Free afternoon: we gleefully made an ugly garden statue even uglier. Continue
20.5.10
Check out the poems. Blood Orange Review : http://www.bloodorangereview.com/v5-1/v5-1.htm
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workin' on mapping ole home, adale. possible doing some studies/overlays. would really like to focus on new initiatives in the area. projects include a new fresh market, new public library, and newly renovated interiors along main street. super interested in design attempts at re-introducing walking culture in a rural southern town. Continue
12.5.10
architect/scenic designer/sculpture/genius
My favorite opera designer of the moment is George Tsypin. He was trained as an architect and now does opera design, sculpture, installations, etc etc. It's pretty obvious why I am attracted to his designs.
The designs are as follows (top to bottom): Theodora, The Flying Dutchman, and the Ring Cycle.
11.5.10
de goya, opera, and photoshop
This quarter, we are designing an opera, Rigoletto. The assignment is to realize one scene through model, draftings, etc and I chose the final scene because it is the most emotionally charged.
In the final scene Rigoletto is about to dump the body of the Duke into the river. When he hears the Duke singing in the distance, he opens the bag to realize that the dead body is not the Duke, but his daughter Gilda. Gilda had herself killed in the Duke's place because she is in love with him. When Rigoletto opens the body bag, she sings a beautiful aria for about 8 minutes (because what's an opera without some drama) and then dies.
This collage is my emotional response to the scene. My main source of inspiration was the work of Francisco de Goya. More to come.
For those of you who are UM - bound:
[clic pic] to see a gallery of the ruins of Detroit. Inspirational decay as your next-door neighbor. Explore itttttt. Continue
timeline/map of onondaga creek's channelization, from an extensive
(but slightly graphically inept) report + proposal from the onondaga environmental institute.
i'm so intrigued about how quiet this thing is. there really isn't that much excitement about what
these spaces could become/do for a city that's hardscaped five ways from sunday.
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10.5.10
digital media finale!
8.5.10
29.4.10
vintage photographs
In my costume history class we have been sharing old family portraits. Here is my Great Grandparents wedding portrait from 1935. Hand colored. Original frame.
Do you have any vintage family photos?
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27.4.10
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22.4.10
what $24 gets you in slocum hall
beaming after a successful (luck, not skill) 3-d print! need to take better pics ASAP. shade structure is 2" x 6".
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I'm so slack here.
All I do is sit in cafes and try to draw people before they leave. These were from yesterday, with 10 colors. My favorite subject is people asleep on the train. Continue
21.4.10
19.4.10
Studio Culture Documentary Short
So recently (today) I started conducting interviews, along with capturing other footage, of architecture students talking about the subject of 'studio culture.' I am working on a documentary short (with a little money from the clemson AIAS) on the subject that will be part of that discussion at Clemson. I interviewed about 7 or 8 students today but with all interviews, even with as much freedom as you give the person being interviewed, the questions frame the discussion....
....So I would love to get any input from you all, whether it be questions to ask students, opinions about things that could be improved, subject areas that would provide students a chance to open up, important events/moments that should be captured on film in order to describe studio, or anything else you can think of.
Here is a brief, but not exclusive, topical rundown that I use to frame the discussion with interviewees:
-Meaning of studio culture
-Uniqueness of Clemon studio culture
-Dedication level of an architectural education
-Time spent of projects
-Ownership level of student work
-Inter-student relations (collaboration, camaraderie, sense of community)
-Student-professor relationships (tenure professors vs. younger professors, clearness of expectations, grading policy, the power of the professor)
-The culture of criticism/reviews as unique to studio culture
-the fluid campus as integral part of Clemson studio culture
Another topic that keeps coming up, that I think is particularly interesting and important, is the ability of professors to grade harshly or for students to be kicked out in order to make room for students who really want to be in the program, that get stuck on waiting lists.
Also...I would like to get some interviews with you all - maybe just by video-chatting with a screen capture software. I think the idea of the discussion not just taking place in physical-clemson studio is important to the idea of studio culture. So let me know if you got something to say.
I will be posting segments from these interviews soon.
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....So I would love to get any input from you all, whether it be questions to ask students, opinions about things that could be improved, subject areas that would provide students a chance to open up, important events/moments that should be captured on film in order to describe studio, or anything else you can think of.
Here is a brief, but not exclusive, topical rundown that I use to frame the discussion with interviewees:
-Meaning of studio culture
-Uniqueness of Clemon studio culture
-Dedication level of an architectural education
-Time spent of projects
-Ownership level of student work
-Inter-student relations (collaboration, camaraderie, sense of community)
-Student-professor relationships (tenure professors vs. younger professors, clearness of expectations, grading policy, the power of the professor)
-The culture of criticism/reviews as unique to studio culture
-the fluid campus as integral part of Clemson studio culture
Another topic that keeps coming up, that I think is particularly interesting and important, is the ability of professors to grade harshly or for students to be kicked out in order to make room for students who really want to be in the program, that get stuck on waiting lists.
Also...I would like to get some interviews with you all - maybe just by video-chatting with a screen capture software. I think the idea of the discussion not just taking place in physical-clemson studio is important to the idea of studio culture. So let me know if you got something to say.
I will be posting segments from these interviews soon.
Continue
16.4.10
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