Week 7&8
Week 7
UNIT 2 – RESEARCH PAPER SUBMISSION ↴
Feedback from the previous tutorial
(Analytic feedback is also written in the page/post Δ3: Week6)
“You have a clearer sense of ‘method’ now that allows you to produce more work, and it also opens the possibility of refining your process over time and through reflection. this ‘method’ considers how you ‘find’ or ‘discover’ content as well as the formal gestures that connect the various narratives together.“
Narratives still tend to be told very abstractly, placing the emphasis on bigger ‘concepts’ or ‘meaning’. What if the stories were actually ‘grounded’, that is, more directly connected to the spaces you walked in/through? That might allow the bigger ‘concepts’ or ‘meaning’ to come across in a more nuanced, sophisticated way.
In the tree narrative, you use ‘questions’ as a rhetorical device… why? Can you articulate what sort of relationship this creates between you and the reader?
Can you define what diagramming is for you? How do I define it? How it works for me? (The role of diagramming in my work.)
“In my work, I define diagramming as a method that breaks the boundaries between the classic format of diagrams and illustrations. It is something in between; a simplified design/drawing that consists only of black shapes, lines, and text, and can be interpreted either in one specific or more ways, depending on its type, its visual appearance/structure, and the information provided.” (Excerpt from my research paper.)
+ More feedback
It would be good to focus on the actions that will produce the content of the story (not the structure of the story, and how this will develop).
Use diagrams to clarify something that is not shown in the image. Don’t describe exactly what is in the image. How can you use the material itself to make a story? Give attention to the details, these will form the story.
How can I embrace the subjectivity (personal approach) of my project but at the same time make functional diagrams? I can maybe add more information (KEY). Having similar patterns in all stories will train the reader in how to perceive the story/diagrams).
Speaking to something specific, not the big issue/theme. Attention to details, the specific road, etc.
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Studio work
This week I have worked on the same four stories I have worked on last week, trying to analyse some photos more. I have worked more on the second story (trash) which was the least finished the previous week. The fifth and final story is still in progress (not in the pdf above).
My focus point now is to focus on the diagrams that will form the story; trying to focus on details (not making broad stories).
5 printed booklets (A5 size) – Print and binding workshops booked at CSM (Thursday and Friday, November 25 & 26 – D109).
20 pages each booklet.
Stock papers at CSM + Already ordered my own light gray paper 80gsm and I will decide).
Have a look at the stories (work in progress), here:
booklet 1
booklet 2
booklet 3
booklet 4
booklet 5 (in progress)
Feedback
No need to include the introduction in the books!
It is better not to overlap information; less information in each spread makes the story more open to interpretation.
There is no need for restating what we already saw and read. One time is enough. (Careful narrative-type decisions). + No need to explain too much, the joke will be ruined.
Questions:
What experiences are you building?
Are the booklets numbered? Why?
Seeing them altogether or not? (Gestalt thinking)
What’s coming next?
Be open. Don’t reach the conclusion/ending. Leave open questions. Engage with the work, don’t leave the battle (I can use the symposium slides to do this).
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Week 8 – Studio Work
Browsing stores for inspiration. Booklets and zines.
Favourite place to be!
This week have continued working on my studio work. The booklets are taking their final form (I will soon print, super excited); I have made changes based on the feedback and comments I got during the previous weeks. Let’s see:
– New size: 12*21cm
Book covers↴
– The map of each walk (with times, etc.) will now be at the end of each booklet, this way the reader will not know what to expect/ take a glimpse at the story.
– I have removed the introductory paragraph (no need to explain what I am doing, the process, and the book/story, speaks itself).
– No clear numbering of the books. I have introduced a different way to show somehow the number of the book which is not clear (using lines and not exact numbers). This way, there is an order (based on the day of each walk) but at the same time, the order can change according to other factors. – Viewing the books/stories as a whole thing, or individually?
First spread with ‘numbers’ (1,4), no introductory paragraph↴
Have a look at the booklets here:
Symposium Slides
I have also started working on my Symposium slides/ Presentation. Click here for more↴