Unit 1 by Chantal Kashama https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh ChanK en-us 2020-10-26 13:12:14 UTC 2025-03-26 04:11:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Understanding an image ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/916799969 Photography has been for years, a way of documenting and recording event in away that it is considered authentic and accurate event many years later they always seem to preserve that reputation even if its old.

At 20 year old I received the first photograph of my father. ]]> 2020-11-12 15:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/916799969 Outcome ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/920760036 I like the acrylic blockbecause It makes the piece look heavy and lets the colour travel and slightly  visible in different angles.]]> 2020-11-13 16:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/920760036 Line work experiment ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/920783480  trying to draw attention to the wider world and how we view places e.g not a place where other human lives but just data and cross roads and land. The bold colours highlight the street and routes because it makes it stand out more and contrast with the white and blue. ]]> 2020-11-13 16:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/920783480 ED RUSCHA ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/922933035  ARTIST
I was interested in the framing in section of a map because It reminds me of the map I have been looking at in my own work. I love the aspect of the map becoming the work. The framing I things helps the views to focus on a specific junction, unlike usual maps which are filled with information and is hard to process. The framing creates an repetition as within the map you see more frames of where different streets intersect. He use white paper surface in which he draws on. I think that is interesting as it make the work seem simple and intimate because it is not overly worked on with different material or image of the physical place. I like how he uses lines in this work.
]]> 2020-11-14 16:42:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/922933035 Research ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/922991421 This a document that explore the ethnic territories pre-colonial and how they changed to creates territories as we know them now . I am exploring the geometrical cause colonialism had and how this help cause the conflict that still takes place today.(please read the notes) ]]> 2020-11-14 17:28:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/922991421 Annotated Research ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923043281 Doing research on the events that took place in 1998-2001. This am article covering the movement of reblesand what parties where involved. This is helping me create a time line.]]> 2020-11-14 18:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923043281 Outcome ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923168796 While observing the photograph and after cropping and editing it I started to notice caps and cracks into it. Especially in this part of part of it. As I draw on I started to see a river like mapping that attracted because I felt like I was decoding the image. I used the gold pen on wide gaps and orange and red on the thinnest. I like isolating part of the image as it feels less overwhelming. ]]> 2020-11-14 18:59:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923168796 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923210830  Using an acrylic block because of it's smooth surface and thickness I decided to paint some of the lines I traced from the picture like I did the jeans. The red line for the gate, yellow for the frames and blue for the outline of the jeans. I used those 3 colours because they are the colours of the DRCongo flag. Blue represents peace. Red stands for "the blood of the country's martyrs", yellow the country's wealth. I choose this because I think it resonated with those being the messages I was trying to rase awareness on. ]]> 2020-11-14 19:07:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923210830 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923227877  Reading back on my first details of the location of my dad, I started tracing into cracks of a copy of the jeans I had cropped and printed. I used different colours. I used the red colour for the small cracks that where not very thick and hard to see and  gold for the thick ones. At first it reminded me of a river because the traces reminded me of a map of all the rivers because of how they connected. I then started to connect the tracing I had done on the jeans with the map I had been exploring in my research. ]]> 2020-11-14 19:23:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923227877 Timeline (Alliances) ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923287084 There was a lot of power shifts at the end of the 20th century in central Africa, Zaïre and Rwanda; which created a lot of destabilizes and fragile environments. Leading to fight/conflict due to the interest of resources and power the countries hold. With no parties or government in control a lot of inhuman acts took place.
The chain of event started in Rwanda and spilled over and facilitated the wars which took place in Zaïre:
 
 
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Bibliography:
Vépierre, A. (2016). L’Est de la RD-Congo déchiré par 22 ans de guerre. [online] La Croix. Available at: https://www.la-croix.com/Monde/Afrique/LEst-RD-Congo-dechire-22-guerre-2016-08-15-1200782377 [Accessed 3 Mar. 2020].
]]> 2020-11-14 20:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923287084 Artist Research ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923326384 Njideka Akunyili Crosby
collage of news paper creates texture and dimension for the portraits. repetition and line work very present in the blue,..    scale?
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-njideka-akunyili-crosby-paints-captivating-visions-of-cosmopolitan-nigeria
]]> 2020-11-14 20:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923326384 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923371224 experimenting with shadows came about in my process of collaging while erasing part of the image. I decided to isolate the silhouette because I found it easier to digest and still represented the process of my thought around this image.

