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other research that i have explored so far regarding collage vaguely covered the process of creating a collage. however, this particular video delved into how to create quality within a collage through understanding of colour, balance and layout. moreover, this is why i intend to look more into the history behind collaging as it will allow me to truly appreciate it in a modern day setting.

one question i will ask myself later on in the process is will i used hand done, traditional techniques or more modern techniques through digital software.

NOTES TO SELF:
Digital collage allows you to resize, adjust colour, and alter images with more ease compared to traditional methods of cutting and pasting by hand.
when cutting on photoshop, try using the 'polygon lasso' tool to give rougher edges and a more authentic look.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE2H5iqIPrk&t=308s

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Known for her politically influenced collages, Hoch was also associated with the Berlin Dada group; A mostly male group who critiqued German culture and society after ww1 (https://www.moma.org/artists/2675).
Dadaism also innovated collage along side film, theater and other forms of art.

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a short demonstration video showing you how to compose a collage while also touching on artists like Salvador Dali and Hanna Hotch. Additionally, surrealism and dadaism.

the video implies to let 'the art happen as you go'  as sometimes its easier to go in without a plan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFoZGUlGOWM&t=5s

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the use of iris's in this piece brings an aspect of unsettling comedic value to this piece. the use of eyes in replacement of the flower works well due to the reason that even if the audience didn't knew the flower by sight they could probably guess the flower though the use of the pun.

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I've always had a fascination in the way mushrooms work as, compared to other plants, are over looked as how 'surreal' they are.  As a fungus the mushroom is separated from the animal and plant kingdom due to the way it obtains its nutrients with an underground system absorbing 'food'. the mushroom itself is essentially a 'seed pod' dispersing spores into the air.
Additionally, the fairy-tale aspect of mushrooms grabs my attention as it opens up so many opportunity to make a fairy-tale world with them as there is already an unconscious correlation between the two.

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Below is an image depicting a city bursting with mushrooms creating the illusion of a miniature city of sorts or a version of a parallel universe.

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As a collage that challenges reality I feel if I was to incorporate a strong theme throughout my project to act as a 'spine', creating flow. one way of doing this I've noticed is to used food within the collage as it can be used in so many ways due to its diversity of shape, colour and constancy.
As seen in the image below a form of food is used to depict the woman's clothes which works well due to the 'figure' created by the dress resembling pieces that may be seen in high abstract fashion.

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Another way food could be used is through props; replacing objects used in peoples day to day like (an example would be an image of a banana replacing an image of a phone).
I am currently considering researching cockney slang like, 'apples and pears' or 'dog and bone' and seeing if I could make these saying a reality through taking the terms literally. to follow the vintage path, it be an idea to consider researching the history of cockney slang and use models from the time period the sayings were most popular.

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After looking into artist like, Maurizio Anzeri and Frank Machalowski exposed my search results to surrealism art. More precisely, surrealism collage.  i love this technique as it allows the artist to create crazy snapshot worlds with the unexplainable happening with unscaled objects taking the focal point.
its really fun to look through and I love how 'silly' some of the pieces I've come across are.

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Like Frank Machalowski work the image below depicts a long exposure image. however, in this instance, instead of focusing on people in a monochrome colour spectrum, the image shows the effect of long exposure focusing on light and the movement of vehicles.
As previously mentioned, i personally feel this is a better  depiction of "energy" due to the eye-catching, vivid sharp lines and shapes of colour mixed with the illusion of movement.

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Bound to cause dread through the entity of watching, this short film is freckled with imagery. The use of shadows during close up shots amplified the movement during scenes where the actress herself was cut out of the shot, leaving just the hands or feet. In some where almost adding another dimension as multiple scenes the shadow makes contact with the object before the actress. for example, when going to pick up a rose, there's hesitations and the movement of the actress allows the shadow to glide over it first,

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In this short film depicts examples of human discourse, with each ending in "impassioned violence' using clay models and stop motion animation. really interesting details in the characters used with illusions made within intimate objects to create/form a face.
https://lwlies.com/articles/five-essential-experimental-short-films/

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Introduced to his surrealism work when i was a child, Dali has been know to me for a number of years now.
Sometimes, spending my time flicking through the 'coffee table' book (that happened to be the weird world of Dali) instead of an expected children's book. Exposing me to ideas like melting clocks, abstract constructs and (in my younger  mind) weird mutant beings that resembled a reflection of nature and animals of reality.

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a photographer who i admire for his exposure work and who also associated with city and country- side types of photography.
His long exposure shots taken in cities, like the images in his collection "Monster", features a blurry mass created from large amounts of people taking the same route as seen to happen in cities. to get the blurry mass or 'monster' effect with images were taken with a long exposure time in busy areas like the underground or an airport.
i think this will be a great references to come back to in the future when it comes to practical work as i feel if the images were taken in colour and on a film camera it will create a mass that will look more like an energy force then a 'monster'.
(https://www.dodho.com/monster-by-frank-machalowski/)

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an artist that is Known for using vintage photographs and sewing into them with a needle and thread. this technique acts as a "psychological aura" as described from Saatchi Gallery (https://saatchigallery.com/artist/maurizio_anzeri). To continue, past projects of my own centre round the idea of auras and cultural standards that are also explored throughout Anzeri's work through modesty and other historical themes.

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Another collection created by Klein, named "Fun Fair" , is a series of images following different types of rollercoasters and the people on them.
i like this simple stop-motion moving image as it something that i feel would be achievable within my own project while exploring the concept/correlation between movement and energy.

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a photographer that explores sociological themes like consumption, media over stimulation and 'The American Dream'.
the image below depicts a person in a red dress from the collection, 'proceed to the route' -  at the Rose Gallery.  after reading an article from LenScratch , written by Aline Smithson who engaged in a walk-through exhibition at the rose gallery, I discovered deeper insights about the ideas behind the exhibition.  (http://lenscratch.com/2019/12/tania-franco-klein-proceed-to-the-route)
more over, "Proceed To The Route takes its name from the popular quote which starts every journey in Google Maps and which appears as a reminder every time a wrong turn is done". I found this really captivating because its such a simple key aspect that was hiding in plane sight for me.
After researching this artist because i like the way she used fabric in the image below as it depicts movement/energy so well; I have concluded putting more effort into the small details will tie everything together in my project and give the final piece an overall roundness.