Manchester Art Gallery Visit

Visiting the Manchester Art Gallery, was an influential trip as it not only allowed me to gather information and example pieces relating to my keyword of 'Silence' it also allowed interpretation of the Channel Ident Brief and being able to select pieces of interest to me in general.
Due to having visited the gallery before I went to the recently altered exhibitions to see what would appeal to me.

'Microphone' 2015

Pat Flynn's Exhibition-
Half-life of a Miracle.

Pat Flynn was one of the contemporary artists that really stood out to me as his pieces retained the isolated composition that I was looking for in order to link the art to my keyword. In particular there was one piece there that really appealed to me of Flynn's and one which I felt directly linked to the theme I was looking for and that was 'Microphone' 2015 a piece that seemed photographic but either way resembled a microphone. The plaque that was next to the piece says:

'Flynn's microphone is permanently suspended, waiting to be heard and yet has nothing to say'

I like the metaphorical and symbolic aspect that this piece explores as it delves into the fact that even though an object is drawn, painted etc. that doesn't mean that it becomes the object. Flynn's microphone may be a drawn picture of a microphone, but it will never truly serve it's purpose, and despite being an obvious representation of a microphone, it will always remain silent, linking my keyword directly to this piece. In addition to this, the negative space around the piece adds to the isolation of the silence, with having the microphone suspended in such a space adds more of a silent, isolated tone.
I think it's an interesting concept to consider that objects represented using art materials will never be or function as the object does, making even loud representations of objects quiet, as essentially, when constricted to visual forms, all art is silent.

Film4 Inspiration

Shira Karumata - Revolving Cabinet

When looking around the gallery, the Channel Ident project was also on my mind, and that of the red stripe type patterns that I have been looking out for. Generally, after having not known for definite which idea best suits me, I have learnt to absorb whatever seems inspirational to me. Generally speaking, there seemed to just be the aspects of red that caught my eye, especially in line form, which goes to show how much an audience would actually connect the red line idea with the aspect of Film4 as I found that with both me and my peers, we were reminded of Film4's design aesthetic by looking at such pieces.
There was  tower of red plastic trays which really stood out to me the 'Revolving Cabinet' By Shira Karumata, was one which was fascinating as I've liked to look into the idea that some objects of the same colour can look in place when placed on top of each other etc. I think this is an aspect to be considered in the making of and the animation/film itself that I produce for the Channel Ident for Film4 and ensuring that the recognisable and memorable aspects of red, which for me represent the glamourous side of film as well as otherwise with it reminding me of: Red ribbon to be cut in opening ceremonies, red carpet, red stripes on popcorn wrappers, red seats in cinemas etc. as well as more genre based things such as red representing love or blood in some cases.