I experimented with a mesh like silver sheet which I later sprayed gold. the gold makes it fell rich and bold which is im]]> 2020-11-14 21:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923371224 Richard Mosse ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923372544 Mosse gained significant attention for his photographs of the war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo using colour infrared film intended to create a new perspective on conflict.

I find this interesting because the use of pink is associated  with romance an innocence which is at first an opposite of war ( green= greed and nature).
This made me question my own relationship to the event I am learning about. I guess to a certain degree, these colours reflect my initionial  romantic and innocent  story of my father I was hoping for.]]> 2020-11-14 21:40:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923372544 Outcome ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923384797 After looking at the work of Richard Mosse I decided to take as similar approach to colour that he had used. I painted a landscape picture I found online. I really was interested in the outcome as it looked beautiful like a garden almost making the soldier look like a common citizen. I like the idea of  presenting something beautiful to start sometimes uncomfortable conversations. ]]> 2020-11-14 21:53:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923384797 Outcome ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923385278 I wanted to replicate one of the occupational positions using the Congolese flag colours. The red which symbolises the blood of the people,  gold the wealth and blue the bright future. It was necessary for me to use those colours because I was using the map of the isle of Wight ( which I had in my house already+ Rona).
But in a way reflect my foreign feeling to understanding this war.]]> 2020-11-14 21:53:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923385278 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923385648 This a experiment on a old CD I got from a charity shop. I covered with ink the scratched/drawn the portrait od my Dad into it. I think this is successful and I like how the colour of it changed with light  because it adds dimension. Diamond in the rough. I think this reflect my journey on this project. in a way I am creating and carving in the dark.]]> 2020-11-14 21:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923385648 Experiment ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923387590 I tried a different approach on a old vinyl I painted it with acrylic and oil paint and then varnished it,. I the stuck aluminium around it and painted it with ink. I liked working on a circular surface it gives me a sense of chronology as if you can read the image per line.]]> 2020-11-14 21:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/923387590 Collage ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928742085 In this outcome I was playing around with cropping and recollaring the together in a different composition. I uses Lines (in gold) that was created in the new image to create a composition . I think this helped me place the image in the sense that I recognised more than the faces I saw.
 This image is quite satisfying because of the strait lines and easy it is to read. But it also let your imagination expand because you can see the lines continue to create a bigger map because there are no edges , I fell that it is a continuous image.   ]]> 2020-11-16 18:55:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928742085 Insert drawing ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928766430 Looking at the different maps and the line I saw inthe pictirute I did hand drawing conecting the image to the maps. I liked carefully traying to follow the maps but connecting the image gave it a destination and created a maze,]]> 2020-11-16 19:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928766430 Jean Experiment ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928788755 I was drowned to these line because they had no meaning and they constantly changed so I colour coded them based on their thickness]]> 2020-11-16 19:04:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928788755 Note book ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928794230 Notes the information that was share with me by my uncle in Rwanda from which I got the 2 potential within ]]> 2020-11-16 19:05:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928794230 Insert sewing Experiemnt ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928801093 During these experiment I am starting to feel overwhelmed by all the research that  I am doing so I want to translate some sort of physical recording to fell as if I am participating and creating something to acknowledge as it was not done around me. 
This in me sewing the positive cut of the mesh on black fabric.]]> 2020-11-16 19:06:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/928801093 Experiment ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/937517721 After an initial approach  to creating a video outcome, I decided to go back to painting. And after looking at the work of 

Toyin Ojih Odutola I was insightful to a different perception.  Here is an experiment on a first black and white acrylic paint on a glass block with splashes of red/orange colour.   

]]> 2020-11-18 16:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/937517721 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/937591165 2020-11-18 16:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/937591165 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/937626983 2020-11-18 16:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/937626983 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938218883 I decided to enhance the colours of the paintings as I felt made the image more emotion as the pigment is so rich.
I used a variation of technique to obtain these textures. After using white and black wet paint on each side of the glass block. I used layering and scratching. ]]> 2020-11-18 18:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938218883 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938231092 2020-11-18 18:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938231092 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938359570 During my research, I had to use  different medias to gain a clear understanding of the events. These sets if YouTube video showed a visual movement of the different parties in Congo. I was very interested in the colours and how the visual was easy to understand and shows the division. ]]> 2020-11-18 19:02:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938359570 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938599948 2020-11-18 19:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938599948 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938769604 2020-11-18 20:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/938769604 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/939002823 2020-11-18 21:42:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/939002823 ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/939022935 2020-11-18 21:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/939022935 Print experiment ckashama1120181_2 https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/939093952 2020-11-18 22:17:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ckashama1120181_2/puvj30dlansxm0fh/wish/939093952