Mobility Mapping
Tripwire
Adart
Shiv Card
The Surveillance Camera Players
Guerilla Programming of Video Surveillance Equipment Manifesto
New York Civil Liberties Union
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Schedule for Final Projects
Tues. July 31
-*Present Research for Final Project*
-brainstorming / problem solving exercises
-in-class work time
-individual meetings with teams to review progress
Thurs. Aug. 2
-*Present Visuals for Final Project*
-review team blogs
-in-class work time
-individual meetings with teams to review progress
Tues. Aug. 7
-*Final Presentations, with guest critic Ed Bringas*
-final preparations for public presentation
Thurs. Aug. 9
-Final Presentations for SOPIS community, Wollman Hall
-*Present Research for Final Project*
-brainstorming / problem solving exercises
-in-class work time
-individual meetings with teams to review progress
Thurs. Aug. 2
-*Present Visuals for Final Project*
-review team blogs
-in-class work time
-individual meetings with teams to review progress
Tues. Aug. 7
-*Final Presentations, with guest critic Ed Bringas*
-final preparations for public presentation
Thurs. Aug. 9
-Final Presentations for SOPIS community, Wollman Hall
Problem Solving Exercises
Problem Solving Activity 1 – Night and Day
Busy people need routines and shortcuts to make it through the day. If we had to consciously think about the steps involved in making a cup of tea, we’d have exhausting our thinking energy before we’d even left the house in the morning. Routine thinking may save time and energy, but seriously hampers creative brainstorming, so use this exercise to challenge traditional thoughts and encourage creativity.
Get your team to list the first opposite meaning of the words listed below that springs to mind e.g. day, stupid. This will flush out the obvious, routine words. Challenge your team to come up with at least 3 further opposite words for each word.
Example:
Night = day,sun,white,awake, …
Smart = stupid, scruffy, shabby, in-elegant, clumsy, gawky
1. Good
2. Dangerous
3. Clear
4. Feasible
5. Design
6. Bad
7. Safe
You’ll find some similar meaning words creep into your list – that’s fine as these can spark further opposite meaning words. Remember ideas breed ideas and to keep critical, analytical thinking in check. Limit the time spent on this activity to 10-15 minutes, to keep it fresh and focused.
Problem Solving Activity 2 – What Can You See?
Sometimes you’re so close to a problem you can’t see how it will ever be solved. This situation is so common, it even has it’s own cliché – “you can’t see the wood for the trees”. Here’s a brainstorming game to help you see things differently, and aid the problem solving process.
Each team member should individually write down what they can see.
1. Shape 1:
2. Shape 2:
3. Shape 3:
Compare your answers. You may find descriptions such as; three colored shapes, or a green circle with a diagonal line, a red hexagon and a yellow thought bubble etc. Some may have made a small creative leap and seen the top left figure as a green “forbidden” road sign. Others may have taken bigger creative leaps and see a winking, bearded face or an imminent solar eclipse on a cloudy day. It doesn’t matter if you can or can’t see these more outlandish images – there’s no right or wrong answer.
Looking at things in a fresh, new way can trigger a whole train-load of thoughts, and that’s the essence of effective brainstorming.
Problem Solving Activity 3 – Improvisation
“Normal” behavior is encouraged at school and work, as this is the easiest, most efficient way to get things done. As a result, our creative self often is hidden away, getting flabby from under-use. Then along comes a teacher or manager demanding we do some brainstorming to come up with an innovative solution. Like un-used muscles, creativity improves with exercise, so here’s a brainstorming exercise to warm-up those under-used creative muscles.
Come up with different uses for the household props in the middle of the room, e.g. the belt could become a Japanese warrior’s head-band.
Give this exercise a time limit of 10-15 minutes and encourage all team members to take part.
1. belt
2. eye cover
3. barettes
4. paper clips
5. post-it notes
6. T-pins
Problem Solving Activity 4 – Taking a Fresh Look at the Final Proposal
Now, take your existing design proposal and see how you could use it or look at it in a different way. The wackier the better at this stage – remember you’re aiming for quantity not quality – and take note of the ideas generated. It’s only later that we put our critical hats back on, and rate the ideas and assess their suitability.
