What is Ethnography? Exploring how it informs my Practice as an Illustrator and Visual Artist.3/14/2022 My name is Davinia Clarke, I’m an illustrator and visual artist studying Illustration and Visual Media at LCC. My work draws on the themes of identity, family, culture and community. Through my work I use bold colours, patterns and textures to express the vibrancy of my heritage. My practice is experimental and evolving as I explore different methods and materials combined together. For example, a common method in creating my illustration is firstly photographing my own surroundings as inspiration but also as a material to use within my illustrations. For my situated independent project I have decided to explore the term ‘Ethnography’ which was introduced to me during my tutorial session. The term ethnography defines the study of people's behavior and habits. Within my situated project I will be exploring what this term means to me, how it informs my work and the ways in which I'm using it or have used it. However, ethnography is quite a broad theme and could essentially be about anything. So I've picked a topic and case study, which is to document the characteristics of my family’s home. The three homes I'll be documenting are my Grandad’s home he lived in since the 1960s, my Grandma’s home in Jamaica she lived in since 1989 or 1990 and my family home that I’ve lived in since 2007. As well as, researching other Jamaican homes from different generations to view the changes that have occurred over time and the things that have stayed the same. The ways in which I would gather information will be mainly through primary research of recorded conversations, memoirs, photographs, videos, notes and sketches. This project was inspired by my final major project conducted in 2019 at foundation where I produced a mixed-media animation titled 'Unity Through Food'. Here, I explored the ways in which food brings people together and it was narrated by my mother. Shown below are stills from the animation. My main sources of inspiration for this project are the Life Between Islands Exhibition held at Tate Britain that explores the relationship between Caribbean and Britain art from the 1950s to now. The Nigerian American visual artist Toyin Ojih Odutala known for her striking mark-making multimedia storytelling illustrations. I bought the book 'Toyin Ojih Odutala : The UmuEze Amara Clan and the House of Obafemi’ which is a collection of her illustrated work in a book that explores individual's characters and their stories, considering the space, architecture, landscape and domestic interiors they are in. Lastly, the print publication Plantain Papers that records conversations and stories about people who eat plantain, those being from African, Caribbean, Latinx and South Asian communities. Amongst other visual artists who use music, words and video as a medium of storytelling.
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