An animation I worked on with Tim Haynes.
“I Love You” from jjohn on Vimeo.
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A second attempt at telling a minimalist story. This one didn’t go so well. I need to go back and redo the timing.
This is a response to the tree museum. I felt it was good in theory, but failed in practice. Though I did enjoy a nice bottle of wine there after I stopped trying to find tiny little plaques.
Here’s an animation I worked on, telling a story while trying to use very few elements.
Got some good feedback on this. Let’s call this version 1. The next step will be to re-order some of the elements, clean up others and re-do certain pictures to centralize the importance of the potato as the main source of conflict. Just as soon as I have some free time…
Here is a story told from 3 different perspectives. Carlos y Linette.
Ware ye, the faint at heart, this piece doth contain no small amount of profanity.
Duration: 6:13.
Here’s a video I made which tries to show terror / sadness through forms.
The sounds are from freesound.org.
This video was inspired by these prints by Angela Chen.
A fanfic based on Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.
Thinking up and writing this was alot of fun and I had to do alot of research (about the victorian era especially). Not sure I captured the feeling I wanted but overall, I’m happy with it so far. I kind of want to expand it and expand Kurtz more.
Reminscing about Kurtz
“It has come to my attention recently that there has been a bit of a fuss regarding the death of one Mr. Kurtz. Quite frankly, I believe the management up at Central is making a big deal over a small matter… as usual; though I must admit that the shock of the news, once received, caused me to spill my tea on my morning paper.”
My uncle shifted in his seat as he reached to pour us both new cups. The lavender scent of the tea hung in the air as he performed the task. Uncle was, in this, as in all things, very careful. Watching him pour tea seemed somehow very ceremonious and I took the time to examine him again. It had been some 3 years since we had last seen each other and receiving a summons to come visit him was, though unexpected, a pleasant surprise.
response to converg/culture chap 1, 4 & 5
Posted by jelani | Collective Storytelling, ITP | No CommentsI had no idea such a community of spoilers existed. It was rather startling for me, for whom a spoiler is generally a frowned upon thing. However, given the amount of speculation that goes on over any given popular thing on the internet, it doesn’t seem like that great a leap for there to be another group of people who just “have to know.”
The struggle that corporations have with their intellectual property being dealt with in whatever manner a fans sees fit will probably never go away as long as they’re interested in making money. Both groups feel a strong sense of entitlement. I’m on the side of the fans as long as they’re not trying to make money off of someone else’s work. As long as that’s the case, who cares really what they’re up to?
Here’s a light sculpture I worked on with Nahana. We were looking at the ideas of free will vs determinism as well as Plato’s cave.
The title is The Life of a Man.
As for the readings…
So the manifesto was kind of wierd. I couldn’t tell wether it was real or meant as a joke. It was hard to tell really and in either case I couldnt really take it too seriously with that harsh red background.
The zedenik reading was alright. It provided an interesting look into the life and work of a kinetic artist and a few of the problems he faced.
When thinking of recontextualizing images, the first thing to came to mind was (de)motivationals. So here’s a few with an ITP theme.
I decided to do a 6 word story and 55 word story as those seemed alot more challenging than a 400 word story. I’ve always been a fan of getting as much information across as consisely as possible, but sometimes… it’d difficult. Especially choosing a topic.
6 word story
Surrounded by friends: my first kiss.
55 word story
A day in the life
These things happened:
“Would you like to tango?”
She said no.
Came up with a plan.
She said no.
I spent. several. hours. drawing. . . a picture.
She said no.
Shaved.
Brushed my teeth.
Showered.
Deodorant AND lotion.
She said no.
Met my boss. We brainstormed “the situation.”
She said no.
Except, not in that order.
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