February 15, 2005
Lisa Bulawsky: Point of Reference for Project
The assignment was
"After spending time at the kiosk and reading the notes, decide what's most important to you and find at least one example of public space interactive media that exemplifies it."
Well, this is not digitally interactive, but it does embody something I would like to see in our own project. In my google search, I came upon Lisa Bulawsky, an artist who did a number of installations on campuses, once being Operation Pandemic Joy (isn't that name great?).
"Operation Pandemic Joy was conceived of as a full-scale, multi-media propaganda campaign that promoted joy. The methods and aesthetics of government war posters and billboards as well as World War II public service announcements and propagandistic material were important sources for the development of this project. Much of that source material focused on participation and citizenship investment in the national effort."
My instinct with this project (as always) was to do something "right." Something that reflected what we think IS present on campus, but ignored. But, in sitting around the kiosk pondering the question "what does this kiosk see all day?" I realized that the energy around the kiosk is pretty dull. Maybe a bad improv show occasionally? Crazy antics around tommy trojan? Trashed game-goers on a football Saturday? USC's campus can be a waste at times of rich bored kids with empty aspirations, and that's what *I* see when I'm in that area. I'm reminded of my first year here, when I would meet up with an old friend of mine from Richmond who was attending USC, and we would meet for lunch just around the corner from the kiosk and watch the over-dressed parade.
Instead, I would like to create a work that embodies qualities that maybe we WANT, or think SHOULD BE in that area, similar to what Bulawsky communicated in her Joy series. Or, at the very least, I would like to not ignore either the yin or the yang of our student body, if that makes sense.
Find out more about Lisa here.
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February 04, 2005
Blinkenlights
Games using a mobile phone and building lights:
via near near future
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January 13, 2005
Welcome!
Yes we have a blog. Thanks Justin, for speed.
All 542 students have write authority. Let's get crazy with categories.
Enjoy and work hard!
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