Frida Li - "Innocence vs selfishness"

Assignment 3: Tract

Use a narrative to persuade others to a stated
point of view. Your visual narrative should be
based in fact, but can contain fictional
elements, and can even consist of mostly
fictional images. As in parafiction, the images
should attempt to be interpreted as real rather
than immediately being perceived as false (you
may use humor to persuade but the project
should not be a joke). You should actually try to
persuade people to agree with the point of view
in your tract, no matter how outlandish. On the
most basic level, the tract should cause them
to question the validity of your idea in a serious
way. You may also use a more subtle approach
akin to magical realism, in which you bring our
attention to the uncanny in everyday life.

Due next week (26th)
-20 images that act as a persuasive narrative of
your idea.
-Storyboard of image sequence - printed color thumbnails.
-Bring your files for us to project in class and be ready to work in class

Due the 2nd
-your tract: color cover, black and white inside.
-need to print and give out 10 (including one to turn in),
-should be pocket sized booklets, minimum 12 pages.
-May use no more than 30 words of text.
-Either left for someone to find or handed out: must provide
photo documentation

Wunderkammer - Part 3 FINAL

Due Next Week:
Final version of your Wunderkammer. Must be at least 18 inches on all sides, must use folds. Must be full color on one side and screenprinted (one or more colors) on the reverse.

How you will be graded:
1. Does your folding system present the information in a meaningful way - that is, does the sequence in which we open your folds enhance the presentation of the information/imagery

2. Does your collection tell us something interesting about a culture?

3. Is your collection multilayered in meaning, involving juxtaposition or comparison?

4. Craft.

5. Is one side screenprinted, and does this add to or support the presentation of your collection

6. Did you use another source of graphic information/imagery as an organizing principle

Interesting Collections:
1. google street view, edited

2. kim jong-il looking at things

3. negatives discovered

4. things organized neatly

Alfred Yson "Ambition"

Ayo's slideshow (The human mind)

Slide

Wunderkammer Part 3

1. Collect 10 examples of visual references for the presentation of your collection (you may already have some of these). You can do this today in class.

These could be japanese advertising, still lifes, fashion magazine spreads, car part catalogues, a scientific laboratory, a rube goldberg machine, etc. The only requirement is that they represent an understood way of presenting objects or related collection of parts (objects, places, people). It can sometimes be interesting to use a seemingly unrelated system to present your collection - ie. displaying a collection of toiletries as you would medical equipment. Of course you might want to have an idea of what you are trying to convey by creating that kind of tension.

Use your references to refine/recontextualize the presentation of your images in your 'cabinet'. This is an opportunity to have fun with the details - maybe you add numbering or other graphic elements to allude to your references. Next week bring the digital file of your refinements - this should be the final version of the collection side of your 'cabinet'.

2. Now you must consider the other side. Today we will have a screenprinting demo. Bring in a life size print of the reverse of your 'cabinet' - can be BW and tiled (better not to tile), which you will screenprint the next week. This can take whatever form you wish (pattern, image, title), but it should reveal something more about your collection rather than just acting as a frame for what is already there. Consider whether this reverse side will be viewed first or last.