Programme Leader

25th of May 2019

I signed up for this level after receiving my result from assessment at level two. I was informed that I would have a chat with the programme leader and they could help me move forward onto level three. 

I went into the chat with a few ideas, projects that I have done before and would like to develop and create a body of work. One idea that I was tending towards was pilgrimage, as a journey. I did this in my Landscape course for assignment Two, and I really enjoyed it as it allowed my to bring knowledge from my previous studies in religion. This was merely documenting a journey, as the brief require. But I hadn’t really considered how to take it further. In the discussion we discussed this, as the programme leader thought this would be an interesting project. We talked about any research I had done, and it became apparent that the practitioners, artists and researchers were men. This is also true about a lot of pilgrimages, especially around where I live, as they were only for men. This brought forward an idea of using this as the main body but explore the gender inequality. Landscape photography is a male dominated practice, it seems to be tradition now, I believe my idea will challenge this thought. I will look at feminism, the female sublime and gaze, and the gender inequality whilst using a male dominated background. 

We also discussed previous issue and how these can improve, One was with reference. There was some confusion in my previous course, the programme leader understood this and provided a new comprehensive guide to referencing, which proved to be much clearer and simpler. The programme leader also helped choose the tutors who would be the most helpful and knowledgable regarding my idea. The two that the programme leader has chosen, I am sure with be supportive and helpful in my work.