In this session we were tasked with visiting the Blackburn museum in order to view the various pieces on show and then pick one. We were tasked to pick one of these pieces so that we could research it and then reinterpret it as whatever we wanted, aslong it retained some connection to the original piece of work. For example you could take a landscape painting, filled with various different figures and animals and so on, then create a soundscape filled with sounds that represent all the different aspects of the original piece. I decided to do this as I found a painting called 'Hesperus - Homer's hymn to Pan', initially I was drawn to this painting due to the colours, as there is a striking mix of bright energetic reds and deep earthy tinged greens that contrast extremely well and catch the eye. However upon looking at and examining the painting further I realised it was one those pieces where the more you look at it the more you see and notice, as a media student who also has an interest in sound this presented a good oppurtunity to create an effective, interesting soundscape piece.
Whereas I feel as if I settled upon an idea that if executed properly could be very effective, I did have some issues with the session. Specifically the fact that as a media student, I was very confused and somewhat frustrated with the fact that I was being told to try and reinterpret a piece of art when I can't even perform the most basic of drawing/painting etc. However I soon realised that wasn't the point and began to think in terms of film and sound, which lead me to my current idea.
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