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the film groups
hey guys, what are we doing about partners/groups for the film? has everybody already chosen the people they're going to work with? i think it would be good to randomly select like helen suggested. what does everyone think? it would be a nice primer to get to know everyone before detroit when we wont be able to get away from each other! haha.
so it might be a little late for this but i'd thought i'd post a little project synopsis anyways.
comparing and contrasting skymall, somewhat looking down on the ideas behind skymall because of its biase towards the "wealthy, affluent" class of travellers, and becoming very interested in Kelly's questions, i thought about how my hometown of Upton, Mass. is a perfect example of a non-commercial society that functions beautifully and successfully.
I think we have become brainwashed to understand that we might not be able to survive without these aspects to our lives, the commercial products, businesses, and ideas. through Upton, we see this is completely untrue.
i was inspired by Kelly's photographs in his travells throughout Asia.
i decided to explore photography, and the need to create "awareness" of the functionality and success of Upton. i want to "spread the word". so the photos turned into postcards that i would send out to create this awareness. this led me to fluxus
i became extremely interested in the art of fluxus, and mail art was so intriguing. to enable a full boomerang effect of mail art, i created 25 questions of my own, inspired by Kelly, that would apply to the more modern day person, but also some things that only residents of Upton would know. i proceeded to interview residents that i knew, documenting age and occupation, and comparing and contrasting their answers. the postcards have now become a tool not only to create awareness, but also for others to answer the same questions the Upton residents had answered and then they must follow the directions and return the postcard to me.
experimentation was huge for me.
you'll see.
i also created a fluxkit for the home of the returned postcards as well as for other items that are sensory mechanisms for Upton.
comparing and contrasting skymall, somewhat looking down on the ideas behind skymall because of its biase towards the "wealthy, affluent" class of travellers, and becoming very interested in Kelly's questions, i thought about how my hometown of Upton, Mass. is a perfect example of a non-commercial society that functions beautifully and successfully.
I think we have become brainwashed to understand that we might not be able to survive without these aspects to our lives, the commercial products, businesses, and ideas. through Upton, we see this is completely untrue.
i was inspired by Kelly's photographs in his travells throughout Asia.
i decided to explore photography, and the need to create "awareness" of the functionality and success of Upton. i want to "spread the word". so the photos turned into postcards that i would send out to create this awareness. this led me to fluxus
i became extremely interested in the art of fluxus, and mail art was so intriguing. to enable a full boomerang effect of mail art, i created 25 questions of my own, inspired by Kelly, that would apply to the more modern day person, but also some things that only residents of Upton would know. i proceeded to interview residents that i knew, documenting age and occupation, and comparing and contrasting their answers. the postcards have now become a tool not only to create awareness, but also for others to answer the same questions the Upton residents had answered and then they must follow the directions and return the postcard to me.
experimentation was huge for me.
you'll see.
i also created a fluxkit for the home of the returned postcards as well as for other items that are sensory mechanisms for Upton.
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