Modern-Day Identity Crisis

The Error 404 in our daily lives.

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Gathering feedback from peers

During the weekend, we managed to get some feedback and comments from people that have never heard of our project before. This is to gain a fresh perspective. QNS1: People play our game by answering questions and based on the choices they make, they land on different steps. Do you find this game relatable to identity? Would you get the message?

“Identity is a specific set of values that one person might have”

“I don’t think i will call my identity into questions (questions in our copywriting) unless theres something else to suggest that maybe my identity is being formed by the expectations of others?”

“When it comes to identity, my first association would be to think…FREE WILL vs SOCIETY NORMS”

QNS2: SO you’ll view the installation more of that light—under the “making choices” light?

“Yep. Maybe NOT conformity of identity BUT conformity of choices we make in spite of our own identity. One’s identity might be to totally cover ourselves in tattoos and piercings and that defines them, but to others, getting a tattoo can be simply just making a choice. Society says: don’t do it cos you’ll never get employed. So i guess its your own identity against the norms, against the values of others.”

QNS3: We’re thinking of attaching balloons on each step, and users can pull the balloon down to see what the step has to offer.

“That’s cool. That would prevent people from just reading everything instead of just playing the game.”

“Maybe you can consider how relatable it is. Awareness is not enough, you have to make them feel impacted.”

QNS4: Any suggestions how to?

“Maybe you have to get them to engage with the choices that they make. Most people would just make a surface decision then go to the next square, next square, next square, then they’re not really thinking about it. People are not going to think on that level. However, it would be interesting if you could introduce some sort of meta-level to the game.”

QNS5: Like what? If we keep making them make choices then I’m worried that its just choices and life..instead of identity.

“Meaning add one more layer, like a game about the game. Add extra squares that force them to really think about their decisions like for example, “are you a terrible person?” or, “haha, are you sure?” Maybe they can pick different choices then it will result in different results.”

QNS6: What kind of space do you envision this to be in?

“I think the scale / size of the game is also influencing how they think of the game. It would be good if its more immersive; to a bigger extent.”

QNS7: We want our audience to go in circles because we want to tell them that identity discovery isn’t about the destination, it’s about the process and the journey. Would it be wise to do so?

“When people play a game, they expect to have an end goal. the minute they figure out that you’re just moving them in circles they’re just aiyah “what the hell” then they give up. You must make them feel like each decision they make influence everything and each decision they make should reveal something meaningful to them instead of leading them towards some goal that doesn’t exist.”

Tip* Maybe we shouldn’t lead them in circles, but concentrate on the fact that there’s a lot to discover along the way and focus on letting them enjoy the “journey” as much as possible.

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Values and Choices: Our focus for identity

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_85.htm

This is to calibrate and bring us on track after working on the project for so long. It is to prevent us from sidetracking and doing this exercise helps us to remain focused on the main message and the areas of the issue that we to target. This is to avoid a diluted message.

Concerns:

1) Size and space restriction

2) Retain concept of A GAME and its INSTRUCTIONS and RULES asking AUDIENCE TO PLAY AND PONDER and ENJOY the ride AND realise it is a constant flux.

3) How to install mirror film on acrylic (http://www.dulley.com/diy/fwfilm.shtml)

4) Need to convey either this project is about choices and values, if not, this project have to tweak to suit more on identity awareness instead of life journey in general.

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Consultation Log - Week 13 (Friday)

- Do you think you should make the game easier? I think the square is a bit tiny for people to step on and read. The number 24 doesn’t mean that it is the end point. If we were to make the end point more clear, people probably wouldn’t give up halfway. 

- Most of the copy is on choice, so I’m surprised that they are able to understand that it is about identity crisis. There are three things you are focusing on the identity: choices, experience and identity/acceptance. This doesn’t tell me that it’s identity crisis, its like 3 different matters. It is good when you talk about shaping, moulding of identity. And in the copy sometimes there’s a switch in the format. We should be consistent. In the copy we must hint to them, “Are you still enjoying the journey yet?” since we don’t want to have a final destination for them to land on. Slowly let our message come out in the copy, so they have a rough idea of what this whole thing is about.

