Claming Expanding Practice

During this lecture we looked at an graphic design company I really found interesting with an innovative out come too there work. Moniker is a Amsterdam biased interactive graphic design studio  founded in 2012 by Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters. The two videos we looked at in this lecture was Out of Line, Crowd-Source interactive music video and Do not touch , Ever changing interactive music video. I found these two pieces of work really interesting as they use people online to create the actual work and they create the template in which people are given instructions on what too do on screen. This makes the audience drawn in to the work and feel a part of the video and production. I then looked into some on Monikers others projects and found a video under tools in the project section of there website called Dalaunay Raster - Design sofware for image triangulation. This video showed a technique in which you use an image as a template and then use triangles to create the image. Moniker claims that they invented this design process in 2008 and have continued using it to this day creating mostly portraits for magazines. I am currently designing a background for my project ' Cybernetic Self ' zine using this technique.  

Research: Celeste Barber

Celeste Barber
Celeste Barber is an Australian comedian who has managed to mock a large variety of celebrities instagram images in the most hilarious way. Celeste Barber takes celebrities instagram photos and "copy's" them.

                                                    
       

I think Her photography really shows the difference between expectation and reality which really fits in with my project. She's approached this idea in a positive manner rather than a deep emotional approach which I find can be quite original and typical. People see in media about these gorgeous celebrities and how 'perfect' they are and how people want to be this type of person, Celeste Barber kind of shows the reality and pulls it all this back too earth which really links in with my project and my idea of instagram posts. My idea for my project is to show the reality of my life and how different my life is compared too other users of instagram users.

Brief 1 week 2

In this lecture we watched a video called WTF is the internet by We are the internet which had good points on what the internet actually is and shows how much we take the internet for granted.
In this video a lot of good points were made about the internet. The internet is humanity and it gives people a voice too speak. If we were to understand the internet as a culture it would make sense, we take the internet for granted because it there at the touch of a button and has never been more involved in humanity's life style like it is now. Your computers,tablets, phones and now even watches! The internet is constantly around us were ever we go. You can pick up wifi almost anywhere, you can access the internet enywere without wifi using 2G, 3G and 4G. Internet could be posivitive depending on the person using it. You are what you post! The internet is a opportunity factory. Anybody anywhere can post on line and any body anywhere can see the talent. The problem is there so much talent out there so its becoming harder too be recognised for you talent so people are taking risks to be recognised which could be really successful or you could fail miserably. "Genius is the talent of one person, Senius is the talent of many people." - Brian Eno. The internet is a place were people take risks and show creativity and much more. The internet is 'senius'.

Cybernetic comes from the greek word for Art of Stearing. Questions to help me with my project : What defines you? And How does interaction with others affect that? These are brilliant questions to help our project get started it really got me thinking about how I look on social media. After this lecture i began too look at friends and the people I follow on instagram too look what kind of thinks they post. I noticed it was mainly Gym, Fitness, Outfits, Food, Holidays/Travil and decided that i would make my project biased on this. Comparing my self to others on instagram I just need to think of how too show this idea clearly and successfully.

Brief 1 Introduction

27.9.16 Brief 1 Introduction

In this lecture we watched an early 1990s internet commercial.


Brief one - Cybernetic self
The themes we need too explore
- Autopoesis
- Sociomaterial
- Network self

The meaning of autopesis is self maintain
The meaning of sociomaterial is the clash of social and technology
The meaning of Network self is how you project your self online

Things I need to consider
- Self presentation
- Social connection in the digital age

What defines you?
How does interaction with others affect that?

"Redefine the self portrait, the selfie"

We briefly looked at 2 artist but one that really caught my attention  was Amelia Ulman's project 'excellences + perfection' .
Over 5 months Amelia Ulman took 175 photographs. Excellences + Perfection and posted them on instagram. This was inspired by extremely makeover culture. Some image she posted were quite reviewing showing under wear and a lot of skin, she claimed she began pole dancing, under went breast enlargement and living a life style in LA which some people could only dream of.  As soon as her instagram follower started to realise the change they were judging her on her images. She claimed to the telegraph during a Skype interview  "suddenly i was this dumb bitch because I was showing my ass in pictures" which shows that people do judge people on what they see on social media, her followers judged her without actually knowing her which purely shows the strength of social media and how you are perceived.

My project has too be a printed document biased on cybernetic self, the time frame I have for this project is 4 weeks.

Week 1- idea generation
Week 2 - formalise and develop ideas
Week 3 - begin composing final output
Week 4 - refine and finalise

Primary Research Fonts

Exploring Serif and Sans Serif Fonts 

Serif

Serif fonts look very formal and elegant. These are the type of fonts you would use while typing a formal letter. I like serif fonts because of the smart elegant look.

Sans Serif

Sans serif fonts look playful and friendly. These are the type of fonts you would usually see on packaging and logos. I like the serif fonts because of the playful look. They look a lot more simple and seem easier to manipulate on indesign. 

Depending on my audience and the message i want to show depends on which type i decide too use. For a more approachable playful feel to my work i would choose sans serif and for a more informative serious feel i would use serif fonts.

My Project

For my project I would like to use a technique called projection mapping. I would like to show an audience a world of communication without social networking and electronic devices. I would like to project conversations on too pop up buildings to show that the "good old" conversation face too face in the street isn't bad.

Sense Of Place - Material Form and Sound

This weeks theme was Material Form and Sound. I decided to study Sound. I used my phone to voice record conversations in various places such as on the train, walking up streets and at social places such a pubs to pick up conversations that i could use in my projects. I listened too the voice recordings and wrote down the interesting parts of the convosation.

Sense Of Place - People Movement and Navigation

Our theme this week was people, movement and navigation. It was hard to Find work to fit into my idea for my concertina book. When i was in a convergence lecture i came across an artist that gave me a brilliant idea for my concertina book.

YSP Trip

Our Task Was too explore fringe, edges/ opposition and convergence. We visited Yorkshire Sculpture Park and some some amazing work from various artists. Here are some pictures i took whilst on my visit.

Sophie Ryder's "drawing" sculpture I found really interesting. It Showed Convergence Between Human and Rabbit but yet after a closer look had prints of objects such as a Camera, Hands, Toy cars and a various number of mechanical forms. 

Sense Of Place - Grids / Frames / Macro

The Theme this week was Grids / Frames / Macro.