-jerry
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
7.
Hello all. Here's a few images I found on EXPLODING boxes. Apparently once you take the top off, the box flies open and objects pop out. Click HERE to see more of these exploding boxes with different designs. Something worth looking at.
-jerry
-jerry
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
5.
Shared our concept with the class on thursday.
We need to look at polly pockets, pop up books, and artificial reality...
what are we creating.
Found a link on paper art, book looks pretty awesome and inspiring.
this is also my favorite website to waste my time on.
-taylor
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
4.
Every week we will be posting our process in the creation of our final thesis project. Here's the first four entries to date. More to come so stay posted.
-jerry
Monday, September 14, 2009
Today was the first meeting with our collaboration at second cup. We discussed ideas surrounding what we wanted to do this our project. We both agreed on creating/marketing/packaging/documenting a certain product. We weren’t quite sure on what product we wanted to create. We referenced certain artists/things we liked and could take from. Jerry mentioned Di Mainstone who deals with interaction clothing. We watched a clip about a piece she co created that addresses garments that are packaged, worn and interacted with.
Wednesday, September 22, 2009
We met again today at Taylor’s house to discuss our interests and future thesis project. Most of the time was spent talking about films and materials. Taylor had seen the newest Gasper Noe at TIFF a few nights prior and explained how inspiring his work is. She lent me one of his films to check out. We both came to the conclusion that we both enjoy using materials such as wood and plexi-glass. We both enjoy the look of wood and Taylor has had previous experience working with plexi-glass. We both agreed that upon our next meeting, we’d have a solid idea to work off of.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Today, we met at Second Cup (our idea hotspot with a terrible Wi-Fi connection) to hopefully have an idea written in stone by the end of the meeting. Sure enough, upon arriving, Taylor was sure she had something intriguing. She mentioned about having a cube/cube’s that the user has to open using hand movements without actually touching the box. The boxes would slowly crack and open slowly and rest flat. On the flat surface would be cinematic cityscapes that we’d fabricate. I thought the idea was brilliant. I later mention that it’d be interesting if we’d hang the boxes/cubes from the ceiling. We also touched upon fabricating a video to go along with the piece to heighten the user’s idea of what the project was. We threw some ideas around on what kind of technology we’d need to open/close the cubes as well as the amount of detail that would go into the cityscapes. After a very successful meeting, we decided to go and do some research about similar projects done/other ideas within the same context.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
We presented our idea in class with Steve. Discussed our idea conceptually and technically. We met briefly before hand and discussed having the cubes open up when the user is a safe distance away, and then closing when they approach. Symbolic to the cube having a mind of its own. After briefly speaking with Steve in front of the class, he told us we had to act primarily on a nakedness/shyness mind of the cube that will intrigue the user to see what is in inside. What exactly is going on inside that cube and why I would want to see it? He also pointed us in the direction of peephole art including artists such as Janet Cardiff and David Hoffos. We were very intrigued by Hoffos’s work. His infamous installations included people appearing in elaborate fabricated settings but in reality were just reflections off the glass from a TV screen. In all, we need to start in and focus on the content of what the scene is and why it has to shut down. As Steve puts it, we need to have a smart answer as to why we as the user is alienated. Why we want that alienation- that is the question.
-jerry
Monday, September 14, 2009
Today was the first meeting with our collaboration at second cup. We discussed ideas surrounding what we wanted to do this our project. We both agreed on creating/marketing/packaging/documenting a certain product. We weren’t quite sure on what product we wanted to create. We referenced certain artists/things we liked and could take from. Jerry mentioned Di Mainstone who deals with interaction clothing. We watched a clip about a piece she co created that addresses garments that are packaged, worn and interacted with.
Wednesday, September 22, 2009
We met again today at Taylor’s house to discuss our interests and future thesis project. Most of the time was spent talking about films and materials. Taylor had seen the newest Gasper Noe at TIFF a few nights prior and explained how inspiring his work is. She lent me one of his films to check out. We both came to the conclusion that we both enjoy using materials such as wood and plexi-glass. We both enjoy the look of wood and Taylor has had previous experience working with plexi-glass. We both agreed that upon our next meeting, we’d have a solid idea to work off of.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Today, we met at Second Cup (our idea hotspot with a terrible Wi-Fi connection) to hopefully have an idea written in stone by the end of the meeting. Sure enough, upon arriving, Taylor was sure she had something intriguing. She mentioned about having a cube/cube’s that the user has to open using hand movements without actually touching the box. The boxes would slowly crack and open slowly and rest flat. On the flat surface would be cinematic cityscapes that we’d fabricate. I thought the idea was brilliant. I later mention that it’d be interesting if we’d hang the boxes/cubes from the ceiling. We also touched upon fabricating a video to go along with the piece to heighten the user’s idea of what the project was. We threw some ideas around on what kind of technology we’d need to open/close the cubes as well as the amount of detail that would go into the cityscapes. After a very successful meeting, we decided to go and do some research about similar projects done/other ideas within the same context.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
We presented our idea in class with Steve. Discussed our idea conceptually and technically. We met briefly before hand and discussed having the cubes open up when the user is a safe distance away, and then closing when they approach. Symbolic to the cube having a mind of its own. After briefly speaking with Steve in front of the class, he told us we had to act primarily on a nakedness/shyness mind of the cube that will intrigue the user to see what is in inside. What exactly is going on inside that cube and why I would want to see it? He also pointed us in the direction of peephole art including artists such as Janet Cardiff and David Hoffos. We were very intrigued by Hoffos’s work. His infamous installations included people appearing in elaborate fabricated settings but in reality were just reflections off the glass from a TV screen. In all, we need to start in and focus on the content of what the scene is and why it has to shut down. As Steve puts it, we need to have a smart answer as to why we as the user is alienated. Why we want that alienation- that is the question.
