Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Science of Sleep


Science of Sleep, a film by Michel Gondry. I really enjoyed it.

Starbucks


Lotion - The Greenskeepers (WONDERFUL!!)

put something here - MOBILE



Mobile.
Symbolism.
Expected mobility.
Expected mobility=understood as mobile in itself.
Romanticized.
Phasing out.
Atmosphere.
Recognizable.
Correspondence.
Imagined reality.
Communication.

DESIGN A CRITICAL VEHICLE




“Answers to Life’s Questions”

My critical vehicle presents itself initially as something that could simplify one’s existing--posing as a means to obtain the “answers to life’s questions.” But when one turns the crank, one finds that each statement(“answer”) given, conflicts or differs greatly from each consecutive statement. These “answers” would be derived from Zen(Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, etc.), varying Religions(Christianity, Judaism, Muslim, etc.), as well as various Scientific viewpoints (quantum theory, string theory, holographic theory, big bang theory, etc.) and including most any source discovered that prophesizes to contain the answers to life’s mysteries.

The major and most important question being “answered” will be “What is the meaning of life?” A question, it seems, that has harassed human beings since the beginning of their time.

While not all “answers” conflict in varying theories, the most conflicting areas will be posed one after another to give the reader a sense of the vastness and complexity that exits when trying to look through all arenas for understanding. And in itself represents, or concretely displays, just how complex life itself is.

The ream of paper contained within the box(that which holds the “answers”) will feed out of the back through a hole cut in the cardboard, instead of being structured in such a way that it remains in a continuous loop. In this way, if a reader chooses to cycle through the myriad of “answers” they will eventually run out and all previous will lay in a heaping stream behind the box. This will allow for a physical representation of the sheer number of “answers” as well as a suggestion that even with all we have undertaken in attempting to understand life or the universe, we are still left with a big question mark. While the paper ream literally runs out, this is not a suggestion that our ideas of reality will “run out.”

In relation to the “stranger in the city”: this device relates to all as strangers in the world. As a stranger in the city, one can take comfort in knowing that their confusion is a natural reaction to the unknown, and that while some people may know where the closest corner store is located, or may feel more comfortable in the present environment as a “native”: we’re all natives in this universe and we’re all equally strangers to it’s deepest inner-workings.

Sunday, October 22, 2006

A LETTER

A letter is a written message from one person to another. The role of letters in communication has changed significantly since the 19th century. Historically, letters were the only reliable means of communication between two persons in different locations. As communication technology has diversified, letters have become less important as routine communication. The development of the telegraph, telephone, and the Internet have all had an impact on the writing and sending of letters. In modern industrialized nations, the exchange of personal letters has become less common, being replaced by technologies such as the telephone and e-mail. By analogy, the term letter is sometimes used for e-mail messages with a formal letter-like format. Historically, letters exist from the time of ancient Egypt and Sumer, through Rome and Greece and China, up to the present day. Letters make up several of the books of the Bible. Archives of correspondence, whether for personal, diplomatic, or business reasons, serve as primary sources for historians.

Types of letters

* Business letter
* Chain letter
* Epistle
* Hate mail
* Introduction letter
* Junk Mail
* Letter of credence
* Letter of credit
* Query letter



* Rejection Letter
* Recommendation letter
* Reference letter
* Love letter
* Open letter
* Poison pen letter
* Letters patent
* Letter of marque
* Letter of inquiry


wikipedia.org

the MOBILE-est

Jeezey creezey...I'm struggling more than I expected with this "put something here that's mobile" project. I expected the "critical vehicle" to be my obstacle, but that's done. I've been thinking about what it means to be mobile and the myriad possibilities that go along with placing something mobile into a space, and I feel overwhelmed. It's like writers block, althought it's more general like, Creators Block. I feel like I haven't felt it this concretely in a long time, major frustration.

Bah.

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

homework

design a critical vehicle - put something here (mobile)

NOW

this.is.it
NOW
stop searching.
You are experiencing IT. Now.

No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted.

I have a big ol' "art & society" midterm today

bah. i'm tired.