- Is lighting up the step really important? If I don’t have to use any technology, what can i do? Glow in the dark paint won’t work.

- Maybe instead of arduino, we should make things simpler. Maybe can use makey makey instead or do analog version for the final. If you use embroidery for the makey makey idea, i’m not sure how fast you can do it. And anyway, people wouldn’t want to step on a cushion, and it will likely get dirty if people do step on it.

- As long as the message is conveyed, the form doesn’t really matter, Of course, you have to make it more nicer and special than the one for the social experiment.

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Consultation Log - Week 13 (Thursday Part 1)

·        Environment of the place for the social experiment and human traffic plays a part in the social experiment. If a person who walks past our structure doesn’t stop to play, the fact that they are attracted to it means that they are slightly interested in the form, but it is not enough to make them play although they have a destination in mind.

·        We can try to make the hopscotch mobile (maybe buy mahjong paper) so that we can move it anywhere to places where people will mingle around and talk about it. Once one person plays it, it will influence others to play it as well.

·        From our first experiment, we can determine that people will play, follow instructions, but we cannot confirm that they find it interesting to play, because there is too few human flow. Hence we should change our location. When we put step 1 here, what did I discover? Why do they need to stay for 5 seconds? When you want them to have a self-discovery, you need to link back and ask them questions. eg. ”Now that you have read this note and jump the hopscotch, tell me about how you feel. Now it is still a bit abstract because of the copywriting. Because we just ask them to jump there, we never tell them that it represents a period of your life when you conform to something. How can you tweak your copywriting such that it doesn’t say jump here? When they jump on that step, it can be something about childhood. Whatever is on the steps must be explicit, cannot be abstract like jump here, jump there, because some people might not understand the use of a hopscotch as a metaphor.

·        Since they understand our form when we said the word conformity (key insight to help TA understand the link between them following instructions and form), how can we incorporate it into copywriting? e.g. “Conform to this step”, or, “Choose to conform or not”, or, “Choose free will”, or, “Stay here if you want”, or, “Well, you can choose to jump here if you don’t feel like it”. Then it’s up to them to choose. We need to let the word drill into their head. Conformity of “For you or Against you”. If this works, can we replace or support it with animation? Ultimately, our work could be just text, but when you jump on it, it will light up. Only the conform will light up, the free will is always there. They must understand what is this all about.

·        We mentioned that identity is ever-changing, and that we should enjoy the process of self-discovery, but we didn’t mention that sometimes we might conform, and sometimes we might not. We should try to tweak the end message to conformity. eg. “Sometimes you have to follow, sometimes you can break away.” (add on).

·        Don’t let the first experiment just die off like that, Have a second version and see whether they get it. If they get it then something is right. As compared to matrix, hopscotch is obviously more clearer in understanding. Since they find it bit too fast, if we have things (copywriting, questions to ponder about) underneath for them to look at, it will stall them and get them to indulge in our project. How will those questions relate back to the message at the end? What are some incidents in life that you conform to? During this process, we can have them take something from that step (maybe a piece of what is shown eg. a cloud).

·        If we want to have something for them to throw like a normal game of hopscotch, it might be confusing for those who have never played hopscotch before. It is better if we include sounds to calm them down, because if not they will just jump, jump, jump and rush through it. If you want the TA to read the publication, it must be easy to read and accessible for them. Simplify for them. You can put the client’s logo in the publication.

