To begin in Thursdays class we spoke in groups about our developed intuitive maps and gravitational pulls. Talking about the maps was useful in terms of generating ideas and seeing how what we were looking at conveyed to others. It was able to help clarify what was important in the space for me and what... Continue Reading →
Week 2 – Part One: Observing/Participating
At the end of week 1 we were given the brief for part one: Observing/Participating. Our first task was to choose a social space to observe/participate and visit, We were to assign a few words from the list to this space to help us in our observations. We also were assigned a reading by Georges... Continue Reading →
Week 1 – Three Social Spaces
Our task for Thursday class was to choose three social spaces and assign them 2-3 words from the list on the paper guide (Dancing, Roving, Assembling, Exchanging, Occupying, Placing, Joining, Eating, Protesting, Staging, Wearing, Relaxing)After choosing our three spaces we were to visit each site to take notes and images/drawings. The three spaces I choose... Continue Reading →
Week 1 – Everybody in the place
Starting back in studio this semester we began by going over the brief "Everybody in the place". Split into three parts (Observing/Participating, Intervening/Interfering and Originating/Founding) this brief has a strong focus on looking at the relationships within a space and of the space itself. We began by discussing what is a "social space":- a space... Continue Reading →