Megan Bartlam
Psychogeography zine This projects catalyst was narrative. In groups we got sent on a Psychogeography walk around Birmingham city centre, while on this walk we used different methods for documentation such as photography, drawing, creative writing and painting. From this we had to create and find story's from our walk making a closure of boundaries between art and life. Our outcome to this project was a physical zine. We used Photoshop to create the final edits and hand stitched the book binder.
Online equal pay campaign .This group project was based on Birmingham as a city. My group decided to created an online campaign based on the topic of Birmingham's equal pay dispute. We produced our own brand called ‘Call bull’ and promoted all of our content via an Instagram page. This project involved working closely with the public, Photoshop skills, in-depth research, creative writing, In Design and networking by contacting companies for relevant information.
Time instillation I used the book Einstein's dreams as a catalysts for the direction of this project. The book was based on Albert Einstein as a young scientist who is troubled by dreams as he works on his theory of relativity. From this I decided to design a food instillation for Birmingham's New street station. Three giant glass jars would be placed in new street station filled with fruit. Over time these pieces of fruit would start to rot and change which would be witnessed by the passing public.
Exhibition design lion king For this project I got to work closely with the Victoria and Albert museum. Our brief was to re- design a section of museums performance gallery, making it more interactive and engaging for the public. I selected these lion king costumes as my main focus point and used Photoshop, vector works and sketch up to show my ideas when presenting to the client.
2,000 Trees festival visual design I volunteered as part of the design team for 2,000 tress festival, helping to create some of the visuals and art decorations for this event. This was a very hands-on experience over the spam of one week. I got to work on key skills such as team work, communication, problem solving, clear narrative forming and sticking to a strict timing scheduled. The main area I was involved in was the kids play area. This included drawing, painting, using power tools to form structures, making and creating.
Objet trouvé experimentation Using a range of found objects to test and experiment with different stage design ideas. Creating art from undisguised objects or products that are not normally considered materials. Different sized figures where used to change the overall concept to some of the objects and shapes formed. Lighting was used to help form depth and give the scene a sense of emotion. This is a regular technique used for creative idea generating.
Interactive club experience design For this self directed project I designed an interactive and immersive club experience. This experience was focusing on the bodies five senses sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. This practise was audience driven aiming to make people more aware of the body and how powerful its senses are, bringing people away from todays technology and the overall modern world we have become. For this I created a digital outcome by using sketch up and Photoshop software showing the different rooms designed for the club.
Ubu Roi film project This projects catalyst was the script of Ubu Roi, in groups we selected a part of the story and had to turn this in to a short film with our own interpretation. We created this film from start to finish, post production including story boarding, character design, costume, painting, prop making, gathering objects and creating the scenery. While filming and directing the scenes we got to built on a number of filming techniques and camera angles. We then used after effects to edit the clips also added in sound effects and voice overs that we sourced from the internet but also included some of our own recordings.
Megan Bartlam
I just graduated from Birmingham City University with a Bachelor of art with Honours Degree at a 2:1 in Design for performance. Specialising in visual development, immersive performance and events design, installations and exhibition design, photography, sfx makeup and prop making. A strong passion for design for performance has allowed the development of a range of skills that are transferable across many creative fields. Wishing to pursue a career in which theses passions can be fully harnessed. i am very dedicated and understand the importance of working hard and remaining focused.