Sunday, 13 October 2013

Visual Skills: Studio Brief 1 - Your Initial Brief (A Conversation)

This brief centres around using information gathered in a short peer interview.
The partner I have been paired with is Lewis Bell, below I shall relay what I learned about him.


Where are you from?
Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. In Lewis' opinion it is a boring featureless coastal town prone to generating feelings of boredom.

What were you doing before you started this course?
Lewis studied Fine Art, and quite enjoyed it.

Why did you choose to do this corse in in particular?
He wishes to primarily focus on illustration as a discipline art and design.

What has been your biggest achievement outside of education?
Speaking with levelled modesty Lewis described his work for a record label, and the occasions when his music was selected for a bass night at a local club.

Where would you be right now... if you weren't here?
Like most sane people, Lewis would love to visit the world, or generally anywhere where things are going down.

What would be your fancy dress costume of choice?
Obviously, a shining glittery viking.

If a film were made about you, who would star as you, and what sort of genre would it be?
Richard Ayoade would play the featuring role in a comedy film.

If a song were made about you, who would write it, and what sort of genre would it be?
Lewis is a big fan of a group of individuals known as "Health" who produce what he describes as 'noise', and 'not really music', sounds good to me.

What would you do, if you were aware of the impending end of the world?
He would quite like to spend the last hours of his existence with friends and family. Admirable.

What items would you rescue from your house, were it on fire?
.Photos
.Art
.Music
.Instruments

What are your favourite places?
.England (It's pretty good)
.Bed
.A party

Who are your favourite people?
.James Blake
.Ghandi (Pretty groovy chap)

What makes you smile?
.Talking bollocks (also known as 'chatting shit')
.Nonsensical jokes
.Art
.Intoxication

What irritates you?
.The current state of the pop music industry, particularly the way it shovels processed shit to the masses

What are your favourite TV shows and/or Films?
.Fight Club
.2001: A Space Odyssey
.Ancient Aliens

What are your top reads?
Like me, Lewis is a great fan of Hunter S. Thompsons' 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'.

What can't you live without (jovially/figuratively)?
.Art in all of its shapes and forms
.His friends
.Parties and things happening. Stagnation is death.
.The freedom to act stupidly
.Expression

What  would you change about the world?
Lewis would like to see international peace and union, as well as some form of new currency system.

Please use some words to describe your personality.
.Awkward
.Odd
.Into good things
.Balanced
.Calm

Please describe your interests using words in a similar fashion.
.Absurd
.'Lewis kinda likes stuff'
.Reserved... measured

BONUS

We also managed to contrive conversation beyond the prescribed topics.
Lewis and I chatted to some extent about conspiracy theories, the joy of the mystery and the programme 'Ancient Aliens'.

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