Assignment 2 Publication proposal for resolution
Brief:
Write and send to your tutor a comprehensive proposal showing in detail how you intend to resolve and deliver or disseminate your major project. Your proposal should include:
A timeline for the development of your project, your marketing strategy and the resolution of your work, including installation if appropriate.
A description of the work. Use the work you did for Contextual Studies to help you position your work in its critical and/or commercial context. Briefly explain your motivations and how the project fits within your practice more broadly.
A budget, detailing the costs associated with the resolution of your project and identifying any payment in kind.
A description of how you intend to maximise the presence of your work and engage with your audience, such as your plans for a private view, screening event or artist’s talk. The whole document should not exceed 2,000 words. (Boothroyd, S. and Alexander, J; 56, 2020)
Reference: Boothroyd, S. and Alexander, J. (2020) Sustaining Your Practice Course Manual. Barnsley, UK: Open College of the Arts.
Reflections against learning objectives
LO1 demonstrate comprehensive knowledge of the professional context(s) relevant to your practice and have an understanding of the professional dimensions that underpin a successful photographic practice.
I attended a seminar with speaker Nick Dunmar of AOP ‘the business of being creative’ see post: https://nkssite6.photo.blog/2024/07/23/research-oca-creative-conversation/ which supported my calculations when setting a day rate, see blog post: https://nkssite6.photo.blog/category/sustaining-your-practice/assignments/assignment-1-syp/a1-setting-a-day-rate-exercise/
I did preliminary research into funding sources to gain an understanding of what is available and how accessible it is.
To produce my project budget, I investigated publishing options, quality and costs and software for publishing. See my my A2 draft budget see blog post: https://nkssite6.photo.blog/category/body-of-work/bow-assignments/assignment-2/a2-draft-project-resolution-proposal/
LO2 coherently present a body of work, making creative presentation decisions that complement your subject and/or your artistic strategies.
Creating a realistic budget and timeline for my final project informed my decisions on the creative presentation of my final resolution for my body of work, including: a book as the outcome, Artist talks for dissemination, social media and website for dissemination and likely publicity materials, see blog post: https://nkssite6.photo.blog/category/sustaining-your-practice/assignments/assignment-2-syp/a2-syp-learning-log/
LO3 operate in complex commercial contexts requiring the application of specific interpersonal, professional and business skills within an ethical framework.
I explored the commercial side of the photographic industry to produce my project budget. This included preliminary investigations into the cost of publishing and publicity materials.
My networking and research visit to the Cardiff Ffoton book fair helped me to finalise my plan for disseminating my work, via publishing and reaching an audience. See blog post: https://nkssite6.photo.blog/category/sustaining-your-practice/syp-research/ffoton-gallery-cardiff-book-art-fair-13-7-24/
NIKI SOUTH 