#projectstart

Start of final Semester 

in terms of project theme for this final module I am going to slight change my current theme but keep with the same elements , in the previous module I explored verbal sexual harassment and although the topic has been very interesting and something I have felt passionate about I keep coming up against the issue of people now understanding how my material links to my theme so instead I would like to simplify the theme in order for my practical to be the voice , as for my theme I am going to look at perception , this idea came to me when reading  ways of seeing by John Berger in the book he talks about reproduction and how when piece of work is reproduced its meaning changes , depending on how its viewed and how accessible it has become , for example wether it is viewed on a iPhone vs Gallery the surroundings of the work can imply its meaning as well which means its all about perspective , this then got me thinking about my current practice of working with live flowers , there life is like a ticking time bomb the perspective changes every second of every minute as they constantly change but what if their was a way of capturing them in their best form in the way of reproduction but in a more immortal material which then got me thinking about tissue paper ...... tissue paper is a light delicate material very similar to flower petals , when both surfaces are wet they become soft and easy to tear , they are both light materials , and they are of similar density ( very thin) , flowers are made up of layers of petals , tissue paper is made up of layer of microscopic thin paper , which has led me to the idea of using the material to re create floral forms , but this is something I would need to research into maybe on somewhere like youtube as there will be tutorials I can follow.

is any of my research from last year of use to current ?

absolutely yes especially my artist research which I will be revisiting especially the work of artist Rebecca Louise Law as she has been an artist of huge influence to my practice whilst I have been working with flowers .

whats no longer no good ?

For this first project, we are supposed to explore and experiment with a material (the analog joystick) and a topic (bodily skill). We started of with trying to find alternatives for the joystick in real life (a segway, an airboard, skiing etc), what kind of movements are involved (tilting, spinning?) and what we felt the joystick “was like” (cursive writing, calligraphy, balance). For the bodily skill, we went with the cursive writing.

At this time though, we found out that we were not supposed to focus on a specific skill but more on a phenomena (like the two I presented in the last post) in bodily skill. Thinking of questions like “How is it that we get better at something”, “What is changing” and “How does the world change when developing a new skill” for example. From here we got in to how one teaches the skill of cursive writing. What is needed for the skill to be acquired? From own experience and some googleing we know that worksheets with different levels are used. Lined paper, super-lined paper and tracing letters. What we also need to acquire the skill, or at least what we have used to acquire the skill, is a pen (here we need to learn how to hold the pen, where to put our fingers, deciding the pressure of the fingertips towards the pen and the pressure towards the paper and so on).

Great blog post with a slide deck that helps you start your next project. 

The Agile Inspection Deck helps you to setting up-front expectations and answer these questions:

Why are we here?

What are we building?

Product Box: Team Building 

What are we not building?

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My 2 cents

I am not sure about putting the architecture on this slide deck, as I am a big fan of Evolving Architecture. But it might help to say: “Hey, Initially we thought of the architecture as X, look what we have now!” ;-)