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Week 13 Lessons—Tuesday

Makey Makey

This week we thought we were still continuing with arduino, but we were surprised with yet another different kind of board called makey makey. We were given a few crocodile clips and jumper wires along with it. Next thing we knew, we were about to learn another kind of electronics, but surprisingly, this one was much more easier to understand and less complicated than arduino. Makey makey is only meant for screen, and if we still want to do the LED lighting, we still need to use arduino. Anyway, for the makey makey to work, we need to connect one end of the crocodile clip to the ground, and one end to a jumper wire, and also plug the jumper wire into one of the holes as controls at the side of the board. After which, you just have to put both tips of jumper wire against each other to hear a sound. Ultimately you could go to garageband and press the button corresponding to the hole the jumper wire is plugged into to hear the sound. If you plug the jumper wire into another hole, which stands for another button, then when you press the correct button, it will make another sound. And this kind of reminds us of the piano steps that people made at the steps of the train station. The different buttons that could be press and connected to the keyboard are the up, down, left, right, spacebar button, letters w, a, s, d, f, n, g. We also learned that we could also make the makey makey work by holding the tip of the jumper wire in one hand, and the other tip in another hand. This is ultimately because we are good conductors. Water, metal and lead are also other good conductors that we can make use of to make the makey makey work under certain restricted environments.

Next we learned how to use animate/flash, in the case where we have to use screen for our project. There were so many things that we had to take note of , from the projector size ratio settings to coding. Thankfully, the coding has been laid out for us, and all we had to do is to select which control we want it to command and change the values accordingly. Other than that it was quite simple to use and even the short exercise Alfred gave us to do, many of us had no problems completing it. It was quite a fun lesson and also an interesting one to learn about.

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You guys make more sense in your consultation than in your presentation.

Simple sentence, but yet so strong in discovering our root problem in FYP.

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National Museum Singapore

Nab and I went to national museum to learn more about the exhibitions “Story of the Forest”, “Desire and Danger” and “Second Nature”. All of which are nature themed and we felt compelled to go because we’re instantly attracted to the illustration style and would be to explore more options on how we wanted to set up our background for our installation. We felt that these exhibitions could inspire us. 

The 19th century natural world comes to life in the exhibitions, where they displayed drawings from the Farquhar collection. I felt that all of them looked extremely realistic and detailed. It looks like a scientific drawing meant for an encyclopaedia, which we’re instantly surrounded with fauna and flora. 

They even engaged our sense of smell! We could smell the different scents of flora and fauna.

“Flowers light up and grass sway to reveal curious creatures in hiding at Second Nature, an interactive exhibit by Insert Coin. Inspired by the beautiful flora and fauna from the William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, interact with it at the National Museum.”

All the drawings there were either rendered in colour pencils or watercolour. They blended the illustrations very well and it felt so real, demure and delicate. The texture is done very accurately. Nab and I wanted to try this style for a more picturesque view of our whole installation.

These are actually the species that are found in Singapore in Farquhar’s time. It talks about a more deep, complex relationship between man and nature—how man is always fascinated by it (desire) but at the same time sometimes there are deeper, darker sides to nature that symbolises danger. There is a fine line between objects of desire and items of danger. For example, the most vibrant and colourful plants and species could be poisonous or harmful. Furthermore, these are also the very same species that provide culinary pleasure, medicinal cures, or even be adopted as strong cultural symbols. Often, it is a matter of perspective—how we choose to see them. A farmer may welcome snacks that devour pests in his field.

The view of nature that is binary reminds me of how David talked about how our installation can be either beautiful or sublime in order to attract attention—just like how nature can be good or bad, helpful or harmful, attractive or repulsive, delightful or deadly! Sometimes, desire is often interwoven with danger, and the two can never be easily unravelled. Nab and I have discussed about making our work both beautiful and sublime—beautiful from afar, but sublime close up.

Now as many of us live in the urban environment, nature is often seen as a distant element and many of us are not exposed to it that often. Sometimes, different cultural, scientific and artistic perspectives can shape how we view the natural world. We have this urge to flee when we see something from nature that is foreign. The above is a light projection of a butterfly from the ceiling. 

Next we went to see and learn more about the old Singapore theatre and performance scene. Many vintage graphic posters are displayed and I saw how graphic design has evolved in Singapore. Nab and I also took note of their art style, techniques and expression.

Till next time!

