Sofia Ballesteros

So much has happened this week I don’t even know where to start. I had to finish my project before Friday, as that’s when the… Read More »WEEK 9

DEVELOPMENT OF MY PROJECT As a start of this week’s entry, I want to note a quote that I came across when continuing my reading… Read More »WEEK 8

Having come from a relaxing reading week I have come fully energised to pick up from where I left in week 5 and thank god… Read More »WEEK 7

During this week I have continued the research I started last week and have started to experiment with the ideas that this research brought me.… Read More »WEEK 5

This week I started with my personal tutorial on Monday, it was very useful to go through my objectives for the semester to start the… Read More »WEEK 3

Workshop: During this weeks workshop we went into some theory about sound specific art, which was very interesting because I hadn’t encountered almost none of… Read More »WEEK 2

I have really enjoyed this first week of class, both in IP and IN the rest of my modules, I feel filled with excitement to… Read More »WEEK 1

I can’t believe I am writing the last post of this academic year, this semester really has flown by, although looking back at all my… Read More »WEEK 10

WORKSHOP: During this weeks workshop we carried out Dee’s Climate Change Workshop which I realy enjoyed and it really made me rethink my own artistic… Read More »WEEK 9

During Easter Break I have used the free class time to get on with my project in order to be on top of it before… Read More »EASTER BREAK

In a nutshell is a short film centered around the discovery of a nut and the main character’s journey trying to crack it open. Don’t… Read More »TAKEOVER STATEMENT

During this week we were asked to pitch our presentations around the word we chose from the previous workshop. I decided to go with the… Read More »WEEK 8

This week has been reading week which means that we haven’t had classes but I have continued editing my film independently. After creating the structure… Read More »WEEK 6

WORKSHOP: During this week’s workshop, we were asked to look into the materiality of our project and what had we done with it so far,… Read More »WEEK 5

WORKSHOP: During this workshop we were given some seeds and whilst eating them we were prompt to make an idea germinate and phisicalize during the… Read More »WEEK 4

WORKSHOP During this week’s workshop we were presented with a number of different artworks related to time. Differently from the previous workshops of artist research… Read More »WEEK 3

WORKSHOP: This weeks workshop consisted on a group investigation on the topic of Time, as well as a collective brainstorming about our personal projects throughout… Read More »WEEK 2

WORKSHOP At the workshop, the first after coming back from the holidays, we were introduced to the topic of time and, as this semester we… Read More »WEEK 1

This week I invested myself completely in IP as it was the final week before having to present my finalized work in the proposal form.… Read More »WEEK 9

During this week I have continued with the filming and editing, trying to start to get everything together and ready for the final submission on… Read More »WEEK 8

During the reading week, I decided to go to London to visit my family and all the museums and galleries that I could, as I… Read More »WEEK 6- READING WEEK

During this week I finally started filming. It was very exciting but it took a lot of hours. Involved in the filming was going from… Read More »WEEK 5

This week we had our second workshop on exposure to artworks in order to get inspired. Just as with the last one I was very… Read More »WEEK 3

WORKSHOP This week started off with the inspirational workshop where we were presented with lots of works from different artists. In this compilation of art… Read More »WEEK 2

This summer I decided to start developing the idea for my project before the semester started so that when I actually started I would be… Read More »Summer development of my new project

The Bird King is a fantasy novel written by the American writer Gwendolyn Willow Wilson and published on the 12 of March of 2019 by the… Read More »REVIEW- The Bird King

The Takeover Exhibition was a great success and I really enjoyed the experience. I set my documentary on The Eye and set a table with… Read More »THE TAKEOVER- Exhibition

During this week I presented my project to the class through my proposal form. In it I specified all the details regarding the final exhibition,… Read More »Week 10 – The Proposal form

During the Easter break, I spend a lot of time editing the videos and putting the final documentary together. I did this through Imovie. The… Read More »Easter break

