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
Thursday, February 12, 2009
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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