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How To Survive In The NOW Publication 

@lynette-vo​ @studiogatewaysai​ @cindyjiang

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Research The theme my group has chosen to pursue for our event is 'glitch and interference'. Glitch in art can be represented in various mediums but is mostly pursued visually. Phillip Stearn is a New York based artist who works with electronics and media to create corrupted art. By intentionally destroying and manipulating the circuitry of elctronic objects, he rearranges the objects intended use, creating a whole new artwork. A notable example is his series DCP (2010 - ongoing) where he rewires and corrupts the circuitry of old low resolution kodak cameras, making them capture the render of raw data instead of capturing an image. In conclusion, Stearn describes the DCP series as "exploring the algorithmic unconscious at work behind the discipline of digital photography" and "catching a glimpse into what the camera sees when it peers into its own mind". Check it out here: https://phillipstearns.wordpress.com/projects/dcp_series/

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INSPIRATIONS

Our initial inspiration for this survival guide was this other survival guide we found online:

Another work that really inspired us was a PDF collective publication we saw in one of the examples in Moodle of a comic book-like PDF publication:

https://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au/pluginfile.php/2730800/mod_folder/content/0/Clare-Milledge_HD-Comics_Qi.pdf?forcedownload=1 

These two works of art as well inspiration from other comic books, manga and picture books lead us to our final work. 

@lynette-vo @studiogatewaysai @cindyjiang

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PDF Development

Today in class, we further edited our pdf. We have currently 6 pages that have been finished. So halfway there!! We stuck to our theme of showing a way to survive in the NOW for millennials like us. Towards the end of the class, we got to discuss our concept to other groups in other classes. The responses were as following:

- The concept was a nice idea since it relates to a lot of us in the class

- The drawings fit the concept

- This survival guide mocks millennials today. It definitely fits in the theme of NOWNESS

^ most of the comments were all similar to those above. 

@lynette-vo @studiogatewaysai @cindyjiang

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In this experiment, we tried to explore different aspects of the NOW. Today people are so caught up in capturing the moment, especially with social media, that the NOW becomes a somewhat redundant experience? Essentially, you’re removing yourself from fully immersing yourself in the moment to capture it, in a way it kind of becomes inauthentic. Here, the group is in a classroom environment but by taking time to capture the moment, we’ve taken ourselves out of that setting, at least mentally. Also, we wanted to express how the NOW has sort of been reduced to a singular and shared experience no matter how much it’s been marketed as something unique.

@lynette-vo @studiogatewaysai @cindyjiang

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Assessment 3 // Manifesto

NOWNESS is a quality or state of existing or occurring in or belonging to the present time (Google Definition). Therefore, the value of something existing changes over time as NOWNESS evolves. But how does time change the value of objects to a person as the NOW changes? Some objects increase in value, both personally and monetarily. Others decrease in value in which are often regarded as ‘rubbish’. As a group, we would like to investigate how the ‘NOW’ by curating multiple objects together to showcase personal value. 

NOTE:

We have yet to decide what ways in which we can show this NOWNESS concept. 

@lynette-vo @studiogatewaysai @cindyjiang

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Assignment 3 // NOWNESS

As a group of 4, we came up with multiple concepts for NOW. The picture above has all our raw concepts down. 

Our main points were:

- Now does not exist as its always going to be the Past or Future. 

- Nowness is a poison for death. Every action we make affects our world in the long run. 

@lynette-vo @studiogatewaysai @cindyjiang

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Artist Statement

My artwork has evolved from the previous assessment task where our group dealt with emotions and the idea of experimentation in the film. From that, I decided to take my emotion, which was fear, and try to extend that further. I looked at different artists like Corinne May Botz and was very interested in how she photographed places which evoked a strong emotional response and create a very interesting atmosphere. Therefore, I decided to take photographs of places that were everyday places and condensed them down to four being the dining room, interior of the MCA, train station and bus. I experimented on these by cutting out shapes, layering them and adding paint on top of them. After a while, I was not happy with what I was achieving as I did not feel that they evoked the feeling of fear. After some research, I found an image done by Jeff Lee Johnson who had weird moments occurring in the image. I then decided to draw some images onto the artwork to see if they could change the setting and create something interesting. This was more successful, so I decided to focus on the fear of monsters, death, circus and health. To further my connection to the previous assessment I decided to stick to a similar colour palette being black, white, red and purple. The photographs were printed in black and white, rather than colour since it made it feel more old fashioned and the paint would be able to stand out more, I also mounted these photos on cardboard which was stained with tea bags to make them appear worn down and aged. The changes in the artwork were done as minimal as possible so that the audience would be required to look at the artwork longer rather than to look at it face value and then leave.