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Week 12 Lessons—Friday

A New Year, A  New Resolution

This week has been an emotional rollercoaster for us and we needed some hope to lift up our spirits. Despite the challenges that we are facing, live has to move on. The long awaited Friday has now come and we hope that after today, our mental, emotional and physical willpower will increase significantly to give our best for this project. The first half of the lesson was a bit of a reflection and an introduction to the quadrant diagram based on sensory engagement and aesthetics. We were given a large paper and a whiteboard marker to list down all things that we could keep using, the things we should stop doing, the things we should keep developing and the things that we should improve on accordingly. David told us that we should be honest in whatever we are writing on and that it should serve as a resolution or a reminder of the things that we should do from this term onwards. He also said that the grades given for the interim presentation might not be an accurate representation of the grades because of the fact that we have not finished the project yet and that they cannot say exactly whether it is good or not. Because in this second half of the project, it could turn tables and our project might turn out different than when it first started. This might or might not be a good news for us, but we chose to believe the good side of it. After which, he introduced the diagram and in order to achieve beauty or sublimity, there must be balance in sensory engagement and aesthetics and in abundant. The next 2 quadrants had either body or soul, whereas the last had neither. Apparently our project fell into the quadrant that has a body but no soul. It is probably because our concept wasn’t strong enough and there is a lack in emotional approach as well. Before consulting, David reminded that it was important to know where our project stands within the diagram.

The next half was consultation. David really helped us and gave back our hope, which we are truly thankful for. We really needed that push and it was good that we realise the mistakes we made and the things that we should work towards and improve on. After talking together for an hour and with all the suggestions given, we hope to be able to push through and make our project a good one. Thanks David! (:

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Week 12 Lessons—Tuesday

Hands-On Electronics

Basically for this week, it was a recap on the theory of electronics and we’re finally moving on to do the physical connecting of the wires with the arduino board. First and foremost we had to download the arduino app. Actually we had already seen videos of people doing their circuits and using the arduino app to transfer the data for the circuit to work. During the holidays, we were researching on how to light up an LED and in almost all the videos they used the app. So we wondered when we will actually learn this and true enough, today was the day. It was very exciting since hands-on is our forte. We were introduced to each item, from its polarity to the positive and negative ends. Some things to take note are that when a sketch is saved, it is saved in a folder called arduino. If we want to move the sketch, we have to move the entire folder. We cannot take it out from the folder because it will be missing and hence cannot be opened. And after making changes on the sketch, we must remember to save it and click upload, to keep the circuit updated with the commands that it is given. After which, we were tasked to find a visual diagram of either a flex sensor, force sensitive resistor or a spectra soft pot and then connect the wires correctly using the diagram as a reference. We managed to get it right and learned how to edit the commands accordingly to work in our favour. It was definitely an unforgettable experience to get to play around with something that is not of our forte.

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Consultation Log - Week 12 (Friday)

·        We should prep them beforehand because when we say hopscotch, life and identity, in their mind they are trying to link everything together separately, and they get stuck. We can keep the body, and tweak such that the soul will be much stronger, so that it will change the intent of it.

