Todays activity has been in aid of the exhibition. In an attempt to spread it all out evenly so I'm not rushing any of the aspects of my work, I'm spending time doing my sketchbook and the "Worship" book for my exhibition, and spending week days in college doing production stuff.
We had a talk with the main art tutor about the exhibition space that is available to us, and had some suggestions on the way we could set it out. Whilst this talk was going ahead, I began to draw out a plan of my exhibition. There was a choice of having it separated via an installation or having the piece on a show reel with other film pieces.
As shown in the above image, my idea for the set up of the triptych is in an installation, as I feel it strays from the conventional documentaries, films etc that are going to be put together on show reels, and also isolates the audience, giving a clear sign that this shouldn't be treated as another film on the show reel, but rather an experience.
As explained within the image above, the installation allows a border to be around the screen. With a screen to host the film piece, the audience will stand in front of a lectern, with the worship book placed in front of them, allowing their attention to switch between book and screen, that will hopefully fill in any questions that may be asked about the piece, including a synopsis etc.
A lot of my focus today has fallen upon little details that will make the book seem like the bible. Many bibles and books from medieval periods in time begin their sentences or pages with Illuminated Lettering. A style of lettering commonly using gold and black, with designs either in the shape of a letter, within the letter, or around the letter.
The next little details come with the style of writing. Hand written as they often were, those who wrote a bible or created them, wrote in calligraphy style. Through various tutorials either online or in a specially bought calligraphy style book, with the correct apparatus, I'm aiming to mimic the style as shown below from an example of a bible page from the Marazin Bible, however the style that I will end up writing in the book may have a more modern feel, to keep up the feel that this piece is a modern take on an ancient custom (worshipping).
And finally, the main detail is the book front cover. Getting a leather style front cover was the main detail that I wanted for the book, basing the front cover of many leather bound books i.e. the old style English Dictionary, and even Adam Douglas Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy black leather bound book with embossed golden writing. I feel as much detail as possible needs to be put into the book, giving it an air of credibility and enhancing the realism that the book is genuine, though it won't have the clear wear and tear like it's a book that has been read frequently.
This is the current state of the front cover, a leather bound effect is wrapped around the original book with a seem across the spine to make it look more authentic. " Worship" is to go across the front cover of the book in embossed gold lettering, keeping the cover simple and minimal.
