Monday, January 31, 2011
TRANSMITTER/RECEIVER
Over Winter Break
fragments
clusters
elements
fulfill
challenge
developing
innumerable
various
rational
edges
joints
points
surfaces
intersect
different
formal
determine
sensitive
transitions
within
Proposal
I am studying a number of buildings in Boston designed by prominent modern and contemporary architects. I will develop a series of books in which I reflect on the buildings and what I can learn about their designers’ original intent.
I will design and edit the content of these books: the content will be my own photographs of the buildings, and text — poetry either by others or by myself. Photographing the buildings is a means by which I can focus my attention on the buildings; I have already begun this process. I am also developing lists of words and phrases, from my own visits to these buildings. Working from these lists, I will either create or find a poem or poems that express my impressions of the buildings and of their designers’ intentions.
In my development as a graphic designer I have discovered and others have observed that my design style is architectural. My work is marked by an emphasis on line and space, and by reliance on grid structures. This project allows me to investigate further into the roots of this style as I reflect on built architecture.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Dogs from the Michael Vick case
http://video.pbs.org/video/1757686316
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Seminar Post 01
For this second half of seminar, I'll be continuing where I left off with my work. Ambiguous figures with interchangeable captions and contexts. However, I am also hoping to expand on the variety of images I am creating for the 100 captions I have collected so far. This will include images of stand alone objects and possibly some minimal photography rather than just stencil figures that look similar to t-shirt designs. However, I don't want to reach a point where I am making images that are too varied from each other. After all, they should go together with minimal conflict.
I have had the joy of completing several images during the break and I'll be posting copies of them to this blog to show in a few days or so but right now I think it is more important to establish where I am in this process:
22/100 completed
Not my ideal number for this far into the year, but given that I wasn't producing very much during the opening portion of last semester then it doesn't come as a surprise. I'm hoping that introducing some variety will help speed this up a little more, but if worse comes to worse I'm going to have to aim lower and cut my goal down by half. I would prefer to have 100 but seeing as I'll will not only be making new images but also editing and polishing up already existing ones well will have to see.
I have started looking into some of Keith Haring's work for ideas, since his graffiti art is similar to what I am trying to make, these ambiguous figures might be able to help me come up with new ideas without straying too far from the original stencil figures.
I'm feeling good about where I am going with all this, I ended last semester decently and I think that this will a chance to make up for lost time.
1/25
Last semester I harvested a large number of mechanical parts from various machines. I intend to put these parts to good use this semester, and I expect them to play an integral role in my projects.
My plans for next semester involve costume creation, flexible sculpture, and adornment of the body. Lately I have been very inspired by expressive, avant-garde, haute couture fashion. I intend to create works of art and design that use the body as a vehicle for expression, works that require the human form in order to be complete.