Wide-reaching Galway – Wednesday March 8th 2017
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Wide-reaching Galway. From NUIG to New Inn. Show us your Galway.

Take a photo and tag a buddy who lives in Galway. Get them to show us the beauty it holds

 

Credit:

Today’s challenge comes from Eibhlín Seoighthe: Photographer and Student at NUI Galway. Although more into the books these days, NUIG offers Eibhlín the perfect surroundings to take a break away from the world of academia and escape into the creative world.

Follow Eibhlín @feicphoto on twitter.

 

 

How to participate:

Share your interpretation of the Eibhlín’s challenge with us, not forgetting to tag #campuscreate in your post:

 

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‘Seeing Sound’ – Tuesday March 7th 2017
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Photograph or draw your favourite sound
(with bonus points for capturing audio of the sound)

Credit:

Today’s prompt comes from the Digital Cultures Initiative (DCI) at NUI Galway. This a forum intended to bring together all those interested in researching, supporting and creating forms of “digital culture” at NUI Galway. This includes digital arts, humanities and media researchers, information and data science specialists, experts in digital teaching and learning, creative practitioners, archivists, and interested stakeholders from creative, heritage and industrial communities beyond the University.
Follow @dci_nuig on Twitter.

Image credit: “The Scream” by Barney Moss is licensed under CC BY 2.0

How to participate:

Share your interpretation of the DCI’s challenge with us, not forgetting to tag #campuscreate in your post:

If you prefer, draw, photograph, paint, or write your interpretation (not forgetting to tag #campuscreate in your post) and share with us at:

‘Outta Place, Outta Time’ Monday March 6th 2017
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Take a photograph which plays with the notion of juxtaposition – “the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect”

Need more help?

Having problems visualising a juxtaposition? Try to mix and match two materials that generally don’t go together, like leaves and paper clips or contrast colour and texture. Photograph and share the result.

Credit

Today’s fantastic challenge comes from Jim Vaughan. Jim is a Documentary Photographer based in Galway. He lectures at the Centre for Creative Arts and Media at GMIT. CCAM is a hive of creative activity and specialises in courses in contemporary art, design, textiles and film and documentary. Follow Jim on Twitter @JimVaughanPhoto

How to participate:

Share your interpretation of Jim’s challenge with us, not forgetting to tag #campuscreate in your post.

If you prefer, draw, photograph, paint, or write your interpretation (not forgetting to tag #campuscreate in your post) and share with us at:

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Prompt 3 ‘Teanga’- Lost in translation
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Galway by phalinn, on Flickr
“Galway” (CC BY 2.0) by  phalinn

 

TRANSLATING THE LIFE OUT OF IT
“Gleann na gCaorach
means something beautiful.
Glenageary means nothing at all.”
From ‘Half a Hug’ by Pat Ingoldsby, Willow Publications 1998. Gleann na gCaorach = glen/valley of the sheep

Your Challenge: Check out a place name in your locality and interpret your findings in a photo, six word poem, or in a drawing

 

Resources:

Check out http://www.logainm.ie/ga/ to find the origin of names in your locality

or search for a place names in Co. Galway here (Galway City Library), Co. Clare here (Clare County Library) or Co. Mayo here (Mayo County library)

Prompt 2 ‘Shapes’ – The human face through shape
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Picasso - Cubism 1937 by oddsock, on Flickr
“Picasso – Cubism 1937” (CC BY 2.0) by oddsock

“Who sees the human face correctly; the photographer, the mirror, or the painter” – Picasso

Your challenge: See the human face through shape

 

How to participate
  • Use Twitter, Instagram or Facebook @campuscreate your response. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #shapespark
  • If you are not on social media, find out how to participate

 

Prompt 5 ‘Time’ – Dawn to Dusk
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timelapsed downtown toronto by wvs, on Flickr
“timelapsed downtown toronto” (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) by  wvs
Dawn to Dusk

Your challenge: Capture the transition from day to night in a series of images

 

(Take some images regularly throughout the day and then stitch images together with a collage maker app)

 

Resources:

Collage Maker Apps

Fotor

Pic Stitch (iphone) or Pic Grid (Android)

 

How to participate
  • Use Twitter, Instagram or Facebook @campuscreate your response. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #timespark
  • If you are not on social media, find out how to participate

 

 

Prompt 5 ‘Colour’ – The Absence of Colour
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“Black and white are absolute…expressing the most delicate vibration, the most profound tranquility, and unlimited profundity.” — Shiko Munakata

Project 52: Week 7. Stairs.
Engineering Building, NUIG

(Photo: Mega hamster: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mega_hamster/12542021004/in/photolist-k7i8Ts-fPZMuh)

Today’s challenge: Find something black and white

How to participate
  • Use Twitter, Instagram or Facebook @campuscreate to respond. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #colourspark
  • If you are not on social media, find out how to participate.

Prompt 3 ‘Colour’ – One colour
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Colour is evocative. It rouses emotions within us. It can elevate something familiar and tell a story.

Consider this image of Menlo Castle, taken from the NUI Galway sports fields at Dangan (credit: Mark Grealish).

 

Menlo Castle Infrared (Alternate)

 

Consider how this image would look in another hue. A warm yellow glow telling a more nostalgic story, or a red hue, signalling excitement or danger.

Your challenge: Experiment with one colour today, and think about how to feature it prominently – in a painting, a photograph, or even a short narrative.

Resources:

A tutorial on processing Infrared images in Photoshop

 

How to participate
  • Use Twitter, Instagram or Facebook @campuscreate your response. Don’t forget to use the hashtag #colourspark
  • If you are not on social media, find out how to participate.

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