A new permanent work by Berlin-based artist Aram Bartholl at the Thomas Leeser-designed Museum of The Moving Image in Queens, New York bridges the gap between digital and physical space, challenging the intangibly of today’s world of cloud computing and instant downloads by adding a sense of materiality to data-transfer. Engaging a medium that is quickly becoming as outdated as the Laser Disc, DVD Dead Drop, a slot-loading DVD burner embedded in the exterior wall of the museum is ready to burn you a hand-picked digital art exhibition, media collection, or another piece computerized content curated by Bartholl. Just insert a blank DVD-R and let the art begin.
http://blog.archpaper.com/wordpress/archives/56029#more-56029
The archivists requested a donkey, but what they got from the mayor’s office were four wary black sheep, which, as of Wednesday morning, were chewing away at a lumpy field of grass beside the municipal archives building as the City of Paris’s newest, shaggiest lawn mowers.
http://nyti.ms/Y07DTT
It was fortunate that we were at about half the class this past Tuesday. It felt like the first time we weren’t rushed to talk about your work.
Folks who came to class this week are excused from class discussion this coming Tuesday — however, I do want you to come for Megan’s lunchtime lecture at noon.
Those who want feedback on their progress may come anyway or post updates to the website. For those who were not in class last Tuesday, come to class prepared to talk (and show!) progress on your projects and where you think you’ll end up by the end of the semester.
If you’ve finished proposals, post them to the website for the class and myself to review.
If there are any questions, don’t be afraid to ask.
–John
Current Project
How does this thing start? What are the initial conversations? How far down the road are you?
How does the economics work?
The Suspended Room
Resourcefulness
Do you see sculpture moving out of your work and video taking over?
Where does the Japanese influence come in (e.g. the Japanese tea house in the bolder project)?
Mies Book
Is there something about Detroit that bring this work out in you?
Is the Van de Rohe book a comment on that?
Is it a model for what could be or could have been? Would the Corbu vision have been good for Detroit?
Could you speak to your relationship with architects?
It seems like you made the book speak specifically to the people who live in Lafayette Park. There’s a real beauty in speaking from the vantage point of a non-specialist. It says in form what you want to say in content.
Do you feel like there’s a finite number of designer-friendly grants or did you have to look to places that usually wouldn’t give grants to designers?
Greetings all,
Tuesday we have our lunchtime conversation at 10am. Danielle will talk about the book she had published by Metropolis along with a slew of in-progress projects, for which she is seeking grant funding. It should be practical and inspiring. Look up her work at danielleaubert.com … I’ll bring the two books I have of hers. At the bottom of this email is her response to my email asking for her proposal for Metropolis.
Given the 10am start, and the fact that I have to leave at 12pm to be part of a search interview for furniture, I am going to arrive at 8am on Tuesday and meet with folks individually for the first two hours. I posted a sign-up sheet on the website so you can add your name as an individual or as a group (take up more than one slot as a group). I want to make sure everyone is truly in a project or a proposal at this point. It felt rushed last week, as it may a bit this week. I am also available on Monday mornings from 10-12:30p at 204 Westminster, 3rd Floor.
The hour after Danielle’s talk we can recap her talk as well as discuss book proposals. Michael Carabetta will be with us the following week to review proposals.
I have posted my Hobo proposal, a grant proposal for a type specimen project and an emailable deck for venture capitalists in a post on the website. It is a private post, so you’ll need to log in to see them.
I have also added a new “call” at the Granoff Center. There is a proposal in the email done by a former RISD March student.
Hope you have a good weekend.
-John
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RISD MArch 2012 Greg Nemes shared a proposal he put together to use the projectors at the Granoff Center at Brown. He said they are open to projects that use the seating areas in the stairwell as well as the projectors overhead.
Edit this post and add your name:
8am
8:15am
8:30am Anne and Jennifer
8:45am
9:00am Carly
9:15am Anther and Ali (and Justin?)
9:30am Jay. Carlos. Daniel.
9:45am Jay. Carlos. Daniel.
10-11am Danielle Conversation
11-12pm Group recap of Danielle and book proposal discussion
12:15(?) Kaveh
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Each year, GdNyc offers a fellowship to graphic design students, which supports the research, design, and publication of a collaborative design research project. The fellowship provides a modest stipend, advisory support, and a production budget to publish research findings. Upon completion of the project, students will have an opportunity to lead distribution and publicity of the project in consultation with GdNyc.
Safar 7 Urban Landscape Lab
Ceation of a scaled model at studio x
Were you able to distinguish your own identity as a form or as an aesthetic from the project?
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