Wonder Women NOTES — 24 JANUARY 2010
IDEA OF CONNECTEDNESS : ASSIMILATION
transformation as a process. recreation. ideas of intention. sense of purpose.
generating work. healing. implementing ideas, bringing the experience.
marrying spaces. continuity and space. technology bridge.
affection of the space.
rescuing. globalization. colonization.
How will viewer experience your experience? Our responsiveness to growth? How can we discuss communication dictate the experience? Consider transformation as a process.
Relational Cultural Theory
Feminists developed a community who’s core is empathy and connectedness. Not to create independent selves but to develop a sense of communication through art. Ideas of negation also create a sense of community.
ALIEN
multiple identities the shape your work
GROUP B: (ten min session)
Pam – hour video blog each day throughout residence. formulated discussions on duality and understanding.
Diary is the installation. Calendar of days 3 -5 minutes of dialog. Thing a day. Pam’s History Month.
ref. Nina Khachaturian – artist who adopts her parents accent on video.
Roxana – pin hole camera. will run a tutorial on how to make this camera with a polaroid back.
Sonali – complete purchase lists. videos on content and affect. technology marrying Indian culture.
tiny solar panels sewn on fabric to light an LED. Prototype sketch.
ref. Anthony Dunn (Royal Academy in London) conceptual and complex theories translated through image
Lizzy – ordinary shots of everyday jobs. start with ironing. Lizzy set up the process for the portrait with her mom during the domestic process.
ref. Willie Cole, uses iron as a medium
Willa – display traditionally over a doorway. Noren hang alongside lanterns that guide the passage for the ghosts.
one color silk screen. reminiscent of the Japanese flag.
GROUP A:
Holly – Baking a huge salt piece, strain water to form a shape. add food coloring to show water damage.
controlling the pour, what does the water represent? what does the pour represent?
contribution to change. interactive installation.
diluted family life. composition. tackle scale to control drip.
transformation from structural to organic. starting with an obvious shape that leads to a type of erosion.
ref. Orozco – ceramic shapes.
Giana – focus is happiness and the medium is water. essential to the economy, the Panama Canal.
Agua de Carnaval, Energy Drink – Krrnaval – branding a culture (Panama) through packaging.
creating a truth where there is no truth.
-bottle. label. content.
Agnes – bridging mom’s aesthetic with her own. geometric vs organic. meaning.
Anjelika – draping sari as western clothes. corset. t-shirt.
deconstructing the sari down to the jean and tshirt look. hybrid.
why is it okay to show the belly?
ref. Megan Nicolau, published book about 500 ways to make a tshirt. 2009 imitation of louis vuitton.