3.
ok,
so i just posted my first ROUGH draft.
and then had a meeting with Mark Argo,
how rough that draft is, is really becoming evident to me.
can i rewrite my script one week before the shoot? I have heard it has been done.
-taylor
so i just posted my first ROUGH draft.
and then had a meeting with Mark Argo,
how rough that draft is, is really becoming evident to me.
can i rewrite my script one week before the shoot? I have heard it has been done.
-taylor
2.
Project Rough Draft #1
05/10/09
As a point of interest, we would like to investigate into the idea of segregating sensory experience from the immersive space.
Can sensory experiences be obtained in a successful manner, one that is just as successful as we experience when upon entering a space, when approaching an object.
We plan to create miniature interiors, or set models, encased in a wooden cube. The cube, as a case or housing will posses it’s own behavioral aspects brought on by user cursorily and fascination.
Four small interior/ exteriors(to be determined) will hang from the gallery ceiling. From a distance the set will be visible for the viewer to see, but as encroaching on this world occurs, the behavior of the encasing will become hostile and quickly hide the miniature sets from the viewer so that detail can never really be seen from a close distance.
Questions posed: The Behavioral aspects of the box must be determined obviously by the content incased within. Are the worlds one, which can be realized but never met, or are they private spaces that can only be examined from a distance and in an arbitrary fashion, never really being able to speculate on the action that took place within this space. This will obviously set the ground for most aspects of our piece, a thesis that will determine most of the constraints of the world and their allowance, or prevention of the audience being able to immerse themselves within that space.
We are interested in working with wood and Plexiglas as these are materials that we feel comfortable. We are also contemplating the use of light, but this might be the most aspect of the piece in regards to working small scale.
We will need to begin diagramming the construction and deconstruction of the box, as this will remain as a necessary concern even if the behaviors change- opening will represent a world in a comfortable state and the act of closing will represent a world in a state of hostility.
We will need to determine the smallest possible size that we can add detail to our miniatures (as we want them to be quite small). How they will be constructed, and out of what combination of materials.
Also where will the hardware, a casing for the hardware, wires, sensors, power source, and computer be situated in the gallery space?
First tasks include creation, in sketches, the content of these worlds and this will provide a stepping-stone into determining the behavior for the boxes and most things will stem from this.
05/10/09
As a point of interest, we would like to investigate into the idea of segregating sensory experience from the immersive space.
Can sensory experiences be obtained in a successful manner, one that is just as successful as we experience when upon entering a space, when approaching an object.
We plan to create miniature interiors, or set models, encased in a wooden cube. The cube, as a case or housing will posses it’s own behavioral aspects brought on by user cursorily and fascination.
Four small interior/ exteriors(to be determined) will hang from the gallery ceiling. From a distance the set will be visible for the viewer to see, but as encroaching on this world occurs, the behavior of the encasing will become hostile and quickly hide the miniature sets from the viewer so that detail can never really be seen from a close distance.
Questions posed: The Behavioral aspects of the box must be determined obviously by the content incased within. Are the worlds one, which can be realized but never met, or are they private spaces that can only be examined from a distance and in an arbitrary fashion, never really being able to speculate on the action that took place within this space. This will obviously set the ground for most aspects of our piece, a thesis that will determine most of the constraints of the world and their allowance, or prevention of the audience being able to immerse themselves within that space.
We are interested in working with wood and Plexiglas as these are materials that we feel comfortable. We are also contemplating the use of light, but this might be the most aspect of the piece in regards to working small scale.
We will need to begin diagramming the construction and deconstruction of the box, as this will remain as a necessary concern even if the behaviors change- opening will represent a world in a comfortable state and the act of closing will represent a world in a state of hostility.
We will need to determine the smallest possible size that we can add detail to our miniatures (as we want them to be quite small). How they will be constructed, and out of what combination of materials.
Also where will the hardware, a casing for the hardware, wires, sensors, power source, and computer be situated in the gallery space?
First tasks include creation, in sketches, the content of these worlds and this will provide a stepping-stone into determining the behavior for the boxes and most things will stem from this.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
1.
Jerry and I are going to use this space to begin to accumulate information about our thesis project.
we are both going to be blogging here, watch for updates from both of us.
-taylor
we are both going to be blogging here, watch for updates from both of us.
-taylor
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
falling in love
The last first day of school:
My mom wasn't here to take a picture of me and my brother outfitted with new clothes and backpacks. I went to class with a purse to small to hold my pen and ran away nauseous after two hours.
lesson learned on the last first day of school;
I am falling in love this year.
exciting.
My mom wasn't here to take a picture of me and my brother outfitted with new clothes and backpacks. I went to class with a purse to small to hold my pen and ran away nauseous after two hours.
lesson learned on the last first day of school;
I am falling in love this year.
exciting.
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