M.M. Visual Catering – Anne Rook
MA Art, Design and the Book, Colchester Institute
Mandy Brannan
Marches Book Art Group
Meg Buick
New Arcadian Press
Oliver Flude
Page Paper Stitch
Paul Johnson
Petgalerie Press
Ratchford Ltd.
Richard Sweeney
Robert P. Clarke
Rosie Kearton
Scriven Books
Sheffield International Book Prize
Sophie Littlewood
Surrealist Editions
Susan Kruse
TBooks Cologn
The Caseroom Press
The Fine City Friends
Thomas Tomasska
Tony Hayward
Turn Press
University of Central Lancashire
We have Beaks
Weproductions
West Yorkshire Print Workshop
whnicPRESS
Wild Pansy Press
Wirral Metropolitan College, BAFA
Woodcraft Press

A fully illustrated catalogue is available at the fair and includes all contact details

Thursday, 26 January 2012

enterprize start

start thinking about idea's for enterprize...
  • 3 examples of books/fanzines
  • content should relate to your current/ recent breif.
  • one off items or mass produced in series/editions
possible ideas: (nature, quality, finish and content)
  • 1) routes (10 routes if possible?) book, laser cut/ print screen/ both combined.
  • 2)if i do this collaboration with eclectic then i could do photographs/illustrations and print screen maybe make an a4 book of them...
  • laser cutt armies of insects & bind together
  • get out books from library on binding.
  • make and illustrated book or different life scinarios as different insects. screen print would be a well nice if combined with laser cutt/hand cut peices of the design out.
  • metal book?
things to think about:
  • marketing, customer, price, property rights, licenceing work, budget and balance sheet, improvements for next time.

laser cutting

so i'v booked the laser cutter for wednesday 10am and friday 2pm

possible designs:
  • 3 routes put together. for example start meets finish of the next route.
  • picture of (object) lightbulb
  • lace design made out of routes placed next to each other (repetative)
possible materials:
  • wood
  • paper
  • card
  • cardboard
  • accatate/ tracing paper/ other transparent materials
  • plastic
  • plastic bags
  • found things on route?
  • engrave glass
  • Cloths (leather, suede, felt, hemp, cotton)
  • maybe go to indeoor markets and check out materials there...

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

18/1/12 hyde park blue lightbulb

red- russ
purple- claire
green- sam and bez
yellow- izzy
pink- alexandra
orange(ish)- ash and alex
light blue- brad

weekend wolves- karma

so today i had a conversation with dan and yvonne. they suggested that instead of taking information off of the public and getting in touch with them, i should give them my information and say 'check this website in a month' by that time i would have made the jewellery/objects, photographed/filmed them and put them up on the website. tomorrow i plan to go around leeds city centre(shopping area) and do the same as i did in hyde park. i think this will come up with very different shapes.

to do:

  • design jewellery ideas
  • book the laser cutter
  • talk to liz
i think making jewellery has a kind of repetition to it, because jewellery is basically just an object that is carried around by a person on their way to work/routes of life in a similar way i am asking them to carry the object around.

Saturday, 21 January 2012

so today i thought I'd just go do something... i went to the shops in Hydepark, with me a blue tinted light bulb and a note pad. i asked people to carry the light bulb with them on their route, and that i would go with them. the conversation normally went like this... 'Hi there, would you mind taking part in my project, it'll only take a minute?' 'What do i have to do?' 'Carry this light bulb with you on your route, you can stop the activity whenever you want. i can explain on the way if you like?' 'Ok then' 'Thank you'


It took me about 10 minutes to build up the confidence to ask someone. i started asking a man who was about half way between the hydepark shops and the takeaways near uni.