·        Instead of numbers, you can try putting words like, “You are here”, or, “Please jump here”, or, “Jump to here”, or, “Cross here”, or, “Why not here”, or, “Don’t jump here”, and the light on that step will light up. These words on the step are commanding them to jump to where it commands. It will light up randomly to give the command. As they follow the commands, they will feel that they are zombies because they don’t think any more (conformity). So must they jump there? How will this change the soul of the idea? The hopscotch is like running my life (the journey of life, the game of life). You should give the audience some sort of uncertainty, so that when they see the green patch, they know that that is the end goal (your goal to life, be who you are). Roughly they know they are going to end up somewhere, but it’s just that they’re not there yet. So when they jump and reach the grass patch, then it will have the message, “Do you know who you are? Are you still conforming to… Life is not just about…, it is about self-discovery as well”, then the message will be very clear. Then it will be a positive message. Who you are is sometimes not what you want to be, but sometimes through ‘jumping’, you discover and experience. For the audience, they just went through some unpleasant structure, they kind of experience the things along the journey and in the end, they enjoy the self-discovery. The one-way mirror can serve as a mirror or reveal a hole, or a blinking light, or there is sound when they step on that step. In the end, they never expected the sound, but when they go through the ‘jumping’ they discover and encounter certain things that they never intended to do. Each square has a discovery, make them stare at it for a while. That shows that sometimes their life path has been interfered by something or someone. Maybe there’s a screen of clouds moving, or some element inside that is disgusting like eyeballs or blood, or water flowing, or something scary.  Then they find that some are good, some are not good. So sometimes they want to make a decision in life, sometime they want to conform to certain decisions in life, but in the end, it is a constant flux. It is refreshing. The good thing about the hopscotch is that audience will know that the semi-circle is the final destination, whereas for the matrix, the center is a connotation that they are in a deepest point of the cube (find answer within themselves). The message can include a name card as well. Maybe one can have a picture of balloons (freedom), waterfall or river (constant flux, journey), then the other side have some notes or quotes so that they keep in their wallet and be reminded of it. Life is like a game, it is filled with decisions So the hopscotch becomes something that they thought they know what it is, but it is something different and unexpected (people tend to remember these events better). That means at the start there are people controlling you to go there, then as you find your way to the goal, at the same time you are enjoying the journey because it is full of surprises and discoveries (influence you to be who you are).

·        Or you can try doing a square with boxes like a matrix or try other shapes. You can have instructions, like, “Start Here”. It is in the form of a game instruction, not something that is guided after every step. Either they follow the boxes light up, or they jump any way they want at the start point. If they jump on their own, maybe nothing happens. In the center, there will be the green patch, where our message is. That means it starts from the side, so 4 people can play at the same time. So there is the element of fun, mystery, there is a structure yet has some liberty to do what you want. The lighting up must not be synchronized. There can be lights that blink every 4 seconds, and some that blink every 1 minute. The changing of lights shows a constant flux.

·        Take a masking tape and do a hopscotch with some message. Put some squares or use coloured duct tapes that says, “Jump here or jump wherever you want”. Then you see how people react. If people react to it, then the more you put lights, the more people will react to it. See if the people react to hopscotch more than the matrix. You can time and compare the timings. Which one react faster. Then maybe you can do a second one that is improved and try again to see if there is a difference.

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Crossroads Evaluation

Interim Feedback

- too much mechanics in the structure - not able to communicate the intent to the target audience - how is the hopscotch related to identity crisis? - try to look from the perspective of a person who had just relocated (national/cultural identity) - lack of an emotional approach, too intellectually thought out (convey it in a simpler manner, explain in laymen term) - lack of experimentation (must show how we experimented with previous concept and current concept, and determine how the current approach is the best solution) - what does jumping over each step show? - explain more on the call to action (what is the message that will be conveyed on the flower?)

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Expain simpler to convey meaning of your concept, and how your proposal communicates the theme. The takeway is missing from your presentation.

The objective is clear. However, it doesn't carry through the proposed artefact. There's a disconnection using hopscotch to convey the message of identity crisis.

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Week 6 Lessons—Friday

Beauty/Sublimity vs Sensory Integration Model

This week was a recap on the three faculties of the mind and the AIDA approach, Awareness, Interest, Desire and Advocate. Only at the interest stage does the interaction happen. This interaction can either lead the audience to the desire stage or just put him off. Then we were introduced to the power of sublime, a more sophisticated play between imagination and understanding that may produce harmony where earlier perspective creates disharmony at the Interest stage, a complete opposite of the term beauty. We may feel a bit confused and discontent at this stage because the form is too much for the mind to decipher, but it doesn’t necessarily mean that its a bad thing. This often happens at the Interest stage and as such it is vital for us to ensure that the audience crosses over from the Interest stage to the Desire stage. 

