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In class lately, we've been analyzing this and diagramming that, none of it "real" per se. Lest I fall behind, here is a slew of my recent projects.
This first one is for a class called Mythology and Meaning. We were tasked with watching a film and breaking it down for its mythic qualities. I got Man on Wire and rather than explain everything, I'm linking to my documents about it. We also made infographics and images to represent the myths we found most prominent in the stories. Look! It's blue!
For my presearch class we have done a few things. One is a sample abstract for a conference but I feel funny posting that assignment since, although it explains and refines my thesis topic, it also presumes I'm going to do something amazing and worthwhile with my thesis topic. I'm not convinced of that yet (though I imagine it will be a good experience for me) so I'm not posting it. But our last assignment involved taking an object that related to our thesis topic, breaking it down and redesigning it. My object was Google Reader and my redesign was fairly shallow. I like the photos of the puppies, however, and the breakdown of its functions and the new opportunity space created by aggregating the aggregates is interesting, if a little redundant. I think, perhaps, the next step in organization of information is a sideways or diagonal step instead of a straight forward step.
Here's the pdf of that presentation, though. Puppies! They're in there.
The last project I've been working on is for a class called Futurism. It's fun. I am projecting an image of a cat onto a cardboard cut out of a cat which spins on a lazy Susan. I also took goofy pictures of myself depicting six basic emotions and have been talking with people doing some really interesting work in the texture of emotion and a kind of digital synesthesia (I mentioned it before - Synesketch).
I don't know how well I explain it in the presentation papers but essentially my idea is a textural manifestation of emotion as a stepping stone into volumetric display. So I called it Volumetric Tactile Display but who knows what that means anyway. Essentially I wanted to make invisible things physical by giving them a physical feeling. I kept pushing and pushing though and of course I ended up with shared emotional experiences (in a NON creepy way). Future thoughts always lead to a certain level of creepiness. I wonder if we are permanently hovering over the edge of the uncanny valley.
I should also say that I am exhausted and haven't had much sleep lately hence the lack of posts and the rather stochastic (can I even say that?) tone of this post. I'm home now and I'm so going to eat an ice cream sandwich and watch Star Trek. It's on.
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