WEEK 1: Do research on psychological tests
WEEK 2: Come up with logo for for zine/test, decide color scheme, settle on other thematic elements, start portfolio website
WEEK 3: subvert psychological test to my thesis. Format them into a user friendly medium. Finish first draft of website.
WEEK 4: Finish draft of zine/test. Refine website. Research portfolio packaging.
WEEK 5: FINAL SOLUTION PRESENTATION zine/test. finish website. Decide on portfolio packaging.
WEEK 6 : FINAL THESIS SOLUTION PRESENTATION AND CRIT
WEEK 7 : Finish and package portfolio
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
This is a interesting interview. But if you don't want to watch all ten minutes watch at 7 minutes 34 seconds. "My Mother was white. My Father was black. I have a sister who is half indonesian married to a chinese canadian"
Obama and I have a few things in common I grew up in Hawaii, so did I. His mother is white so is mine. We have family members of all colors. We are both subject to the racial perceptions of others. Look at the comments on that video. It is saddening that so many people blantantly ignore the fact that Obama is half white and call him a racist. Is he supposed to be racist against himself? It's ridiculous.
1) what are you doing? INTENTION
Creating a test (this might work better in flash) exploring the perception of mixed race individuals and relationships in 20th century america. This will be heavly based upon psychological tests.
2) why are you doing it? PURPOSE
We all are judged by our appearance. But this judgement is based upon concious and unconcious bias that we have no control of. I want to expose and explore this bias.
3) for whom are you doing it? TARGET AUDIENCE
I want to say everyone. But, really educated people who are unaware of their own biases.
4) how will you go about doing it? PROCESS
I have already done a lot of research on mixed race people in America. I would like to continue my research on this project by focusing on tests of perception. An example would be creating my own inkblot test.
Creating a test (this might work better in flash) exploring the perception of mixed race individuals and relationships in 20th century america. This will be heavly based upon psychological tests.
2) why are you doing it? PURPOSE
We all are judged by our appearance. But this judgement is based upon concious and unconcious bias that we have no control of. I want to expose and explore this bias.
3) for whom are you doing it? TARGET AUDIENCE
I want to say everyone. But, really educated people who are unaware of their own biases.
4) how will you go about doing it? PROCESS
I have already done a lot of research on mixed race people in America. I would like to continue my research on this project by focusing on tests of perception. An example would be creating my own inkblot test.
genevieve response from email
jen,
good project.
reword this into a concise and orderly statement please.
cut it to the basics:
1) what are you doing? INTENTION
2) why are you doing it? PURPOSE
3) for whom are you doing it? TARGET AUDIENCE
4) how will you go about doing it? PROCESS
one or two concise lines to explain each aspect.
thanks.
g.
good project.
reword this into a concise and orderly statement please.
cut it to the basics:
1) what are you doing? INTENTION
2) why are you doing it? PURPOSE
3) for whom are you doing it? TARGET AUDIENCE
4) how will you go about doing it? PROCESS
one or two concise lines to explain each aspect.
thanks.
g.
genevieve response from email
jen,
good project.
reword this into a concise and orderly statement please.
cut it to the basics:
1) what are you doing? INTENTION
2) why are you doing it? PURPOSE
3) for whom are you doing it? TARGET AUDIENCE
4) how will you go about doing it? PROCESS
one or two concise lines to explain each aspect.
thanks.
g.
good project.
reword this into a concise and orderly statement please.
cut it to the basics:
1) what are you doing? INTENTION
2) why are you doing it? PURPOSE
3) for whom are you doing it? TARGET AUDIENCE
4) how will you go about doing it? PROCESS
one or two concise lines to explain each aspect.
thanks.
g.
I would really like to continue my thesis that I
started in the last class about perceptions about race
and mixed race in america. This is issue has been
brought to the forefront of the american consciousness
by the candidacy of american politics. The media
consistently refers Obama as african american although
his family tree is as colorful as my own.
Through my own prior research I have landed on the
focus of perception. Everyone is a blank slate on to
which we all project our conscious and unconscious
biases. This has lead me to to the image of the
inkblot or rorschach tests. Scientifically they are
dubious, but the fact remains that people are still
expressing emotions, their perceptions, onto a
meaningless splatter of paint. I would like to draw
upon various psychological tests to forward my thesis.
I would like to use explore this opportunity to create
a thesis project both in book form. As I recently
started some basic bookbinding and through motion
graphics. I do not know after effects, but I see this
as the perfect opportunity to learn the program. I
think after effects would be a powerful medium with
which to explore this topic.
started in the last class about perceptions about race
and mixed race in america. This is issue has been
brought to the forefront of the american consciousness
by the candidacy of american politics. The media
consistently refers Obama as african american although
his family tree is as colorful as my own.