After which David showed us many pictures of things in different forms and shapes and patterns. Different materials convey different moods and feels. He said that the presence of sensory usage in our artwork is one of the key to a successful artwork. The more sensorial elements there are in a work, the higher the sensory memories will be activated when he comes across something similar later on. And so we are introduced to the artefact sensory integration model where we should split and list down all the senses that will be involved in the different parts of our artwork. We were also reminded to put this into our presentation to explain our concept better during the interim presentation. We have to include the psychographics of the target audience as well. Some tips given by David were to present the topic overview confidently and get them to understand so that they will also understand our creative concept. For our brief and concept (approach), we should explain briefly to give more time for the  explanation on experimentations. He said that it would be good if people are able to know the concept of our work from far. As for our moodboard we can narrow it down to less than 50 images, however it must be impactful. For our 3D mockup, we can take a photo of it and photoshop the colour in the form of an artist’s impression, in the ratio of 1 : 10. For our timeline, it needs to be more realistic as compared to the one inside proposal.

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Week 6 Lessons—Monday

Presentation Clinic

Today’s lesson was mainly to prepare us for our interim presentation in terms of how we will present. Some pointers given by Huei were to give a confident introduction, deliver our hook, briefly mention the agenda of the presentation, differentiate ourselves, observe what we say, do hand gestures, maintain eye contact with audience, avoid text heavy slides as well as to rehearse a lot before the presentation. This is especially important as lecturers can usually tell if someone hasn’t rehearsed as much by the way they present. After which we were given around 20 mins to half an hour to come up with slides for some of the components that will be presented during the interim presentation. After that time limit each pair will go up to present and the rest will give comments on which parts were good and which can be improved. This is all to prepare us so that we will know our weaknesses and how to improve it before the interim presentation.

Some of the feedback on our presentation were: - take note of how you are going to introduce the topic and start presentation (must be powerful) - do more hand gestures (nab) - do more eye contact (nab) - maintain posture - less flowery hand gesture, be more natural (grace) - stop saying the word like (grace) - be more open and confident, don’t be so closed and small (nab)

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Week 5 Lessons—Friday

Deriving form with concept

As mentioned by David last week, there are 4 levels of reality. The first one being the reflection of a profound reality. An example for this would be a realistic painting. The second one is the one that makes & denatures a profound reality. The third one masks the absence of a profound reality. The last one has no relation to any reality as it is its own pure simulacra. A good example of this is an abstract object or painting. These 4 ;levels of reality have definitely been rooted in our lives unknowingly. One such example is Sir Isaac Newton’s theory of gravity. The gravity theory is merely a theory, not even a fact. We are taught to believe that it is in fact, a fact. Similar to religion, it is simply a religious belief that it is universal. We were also told to take a side of a debate of the topic, because there are always two sides in order to keep everything balanced. So which side do we believe in?

Next we were introduced to the terms phenomena and noumena. Phenomena is a thing as it appears to and is constructed by the mind. On the other hand, noumena is equated with the world of ideas known to the philosophical mind, in contrast to the phenomenal realm. As said by David, our final artwork has to reach the phenomena level, because if it is still in the noumena level it means that we still have flaws in our work, which is actually very likely. Bearing in mind the four levels of reality and phenomena, we have to create a sensorial sensation that is not real but convincing. Our work can change the value of things, which in this case refers to the perception of something. The stories we tell do not have to be complicated. We should just keep it simple and real. On the other hand, it also does not have to be real because we can create a reality and make it real instead. One such example of that was given was the Blairwitch Project by Tony Blair.

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Week 5 Lessons—Tuesday

Confused Sheeps and Electronics

Since Luke couldn’t finish teaching us premiere pro, media encoder and last week, we continued with it this week. Throughout the lesson, we were completely lost because of the fact that we forgot to install, and that Luke kept bouncing on and off premiere pro, media encoder and, Although we tried to take notes as much as possible, it didn’t help that he was going very fast.

This week with Alfred, we learned about electronics. At first, we thought it would be very boring and hard to understand since we can only vaguely remember what we learnt in secondary school. However, that was not exactly the case. The theory part was very basic and fundamental that we could understand it well, and the way Alfred explained it was very helpful. There were a few formulas that we had to remember and we learnt about circuits, the components of it, the different sensors, what to do and not to do, what each colour  represents and some examples of what we can make use of for each sensor. Throughout the lesson it was very fun and engaging, and for the first time electronics actually seemed very interesting to us.