During this week we carried out our group workshop, led by Paulina. The workshop was called ‘What do you Pack’ and was based on asking… Read More »Week 9- Final Workshop and Recording

During this week I presented to the group a project related to the word Attachment in order to shine some light on the subject and… Read More »Week 8- Starting the recording

SCROLL DOWN: During this week I proposed and pitch my idea for the workshop. My aim was to do a writing workshop, where everyone would… Read More »Week 7- Enlarging the project

During this week I’ve been trying to get a camera to start filming the film without any success. I’ve been emailing back and forth with… Read More »Week 6- Reading week

During this week I’ve tried to focus on how to give my documentary a more artistic and creative approach. Thinking about what I wanted my… Read More »Week 5- Language in the mundane

After the Human Flow workshop I was inspired to create a project which was personal to every person taking part in it and to the… Read More »Week 4- development of the project

During this workshop we were encouraged to look at the theme of home from a whole different perspective: being homeless. Specifically looking at refugee camps… Read More »Week 4 workshop

During this week I continued with the idea development of my project. Having already figured out that I wanted to create an artistic documentary about… Read More »Week 3- Development of the project

During this week I continued to formulate the idea of the project. Having been struck by the Theory of Linguistic Relativity, I researched it in… Read More »Week 2- project development

During this workshop we sat in a home-like environment and look at a series of works of art while drawing and writing down in white… Read More »Week 2- Workshop

During this week we were introduced to the general structure of the module and to the theme of this semestre: HOME. I find this theme… Read More »Week 1

L’Esprit Nouveau is a pavilion that was built by Le Corbusier in collaboration with Amédée Ozenfant and Pierre Jeanneret for the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and… Read More »Review :  Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau by Le Corbusier

During this christmas holidays I have dived into the design of the poetry book in order to get it fully designed by the 10th of… Read More »Graphic development over the holidays

During this week I’ve continued developing the graphic side of the project and I’ve tried to find a pattern to stick with and which would… Read More »week 11- graphic development

In this weeks workshop we had to present our project proposal form to the group. After lasts weeks informal presentation I felt much more prepared… Read More »week 11- Project proposal form

During this workshop we carried out the final pitch for the group project. A movie were Mike recorded and the rest of us acted. Creating… Read More »Week 9- sweet potato recording

During this week I’ve continued with my graphic research as well as starting to learn how to use indesign to be able to start designing.… Read More »week 9- graphic development of the project

After last weeks pitches for the group project. We were asked to research an artist who’s work related to one of the key works of… Read More »week 8- power presentation

This week after my tutorial with Miranda, I’ve realized how short time I have till the Project Proposal, were my poetry book is supposed to… Read More »week 8- development of my project

During this week’s workshop we had to pitch an idea for the groups project which had been inspired by Null Island and the sweet potato.… Read More »week 7- workshop

Poems and drafts of the week: 18th of November: Drafts: Final poem: 20th of November: The heart is a fossil fuel  Drafts: Final poem: 21st… Read More »week 7- poems of the week

Poems and drafts of the week: 2nd of November: Drafts: Final poem: 4th of November: Drafts: Final Poem: 7th of November: Drafts: Final poem: Poems… Read More »Week 5

During these week I continued to investigate about English poets and to write my daily poems. This are the poems I wrote this week: 26th… Read More »week 4- poems of the week

Having planned and cleared the purpose and direction of my self-directed project on week two I started to write the everyday poems during this week.… Read More »week 3- poems of the week

The third week’s workshop was similar to the one on the second week, but the movies and texts that were presented to us were different.… Read More »week 3

After having my first individual tutorial with my tutor, I had a much clear mind about the purpose and direction that I wanted to give… Read More »week 2- steering the project

In this week’s Interdisciplinary Practice seminar we were presented different extracts of movies and books related to journey and we had to react to them… Read More »week 2- response to the seminar

During this first week I started brainstorming ideas for my individual project related with journey. Basically taking notes of everything that came to mind and… Read More »week 1