Russ-middle of Headingley lane to one-stop. (student studying law, aged approx 20, very friendly) talked about university his course my course, asked allot of questions about what i was doing)

Claire- One stop to opposite the Ashwood centre. (employed in headingly helping younge offenders, friendly, hesitant at first)

Sam and Bez- Ashwood centre to Johnsons the cleaners(students, very friendly, concerned about taking me to a desolate area)

Izzy- Johnsons to halfway down side road. (student studying English and Spanish 2nd year, very friendly)

Alexandra- half way down side road to ls6 cafe. (exchange student from Canada, her first week here in England, second year psychology student) she told me about an event called 'greenrooms' at the met uni on Friday. it's a place where people exchange stuff they don't want.

ash and Alex- ls6 cafe, to Hydepark pub cash point to one stop. (student studying sports. felt slightly embarrassed and shocked about holding the light bulb, yet also very friendly and talkative, but thought it was a very strange activity.)

Brad- one stop to 28 Richmond mount. (student. this was the longest walk the participant took with the bulb, friendly, talked about university and housing)

i was surprised that all of the people i asked took part in the experiment. although i mainly asked people my age that weren't doing anything. for example, i avoided people on the phone, with mp3 players in, big groups of people, old men and anyone who looked in a hurry. brad took me down his road and there was no one about to ask so i decided to go home.
idea 1: postal idea


idea 2: film collaboration with ECLECTIC



Wednesday 25th Jan: Presentations of proposed project. (3min presentation, hand in 1 page of A4.) Starting point (questions / area you want to investigate.) Method (What you plan to do.) References (Relevant examples of projects.)
Images / diagrams to help illustrate Timeline (rough draft)

so the postal idea... get an object... what object? should it represent anything, should it be relevant to the activity. 

Possible ideas for object:
  • stamp- reference to postal system also stamps cost money, but it's not being used as intended so there is a slight irony there?
  • random object- e.g. a rubber duck
  • an object of mine
  • a completely newly formed object... something made, it starts it's journey as this project starts.
  • something old that has the potential of already having many journeys under its belt. 
  • an object that represents travel, e.g. a miniature car/ train/ tram/ bicycle/ walking man/ lorry/ tanker/ tank/ monster truck/ unicycle/ motorbike/ ship/ aeroplane
  • it might be better to have an object that looks mundane and unthreatening to the public so they don't feel like they are a participant in a practical joke. 
Media of object:
  • not something that is delicate as lots of people might be handling it e.g. wax sculpture/food
  • some thing hard and durable e.g. wood, metal, plastic, solder
Scale of object:
  • a size that fits in the hand
  • slightly bigger so they will have to 'carry' it- advantage will be that it will be visible in the film. 
  • massive- no (i think more people would object to partake in the activity)
Possible (initial) problems with project and solutions to correct them:
  • Because it is with the public there is no guarantee that anyone will collaborate/partake in this game. it will take persuasion techniques- e.g. explaining the game really fast and precise, be polite. maybe organise a group of people say 10? and go for a walk, starting with person number one holding the object standing at the front of the group and going where they like, and then person number 2 repeating etc. the only problem is that if i get a group of people.. i am choosing who will be there in the first place and these people might know each other and might go to similar places around leeds. if i choose, it limits the variation of people i have in my project. which in turn will change the results i get out of it. 
  • alternative... ask people where they are going on route (take a map around, and get them to mark it where they are and where they are going, then go where they are going and pick up another participant to do the same.
  • someone might run away with the object if it is valuable
How do i get people to participate?
  • wear a big sign saying 'please partake in my project'
  • offer them something in return? free exhibition... i could post them the results etc
where should it start?
  • maybe i could be the first participant, start from my house and go where i like....
  • the centre of leeds- there will be more people about to ask.
  • to some kind of park, where people are there for leisure? 

Other ways of documenting the activity:

  • film it
  • leave string wherever we go (like the minotaur)
post activity ideas... what should i do with the geometrical information afterwards?:
  • make an object in the laser cutter in the shape of the route...
  • make an object and information, that i could then give back to the participants.../ exhibition date displaying work i have produced from their journeys and give out the objects there...
  • make jewellery from the shapes, each participants/collaborators route in a different colour/pattern/texture.
  • make sculptures- the same as the jewellery but bigger.
  • make stickers and put them up around leeds.
  • make screen prints.
  • make a thing out of ribbons on the floor/in an outside area of shapes. 
  • screen print shapes
example: a map from the city of rome...




idea 2: film collaboration with ECLECTIC.

