'Colour & Harmony': Painting to Music

Painting certainly came across as a straightforward approach to this project brief, especially since it was one of the workshops I was set to take part in. Also, once taking to paint in place of the previous drawing approach, this allowed my responses to the music to become more personal and individual. As an introduction to the idea of painting and music, I was to listen to a number of varied tracks along with the rest of my Foundation Art & Design class. We did also use drawing materials, in fact, prior to actually using paint. Some of the music we listened to once when drawing and again with paints. Others were exclusively while drawing or painting. The following were the results;

 'Die Fantastischen; Krieger (Aphex Twin Baldhu Mix)'

'Sonata no. 3 in C Major; Johann Bach'

'Clapping Music; Steve Reich'

 

 

'First Movement; Steve Reich'

 

 

'Guitar Drag 2000; Christian Marclay'

 

Looking back on this, I say Guitar Drag... still holds up as the strongest piece I produced among the other responses displayed. The conception of the idea very much felt like a 'spark of inspiration'. As the title should have made obvious, it was based on the piece by Christian Marclay called Guitar Drag where he recorded himself pulling along an electric guitar across the ground while connected to its amplifier. Marclay arguably created 'music' while simultaneously causing destruction, which became something of a buzzword leading to the idea of my art piece.

This time, the inaccuracy of the lineart became appropriate as I could also make it inconsistently erratic, further emphasising it track as a destructive piece by cutting into my drawing with a craft knife. Immediately after this, I would begin listening to music of my own selection. I feel this allowed my responses to hold even more personal qualities (though this was not necessarily always the case). I would also, as a result, be given more of an opportunity to take time in producing my responses, allowing me to plan out, even elaborate on a design.