Final Decisions
Knowing when to finish
This is a tough one for my own project. It could be an ongoing project following on from completing Body of Work, however I still need to reach a point where I stop for the final submission.
For me, I have included seven months of (almost) daily entries into this project and it has, on occasions, taken over. Other days it's been a background thought but it's always been there. In regards to the subject itself, I don't think there will ever be a time where device usage is not part of daily life, it's just part of society now and some part of me has to just accept the fact that we cant get rid of it.
In regards to the family unit side of the project, I have had days where I'm completely fed up of looking at everyone on computers, where I'm bored because no one is talking, where my husband and I have argued because he's been on his iPad for hours and hasn't spoken a word to me but I know that the best thing to do in these situations in speak up and, if possible and weather permits, just get out of the house. As much as they moan about it, they have fun whilst we are out and we all spend time together. I have reached a point in this project where I feel that my husband especially is making an effort. A lot of this project is repetition. The same routine every day and that can lead itself to boredom and then the devices come out. But now, after seeing just how much text and how many photographs there are, my husband is trying to work around me and using his devices when i'm not around or sleeping so I feel this is a good place to stop documenting. I could continue with it but I feel that i've made my point to him and also enough for the final submission to be successful in its message.
Defending your work
This is a very personal project and so I feel I must defend it on a personal level. I am not out to play the victim or make a monster of my husband, I am merely giving you an insight into my daily life. Obviously there will be criticisms and at the start of this module before my project changed direction, I felt that that's all there was was criticism and I almost let it overwhelm me. But all it takes is one person to understand and you feel that your work has purpose. I can defend my own life and my own decisions. I know not everyone will relate to this project but everyone is entitled to their own opinion. And I have mine.
Presentation
Looking forward to presenting my work, I would like to keep it digital if possible, purely for the fact that it has been completely created on a mobile phone, even down to the text , so I would really like my viewers to see it in the same format. My tutor suggested a blog post and I am keen on this idea so we will see where that idea can go.
I also like the idea of a book, keeping in with the diary format. I even did a mock up book format in this post to see what it could potentially look like.
A gallery wall exhibition might be a stretch. The vast amount of text pages and photographs would take up a lot of space and I don't think it would be a feasible way to present the project purely for this fact.
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