Through my own prior research I have landed on the
focus of perception. Everyone is a blank slate on to
which we all project our conscious and unconscious
biases. This has lead me to to the image of the
inkblot or rorschach tests. Scientifically they are
dubious, but the fact remains that people are still
expressing emotions, their perceptions, onto a
meaningless splatter of paint. I would like to draw
upon various psychological tests to forward my thesis.
I would like to use explore this opportunity to create
a thesis project both in book form. As I recently
started some basic bookbinding and through motion
graphics. I do not know after effects, but I see this
as the perfect opportunity to learn the program. I
think after effects would be a powerful medium with
which to explore this topic.
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Poor God
Poor God look what people have done in his name
From FindLaw.com:
In June 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a Negro woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. Shortly after their marriage, the Lovings returned to Virginia and established their marital abode in Caroline County. At the October Term, 1958, of the Circuit Court [388 U.S. 1, 3] of Caroline County, a grand jury issued an indictment charging the Lovings with violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. On January 6, 1959, the Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail; however, the trial judge suspended the sentence for a period of 25 years on the condition that the Lovings leave the State and not return to Virginia together for 25 years. He stated in an opinion that:
"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
That was only 50 years ago.
From FindLaw.com:
In June 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a Negro woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. Shortly after their marriage, the Lovings returned to Virginia and established their marital abode in Caroline County. At the October Term, 1958, of the Circuit Court [388 U.S. 1, 3] of Caroline County, a grand jury issued an indictment charging the Lovings with violating Virginia's ban on interracial marriages. On January 6, 1959, the Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail; however, the trial judge suspended the sentence for a period of 25 years on the condition that the Lovings leave the State and not return to Virginia together for 25 years. He stated in an opinion that:
"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
That was only 50 years ago.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
how fast can I finish a mini-thesis
I was thinking about my last post, and occured to me that there are two ways I can finish the thesis. One, devise an icon that has interantional meaning. Or, two, design a family crest. A famly crest that is cooler than colored stripes. The whole family crest/coat of arms idea came from iconography research. I remembered that in Catholic iconography three bees and the sun represent the Pope Urban VIII. He was kind of a douche, but he was a patron of Bernini.
Children of Men
watched Children of Men again last night. I really love that film. It speaks to so many problems in the world. The problems of global capitalism and the way that our un-intergrated cultures inflame our differences. Inflame our fear of other cultures and thus our fear of those who come from cultures other than ours, immigrants.
On the special features there is a debate about whether the is a problem of national and cultural identity. The divide between first and second generations of immigrant families. The first generation is acculturated to the culture of the native land. The second generation can either adopt both the new and old cultures.
The coming environmental collapse will accelerate the immigration problem and we will see a Katrina style disaster on a global scale. It's frightening for me to think about the what the world will be like by the time I am fifty. I can see a future where the refugees of global warming are treated as lesser human beings.
Again and again I see the solution as merging cultures. Human beings have been "immigrating" for centuries. First from Africa to the middle east, to asia and europe. Yet, this is such a small part of public school curriculum. We need to teach our kids more about the shared global history. And it should be thought in a way that shows how we are all linked not just by history but by the global economy.
I don't understand why it is so hard for people to develop a world culture. Or even a continental culture. When I was a kid we celebrated the holiday's of other cultures. I am not Japanese, but celebrated Boy's Day and Girl's Day. Why shouldn't children in American schools celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Bastille Day, and Chinese New Year.
I have been thinking about DeStijl. DeStijl was supposed to be a new international design style. In many ways it succeeded. But, created this cold cleanliness that has no reference to art history. Maybe we need to back pedal a little and create in a way that is informed by non-western art and design. If you look at art history there were so many simple icons which communicated something deeper than traffic signs.
I'm thinking about taking a stab at this. But, it is quite ambitious for just one weeks work.
Interviewed on featurette:
Fabrizio Eva
John Gray
Naomi Klein
James Lovelock
Saskia Sassen
Tzvetan Todorov
Slavoj Zizek
NOTE TO SELF
buy land in Alaska
On the special features there is a debate about whether the is a problem of national and cultural identity. The divide between first and second generations of immigrant families. The first generation is acculturated to the culture of the native land. The second generation can either adopt both the new and old cultures.
The coming environmental collapse will accelerate the immigration problem and we will see a Katrina style disaster on a global scale. It's frightening for me to think about the what the world will be like by the time I am fifty. I can see a future where the refugees of global warming are treated as lesser human beings.
Again and again I see the solution as merging cultures. Human beings have been "immigrating" for centuries. First from Africa to the middle east, to asia and europe. Yet, this is such a small part of public school curriculum. We need to teach our kids more about the shared global history. And it should be thought in a way that shows how we are all linked not just by history but by the global economy.
