Titles for Degree Show Works

With my dissertation on titles I am feeling the pressure titling my own work. However, I think I have learnt that there is no real formula to titling, the main consideration is whether it will hint at what I am trying to convey. With a lot of my work it is also important/critical that there is an explanation of what the object or material is so I decided to include a line, as if it were the materials list, of what the work really was.... of course, especially with Negative Space, the nature and physicality of the work is debatable so it is not a strict, factual explanation.

It is always curious to note that some works occur with their titles very mic in mind, and others have to be decided. I overhead some other people in my studio coming up with titles for their paintings and prints and found it a really alien process because my titles are usually so ingrained in the meaning or used functionally to explain.

Cartography of a Contact Lens

A map of the surface of a used contact lens (worn May - November 2013)

Measuring Spoons of Darkness / A Litre of Light

Candle wax from religious buildings

The Light In My Eye

35mm slide images of used contact lenses (worn February 2011 - October 2015)

Negative Space

A small space in Woodlane Library

No doubt I will want to edit these slightly as I see people respond to them - is that how titles work?