  • either we could both come up with a project together to do and he/we could make a new song and film to go along with it. 
  • i could be influenced by his songs and make a film.
  • i could make a music video to one of his songs
after video: 
  • do a screening / projection
  • organise a live gig where the video is projected
  • location?


Interdisciplinary Collaborative Strategies








http://www.channel4.com/programmes/gypsy-blood/4od gypsy blood

Monday, 16 January 2012

Creative strategies evaluation


Creative strategies evaluation
I have developed a wide range of skills through this module. For example I have learnt how to use adobe illustrator and apply it to design’s from drawings on paper and diagrams in books to then make 2 colour screen prints. I screen printed onto hessian and embroided into it, onto tote bags and paper. I used the laser cutter to produce delicate paper cuttings from illustrations and laser cut into oak from illustrator designs to produce a structure for moss to grow in. I have also developed skills in final cut pro, I have an on going video collaboration with a graphics student (Sarah Roberts), we did some filming in mean wood park, also put together costumes and face paint. I used the footage and edited it in final cut pro, for one version I asked a student at Leeds College of Music (ELECTIC- aka Geordan Campbell-Reid) to pick a song he had made, so that I could edit the imagery to go along with it.
Problem solving- when using the laser cutter, I found when using a hard wood like oak, sometimes it would smoke and cause embers, which disintegrate the design. I found that If I left the wood to cool for 5 minutes between each cutting this wouldn’t happen and the design is much more similar to the digital image. I decided to grow moss into this design- I used natural yogurt and alive found moss blended together and then painted it into the gaps.  I left it in the conditions that are satisfactory for it’s needs to carry on growing. I found that when I came back from the Christmas holidays it had died. But the mixture I had made which I left in the fridge was alive. I didn’t have time to repeat the process, but for next time I will know to keep it in the fridge.  I have learnt that when I make delicate designs in the laser cutter to keep them in a clear plastic folder to control damage.
The strengths I have developed through this project are more based on thought process more then practically. I feel one of the main strengths I have developed is to take risks, to try new things and to not necessarily know what the outcome might be/look like but still have the commitment to carry them through to the end.  I think the strongest piece of work are the insect anatomy illustration designs because I think they represent what I’d like to take forward in my practice (intricacy, transforming factual diagrams into non-factual to create something that is the boundary between science and art. I found using a blog instead of a sketchbook helped me immensely. I will be using this format for upcoming projects.
Weaknesses of my work are that there isn’t a large amount, I could have explored many other avenues and had more attendance.
Overall I think I have learnt a lot but I could have learnt a lot more if I had more commitment.
Collected images and influences- www.eyesears.tumblr.com

Sunday, 15 January 2012


Max Marshall

Work from Fabulous Views.
“In the series Fabulous Views, I examine through photography how we define nature, and how that idea of nature coexists with human interaction. Traditional depictions of the wild consist of desolate areas, lush trees, waterfalls without a human presence. However, this notion is not the most pervasive in contemporary culture. I construct photographs to explore the exoticized, clichéd, and synthetic devices which our civilization has created to represent nature.
In the photograph, Defense Mechanism a fawn is found crouching as if to hide in the middle of a paved road. The fawn’s attempt to conceal itself in its surroundings has been created by centuries of innate survival strategies but is now rendered useless in this concrete displacement.
The varied methodologies in the series Fabulous Views range from a still life composition of Home Depot tropical house plants and a wild-caught lobster; to an apartment’s advertisement banner displayed over a forest valley which reads, “Fabulous Views 306-2000.” Through these varied modes of depiction, the photographs begin to imply what we as a society value and the strategies of portraying the natural versus artificial or the authentic versus inauthentic. Fabulous Views reflects the human view on nature as we digest it within our own contemporary culture.” – Max Marshall
i was thinking about the postage system the other day and also at the same time/ in intervals, about free stuff. i think a nice collaborative idea would be that i ask people to walk an object to a certain place and then give it to another person almost like a relay race, but with out the race part and the continuous circle part and with a different object replacing the batton. the participants are allowed to go wherever they like, the route might be on their journey to work etc. but they can take the object with them as far as they like until they dont take part in the game anymor. i ill then take the object from them and ask another passer-byer to do the same and repeat the process. once i have one as far as i feel i want to go i will stop and carry on the journey a different day... also it might be nice to make jewelry on the lazer cuter of the routes i have taken with these people. e.g. go on oogle maps and find the route i took, print sceen it, edit in adobe illustrator and use the laser cutter to produce objects from the designs.


