Remix the City

Remix the City: Space HiJack — Thoughts to Share/Thoughts to Discard

For my box project I made a couple of boxes  for people to put their thoughts into. I left slips of paper and labeled the boxes ‘thoughts to discard’ and ‘thoughts to share’. These labels were intentionally open ended in order…

Remix the City: Conference Project Post #1 — Do You Control Space?

For our (Grace and Mathilde) conference project, we want to make a sticker story, explaining what Remix The City is, and the notions of space. The notions of space as in how we interact with it and how it impacts…

Remix the City: Conference Project Post #1 — Do You Control Space?

For our (Grace and Mathilde) conference project, we want to make a sticker story, explaining what Remix The City is, and the notions of space. The notions of space as in how we interact with it and how it impacts…

Remix the City: Comment — Formulary for a New Urbanism

Today our culture and society is built around similarity and familiarity. We know what to expect everyday, what we are going to do, and who and what we are going to hear and see. Most of a daily activities are…

Remix the City: Questions of Space

Is space tangible? Is space intangible? Does space have monetary value? Who determines if a space is public or private? Where is ‘your’ space? What makes it ‘your’ space? Who calls is ‘your’ space? Who determines whose space is whose?…

Remix the City: Learning Kinetic Type!

Our awesome class!

Remix the City: Space HiJack — “Disco Cube”

For my box, I wanted to do something fun and interactive, that would make people smile. When we first got given the project I planned to do something with packaging, e.g. fragile stickers, heavy stickers and bubble wrap, however I…

Remix the City: My Sketchbook — Collection Assignment

My collection assignment of three things – five instances are shown below: My first collection is wrapping paper on food or drinks bottles, which contains FIGI, S.PELLEORINO, TOSTITOS, PERRIER, and Coca Cola. For me, the significant about this collection is…

Remix the City: Space HiJack — Smoke Free SLC

For my box project, I really wanted to make something playable that would fit our “playable city” chapter. I love the idea of subtle interventions in a building or a city that people can play with/have fun with, but mostly…

Remix the City: Comment — David Finklestein Improv Session

  Today the class got a visit from performer/director David Finkelstein of the Lake Ivan Performance Group. We viewed David’s experimental film “Invincible City” — then  learned a bit about the techniques of using space, the picture plane, and an…

Remix the City: Comment — Peter Schjeldahl on “Stunt Art”

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…

Remix the City: Conference Project Post #1 — Narrative Doors

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…

Remix the City: Conference Project Post #1 — Valuation Day

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…

Remix the City: Conference Post#1 — 100% YC Labels

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….

Remix the City: Space HiJack — Living Room

                                   

Remix the City: Conference Project Post #1 — Interruption Project

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…

Remix the City: Conference Project Post #1 — A Formal Dinner

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…

Remix the City: Conference Project Post #1 — Reframing Space/Reclaiming Place

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,…

Remix the City: Conference Project Post #1 — Infographic

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…

Remix the City: Space HiJack— Falling Down

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…