-activities from http://www.mftrou.com/creative-brainstorming-activities.html
Busy people need routines and shortcuts to make it through the day. If we had to consciously think about the steps involved in making a cup of tea, we’d have exhausting our thinking energy before we’d even left the house in the morning. Routine thinking may save time and energy, but seriously hampers creative brainstorming, so use this exercise to challenge traditional thoughts and encourage creativity.
Get your team to list the first opposite meaning of the words listed below that springs to mind e.g. day, stupid. This will flush out the obvious, routine words. Challenge your team to come up with at least 3 further opposite words for each word.
Example:
Night = day,sun,white,awake, …
Smart = stupid, scruffy, shabby, in-elegant, clumsy, gawky
1. Good
2. Dangerous
3. Clear
4. Feasible
5. Design
6. Bad
7. Safe
You’ll find some similar meaning words creep into your list – that’s fine as these can spark further opposite meaning words. Remember ideas breed ideas and to keep critical, analytical thinking in check. Limit the time spent on this activity to 10-15 minutes, to keep it fresh and focused.
Problem Solving Activity 2 – What Can You See?
Sometimes you’re so close to a problem you can’t see how it will ever be solved. This situation is so common, it even has it’s own cliché – “you can’t see the wood for the trees”. Here’s a brainstorming game to help you see things differently, and aid the problem solving process.
Each team member should individually write down what they can see.
1. Shape 1:
2. Shape 2:
3. Shape 3:
Compare your answers. You may find descriptions such as; three colored shapes, or a green circle with a diagonal line, a red hexagon and a yellow thought bubble etc. Some may have made a small creative leap and seen the top left figure as a green “forbidden” road sign. Others may have taken bigger creative leaps and see a winking, bearded face or an imminent solar eclipse on a cloudy day. It doesn’t matter if you can or can’t see these more outlandish images – there’s no right or wrong answer.
Looking at things in a fresh, new way can trigger a whole train-load of thoughts, and that’s the essence of effective brainstorming.
Problem Solving Activity 3 – Improvisation
“Normal” behavior is encouraged at school and work, as this is the easiest, most efficient way to get things done. As a result, our creative self often is hidden away, getting flabby from under-use. Then along comes a teacher or manager demanding we do some brainstorming to come up with an innovative solution. Like un-used muscles, creativity improves with exercise, so here’s a brainstorming exercise to warm-up those under-used creative muscles.
Come up with different uses for the household props in the middle of the room, e.g. the belt could become a Japanese warrior’s head-band.
Give this exercise a time limit of 10-15 minutes and encourage all team members to take part.
1. belt
2. eye cover
3. barettes
4. paper clips
5. post-it notes
6. T-pins
Problem Solving Activity 4 – Taking a Fresh Look at the Final Proposal
Now, take your existing design proposal and see how you could use it or look at it in a different way. The wackier the better at this stage – remember you’re aiming for quantity not quality – and take note of the ideas generated. It’s only later that we put our critical hats back on, and rate the ideas and assess their suitability.
-activities from http://www.mftrou.com/creative-brainstorming-activities.html
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Final Projects: Research + Visuals
In-class: Review sketches and team blogs with project statements. Refine statements and review plans for collecting data and visuals.
Homework: Finish collecting research and interviews for your final project. Start collecting actual photos and other visuals for your final presentation. Be prepared to present your research, interviews, and photos or sketches in class. This should include statistics, maps, etc. as well as photos of locations and sketches of your ideas.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Final Projects: Identifying the Design Problem
In-class assignment:
1. Define the problem in one sentence.
2. Explain your solution in one sentence.
3. Create a plan of action for identifying and solving the problem (or identify what work you have already done), based on the steps you have learned earlier in this course: observation, research, etc.