Hi Yvonne

I had a meeting with you and some other students last week, i'v discarded my ideas from then, but i wondered if it has to be one project alone or if i can attempt more than one... for example i plan to do a collaboration with a musician currently studying at Leeds college of music. I will make a video to accompany his tracks and maybe have an influence on them. i would also like to do another about locomotion and collaborating with the public and documenting it with film and/ or making jewelry out of routes (this will be a shorter project). Can i do both if i have time, even if they are unrelated? 

Kindest Regards

Sam Jones (Art and Design, Interdisciplinary- Y2)

Sarah Samy

Work from Exploring Error.
“An exploration of technical errors, beyond the notion of image failure.
The shifting presence and absence of sound in the video was produced along the process of bending, not imposed. None of the clips were edited; only selected, cropped and collected together, aiming to hide the original source and exhibit only the visual essence of the glitch. The main focus was not on choosing specific files to be bent, creating a distorted reproduction of them, but on the texture of ‘distortion’ itself; The glitch thus grows outside of its own skin, creating a new being where a different experience is formed.” – Sarah Samy

SEVENTH SENSE



Seventh Sense is an awesome performance where once again dance and interactive digital environments have been merged to create this beautiful connection. Seventh Sense is a collaboration project between 安娜琪舞蹈劇場 Anarchy Dance Theatre and 叁式 UltraCombos. As they say, this piece is still under progress, the show is going to have a premiere on November 2012, Taiwan. Interactive visuals have been made using openFramwork. Choreography by Chieh-hua Hsieh.  See more;

Friday, 13 January 2012

'Routine' on Survey monkey


1. Do you consider yourself a person of routine?

depends in regards to what, generally no but for work etc think i have to be
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Sometimes.
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yes
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No.
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Yes
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yes
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yes
12/1/2012 21:14View Responses
No
12/1/2012 20:30View Responses
Nopey nopeee, but I'd like to be because I think it helps with life and that.
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Yes i try to be
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Yes, to the point where it annoys others.
12/1/2012 16:08View Responses
No. but i do try to be.
12/1/2012 15:44View Responses
Sometimes
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i am not sure, i am in some moments of my life
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yes
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a person
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Yes
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2. Do you have a daily routine or a certain set of actions you complete daily? please describe them..

