I'm totally and utterly exhausted... I've just spent the last 14 hours working in my sketchbook and I'm covered in marker pen and pencil. But I love my new project. We have been put into groups of mixed disciplines, for example I am in a group with an architect, painter, photographer, jewellery designer etc... which in my opinion makes the project more interesting and varies as each person has different strengths to draw upon. The project is based on the 'Nooks and Crannies' of Glasgow, and our group has been given an artwork called 'Empire', by Douglas Gordon in 1997, It is currently hidden away on Tontine Lane, in Merchant City. It is an interesting work as it has strong links with cinema, Alfred Hitchcock (a good excuse to watch his films!) and reflection/mirrors. As a group we decided to make a short film based on the themes we have explored around the 'Empire' sign. Here is my 7th of the finished film... themes here include repetition, 'Vertigo', 'Psycho', CCTV taken from the film 'Red Road', and images from the location of 'Empire'. 

As an individual response to the project I have taken a series of photographs, based on Douglas Gordon's Warhol inspired work, where he used 'screen tests' 1964 to influence his own short films that demonstrate 'the passing of time'. I am taking a similar approach where I photographed my friend Anna discovering the 'Empire' sign for the first time, almost like CCTV footage yet like stills from a film as I used the camera on continuous, so I get a flick-book type effect. I also took several photos of the sign in a mirror, so many reflections of the same image are created.

We are due to finish working on this 2 week project on Wednesday, I have really enjoyed working in a group as it's a great way of generating more ideas as well as meeting new people from different areas of the Art School.