4. Create a plan for how you will present your solution (video, powerpoint, models, or some combination of the above).
5. Assign specific tasks to team members to complete your project.
Homework:
1. Finish writing out your project plans.
2. Type out the final text and post it to your team's blog.
3. Make 3 sketches of your design proposal (these can be very rough).
4. Do one post in your personal blog.
Homework due 7/24
1. Video Self-Portraits project (as a Quicktime file)
2. Third draft of final project statement
2. Third draft of final project statement
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
How to Make a DVD in iDVD
To make a DVD that can play in a consumer DVD player, you need to master it in iDVD.
1. Open iDVD.
2. Create a new project (make sure the Aspect Ratio is Standard 4:3), and save it in the Movies folder (or your personal folder).
3. Click the Themes button (lower right), and change '6.0 Themes' to 'All' (upper right).
4. Scroll down and choose a theme for your DVD by clicking on it. The longer rectangles are widescreen, so you need to pick one of the smaller ones. I recommend choosing the Portfolio B&W or Portfolio Color themes -- nice and simple. These directions are specifically for using the Portfolio B&W or Portfolio Color themes.
5. Drag your full quality QuickTime file into the theme window. If you are unsure of what this is, click here.
6. To adjust the size and shape of the movie button, click on Buttons (lower right). You'll see the shape options at the top, and you can adjust the text label with the options below that. To adjust the picture on the button, click on it once, and move the slider above until you get to the frame you want. This is what people will see in your DVD menu.
7. To move or adjust the title on the top, just click and drag it, or click on the text. Then click on Menu (lower right) to change the font. If you want to make a new one, or an additional one, hit Apple + K on your keyboard.
8. Below the main window are 3 buttons: Motion (man walking), Preview (play button), and Map View (folders). Make sure that Motion is turned off (it should be white, not blue). This keeps the movie in your button from playing, and leaves it on a still frame -- less burn time.
9. Click the Preview button, to see how your DVD will look and sound. Make sure you have the right movie, and everything is working. When you are done, click the Exit button.
10. Check the preferences. Go to iDVD-->Preferences. Choose Video Mode: NTSC, and Encoding: Best Quality. Close the dialogue box.
11. Congratulations -- you are ready to burn. Click on the circle to the right of the volume slider, and insert a blank DVD-R DVD (you MUST use DVD-R DVDs). Wait for the computer to get ready, then click burn. Your burn time can take 20 minutes or more, so be prepared to wait. Once it's finished, test your DVD in another computer before you make more. If it works, it's a good idea to make more DVDs right away -- the next one you burn will take about 1/4 of the time, since the file does not need to be encoded again.
**We have a had problems with Fuji DVD-R DVDs in these drives, so I recommend TDK or Memorex. All DVDs are not the same, cheaper is NOT better, buy a known brand.**
1. Open iDVD.
2. Create a new project (make sure the Aspect Ratio is Standard 4:3), and save it in the Movies folder (or your personal folder).
3. Click the Themes button (lower right), and change '6.0 Themes' to 'All' (upper right).
4. Scroll down and choose a theme for your DVD by clicking on it. The longer rectangles are widescreen, so you need to pick one of the smaller ones. I recommend choosing the Portfolio B&W or Portfolio Color themes -- nice and simple. These directions are specifically for using the Portfolio B&W or Portfolio Color themes.
5. Drag your full quality QuickTime file into the theme window. If you are unsure of what this is, click here.
6. To adjust the size and shape of the movie button, click on Buttons (lower right). You'll see the shape options at the top, and you can adjust the text label with the options below that. To adjust the picture on the button, click on it once, and move the slider above until you get to the frame you want. This is what people will see in your DVD menu.
7. To move or adjust the title on the top, just click and drag it, or click on the text. Then click on Menu (lower right) to change the font. If you want to make a new one, or an additional one, hit Apple + K on your keyboard.
8. Below the main window are 3 buttons: Motion (man walking), Preview (play button), and Map View (folders). Make sure that Motion is turned off (it should be white, not blue). This keeps the movie in your button from playing, and leaves it on a still frame -- less burn time.
9. Click the Preview button, to see how your DVD will look and sound. Make sure you have the right movie, and everything is working. When you are done, click the Exit button.
