Saturday, March 14, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
CC from the facebook group:
*tomorrow night (3/12) at 6:00 in huntsville we're getting together to get work done for the installation and we're bringing food so that it won't all be work. If you can/want to come send a message. Also, post what food you're bringing so that it wont all be cookies again.*
If you can come and/or bring food, post on the facebook group.
*tomorrow night (3/12) at 6:00 in huntsville we're getting together to get work done for the installation and we're bringing food so that it won't all be work. If you can/want to come send a message. Also, post what food you're bringing so that it wont all be cookies again.*
If you can come and/or bring food, post on the facebook group.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
below this is the full chart layed out in logic form
here are the brainstorm, basic objects we came up with
sci/reason/fact/obj
here are the brainstorm, basic objects we came up with
sci/reason/fact/obj
- books
- tape measure
- microscope
- judges scale - something acting as weight
- briefcase
- tacklebox
- calculator
fact dep/acad/evidence
- crutch
- stockticker w/ reason
- receipt w/ reason instead of prices
- list of #s
- abacus
thought driven/reason based/info sorting
- sextant
- compass
- tacklebox
- separating meat parts
- swiss army knife
- calculator
- computor
- circuitry
- binary code
- robot
- dominoes
long term
- safe
thought/actions calculative
- chess
realist
- alarm clock, stopwatch
- pregnancy test
- preg test as clock hands
- object on display in glass/on stand
supersitious
- umbrella
- umbrella under house
- voodoo doll
- fortune teller
- deck of cards
- bingo
- dice
- refragmented object
- monolith
- totem/rune
- gnome
intuitive
- divining rod
- military experience rank patches
- third eye
- cooking
emotion driven
- thermometer
- weathervane
- volcano
- water/fluid
- letters
Sunday, March 1, 2009
update on word list and questions
terms: this list is not quite finalized. as we were coming up with these terms, we started sort of organizing them and grouping like ones together, etc. what we ended up with is essentially a matrix with two axes. one axis is divided into religious/secular and the other is divided into scientific/irrational i'm listing these "big 4" in bold and then all the terms that fall under them.
subjective/irrational/illogical/superstitious
emotion/feeling-driven
intuitive
impulsive/short-term planner
ignorant
idealist
optomistic in the naive sense (by belief)
pessimistic
naive
objective/scientific/reason/fact-oriented
thought-driven/reason-based decisions/internal fact-grouping
deductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
optomistic by choice
fact-dependent/logic-dependent/academic/needs proof
actions are calculative
long-term planner
realist (results oriented)
realist (openness - to information/ideas; opposite of ignorant)
secular/internal has the most value
subjective truth
personal ethics/utility-based
ok to lie if...
ego-centric
apathetic
nihilistic
religious/existence of something outside self that is greater than self
absolute truth
morals which are self-legitimizing/self-justifying
never ok to lie
systems-oriented (social systems)/concerned with independent reality
value
selfless
the questions we created by asking them to make a choice which orients them on the religious/secular axis and then to explain their reasoning, which orients them on the subjective/objective axis.
1. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- no aid should be given to the popor in a community; all members should provide for themselves
- a moderate, mostly sufficient amount of aid should be given to the poor in the community at the discretion of indiviudals in the community
- the poor in the community should be guaranteed a large portion of aid at the involuntary cost of the rest of the community
2. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- you have absolute right to do anything to your body at any time
- you have the right to do anything to your body as long as it doesn't affect others
- you have the right to do anything to your body as long as it does result in physical or mental detriment to yourself
3. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- it's never okay to steal
- it's okay to steal if no one suffers obvious loss
- it's okay to steal if there is obvious loss, but also strong need
- it's okay to steal if no one prevents you from doing so
4. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- it's never okay to kill
- it's okay to kill in the case of self-defense
- it's okay to kill if in retribution for past crimes
- it's okay to kill if to prevent more deaths
5. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- truth is absolute
- truth is relative to time
- truth is relative to society/culture
- truth is relative to individuals
- there is no truth
6. order the following by their importance, from most important to least: [i didn't get a chance to copy down this question, because christina came up with it left early, but i'll get all the options. it's like family, benevolence, education, etc.]
we'll be conducting interviews in the lsc mall area tuesday march 3rd, and probably a time or two after that as well. drag your friends by. :)
subjective/irrational/illogical/superstitious
emotion/feeling-driven
intuitive
impulsive/short-term planner
ignorant
idealist
optomistic in the naive sense (by belief)
pessimistic
naive
objective/scientific/reason/fact-oriented
thought-driven/reason-based decisions/internal fact-grouping
deductive reasoning
inductive reasoning
optomistic by choice
fact-dependent/logic-dependent/academic/needs proof
actions are calculative
long-term planner
realist (results oriented)
realist (openness - to information/ideas; opposite of ignorant)
secular/internal has the most value
subjective truth
personal ethics/utility-based
ok to lie if...
ego-centric
apathetic
nihilistic
religious/existence of something outside self that is greater than self
absolute truth
morals which are self-legitimizing/self-justifying
never ok to lie
systems-oriented (social systems)/concerned with independent reality
value
selfless
the questions we created by asking them to make a choice which orients them on the religious/secular axis and then to explain their reasoning, which orients them on the subjective/objective axis.
1. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- no aid should be given to the popor in a community; all members should provide for themselves
- a moderate, mostly sufficient amount of aid should be given to the poor in the community at the discretion of indiviudals in the community
- the poor in the community should be guaranteed a large portion of aid at the involuntary cost of the rest of the community
2. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- you have absolute right to do anything to your body at any time
- you have the right to do anything to your body as long as it doesn't affect others
- you have the right to do anything to your body as long as it does result in physical or mental detriment to yourself
3. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- it's never okay to steal
- it's okay to steal if no one suffers obvious loss
- it's okay to steal if there is obvious loss, but also strong need
- it's okay to steal if no one prevents you from doing so
4. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- it's never okay to kill
- it's okay to kill in the case of self-defense
- it's okay to kill if in retribution for past crimes
- it's okay to kill if to prevent more deaths
5. pick the statement with which you agree the most. explain your reasoning:
- truth is absolute
- truth is relative to time
- truth is relative to society/culture
- truth is relative to individuals
- there is no truth
6. order the following by their importance, from most important to least: [i didn't get a chance to copy down this question, because christina came up with it left early, but i'll get all the options. it's like family, benevolence, education, etc.]
we'll be conducting interviews in the lsc mall area tuesday march 3rd, and probably a time or two after that as well. drag your friends by. :)
Thursday, February 12, 2009
questions and word list for the new project
like we said, let's all post our ideas of a basic set of descriptors and evaluative questions. Next meeting we can put them all together and keep the best stuff.
Questions: (first 3 were my original set, the rest are good ones other people brought up)
-What is a Human Being?
-What is the purpose of a Human Being?
-Briefly, is there 1) Truth? 2) Incontrovertable, Absolute Truth? 3) Right & Wrong? 4) Incont., Abs. Right & Wrong?
-What's wrong with the world today?
-What's your strongest/clearest childhood memory?
-What happens to you when you die?
-Describe the color Red.
-What clique to you feel you belong to?
-What are your views on sex?
Word list
hopeful
cheerful
faithful
decietful
ambiguous
stringent
hateful
judgemental
optomistic
pessimistic
idealistic
practical
confident
shy
ineffective
clever
creative
traditional
progressive
boastful
inconclusive
lustful
passive
aggressive
ridiculous
jocular
disguised
selfish
original
expected
contradictory
self-indulgent
superficial
analytical
simplistic
intuitive
facutal
moral
informed
ignorant
apathetic
coarse
refined
direct
indirect
inflammatory
wise
reactive
one-sided
imbecilic
pointless
condescending
Questions: (first 3 were my original set, the rest are good ones other people brought up)
-What is a Human Being?
-What is the purpose of a Human Being?
-Briefly, is there 1) Truth? 2) Incontrovertable, Absolute Truth? 3) Right & Wrong? 4) Incont., Abs. Right & Wrong?
-What's wrong with the world today?
-What's your strongest/clearest childhood memory?
-What happens to you when you die?
-Describe the color Red.
-What clique to you feel you belong to?
-What are your views on sex?
Word list
hopeful
cheerful
faithful
decietful
ambiguous
stringent
hateful
judgemental
optomistic
pessimistic
idealistic
practical
confident
shy
ineffective
clever
creative
traditional
progressive
boastful
inconclusive
lustful
passive
aggressive
ridiculous
jocular
disguised
selfish
original
expected
contradictory
self-indulgent
superficial
analytical
simplistic
intuitive
facutal
moral
informed
ignorant
apathetic
coarse
refined
direct
indirect
inflammatory
wise
reactive
one-sided
imbecilic
pointless
condescending
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
new plans
okay, so we're ditching the driving idea... in favor of something much more interesting.
the installation format will remain similar to our original proposal: there will be a video projection and there will be objects installed in the gallery relating to the video, and there will be a musical component. however, the approach is totally different.
first, we are going to come up with a list of human characteristics and a list of objects or compound objects to represent them - like a code or dictionary. there will also be a musical representation to accompany the visual. then, we are going to interview people and ask them a series of questions of various intensity. for example, a banal question, a question about popular culture, a question about philosophy or religion, etc. at the end of the interview, we show them our symbols without their corresponding characteristics, and we ask them to pick three (or something).
the installation will consist of a rectangular arrangement of cubbies with a central void. the video of the interviews will play in the central void - with the dialog muted out. as each person appears on screen, the objects which are associated with their character will be illuminated, and the corresponding musical representation will be heard. there will be multiple objects illuminated, so there will also be multiple musical representations playing simultaneously.
we're considering the possibility of building a booth in which to interview our participants so that we will have an environment for visual continuity. for next week, we are bringing in films of interviewing people - just to see what it looks like. also, we are starting to compile lists of characteristics and corresponding symbols. we don't want the representations to be directly illustrative - in other words, obvious.
the installation format will remain similar to our original proposal: there will be a video projection and there will be objects installed in the gallery relating to the video, and there will be a musical component. however, the approach is totally different.
first, we are going to come up with a list of human characteristics and a list of objects or compound objects to represent them - like a code or dictionary. there will also be a musical representation to accompany the visual. then, we are going to interview people and ask them a series of questions of various intensity. for example, a banal question, a question about popular culture, a question about philosophy or religion, etc. at the end of the interview, we show them our symbols without their corresponding characteristics, and we ask them to pick three (or something).
the installation will consist of a rectangular arrangement of cubbies with a central void. the video of the interviews will play in the central void - with the dialog muted out. as each person appears on screen, the objects which are associated with their character will be illuminated, and the corresponding musical representation will be heard. there will be multiple objects illuminated, so there will also be multiple musical representations playing simultaneously.
we're considering the possibility of building a booth in which to interview our participants so that we will have an environment for visual continuity. for next week, we are bringing in films of interviewing people - just to see what it looks like. also, we are starting to compile lists of characteristics and corresponding symbols. we don't want the representations to be directly illustrative - in other words, obvious.
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