Experiment 7

After my last feedback session i was advised that the inclusion of chewing gum was the most successful   addition to the work as they are a semi-perminent feature that would remain over sporadic visits yet fade and eventually disappear.
I have have had another go including only the chewing gum.
There are two spots which appear at different stages and both fade, one disappearing completely before the other one does.
I have also paid attention to the smaller areas of paint splurges around the arrow, ensuring that they also fade with time and eventually disappear.
I acknowledged last week, that although my research has informed me that road signs frequently do fade from the outside. This is aesthetically the most effective. I discussed how this illustrates the importannce of acknowledging our own ignorance to such and also lack of observation and engagement with our impact on out surrounding environment. As such I have concluded that sometimes the actual process isn't the most effective to depict as our own assumptions of what happens is much stronger and a lot easier for an audience to relate to and understand.

It was also mentioned that perhaps the deterioration of the arrow would begin quite subtle and slow but once the process had completely began the breaking down would be much quicker. After thinking about this and researching it makes complete sense to depict the breaking down in this way as scientifically the surface area would be increased once cracks appeared, therefore meaning the deterioration would happen a lot faster. Larger surface area = More sides open to elements, meaning the break down of the material would happen in a number of places and eventually disappear much quicker after the initial cracking occurs. This is something I am going to look at with my next experiment in photoshop.
In addition, I was advised in the last feedback session of the examples from previous weeks which were more effective in regards to the amount of images used.
I am aiming to create a series of images which consists of just the right amount of images. Although I initially played with the idea of having lots of images all lined up where by viewers would be a few frames in before they noticed anything was happening and then in turn making the piece a bit of a puzzle/interactive viewing experience. Alternatively I thought I could do the total opposite and have fewer images as not to risk losing the interest/engagement of an audience.
After weeks of experimenting with different amounts of pictures in the series I feel I have an understand of what is the most effective after observing my peers viewing attitude to the images when they were laid out in class.
The perfect amount is something I am going to strive to accomplish with my final series.