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

a state of establishment: blissful ignorance and full of knowledge

breathe breathe breathe



breathe [breeth]
4. to move gently or blow lightly, as air.
5. to live; exist: Hardly a man breathes who has not known great sorrow.

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

homework

2 weeks :: designing a mobile device and/or performance for SAYing--//design portable instrument to facilitate survival of the stranger in the city

due: international equist corpse renga -london-tokyo- group presentation; 4 images and 10 second audio component(explanation of images)
:: put yourself in the picture, in the place ::

BEAUTIFUL MAN



Alan Wilson Watts (January 6, 1915 – November 16, 1973) was a philosopher, writer, speaker, and expert in comparative religion. He wrote over twenty-five books and numerous articles on subjects such as personal identity, the true nature of reality, consciousness and the pursuit of happiness, relating his experience to scientific knowledge and to the teachings of Eastern and Western religions or philosophies (Zen Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity, Hinduism). Beyond this, he was sensitive to certain new leanings in the West, and was in a position to be a proponent for certain shifts in attitudes regarding society, the natural world, lifestyles, and aesthetics. Alan Watts was a well-known autodidact. He was best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Asian philosophies.


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CON.vert/CON.form/CRE.epy

geography

Geography (from the Greek words Ge (γη) or Gaea (γαια), both meaning "Earth", and graphein (γραφειν) meaning "to describe" or "to write"or "to map") is the study of the Earth's features and of the distribution of life on the earth, including human life and the effects of human activity [1]. There are at least four traditional views on geography among geographers where emphasis is on the spatial analysis of natural and human phenomena (geography as a study of distribution), on area studies (places and regions), on man-land relationship. [2].


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scrod

scrod (or schrod) is not actually a specific type of fish, but rather a generic term for a young (2-lb or less) cod or haddock, split and deboned. It is a staple in many Boston-area seafood restaurants, but rarely heard outside New England and New York.

A dubious folk etymology holds that the term comes from the acronym "Small Cod [or Haddock] Remaining On Dock", but it more likely comes from the obsolete Dutch schrood, piece cut off. [1]

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in.PL@CE


Gizmo.map [how to reach Gizmo in Caitlin's dwelling]


GIZMO!


See him? Waaay back there. Next to the PANDA calendar...


Gizmo POV



For my "put something here" project I placed Gizmo in a different part of my -very small- apartment.

Wait, let me explain.

Case #1: I live in a one room (studio) apartment. My boyfriend [Luke] has recently been living with me. We're both active individuals with a lot of -STUFF-. The little, tiny apartment has filled up quite rapidly and has become overwhelming.

Case #2: I am working on an animation. The animation requires that I draw /and ink/ 40 pictures a day on average, this = I.do.not.leave.my.apartment.very.often. In fact, this = I-do-not-leave-my-neighborhood-almost-never. Because of this, I change the apartment around often, in the grasping hope that it can remain a suitable living enviornment until we M0VE to a larger [more spacious] place.

In Conclusion: These factors cause me to live an almost non.existent life (socially). This means that Gizmo and I stare eye-to-eye quite often. Though, not recently. The small size of my apartment caused me to rearrange and remove Gizmo [and the television and VCR on top of which he /still/ resides] from my desk--where I so long spend time animating--to slightly right of the desk. Which is :infact: the opposite side from where I spend most of my time [slightly to the left of the desk].

Finale: I've learned how much an intimate life can become ovewhelming. The animation has caused me to spend most of my time indoors and if not /indoors/ than atleast in a 12.block.radius of my neighborhood. The only time I leave the nighborhood is to go to class [temple.university], but after class I come right back home. It wasn't until recently that I realized how much this can affect one's world view [maybe I shouldn't use the word realized, but I didn't /pay attention/ prior to]. I fianlly went to visit a friend outside of my NEIGHBORHOOD and suddenly I felt this amazing sense of W0RLD. He was a reminder of the fact that an entire world exists out there. That life doesn't just function within a 12.block.radius. He let me know that just sitting with Giz.mo is not life, and that maybe it should be a priority to fit friends into a busy schedule. It is. It is a PRI0RITY.