getting to work-have to be ready on time as i commute
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Yeah, the list would be too long. have to shower before i do anything, and i was my body in a certain order. make my bed after my shower, and cant leave the house without eating. thats just the start of the day.
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Yes. i wake up, make a coffee, make toast, check facebook, then get ready for the day.
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No.
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Yes. Morning: Get up, make coffee, have shower, drink coffee, get dressed, brush teeth, drive to work. Night time: Make cup of tea, have a wash, brush teeth, get into bed, drink tea read book, go to sleep
12/1/2012 21:49View Responses
yes. how i get up, how i get dressed, wash brush teeth. I have several routines even how i wash up dishes and how i arrange my meals.
12/1/2012 21:28View Responses
My main routine is of the day is when I get dressed in the morning, I get up, get dressed, have breakfast, make my lunch, do my hair, brush my teeth and put my make up one
12/1/2012 21:14View Responses
Not really, there are certain things that I'll do everyday but not necessarily the same time every day. Usually whenever I remember.
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I have not, other than washing and sometimes I don't even do that because I like my bed.
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wake up shower eat work out eat uni work
12/1/2012 16:24View Responses
I'm OCD about the order in which I do things everyday. My bed has to be made before I can leave the house, I have to have tea before I can go anywhere, but not before I brush my teeth and have a shower.
12/1/2012 16:08View Responses
Shower. check my YouTube. have breakfast. do dome film work.
12/1/2012 15:44View Responses
At the moment; wake up, revise, relax, sleep.
12/1/2012 15:32View Responses
i complete on most days my routine of getting ready. i wake up, get a shower straight away, get dressed, dry my hair, have something to eat, finish off my hair, make-up and put contact lenses in. most days i am in a rush because i dont like mornings.
12/1/2012 15:27View Responses
only in the morning-must do bathroom duties including cleaning of teeth first thing--then put kettle on and have 3 cups of coffee before the day starts
12/1/2012 15:24View Responses
wake up half seven, get up at eight, breakfast and preparation for the dat 8-9, leave the house around nine, get to college for 9:20
12/1/2012 15:19View Responses
Yes, jogging and getting the paper in the morning, eating breakfast and dinner
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3. Do you think routine is an important aspect of todays sociery? why?

for certain things i think you have to be
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i think its habit and just how the mind works.
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kind of. for people who have jobs it is because they go to work everyday, have breaks at the same time everyday and finish at the same time everyday. but for people who don't have jobs they still kind of have a routine as they just do the same things everyday.
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Sort of, if it's essential that you manage your time well.
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Society? When there is a lack routine things are forgotten. Generally routine is good but can become stale, An equal mix of routine and spontaneity is good.
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good to organised but you cant avoid having a routine. everything we do we do in a particular way.for example i wet my tooth brush before putting the tooth paste on.I dont know why I just do it naturally
12/1/2012 21:28View Responses
I think everyone is involved in some sort of routine whether it be going to work everyday or to the pub everyday. I think it's important to have a constant in your life just for your own peace of mind and know that there is always something that will be there even if everything else isn't
12/1/2012 21:14View Responses
I think it is if you live a busy lifestyle or want a scheduled, organized life but for some people that just doesn't work. It's probably important to have somewhat of a routine in what time you go to bed/wake up etc because that could affect your work and daily life which could in turn affect your health and mental health.
12/1/2012 20:30View Responses
I think it is very important indeed. Plans and routines are a sure way of achieving goals and we are part of a society that needs to progress with qualifications/jobs and so on.
12/1/2012 19:50View Responses
I feel that routine is important but it's also good to break from routine and be spontanious at times also
12/1/2012 16:24View Responses
Yes. It is said that humans would perform better if we were permitted to sleep in small intervals as and when we need it. Today's society dictates that we must be awake and doing things for a long period of the day, and sleep solidly for the rest. Routines naturally follow the necessity to be awake for a long time.
12/1/2012 16:08View Responses
Less and less so. routine is being made for the workplace not for the home. as a whole society is routined but more and more people try to break it because he routine takes away from people thoughts of freedom.
12/1/2012 15:44View Responses
Routine makes a lot of people feel comfortable, but can be boring for a few. Overall, I'd say its important.
12/1/2012 15:32View Responses
i think it can be good for people to have a daily routine so that there is organisation in society, but i dont see it as being important, routine can become boring and common, there must be excitement or we would become bored.
12/1/2012 15:27View Responses
no..the routine is only important to me
12/1/2012 15:24View Responses
i think its important for me to do this because never ever am i going to have the facilities available or studio space available for the amount of money i pay (tuition fees)
12/1/2012 15:19View Responses
No it isn't particularly important to society, but it's important to me
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4. In 2 years time what are your aims, career wise?

