Project Title: (haven’t decided now) Team Members: Pam Wang, Owen Zhu III. Concept | Storyline: 1). Who are you going to interview? Or What is the piece (article, poem, story) for the narrative voiceover? Interview students in our school and construction workers in the city – mix the students’ opinions about construction sites and … Continue reading VM Proposal & Storyboard
The film is “A One and A Two”(or “YiYi”《一一》), directed by Edward Yang(杨德昌). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0244316/
The experience of reading Hito Steyerl’s article “The Uncertainty of Documentarism” was very surprising and inspiring for me. When I was a child, documentaries enabled me to learn about a wider world and think about a lot of different social and scientific topics. But as I grew up and was exposed to more genres … Continue reading Reading Response – The Uncertainty of Documentarism
Imagine(it seems like everyone has that experience) you are walking on a busy street along with stores, compounds, and urban landscapes, what kind of sound will you notice? For me, the sounds on the street appear like a comic strip, though always mixed together, they have a unique “linear order” as we walk through. Click … Continue reading Memory Soundscape
#1 I chose the colors red, blue, and yellow with low saturability, accompanied by grey for the first one. Some propaganda paintings inspired my usage of this red and blue or political comics, there are also elements from those works in this piece. (especially the fourth one, the sharp rectangles somehow look like two human … Continue reading Color and Atmosphere
Shooting process & initial concept I found the material from some rubbish that others threw away, a piece of transparent, glossy yarn. My friend accidentally put it on her head, and we found it really looks nice. This “kerchief-like” effect of the yarn made me think about the TV series “the handmaid’s tale”. So I … Continue reading Photo Diptych
notes from reading: photography developed, from a reliable trace of appearance to an initial sketch that could be repainted, as they can be restricted into pixels by computer technology has changed the format of photographs, which, I believe, enables photos to convey more information and meanings through the editing process. But I also believe that … Continue reading In Our Own Image
As a durable and useful writing tool, the fountain pen can be considered an important invention in the history of communication. And there are some small-scale but delicate technologies involved in fountain pens. We create this plaque to show the technology of the fountain pen: To explain this system to aliens, we try to jump … Continue reading Pioneer Plaque
The inspirations of the color schemes are some of my favorite films.
the English translation of the lyrics: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/k%C5%ABd%C5%8D-desu-hollow-me.html clips of the lyrics: ぼくの心をあなたは奪い去った 俺は空洞 でかい空洞 全て残らずあなたは奪い去った 俺は空洞 面白い バカな子どもが ふざけて駆け抜ける 俺は空洞 でかい空洞 いいよ くぐりぬけてみな 穴の中 どうぞ 空洞 You took my heart away from me1 I’m a hollow, big hollow You took everything away from me I’m hollow, it’s funny Stupid kids run around fooling around I’m … Continue reading Sound Visualization