Morgan Morrell - (BA) Illustration and Visual Media The idea behind my SIP is to explore multidisciplinary practice, I'm doing this by drawing and creating a body of work influenced by musicians. I've titled the project and process as Songlining. Connecting and collaborating with musicians to create visual translations of lyrics has always been a draw to me, and as of the start of this project I’m producing comics and some simple animations to expand on it. This material is something that can be used as an asset by both musicians and artists involved; it builds into my own portfolio of work as well as theirs. A key part of this project is in conferring with the musicians and lyricists, I want to find expanded information to put into my visual work that will be valuable to both me and the viewer. It's important to me that I maintain rights to use an artist’s lyrics in my work. The connection my practice has with music and lyricism has always been present and seeking some kind of consistent and co-ordinated effort. I'm pleased with the opportunity and influence this part of the course has provided me. I recognised my ambitions here by noting how I’ve oriented myself in previous experiences - I have a natural inclination to reach out to what inspires me. I was inspired by the 2019 album ‘In League with Dragons’ by The Mountain Goats, namely the strong visuals from the song ‘Cadaver Sniffing Dog’. Upon sending them my influenced illustration, I learnt much more information about the song that factored into my continued work with them, and this opened up the opportunity to make tour posters in collaboration with the band. Exploring this world was a good way to find and meet artists of similar interests, prompting research into designer and musician collaborations online - a good example being Pete Nicholson. Researching his method promptly opened up new avenues for me, such as club night / event posters, and entirely different genres to influence my visual language. I had the opportunity to talk to Pete Nicholson in person and explore the area of shared practice in this project. Something interesting that came up was the "meditative process" of drawing while listening to music, how this process is such a key aspect of what we're doing. I put this into action in my SIP by connecting with the Smiles Collective, a group of reggae performers I found regularly performing in my area. I found a way to engage and understand my process though sitting, listening, watching and drawing. My observational drawings became assets to the collective in their group and on media platforms. My process fed into my research, and I found work by Open Mike Eagle and William Child, who produced a collaboration in an animated music video. This work sparked my interest and it gave some structure to my research - the stop motion clay animation was posted on Open Mike Eagle's official platform, and I wanted to figure out how William Child found his way into this. Wanting to find this out put me onto the Production Company 'Ground Work', based partly in London and making films and visuals for clients. I think the 'Microfiche' video sets up a good example of the kind of communication and content I aspire to achieve, and gives me the chance to see how it's done. I've come across some noteworthy points through the undertaking of my SIP:
References: Peter Nicholson, Graphic Designer. www.petepicnic.design [ONLINE] - last accessed: 14/03/22 Smiles Collective, Terry Smiles. https://www.instagram.com/smiles_collective/ [ONLINE] - last accessed: 14/03/22 Open Mike Eagle - Microfiche (Official Video) [ONLINE] - last accessed: 14/03/22 Ground Work. https://ground-work.co/?anim=false [ONLINE] - last accessed: 14/03/22
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