Crit Group Action Plan (Michael Day)

I have just completed the Crit group action plan that we all fill in after the group chat explaining how useful it was and what we are going to do next.

Crit Group Action Plan
Michael Day

How did your work develop in response to the readings? What was discussed at your Crit group?

During the reading with Michael Branthwait by Elizabeth Price, it was suggested that repetition is a good form of art especially if I have hit a brick wall and not sure where to proceed to. Thinking along the lines of repetition, Michael gave us the challenge to think of 3 things/artworks we can produce in relation to this. The action plan I chose was to collect receipts from various students and stick them on the wall in categories to see what is most consumed.

What do you intend to do immediately as practice?

After the Crit group some suggestions have been made for a healthy progression. One of the ideas was to keep producing and categorizing the receipts and fill the wall so it is overwhelming to the viewer. Also maybe bring in the relationship between a map and the receipts. In addition to this, I was advised to change the Disney characters on the notes and dig deeper to reveal history eg. why is Charles Darwin on the note. The most intriguing one is to look into the black void in the wall and how it relates to the Photoshoped images.

What do you intend to do immediately as research and contextualization?

I want to dive down and looking into this relationship between man and nature. Also I am thinking of taking out a book called 'Society of the Spectacle' as it looks into post-modernism and mass consumerism between the 1960's and the early 2000's. I need to gather a deeper understanding of post-modernism.

What current or upcoming exhibitions do you see as being useful to you?

I am currently going to visit Richard Long's exhibition in the Potteries Center as it looks a journeys within nature and I can see links within consumerism. As I aren't going to the London Trip, I am thinking of visiting galleries during that time.

How do you intend to test out your work between now and the next group critique?

As I work with sculpture and photography I will ask my tutors and peers for critical analysis.