Feb 12, 2018
Andrew Sacco
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Andrew Sacco
Andrew Sacco
Andrew Sacco
Andrew Sacco
Andrew Sacco
Gesture helps to create narrative space.
The experiments with Ian [Waterman] suggest ... that gesture is not a form of instrumental action but a form of expressive action; not a reproduction of an original instrumental behavior, but a different kind of action altogether. Character-viewpoint gestures have some relation to instrumental action, but we should think of them as gestural movements that have instrumental actions embedded or represented within them. This would be different from saying that they are instrumental movements in the service of the communicative act. Gesture is not a form of instrumental action that takes place within a virtual or narrative space. Rather, gesture is an action that helps to create the narrative space that is shared in the communicative situation. This suggests that it is part of and is controlled by a linguistic/communicative system rather than a motor system. [Shaun Gallagher, How the Body Shapes the Mind, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2005; 117-118]
Book Project/Assignment 3: Narrative space (continued with critique)
The first two photos show the map and route I took in traversing through Downtown Silverspring (which took place in a single day from noon to seven p.m.). The three following photos show a sample of the photographs taken on location. When planning out the look of the book, I created an illustration for in planning out the overall design of the book. A small prototype was created for the book, though I soon found out after creating the real book that a 1:1 scale model would have been best, due to how the copper wiring I used for the small flip books bonded a bit stronger.
One of the strong points of the book is in how the colors integrate color schemes reminiscent to Metro bus stops and maps, as it was intended. Additionally, the flip books within the overall book are a strong point in allowing the reader to directly engage in viewing the experience of an incoming bus. The composition of the book is also a strong point in driving a flowing narrative for the reader.
However, there is so much that would have made this book better. First of all, the construction paper on each page is immensely weak, and thus the page construction could have been better if Canson paper had been used. Additionally, the white spaces between each photo do not allow the images to float comfortably (I initially thought about this, but I felt that the copper wires would not have been stable without being bound to additional glossy paper). Essentially, better materials would have been far more beneficial.