graduate, possibly do a masters, then look at oppurtunities abroad as I'm starting a Teaching English as a Foreign Language course.
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hopefully, be earning between 20,000 and 30,000 and working in a decent job.
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I am not really planning to get a good career job in the next two years, i still feel too young to get a 'grown up' job. So i'll probably be doing an unskilled job/learning new skills, but I want to enjoy what I do rather than doing something just for money.
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I would like people to give me money for writing books at home all day.
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I don't feel the need for anymore money, don't really want to take on more responsibilities, so career wise i'll stay as I am please.
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To have started or found a job which will get me by and hopefully really enjoy
12/1/2012 21:28View Responses
hopefully working within art in some form or another
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I'd like to have a job that I am happy with and not necessarily a job that is acclaimed.
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I'd be happy with just being a freelance artist and if I needed to get a part time job to manage, then so be it. As long as I was being creative and selling work.
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To generate income from music
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I have no idea.
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To be in the industry either as a runner or a cinematographer.
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To be in training to become a lawyer.
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my aims are to finish uni with good results to be able to get a job that i enjoy, or collect skills that will help me find a career that i can be happy in.
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due to having a child at secondary school will be doing pretty much the same as the moment in time-might think of doing a course
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to have a good degree, still be creating work, and be an active member in the leeds art base
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Writing/Acting/Producing/Directing in Film or TV
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5. Describe the lifestyle setting you see yourself in, in 2 years time? e.g. where geometrically you are living, what type of accommodation, plus and minus points of supposedly living in this way, etc...

Depends where I get a job. Most probably will still be in Leeds if I am doing a masters; a cheap place just like previous years
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living in london renting a house or living with my parents, minus points are I'm still at home probably, plus point is it's cheaper.
12/1/2012 23:52View Responses
probably still around the same area, maybe in a small rented flat or something or sharing a small house with friends? plus points are it is cheap, get to still be around friends and family minus points are that there isn't much to do around spalding area, not a lot of opportunities and it's pretty limited in culture and new experiences.
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Okay I would like to live in London maybe, or some nice city, maybe Bath? Ideally I would not be single but you know, it's okay if I am. I'd either be living with a partner or a roomate(s) who I get on really well with. I'd keep my room reasonably tidy and do the washing up straight away. My rabbit Alf would also be there and he would be litter trained by then. I'd leave the house every day to get coffee or maybe go to the gym, I'd like to become a gym sort of person. I'd write a lot and people would like what I'd write and pay me for it, but if that wasn't possible I'd have a nice job in retail, maybe in a bookshop. The plus points of living this way would be that it would be awesome. The minus points would be housework.
12/1/2012 22:29View Responses
Same city, same house, same friends as well as lots of new ones, comfortable with disposable income to be creative, work the weekday, live at the weekend. Minus - become too complacent , limited to new experiences. Positive - I like my life.
12/1/2012 21:49View Responses
as ill be not long out of uni most likely at parets or sharing with friends. even traveling abroad
12/1/2012 21:28View Responses
Probably either Leeds or Nottingham, in a flat or studio flat so I could work on my art but I probably won't have a lot of money and it might be a bit lonely living on my own.
12/1/2012 21:14View Responses
At the moment I see myself living in a rented flat or squat somewhere in Europe depending on how much income I have.
12/1/2012 20:30View Responses
I'll most probably still be living at home with my parents which has the advantage of no rent but also the lack of freedom and embarassment factor. I think this is realistic due to how hard it is to get a mortgage and because of what I want to do not providing a substantial amount of income.
12/1/2012 19:50View Responses
Rented accommodation living in the UK
12/1/2012 16:24View Responses
Literally, no idea.
12/1/2012 16:08View Responses
Somewhere comfortable. affordable. near where i work. with someone hopefully. this should minimise minus points apart from living near the job may mean affordability goes answer vice versa.
12/1/2012 15:44View Responses
Living in London, probably sharing a house. It's the easiest way to get a bit of freedom without having to get a mortgage, but doesn't really help you get on the property ladder.
12/1/2012 15:32View Responses
in two years time i would like to be in a secure job, living wherever i can in order to work in the career i want
12/1/2012 15:27View Responses
same as now-living in spalding,in our own house-plus points are of stability and lovely house surrounded by closee friends-minus points are that the town offers very little in entertainment,culture and decent restaurants
12/1/2012 15:24View Responses
rented property in leeds/london bad point, expense with no loan
12/1/2012 15:19View Responses
Living in London, maybe relocating to a different city like Leeds, part of a house still
12/1/2012 15:18View Responses