10. Check the preferences. Go to iDVD-->Preferences. Choose Video Mode: NTSC, and Encoding: Best Quality. Close the dialogue box.
11. Congratulations -- you are ready to burn. Click on the circle to the right of the volume slider, and insert a blank DVD-R DVD (you MUST use DVD-R DVDs). Wait for the computer to get ready, then click burn. Your burn time can take 20 minutes or more, so be prepared to wait. Once it's finished, test your DVD in another computer before you make more. If it works, it's a good idea to make more DVDs right away -- the next one you burn will take about 1/4 of the time, since the file does not need to be encoded again.
**We have a had problems with Fuji DVD-R DVDs in these drives, so I recommend TDK or Memorex. All DVDs are not the same, cheaper is NOT better, buy a known brand.**
How to Export Your Project in iMovie for DVD/CD-Rom/Web
To export your movie for viewing outside of iMovie, you need to decide what format you'd like to present it in and what kind of equipment you will have during the viewing.
Export Movie for DVD/iDVD
If you want to export your movie to make a DVD (without chapters), you want to export a high quality QuickTime movie.
1. In iMovie, go to File→Export (or Share, depending on your version of iMovie).
2. Choose QuickTime from the top menu, and Compress movie for: Full Quality.
3. Click Share, and another dialogue box will appear.
4. Choose a title for your exported movie, and a place to save it.
5. Click on Save, and iMovie will start to compress and export your movie. The exported movie will have a .DV file extension after the name.
This may take some time (10-15+ minutes), but will export a large, high quality QuickTime file that you can then master to DVD. Mastering to DVD compresses your video, so you want to start with the best quality image that you can. This is also a great way to back up your project, I strongly recommend copying this QuickTime file to a DVD.
**If you cannot get a mastered DVD to burn in iDVD, burn a DVD of this QuickTime file**
Export Movie for CD-ROM, PowerPoint or Web
If you want to export your movie to a CD, for the web or to import into PowerPoint, you will export a QuickTime file, but not at such a high resolution.
1. Go to File→Export.
2. Choose QuickTime. You will then be given several options. From the dropdown menu, choose the format you wish: Web, CD-ROM, etc. (CD-ROM is a good choice for most purposes -- don't use the Web setting unless your are exporting a clip over 10 minutes for the web).
After a couple of minutes, you'll have a QuickTime file (ending in .mov) that you can then burn to CD, import into PowerPoint or put on the web.
Export Movie for DVD/iDVD
If you want to export your movie to make a DVD (without chapters), you want to export a high quality QuickTime movie.
1. In iMovie, go to File→Export (or Share, depending on your version of iMovie).
2. Choose QuickTime from the top menu, and Compress movie for: Full Quality.
3. Click Share, and another dialogue box will appear.
4. Choose a title for your exported movie, and a place to save it.
5. Click on Save, and iMovie will start to compress and export your movie. The exported movie will have a .DV file extension after the name.
This may take some time (10-15+ minutes), but will export a large, high quality QuickTime file that you can then master to DVD. Mastering to DVD compresses your video, so you want to start with the best quality image that you can. This is also a great way to back up your project, I strongly recommend copying this QuickTime file to a DVD.
**If you cannot get a mastered DVD to burn in iDVD, burn a DVD of this QuickTime file**
Export Movie for CD-ROM, PowerPoint or Web
If you want to export your movie to a CD, for the web or to import into PowerPoint, you will export a QuickTime file, but not at such a high resolution.
1. Go to File→Export.
2. Choose QuickTime. You will then be given several options. From the dropdown menu, choose the format you wish: Web, CD-ROM, etc. (CD-ROM is a good choice for most purposes -- don't use the Web setting unless your are exporting a clip over 10 minutes for the web).
After a couple of minutes, you'll have a QuickTime file (ending in .mov) that you can then burn to CD, import into PowerPoint or put on the web.
How to Save Your iMovie Project File on a DVD
This is called making an "Archive" of your iMovie project, and saves a complete copy of your entire project to DVD.
1. Delete any clips you are sure you won't need from the Clips Pane or Bin.
2. Empty your iMovie trash (double click on trash can in the lower right of the iMovie window, empty trash and save project).
