Month: November 2014

This article was published a while ago, but I feel like it’s pretty relevant to the class – think about the sentence “all Stunt art at least impinges on politics by exposing the fragility of certain rules and customs that…

Based on ancient brass doors that told a narrative within its panels, I plan on using a concept manga for an instillation. I’ll be crafting a door made of heavy cardboard in the fashion of the  ancient brass doors and…

Approach: Every ritual demands some sacrifice. For artists, sacrifice ignites a transition of their artistic output into our commodity culture, and further their commodification of themself. Art, is extracted from the artist by the market, leaving a creative gap to…

According to Saskia Sassen, branding is the basic mediation between individuals and markets. In order to have a successful urban intervention, it is important to understand the relationship between the people and the society, the connection between men and objects….

For my conference i wanted to experiment with the way i could affect or cause interruptions in the naturally occurring flow of conversation and other daily life activities. I want to specifically work with music and audio, as a source…

I wanted to work with a space I have a lot of opinions about, so for a while I was thinking Bates. I wanted to bring to light the “come and go mess hall” nature of the place by creating…

Reclaiming Place/Reframing Space – Conference Project This class has encouraged me to rethink the way i think and work in Heimbold. I will always stand up for Heimbold, but lately I have been more critical. Going beyond the water issue,…

For my conference project, I’m doing an infographic on the evolution of journalism. It’s not really a space-altering project, but because I’m going into journalism after I graduate this semester, I’m using this as a way to learn digital media…

http://instagram.com/p/vB5vYADqkE/ For my box project, I wanted to play with the idea of how we present ourselves and our internet presence (a pseudo internet identity), and how one can actually present the truth of their physical/mental state. I took my profile picture…

This project ended up rather simple. At first I had a lot of ideas for this project. I love anything that calls for interaction or input from a lot of people. My ideas all gave people instructions in one way…

I got my idea almost immediately. After assessing Heimbold’s visual code, I realized that the building reminded me more of a museum than a place of creation. The white walls, the big empty spaces, and the general sterile vibe this…

Looking back on the Triangles game, there were quite a few things that went really well and also some things that made me want to tear my hair out. However even the most frustrating things proved to be really educational….

My formula for a ‘new urbanism’ involves making the functional playable. To me, one of the greatest tragedies that befalls us as we age and get caught up in the day-to-day of capitalistic survival is the loss of our sense…

For my box project, I wanted to make something fun, so I chose the question mark cube from the Super Mario games. After giving up on GIMP, I used Photoshop to do the cube mapping, and printed it out on…

Here are some photos of our hallway-livingroom intervention. It represents my idea of a new urbanism. Contemporary cities, though shaped by humans, are devoid of humanity. They are overly structured and lack individual engagement. They are built to maximize efficiency, not…

For one of my conference projects, I will continue with this theme of impending student loan debt by making an interactive, higher education monopoly board. I will appropriate a game board, collage it to align with themes of college, it’s national impending debt…

Can space contain? If space can contain, is it restrictive? Is space context? Is space destructible? If space is destructible, can it be rebuilt? Can space be atmospheric? Who/what controls the atmosphere of space? Can space be shared? Can shared…

Are we extensions of our space? Could space be an individual’s mental and physical exchange with the environment? (Like a rhizome, or a Spinozian metabolic rhythm?) Can space take a form or is it free flowing and ambiguous? If not positive…

For my conference project I am going to make a a tent out of bubble wrap. I want to put lights on the inside and cushions on the floor and make it a space that contrasts with the cold impersonal…