6. If you had no restraints on money and no responsibilities, how would your supposed life in 2 years differ from the above scenario? e.g. where geometrically you are living, what type of accommodation, plus and minus points of supposedly living in this way, etc...

A really nice city centre apartment and I wouldn't have the hassle of finding sponsors or a scholorship to support my Masters
13/1/2012 11:18View Responses
i would probably still live in london but i would live in my own house and do work i love more then an actual job.
12/1/2012 23:52View Responses
I'd like live abroad somewhere hot, by the beach in a beach house or villa where i can experience different culture and a different, laid back lifestyle. I want to get away from the hustle and bustle of cities where there would be no hectic lifestyle and i could be happy not having to do a job I hate just for money. also, a lot of people in england worry too much about what others think and really unimportant things and I want to get away from that. but i wouldn't like moving away from my family and friends.
12/1/2012 22:55View Responses
Not much would be different except I definitely wouldn't have a real job and Alf would have a bigger cage, possibly with tunnels. My home would be bigger and have a library but I'd still like to share it with someone, but I would want to get someone in to do the cleaning. I'd travel more, maybe also have a place in New York. The plus points of living this way would be that it would be awesome. The minus points would be my carbon footprint.
12/1/2012 22:29View Responses
Still based in Leeds near friends and family, but in a massive house with a massive garden, lots of travelling, lots more time to do creative things, lots more time with friends. Plus - more creativity, more time to be spontaneous. Minus - a lack of something to strive for?
12/1/2012 21:49View Responses
Deffinately traveling abroad not in one place too long
12/1/2012 21:28View Responses
I would go off to America, do Camp America, take a gap year and travel around the world seeing as much of it as I can and then settle back into the norm and get my own little flat in the Lake District.
12/1/2012 21:14View Responses
I think I'd still be living abroad somewhere, however, with no restraints on money I think that place would probably be a bit more exotic. Life would be more comfortable and stress free and there would be more opportunities to do things. A minus point would be that living a more lavish lifestyle and no worries would make you less appreciative and maybe take things for granted more.
12/1/2012 20:30View Responses
I'd certainly not live with my parents if I had no limitations on money. I'd have my own house near my parents for freedom and space, preferably an old converted warehouse for a studio/living space.
12/1/2012 19:50View Responses
I would love to go traveling too see the world and not really worry about where I might be living/sleeping. I feel that living in this way can make you see different aspects of life and in turn allow you to see parts of yourself that you might not have noticed before.
12/1/2012 16:24View Responses
There would be more chocolate, more music and I would never run out of tea.
12/1/2012 16:08View Responses
Anywhere nice. in a nice big house with a big garden and a field. upkeep would be expensive but it would be beautiful and friends and family could easily visit..
12/1/2012 15:44View Responses
I'd probably still live in London, possibly still sharing too, I'd rather live with friends than alone at the moment.
12/1/2012 15:32View Responses
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12/1/2012 15:27View Responses
due to having child of secondary age,even with no restraints on money,geometrically would not differ,although lifestyle would..more holidays and breaks...and a better class of life..as in food and clothes etc
12/1/2012 15:24View Responses
living in europe in a major city, perhaps berlin, making fucking awesome art work that every body loves coming to see in exhibitions.
12/1/2012 15:19View Responses
I'd move to California if I had the money
12/1/2012 15:18View Responses