In any project, research is one of the most fundamental parts and so it should be an on-going process in which to maximise the outcome of your work. It is a process in which allows you to overcome problems by finding a possible solution, for example finding a completely new direction for an idea which has been exhausted.
Research involves an extensive exploration into a diverse range of information, which has either already been made available from other organisations to use, i.e. secondary information, or where their is no data available and so the researcher has to start from scratch (primary information). Information can be gathered from reading newspapers, magazines or by collecting relevant images and facts. Visual research is where the researcher creates diagrams, sketches or impressions in which to visualise how these initial ideas could work.
Paul Davis is a good example of where research is a constant process, his notebooks are everlasting, “...I feel sick when I forget potentially good ideas...” by always being aware that something could have potential to be an idea, allows him to have a very broad vision to create his work. Davis
Another example of how research is a constant process is the work by ‘Christo’ who I have been studying in my current project. All of Christo’s work was produced purely from the ideas of Jeanne Claude and Christo, who had strong feelings to never use other people’s work. One of Christo’s projects which needed a lot of research to make sure it would be the best it could be was, ‘Over the river’, which took many years in which to complete. Christo created numerous drawings and collages of imaginary landscapes of what he intended and envisioned, but it was not until they drove 14,000 miles through mountains and inspected 89 rivers that they finally found the river in which suited their needs.
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| Christo - 'Over the river' |
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