ITAP; week 2, Principle 5 - Managing a Creative Environment

Principle 5 Managing a Creative Environment

 

A creative environment has its own personal meaning to each individual and how they choose to utilise the space in which they work within. Work spaces can have different effects upon how you work when within these environments, some allow you to explore ideas of culture, and decorative pattern, others allow more conscious awareness to engage in a more structured session of design or thought. Furthermore, a work space/creative environment should be personal to whom ever is working within it; to gain inspiration, allow concentration and the expansion of thought processing, stimulating the mind of the person occupying this space.

 

From this image, it displays the organisation and availability of my mediums and equipment which I am freely able to work with. However, in comparison to practitioners, my supplies are basic and limited, so I would need to engage within other working environments to access more technical equipment, and technology. 

    The make up of my creative environment is simplistic, and contains a variety of cultural aspects, this through my habit of collecting small trinkets when visiting foreign destinations, which relate to religion, or the leisure and culture of the country itself. By having these items it allows me to broaden my mind and be more diverse when experimenting and making reference to culture. I also have many areas within my room which relate to my memories and experiences in life, these are often used as trigger pieces when wanting to make reference to a particular theme. By having this comfortable, organised and minimalist work space which relates to my thoughts and character, it allows me to be relaxed and have intense sessions of thought when being surrounded by materials which I use as reservoirs for my unconscious thoughts. In addition to this because of the size of my working environment it gives me a confide working space to captivate my thought process, and allows me freedom in the solitary environment to find a comfortable place to work within, due to its adaptability fitting my personal requirements, and giving limited distractions.

 

These creative environments were ones in which I used to inhabit during my years spent in high school. These work space allowed a creative flow of energy because of all the display work which was available, making this environment very intense and vibrant with colour, creating a unique atmosphere. When working within them it allowed you to engage with other students work which was presented around the work space, and also artist's work which was also displayed. By seeing this versatile and cosmopolitan amount of work, it encouraged influence and source to make reference to giving progression and enhancement within your pieces. Furthermore, due to the layout of these rooms, the mediums and materials are available in the allocated and appropriate areas of use, making it easily accessible and freely available to use as well as being safe to use.
    However, often within a shared creative environment, there is often distractions and uncomfortable work spaces (as shown within these images), making the engagement with your work somewhat detached because of these occurrences with disjoint your concentration. Therefore workspaces which are allocated to a single person are much more personalised, and allow concentrated reflection, thought process as well as clarity and coherence when decision making because of the lack of distractions.

For personal reflection:
   Taking elements from these creative environment for the development of my own creative working environment, I could display previous pieces of my completed art forms, and include pieces within my environment of practitioners which I find to be very influential upon my stylisation.
   Furthermore, I should also ensure that my work space is kept organised, and that equipment is ready and available, taking as many safety precautions within my own private workspace as I would within a public one, this will prevent risks of personal injury as well as events and hazards such as fires.