I don't understand why it is so hard for people to develop a world culture. Or even a continental culture. When I was a kid we celebrated the holiday's of other cultures. I am not Japanese, but celebrated Boy's Day and Girl's Day. Why shouldn't children in American schools celebrate Cinco de Mayo, Bastille Day, and Chinese New Year.
I have been thinking about DeStijl. DeStijl was supposed to be a new international design style. In many ways it succeeded. But, created this cold cleanliness that has no reference to art history. Maybe we need to back pedal a little and create in a way that is informed by non-western art and design. If you look at art history there were so many simple icons which communicated something deeper than traffic signs.
I'm thinking about taking a stab at this. But, it is quite ambitious for just one weeks work.
Interviewed on featurette:
Fabrizio Eva
John Gray
Naomi Klein
James Lovelock
Saskia Sassen
Tzvetan Todorov
Slavoj Zizek
NOTE TO SELF
buy land in Alaska
Sunday, July 29, 2007
some rough drafts
Okay picture 1 is black because it needs an image. The rest are section heads. I will choose one style of section head for the whole book/magazine. I just put a few different examples. I don't want all the section heads to be different.
Friday, July 27, 2007
From Democracy Now
AMY GOODMAN: Senator Akaka, can you tell us about your background, your family background, as illustrative of Hawaii, the population there?
SEN. DANIEL AKAKA: Yes. My family is a local family in Hawaii. My mother was pure Hawaiian. My dad was a mixture of Hawaiian and Chinese. His family came from Fukien, China, in the middle 1800s to Hawaii. And in those days the Chinese men married Hawaiian women. And this is where we come from. And my family now, I should tell you -- Millie and I have grandchildren, and in the grandchildren we have fourteen different bloods around the world. So this is how diverse Hawaii is becoming. And in the case of the Native Hawaiians, we want to bring parity and bring recognition to them and a relationship with the United States government.
SEN. DANIEL AKAKA: Yes. My family is a local family in Hawaii. My mother was pure Hawaiian. My dad was a mixture of Hawaiian and Chinese. His family came from Fukien, China, in the middle 1800s to Hawaii. And in those days the Chinese men married Hawaiian women. And this is where we come from. And my family now, I should tell you -- Millie and I have grandchildren, and in the grandchildren we have fourteen different bloods around the world. So this is how diverse Hawaii is becoming. And in the case of the Native Hawaiians, we want to bring parity and bring recognition to them and a relationship with the United States government.
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The Boise State running back who scored the winning points in the Fiesta Bowl, then proposed to his cheerleader girlfriend on national television, says he has hired security for their wedding because of racial threats.
Ian Johnson, who is black, and Chrissy Popadics, who is white, are due to be married Saturday in Boise.
Since his Jan. 1 proposal, Johnson said, he has received phone calls, letters and some personal threats from people who object to their marriage plans.
"You take it for what it is -- the less educated, the less willing to change," Johnson, 21, of San Dimas, Calif., told the Idaho Statesman for its Tuesday editions. "But we're not acting like we're naive to all the stuff that's going on. We know what's been said. We're going to make sure we're safe at all times. It's an amazing day for us, and we'd hate to have it ruined by someone."
"It's really sad because a lot of people that are probably doing it are the same people who were cheering me on," Johnson said.
A Boise State football spokesman, Todd Miles, said Tuesday that Johnson hoped to put the matter behind him and did not want to discuss it further. Popadics' family said she was not available.
At the Fiesta Bowl, Johnson used a "Statue of Liberty" play to score the winning two-point conversion as underdog Boise State beat the Oklahoma Sooners 43-42 in overtime. The Broncos ended their season 13-0.
Ian Johnson, who is black, and Chrissy Popadics, who is white, are due to be married Saturday in Boise.
Since his Jan. 1 proposal, Johnson said, he has received phone calls, letters and some personal threats from people who object to their marriage plans.
"You take it for what it is -- the less educated, the less willing to change," Johnson, 21, of San Dimas, Calif., told the Idaho Statesman for its Tuesday editions. "But we're not acting like we're naive to all the stuff that's going on. We know what's been said. We're going to make sure we're safe at all times. It's an amazing day for us, and we'd hate to have it ruined by someone."
"It's really sad because a lot of people that are probably doing it are the same people who were cheering me on," Johnson said.
A Boise State football spokesman, Todd Miles, said Tuesday that Johnson hoped to put the matter behind him and did not want to discuss it further. Popadics' family said she was not available.
At the Fiesta Bowl, Johnson used a "Statue of Liberty" play to score the winning two-point conversion as underdog Boise State beat the Oklahoma Sooners 43-42 in overtime. The Broncos ended their season 13-0.
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