3. Go to File>Burn project to Disc. You'll get asked if you want to make an Archive. Click OK.
4. It will remind you to put in a DVD. Put in a DVD-R and click OK.
5. Let it burn. This can take a while, up to 15 minutes, but will save a complete copy of your iMovie project to the DVD.
6. TEST YOUR DVD to make sure it works. DVDs have a surprisingly high failure rate, and you want to make 100% sure that yours works, so you don't lose hours of editing time.
-Put your DVD in another computer.
-Copy the files from the DVD to the hard drive of the computer (you can do this by dragging the file from the DVD to the desktop or onto the hard drive icon).
-Open the file from the desktop or hard drive.
**If you try to simply click on the file from the DVD and open it, IT WILL NOT WORK**
1. Delete any clips you are sure you won't need from the Clips Pane or Bin.
2. Empty your iMovie trash (double click on trash can in the lower right of the iMovie window, empty trash and save project).
3. Go to File>Burn project to Disc. You'll get asked if you want to make an Archive. Click OK.
4. It will remind you to put in a DVD. Put in a DVD-R and click OK.
5. Let it burn. This can take a while, up to 15 minutes, but will save a complete copy of your iMovie project to the DVD.
6. TEST YOUR DVD to make sure it works. DVDs have a surprisingly high failure rate, and you want to make 100% sure that yours works, so you don't lose hours of editing time.
-Put your DVD in another computer.
-Copy the files from the DVD to the hard drive of the computer (you can do this by dragging the file from the DVD to the desktop or onto the hard drive icon).
-Open the file from the desktop or hard drive.
**If you try to simply click on the file from the DVD and open it, IT WILL NOT WORK**
How to post videos to youtube.com
1. Digitize your footage in iMovie (or open iMovie and import your Quicktime file) and place it in the timeline. If you are working from a DVD, remember to copy your files to the computer's hard drive first, then use the copied files on the computer with iMovie.
2. Go to File>Export. Click on the QuickTime tab and choose "Compress movie for: CD-ROM." This will make a smaller file (must be less than 100mb and less than 10 mins., if not choose "Web") that you can then upload to youtube.
3. Go to http://www.youtube.com and create an account. Once you're finished, log in and click on "Upload Videos" (upper rt).
4. Fill out the title and other info, then click "Go Upload the File". Click "Browse" and choose your web-formatted video. Select Public or Private, then click "Upload Video".
5. When it's done, go to "My Videos" to view it. This can take up to 10 minutes, so don't panic if you don't see it right away.
6. Once it's posted, to the right you will see a URL link and below it, Embed. Email me both the Embed link and the URL for your video, and I will post them to the class blog.
2. Go to File>Export. Click on the QuickTime tab and choose "Compress movie for: CD-ROM." This will make a smaller file (must be less than 100mb and less than 10 mins., if not choose "Web") that you can then upload to youtube.
3. Go to http://www.youtube.com and create an account. Once you're finished, log in and click on "Upload Videos" (upper rt).
4. Fill out the title and other info, then click "Go Upload the File". Click "Browse" and choose your web-formatted video. Select Public or Private, then click "Upload Video".
5. When it's done, go to "My Videos" to view it. This can take up to 10 minutes, so don't panic if you don't see it right away.
6. Once it's posted, to the right you will see a URL link and below it, Embed. Email me both the Embed link and the URL for your video, and I will post them to the class blog.
Homework due 7/18
1. Revise your project statement, and finish any additional user research.
2. Each team needs at least 2 minutes of footage for the iMovie demo Thursday. Even if you are not finished with your sequence, you must bring in something to edit.
3. Update your team blogs, make sure that all of your work is documented.
2. Each team needs at least 2 minutes of footage for the iMovie demo Thursday. Even if you are not finished with your sequence, you must bring in something to edit.
3. Update your team blogs, make sure that all of your work is documented.
Project 5: Video Self-Portraits (due 7/24)
Gillian Wearing, Self-Portrait, 2000, chromogenic development print
As a group, create video self portraits of each team member. You need 30-60 seconds of footage per team member.