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Week 5 Lessons—Monday

Doubts on Materials, Mockups and Presentation

This week’s lesson was mainly to answer our doubts concerning the interim presentation in the coming weeks and how we can prepare for it. We discussed on the kind of materials we can use, experiment, such as from their characteristics to how it differs from the original state when it is being mixed with another component. During our experimentations we should also consider the media formats that we can explore on such as 2D, 3D, projections, typographical, bound prints and moving images. Each material, method, technique and the amount of practice we put into our experiments makes a big difference in determining whether we can use a particular idea for it. Huei said that it is better to have sketches of the mockup and that there should be another that is redone in illustrator, and is stated the measurements as well. She also reminded us that we should keep to 30 mb for our presentation file size and that we can only bring and show the mockups that are presented in the slides during our presentation.

There are just so many possibilities that we can try on and it will definitely be hard to try and figure out which medium is the best to convey the message correctly and in an appealing manner. And so its time to embark on a journey of experimentation!

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Consultation Log - Week 6 (Friday)

Root cause / Objective / Message

The objective is not 2 different things, it leads to the other. Enjoy the journey because identity is a constant flux. The original objective is still better. How can you pursue your identity when it keeps changing? It should be pursuing the change of identity. People are struggling with what they want. By not finding what you want after trying so many things, it’s like a buffet. You like every dish, then you feel so confused. But the fact that you are enjoying the buffet, that’s happiness by itself (an analogy).

People are always conforming to something. We are never free. So why not just enjoy the ride? Focus on the belief’s morals and values of the person (social acceptance). By doing something wrong, you learned a hard lesson, and learn something. It’s part and parcel of life. Stick with that. Your objective and root cause will still be alright.

Society is always changing, we are also always changing on the inside (external and internal). Life is always changing so just enjoy the journey. It’s like 2 wheels (ourselves and society) turning at different directions. One may be slow, one may be fast. Then at one point, they will end up turning the same direction and meet. Then they will go out of synch again, It’s just one of that moments, you did the right thing and society accepts you. At some point it will synch, at some point it will go their own way. We can never match up all the time. We converge then we split, therefore our values change all the time, it expands and contracts.. Therefore, the opportunity is to just enjoy the journey, the time will come. This is a finding, it can also be an insight. Don’t even question that you are aligned with the society sometimes, because society is man-made, taught and created by man. Society is so fickle minded, what is deemed as wrong is accepted by society today and vice versa. Then why should you be so hung up on values? Some values stay, what is wrong is wrong. We must be very sure of our own project. You all get so shaken up so easily, because maybe we don’t understand about change in society.

Globalization and internet also makes a difference to a certain society or culture and ultimately our identity. It has become a melting pot. Society is very complex, identity crisis is a variety of root causes and there is no one single root cause. Maybe the root cause can be information overload? Social values are so complex and always changing. Values change fast, customs might stay. Why should we follow a certain value, when we know that it will change. It is just a matter of time, some may change faster, some may change slower. There is no fixed social values. People conform because they have their motives, ambitions, beliefs, habits, social, traditions, history. We conform, we break away, we conform, we break away again. We are like chameleons. It’s like a cause and effect, causation. Enjoying the journey is like a causation, you do something, it creates an impact. Can you accept the change? No, you cannot accept the change but you just have to enjoy the ride, enjoy the journey of change. If society is so simple, then our lives wouldn’t be so difficult.

If it is a video, it will be very interesting. There are different realities for each person. Every time you go through a different reality. The root cause is that we have different realities. There is never one reality. Bring this mind-blowing feeling into the interim presentation. Identity cannot be fixed in the first place because it is a constant flux. How do you live through weekends (analogy)? You play through different roles, we all go through different time and space.

They want to achieve a certain identity whether it is accepted by society (self-acceptance). Trying to achieve a sense of identity or accepted by the society is meaningless because the real meaning is enjoying the change. It’s meaningless to pursue their fixed identity, but instead enjoying the pursuit of identity change.