Day 17: (Tue Oct 22) Project Grouping, Critical Path¶

Notes for 2019-10-22. See also the Fall 2019 Calendar.

Notes from Day 16¶

Sorry if the discussion seems to wander, but we are at the crux of the class: how can we create meaning using behavior and form?

Assignments
- Due today: Exercise: Project Test.
- Related reading: https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/jerry-saltz-how-to-be-an-artist.html
In-class
- Subject matter vs content.
- Quick content review.
- Forming groupins.
- Starting the next experiments.

This is somewhat reductive, please forgive my presumption:

Abel	form	sequential shadow story
	subject	creatures in a world
	content	(essentially a purely formal proposal)

Avi	form	four walls of backlit scrims
	subject	positive emotions
	content	don’t worry, be happy

Ben	form	central spotlight with robots around it
	subject	shy robots dancing in the dark
	content	furtive solidarity in the darkness of our unthinking robot overlords

Elton	form	sequential shadow story
	subject	the triumph of capitalism
	content	our current financial system is a force of nature

Jessica	form	simultaneous coordinated robots (assembly line)
	subject	the factory line at work
	content	tenacity and resilience of the team in tension

Mingchi	form	sequential shadow story
	subject	the person and the shadow
	content	we are following shadows of dreams, of memories, of expectations

Sam	form	stretched, backlit scrim with robots touching it
	subject	robot stretching fabric
	content	the claustrophic entrapment of our machines seeking to rend our flesh

Sana	form	a walk-through gallery of performing maquettes
	subject	the village at work doing what they do best
	content	the essential joy of daily life

Tom	form	sequential shadow story, co-projected
	subject	the rise and fall of civilization
	content	the grandiose sweep of civilization leading to the glorious and inevitable end

Ying	form	sequential action and shadow, arranged in ring
	subject	learning social behavior
	content	we are but bricks in the arch, until we fall into another arch

A candidate conceptual clustering:

A candidate formal clustering:

shadow story	Abel, Mingchi, Ying
a story	Elton, Tom, Jessica
comprehensive installation	Ben, Avi, Sam, Sana