1. Start by thinking about format -- we will be watching these portraits as one video sequence, so will they all be the same? Will they all be different? Will they start or end the same way then diverge?
2. Once you have a plan, start storyboarding your individual sequences. Your storyboards should be 4 in. x 3 in., to match the 4 x 3 size ratio of NTSC video.
3. Then begin shooting. We will go over how to edit in iMovie during class tomorrow.
4. Edit your individual segments into one finished piece, then output them to miniDV tape.
5. Create a mastered DVD of your project in iDVD (we will go over this in class tomorrow too).
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Homework due Wed. 7/11 and Thurs. 7/12
For Wednesday 7/11:
1. Be prepared to discuss 2 ideas for your final project (write out 1 paragraph describing each idea) with your classmates at pizza night.
2. Sign out a MiniDV camera (and manual, write this in the optional accessories section) for the weekend 7/13-7/15 and on Thurs. 7/19. For instructions, go to http://sopis07.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-reserve-equipment.html. YOU MUST DO THIS BY WED. TO RESERVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE WEEKEND. Please reserve one camera per group.
For Thursday 7/12:
1. Present your LES Portraits projects.
2. Be prepared to discuss 2 ideas for your final project and read your written descriptions.
3. 2 blog entries, 1 paragraph each.
4. Look at Alex Eben Meyer's website (link on class blog), he is our visiting artist/illustrator/designer/animator on Thurs. 7/12.
Esteban, it's your turn to ask a question.
1. Be prepared to discuss 2 ideas for your final project (write out 1 paragraph describing each idea) with your classmates at pizza night.
2. Sign out a MiniDV camera (and manual, write this in the optional accessories section) for the weekend 7/13-7/15 and on Thurs. 7/19. For instructions, go to http://sopis07.blogspot.com/2007/05/how-to-reserve-equipment.html. YOU MUST DO THIS BY WED. TO RESERVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE WEEKEND. Please reserve one camera per group.
For Thursday 7/12:
1. Present your LES Portraits projects.
2. Be prepared to discuss 2 ideas for your final project and read your written descriptions.
3. 2 blog entries, 1 paragraph each.
4. Look at Alex Eben Meyer's website (link on class blog), he is our visiting artist/illustrator/designer/animator on Thurs. 7/12.
Esteban, it's your turn to ask a question.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Portraits
Chuck Close
Self Portrait
link
Self Portrait
link
John, 1997
link
Sofonisba Anguissola
Portrait of the Artist's Sisters Playing Chess, 1555
Oil on canvas
link
John Singer Sargent
The Sitwell Family [London], 1900
Oil on canvas
link
The Daughters of Edward D. Boit, 1882
Oil on canvas
link
Tracy Moffat
Scarred for Life series, 1994
link
Catherine Opie
Self Portrait / Nursing, 2004
C-print
link
Oliver in a Tutu, 2005
From the series ‘In and Around Home’
C-print
link
Nick (from the Surfers series), 2003
C-print
link
Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian 1593 - 1652/1653)
Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1612
link
Susanna and the Elders, 1610
link
Her first dated and signed work is so remarkably mature for a seventeen-year-old that many attributed it to her father. However, it is the painting that is accepted, without dispute, as being the first autograph painting by Artemisia. Her signature can be found in the shadow caste by Susanna's legs.
The work shows anatomical accuracy and advanced colour and construction. Her father may have guided her with the design and execution of the painting. Her palette owes much to Michelangelo, a major influence on her style.
Artemisia depicts the biblical story of Susanna, a virtuous young wife sexually harassed by the elders of her community. Rather than showing Susanna as coyly or flirtatious (as many male artists had painted the scene), Artemisia takes the female perspective and portrays Susanna as vulnerable, frightened, and repulsed by their demands, while the men loom large, leering, menacing, and conspiratorial in her direction.
