Delineating an understanding (2012)      

Delineating an understanding was developed while working with MA Fine Art students at Sheffield Hallam University.  It uses drawing and discussion as a teaching method to critically interpret archival photographs.

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The students were presented students with a series of photographs asked to trace particular aspects of the photograph in response to five questions. Their tracings then became the starting point for a discussion exploring what they identified and the ‘difference’ between their understanding and that of the wider group. The tracings and transcript of this conversation formed the basis of the film - the visual aspect of the film is constructed from forty- five tracings and the transcript was used as source for a new text which overlays and structures the film.

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The final work aims to reflect the discursive nature of the sessions by allowing the multiple voices and contradictions of the students’ interpretation to remain evident.