Music and stimulus (2)

 In our last session we began choosing our stimulus and music. We explored 5 different pictures or pieces of writing and what message we thought they conveyed. By doing this it allowed ideas to come to the surface and was easier to make a choice. The stimulus I chose was 'Flower Bomb'/'Love is in the air' or 'Rage, Flower Thrower' by Banksy.

 Thursd (2021)

I was drawn to this because of it's many titles, meaning it doesn't limit it to just one idea. . When brainstorming ideas of what it could mean there was a strong message of juxtaposition. The man in the painting is dressed in black perhaps riot gear and looks angry, but holds a bouquet of colourful flowers. The contrast means we can experiment with sharp, fast movements and slow ones and how they mix. 

When given the music choices we felt it was important to choose something that enraptures the contrast of our stimulus. Our chosen song was 'Chronicles of a Hero' by Eternal Eclipse. The song sounds like a movie soundtrack battle scene. It's all instrumental so we can depict the story how we perceive it. It starts off with an eerie tone and eventually erupts into a dramatic song. There are moments of calm which represented the flowers in our stimulus too.

We hope to convey both sides of our stimulus to the audience and show how they're connected to each other. The image of peace and conflict is strongly portrayed by Banksy in our stimulus and we want to make sure that the audience is given a clear view of them. I want to research Banksy's original motives for creating the painting, where it was placed, and what he wanted it to say. I have already been searching through news headlines from the time of the painting and art websites who have delved into what the meaning and message is and I plan to use these to help our process.


Thursd. (2021) Banksy advocates for peace with ‘rage, the Flower Thrower’, Thursd. Available at: https://thursd.com/articles/banksy-rage-the-flower-thrower (Accessed: 14 November 2023). 


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