Christoph Niemann demonstrates a clear and intelligent understanding of the uses of play in his works ‘Sunday Sketching’ and ‘Abstract City’ as he creates unique and refreshing visual images. This essay will shed light on Niemann’s thoughts and techniques about the use of play and analyze why they are so effective, when looking at his resultant work. Ultimately I will look to see what a leading creative does to produce consistently great work.
Niemann’s monograph ‘Sunday Sketching’ is a humorous, delightful example of his use of play. As described by WIRED magazine, “It’s a retrospective of Niemann’s work, but it’s also a meditation of the creative process” (WIRED, 2016). Throughout the book there are anecdotes and graphs and Niemann’s thoughts …show more content…
Niemann’s work becomes absolutely relevant here as our module is all based on one object. As O’Reilly says “in order to survive creatively and professionally, experiment is key to adaptation and change.” (O’Reilly, 2013). Knowing this, in my studio practice I have gone through a series of tasks that intend to deconstruct what my object is and re imagine it through different ways of thinking. One way I’ve done this is metaphorically, imagining my object ‘dead’ or ‘sexy’ for example and playing with line and tone to represent this in different ways. From that work I can see why Niemann says “To get something that looks playful to the audience you have to have many unplayful moments creating it” (O’Reilly, 2015). I further understood this ongoing struggle when collating a few objects together in task 6 to create interesting visual images that used my object as the center piece. For each image it was as Niemann says, “100 very boring, unsexy steps” (NPR,2016). However by the end of it, I’d come up with some interesting ideas and things that I could develop and I was better off after it than before, so they’re must be some sense to what he is
Niemann’s monograph ‘Sunday Sketching’ is a humorous, delightful example of his use of play. As described by WIRED magazine, “It’s a retrospective of Niemann’s work, but it’s also a meditation of the creative process” (WIRED, 2016). Throughout the book there are anecdotes and graphs and Niemann’s thoughts …show more content…
Niemann’s work becomes absolutely relevant here as our module is all based on one object. As O’Reilly says “in order to survive creatively and professionally, experiment is key to adaptation and change.” (O’Reilly, 2013). Knowing this, in my studio practice I have gone through a series of tasks that intend to deconstruct what my object is and re imagine it through different ways of thinking. One way I’ve done this is metaphorically, imagining my object ‘dead’ or ‘sexy’ for example and playing with line and tone to represent this in different ways. From that work I can see why Niemann says “To get something that looks playful to the audience you have to have many unplayful moments creating it” (O’Reilly, 2015). I further understood this ongoing struggle when collating a few objects together in task 6 to create interesting visual images that used my object as the center piece. For each image it was as Niemann says, “100 very boring, unsexy steps” (NPR,2016). However by the end of it, I’d come up with some interesting ideas and things that I could develop and I was better off after it than before, so they’re must be some sense to what he is