Rembrandt's version
link
Alessandro Allori's version
link
Self Portrait
link
Self Portrait
link
John, 1997
link
Sofonisba Anguissola
Portrait of the Artist's Sisters Playing Chess, 1555
Oil on canvas
link
John Singer Sargent
The Sitwell Family [London], 1900
Oil on canvas
link
The Daughters of Edward D. Boit, 1882
Oil on canvas
link
Tracy Moffat
Scarred for Life series, 1994
link
Catherine Opie
Self Portrait / Nursing, 2004
C-print
link
Oliver in a Tutu, 2005
From the series ‘In and Around Home’
C-print
link
Nick (from the Surfers series), 2003
C-print
link
Artemisia Gentileschi (Italian 1593 - 1652/1653)
Judith Slaying Holofernes, 1612
link
Susanna and the Elders, 1610
link
Her first dated and signed work is so remarkably mature for a seventeen-year-old that many attributed it to her father. However, it is the painting that is accepted, without dispute, as being the first autograph painting by Artemisia. Her signature can be found in the shadow caste by Susanna's legs.
The work shows anatomical accuracy and advanced colour and construction. Her father may have guided her with the design and execution of the painting. Her palette owes much to Michelangelo, a major influence on her style.
Artemisia depicts the biblical story of Susanna, a virtuous young wife sexually harassed by the elders of her community. Rather than showing Susanna as coyly or flirtatious (as many male artists had painted the scene), Artemisia takes the female perspective and portrays Susanna as vulnerable, frightened, and repulsed by their demands, while the men loom large, leering, menacing, and conspiratorial in her direction.
Rembrandt's version
link
Alessandro Allori's version
link
Homework due Thurs. 7/5 and Tues. 7/10: Project 4: LES Portraits
Project 4: LES Portraits
Working with your team, create portraits of 5 LES residents. Each portrait should include a photograph, drawing, and transcripts of brief interviews. Each team must also figure out a way to present the information: book, collage, power point presentation or video.
Part 1: (due 7/5)
1. Decide what kind of visual portraits you want to make. They don’t have to be frontal portraits, you can use hands, feet, eyes, hair – be creative.
2. Decide on your interview questions – what kind of information do you want to get from people? What kind of informative portrait will this create? How can you tie the written information from the interview in with your visual portrait? How are you going to encourage people to speak with you?
3. Decide how you are going to present this information: book, collage, etc. Do not go to the LES without a plan.
4. Decide who is going to do what (photographs, drawings, transcripts).
5. Write out a 1-paragraph description of your group’s intent, who has what responsibility, and write out your list of questions. Bring all of your materials to class on Thursday. We will discuss them, and go to the LES together to conduct interviews.
Part 2: (due 7/10)
1. Conduct your interviews as a group. Be polite and friendly, and do not be offended if people do not want to speak with you. If you are not having any luck, try changing your strategy and the way you are approaching people.
2. Collect all of your information together and assemble it into a professional-looking presentation.
3. Be prepared to present your work in class Tues. 7/10.
Working with your team, create portraits of 5 LES residents. Each portrait should include a photograph, drawing, and transcripts of brief interviews. Each team must also figure out a way to present the information: book, collage, power point presentation or video.
Part 1: (due 7/5)
1. Decide what kind of visual portraits you want to make. They don’t have to be frontal portraits, you can use hands, feet, eyes, hair – be creative.
2. Decide on your interview questions – what kind of information do you want to get from people? What kind of informative portrait will this create? How can you tie the written information from the interview in with your visual portrait? How are you going to encourage people to speak with you?
3. Decide how you are going to present this information: book, collage, etc. Do not go to the LES without a plan.
4. Decide who is going to do what (photographs, drawings, transcripts).
5. Write out a 1-paragraph description of your group’s intent, who has what responsibility, and write out your list of questions. Bring all of your materials to class on Thursday. We will discuss them, and go to the LES together to conduct interviews.
Part 2: (due 7/10)
1. Conduct your interviews as a group. Be polite and friendly, and do not be offended if people do not want to speak with you. If you are not having any luck, try changing your strategy and the way you are approaching people.
2. Collect all of your information together and assemble it into a professional-looking presentation.
3. Be prepared to present your work in class Tues. 7/10.
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