Harmless Studios

Currently an academic work by Anthony Yates.

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Prototypes

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These are what i suggested we base our work on

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Fashion - PA

Actions speak louder then words, i paid attention this time.

We covered Locking, Breaking and Crump.

We even performed some, i am not made for dancing. At all.

Group notes

Group has the entire project locked down. As i am no artist all i could provide was a framework but they did the rest.

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Fashion - CW

Gonna be real honest here, i really wasn’t paying attention in this one. As a fat dude (my fault) I have no interest in something I cannot partake in.

When the conversation went from describing your own style I zoned so far out i could have been shot and i wouldn’t have noticed.

Group notes:

Talked to the group about the works and made practice formats but i’m no artist.

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Indigeneity - PA

Chuki Dancers - Native dancers using a synth track have toured the world.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-MucVWo-Pw

Black Comedy - Australian Sketch comedy, written and performed by Australian Natives

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMp4UVXFUtI

I’m really bad at keeping notes.

Group Notes

So figured the format we should present our piece, 6 images one for each of us as a hero and one with all of us. 

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Enviroment - PA

Studio Ghibli - Nausicaa and the Valley of the Wind and Princess Mononoke have important environmental messages that cover how we interact with it.

Micheal Jackson - Earth Song, one of his most powerful music videos.

Exercise: Interact with a piece of the environment, man made or natural. I proposed a performance based on the line of benches against the wall next to the cafeteria.

Group notes:

Sufira has left to get married. We are now five.

I just realize i haven't posted our group name, we are little BIG Roku.

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Presentation Script

Heres the presentation script

We’ve come to a very interesting time in media. Stories of Heroes and exceptional persons from series long running have become the most profitable franchises in the world.

The likes of Batman and the Avengers have convinced folks to forfeit billions of dollars.

These stories don’t just appeal to the young white male market anymore, but reach across gender, cultural and age demographics.

But why? Why would folks in funny costume with various abilities stopping threats of widely different levels be so popular?

The answer is rather simple and pretty universal. It’s about the idealised self.

Power, intelligence, charisma, a drive to help others and for some...Fame.

We wanted to go back to the original format and and show others our idealised selves.

We will create 6 original characters and present them in Variant cover format for a fictional comic book bearing our teams name.

“little BIG Roku”

We will present said covers as a wall display with seven images One with each cover and a combined piece. Hopefully around A3 size.

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Environment - VA

Robert Smithson - Builds environmental art with materials from its own enviroment.

Cristo -  curtained a whole valley. Gave islands skirts. Covered Pont Neuf in fabric. Covered a castle in the same way. Very impressive.

Chris Booth - builds structures that compliant the environment that they are in

Richard Orjis - Separated a section of grass and allowed it to grow independent of the rest of yard. Got mowed :(

Lisa Crowley - Photographer that captures environmental devastation

Eve Armstrong - Junk artist. Makes art with junk

John Wolesly - Lets nature paints for itself

Group notes 

Presentation time is upon soon, i’ll deal with it

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Women’s First - Creative Writing

Patricia Grace & Robin Kahukiwa - Wahine toa - About Maori and Pacific goddesses 

Haunani-Kay Trask - Volcano goddesss, Pele from the Hawaiian pantheon.

Our own dear Tusiata Avia’s  Bloodclot - her take on Nafanua, Goddess of War from the Samaon Patheon

Rosanna Raymond - Poetry and performance in direct opposition to the racist stereotype of dusky maidens

Jacq Carter - Whose poetry is present in Whetu Moana 

Selina Tusitala Marsh - Spoken word poem “Fast Talking P.I” (dont like it)

Sharon Olds - Pulitzer winning poet 

Group notes 

Failed to meet, Plenty of time though

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Women’s First - Visual Arts

Jacqueline Fahey - New Zealand artist who did surrealist Suburban Art

Alexis Hunter - A photographer and painter whose painting are inspired by feminist theory

Emily Karaka - An Artist whose work is inspired by Maori rights struggle

Gil Hanly - A photographer whose work caused controversy as she caught candid moments of Maori in domesticity

Frances Mary Hodgkins - New Zealand landscape painters

Dame Doreen Blumhardt - Famous artistic potter

Ema Tavola - a writer, curator and advocate for Pacific Art and Artists

Group notes:

I meet every everyone from my group, this’ll be pretty interesting

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New group

last year i was in a group that went from 3 to 2, where i did most of the work.

This year i’m in a group of 6 people, all visual artist except myself. I figure we’ll have to do a comic or something, it could be fun, I hope it’s fun.

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Haiku at the Crossroad - Orange - Alley

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Haiku at the Crossroads - White - Park

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Haiku at the Crossroads - Blue - Cul de sac 

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My piece, in all its mediocre glory. This was an interesting ride which i have no intention of ever doing again.

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Reactions to my peers

So, i cant put reactions to everyone but i can do most, i missed a few because i wasn't there. Also some of these group names might be wrong. They aren't listed in the order they performed.

Six+one-four

This was a very well performed piece trying to show karma in peoples lives and how people choices can effect those around them. The ending you could see coming a mile away but it was fine. The uses of lighting and the competence of the crew themselves is highly commendable.

Sharkbait

This is possibly one the most interesting outcomes i saw. A choreographed shadow show with 4 people. it was visually very interesting and the sound came across very well. The vocals mostly came across as the usual "it's gets better" schpeal that has become commonplace. The cliche vocal dosen't dilute the performance though.

Sabaton

This one broke the golden rule, "Simple is Better". Not just in concept but in time. It showed a person playing life as it were a game where tasks can be retried until overcome and improving yourself is a couple of pages in a book away. This sounds very interesting but a short film needs to use every second wisely and have sense of momentum. This one stop and started so many times i got Whiplash.

PDSM

This one pained. Not because it was bad, it was excellent. What pained me was that i didn't have a camera crew. I would have needed 4 four cameras with a boom operator or about an hour of the performers time to get the footage to show it on film. it was an eerie and passionate retelling of a brutal tale. Excellent and i won't soon forget it

DANAQ

This one was weird and i don't think i like it. A scattered tale with the birth of the universe in complete darkness ending with the audience fleeing the theatre. it was loud and non nonsensical Sorry.

 Demonology

A pack of posters on a white wall which i neglected to read. Uninspired.

Spider Pigs

A video which was followed by a superior performance piece about various parts of mans psyche tearing him asunder from his familial obligation to the guilt felt from actions unbecoming. the video was a bit weak but a strong perfrmoance from everyone on the live performance makes me proud of this group.

JC Hope

An interesting piece shown on 7-8 tv telling us that the government had passed a bill that  it was fine to be an asshole and interviewed various people as to their actions post passage to humorous results. what seemed to fall flat was the audiences reception to the improv portion. They hit a few dead birds and stopped. a good attempt but they were missing people on they day so i'll let it go.

Culture Clash

Having laid out two large cloth prints of origin escapes me, i'll be honest here. this was performed just before we were due to show and i'm drawing a blank and you aren't even reading this. Merry had a little lamb and there was something about culture variations and the use of other languages. 

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Everything is coming up Milhouse

My project is complete. I came in late and missed the morning class but early enough to get top use the class as a filming location. I appropriated the help of Tai Lole to act as my actor. I changed the angle to be even to get a good silhouette, of Tai in the middle of a projector screen. I recorded for about 30 seconds using a tripod i got from home.

Back at editing, I put it all together into a neat package. Sound matched, synced the subtitles, added white noise and title cards and credits.

Having to bring the sound to a bearable level was a task n'a'half but I managed to make it work, its all very user friendly.

I then uploaded it to you tube and now i await the presenting day,