Britglyph

Via another blog I am also taking part in 'Britglyph' - which can best be explained, (as described by one of the creators of the project) thus(!)-:

Since prehistoric times, humans have left their mark on the world around them by creating objects and markings to last the ages - and even perhaps to be seen from the vantage of the stars. There is a deep human desire to communicate with the mysterious, to leave something of ourselves in time, to make a mark and own a moment...if only to say 'I was here, I lived!' The designs on the Nazca plains, the Egyptian Pyramids, the Mayan pyramids, crop circles, hill figures and megaliths did just this - and were created with the pinnacle of that era's technologies.

This project will bring people together across the country to create a new kind of Geoglyph, one that will be created using the technologies available to us now.
If successful, we will have created the largest geoglyph of all time.

Sounds cool. To also take part go to Britglyph I think it starts on the 1st Dec until the 15th. Intriguing.........

City as a landscape

Possibility of collaborating with another MA student on an interactive art project. Will see how it pans out, but in the meantime I am still reading tons, filling up my sketchbook and looking at lots of stuff on the internet.
I found a link to the current Experimental Design exhibition in Amsterdam.
Their own take on the exhibition is this:

'For the first time in history the earth’s population is more urban than rural. This means that for most people on this planet, the city has become their natural habitat. When in this context we speak of growth and blossom, terrain and flow, or use other natural metaphors, we speak in fact of engineering, architecture and design. We talk about the city as a landscape, that we have created ourselves and continue to shape.'



I just thinks it sounds right up 'my street'. The Sunday Adventure Club also features Troika's sms guerilla projector.
I think the main thing in my project follows the same ideas and concepts - the freedom to view your 'image' and place within your city, town, village, room, however you feel without thinking of the constant external persona. I think it will mean that each individual takes a personal journey, and then creates a visual to allow for others to 'see' them as an individual.

The Notion of Space

Once again my session at Uni was really good - got presentations to deliver next week. Oh my! Anyway, this week I have enjoyed the stuff I found from Random International - including their interactive mirrors at the Royal Opera House and light sensitive paper exhibitions. I also found this little fella in the studio - a new friend for all!

Beginning to think I want to really get involved in our appreciation of image within the digital environment. Will look into this further and let you know what my findings are......

Fast & Dirty

Link to the 'Fast & dirty' stuff from the Lemon Tree at Peacock. Also enjoyed yesterdays presentations from Mat and Cat. Inspirational material. The people at 55 degrees have some really cool stuff particularly the bank of tv screens. Got some ideas ticking over.........

Poetics of space....

Started reading this book and really enjoying it. Asks questions about our visual and environmental experiences. Such as why when we imagine attic stairs we think of looking up at them, and cellar stairs as looking down them etc. Our research and methodologies lecture today also gave us food for thought. I like the idea of getting all this inner dialogue about my work out, and visually represent it. I've started keeping a reflective journal and also intend to keep a journal about everything I encounter in relation to my focus and body of work. I also want to be able to tie in this notion of personal space and my reflective teaching practice too, so will have a go at mind mapping some ideas to 'see' if the idea is actually there, and just needs teased out!

I also loved this BMW sculpture made out of lights at a recent exhibition. I appear to have a fascination with 'light' and motion. hmmmmm.