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MAGCD 2 Positions through Contextualising

MAGCD 2 | 2 • 1 Work + Feedback

☞ Please Note:

I do not consider myself to be a medium, nor I participate or have ever participated on spiritualist church meeting to this date. This is the first time I have experimented creating a chart and attempted to use it for my creative practice.

Self-Reflections:

• Chart #3 doesn’t work as well having two sets of numbers.

• On future iterations of charts I would like to include more complex shapes, letters and overall make it smaller as it takes longer for the pendulum to swing long. The smaller the chart the quicker and more clear the pendulum communication. It is also very intuitive so I can quickly see what it is pointing at.

• I somewhat “dislike” the results of the experiments but I find them very interesting and it makes me wonder if there’s and what’s the meaning behind them.

• As per the pendulum, I do not know if it is picking on my own unconscious information of myself/higher self energy or what.
But I find the mystery spiritual.

• I found to be a little energetically draining and time consuming to gather the information from the pendulum before I translate the information into graphics.

✷ Group Feedback:

• Not logical / no sense.

• Spiritual does not relate to design.

• Broad to explore.

• Watch 6OCT Recording of workshop.

• Refer to Conditional Design Workbook.

• Approach method to create system a system to create rather than spirit – move away from that.

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MAGCD 2 Positions through Iterating

MAGCD 2 | 1 • 2 Work

1 to 60 iterations

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MAGCD 2 Positions through Iterating

MAGCD 2 | 1 Work + ✐ Tutorial Notes

POSITION THROUGH ITERATING

⭐︎ Feedback :

• The iteration journey makes sense, however a Typeface doesn’t seem to be right path.

• There is much more about colour light representation you can explore.

❤︎ References :

• Maximage

• Joseph Albers

• Aura photography

☞ Next :

• Move away from type

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MAGCD 1 Methods of Contextualising

MAGCD 1 | 5 • 2

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MAGCD 1 Methods of Iterating

MAGCD 1 | 4 Iterations III

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Iteration 3.1

Iteration 3.2

Created single Ellipse file on illustrator to print multiple times over same sheet.
Ellipse A (original nº1)

Printed 22 times on the same sheet of paper while moving stencils opposite directions.
Elipse B (original nº2)

On this version one can clearly see how the machine did what “it wanted” by printing a few eclipses out of place.

This last experiment was most meaningful to me because I co-created the artwork together with the printed and developed a meaningful attachment to the artwork like one can develop creating hand-crafted or slow-processed artwork.

Elipse A3 (Elipse A manipulated on photoshop)
In the future I’d like to try to create the above with the Risograph printer. Same process but moving stencils on multiple directions.
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MAGCD 1 Methods of Iterating

MAGCD 1 | 4 Iterations II

☞ FEEDBACK:

  • Take something negative (irregularities from printing) and turn it into positive.
  • What’s the context? What are you going to do and use this in the future?
  • You’ve shown experiment – which is good.
  • Why move from animation to make a unique print if you already done it.
  • Take what you learnt to push it forward.
  • Combine the two questions?
  • Create / find a narrative for the movement.
  • Other footage or animation
  • What do you want to say?
  • RIA AHMED – brings process into personal content
  • How can I use the copier machine to create movement?
  • Scanning / copping / multiple times / duplicate
  • AMANDINE FOREST
  • unintentional movement create an animation as narrater?
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MAGCD 1 Methods of Iterating

MAGCD 1 | 4 Iterations I

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MAGCD 1 Methods of Translating

MAGCD 1 | 3 • 2 Work + Feedback

Due to time constrains and perhaps a limited scholar aptitude, I abandoned the idea of a video essay, which was encouraged in the last tutorial, and instead I made a video montage of researched footage about pink fashion:

A to Z
Bright Pink
1937 – 2022

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MAGCD 1 Methods of Translating

MAGCD 1 | 3 • 1 Work + ✐ Tutorial Notes

Material chosen to work with on this brief:

A single colour story of the book The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St. Clair (2016)

The colour story: Shocking Pink

⭐︎ Feedback :

• Add to the history, write it in your point of view, critique it, etc.

• Reconfigure its meaning

❤︎ References :

• Valentino AW2022 Pink Collection

• Vox Media timeline visual essays

• BBC The Century of the self :
Part 1, “Happiness Machine”

• A rough sketch for design criticism, Jarrett Fuller

☞ Next :

• Make a video-essay

☾ Reflections :

• Going home I thought: what about if I do a gender-neutral fable about pink? A story for children, since Pink was originally a colour for boys. – Something to consider or to add into the video-essay, but, I think someone has already done that children book.

• All references I was given in class were very interesting and particularly enjoyed Jarrett Fuller’s one. Thanks.

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MAGCD 1 | 2 • 2 Work + Feedback

HAKUJA (Snake)

Hakujya is the Japanese White Snake, a symbol of good fortune. 

Crossing the road of a snake is a good omen and they deliver wealth.

They are considered a god of luck. Associated with Japanese Buddhism, it represents art, music and eloquence. 

KAERU (Frog)

Kaeru is the Japanese Frog, and means “to return”.

It’s a symbol of spring, fertility and good fortune. 

They are often given as lucky charms or thoughtful gift to return safely to a place. 

KITSUNE (Fox)

Kitsune is the intelligent Japanese Fox, with paranormal powers.

They can be found near Irani shrines which are red Shinto gates.

They grow a tail every hundred years as they get wiser and stronger powers, and can only grow up to nine tails. 

KOMAINU (Lion-Dog)

Komainu are Lion Dog guardian statues at entrances of temples and shrines. 

They are a pair or guardians, a female and a male lion dog.

The famale sits on the left with her mouth closed and the male sits on the right with his mouth open. 

TANUKI (Racoon-Dog)

Tanuki is a Japanese Racoon Dog with a reputation for magic and mischief.

Associated with the gods, they can shapeshift and are popular for pranks.

Their habitat is the forests, they have large eyes with black fur mask around the eyes, and, long and puffy fur. 

TATSU (Dragon)

Tatsu is the serpentine-like Japanese Dragon, a water deity.

Originated in Shintoism, Tatsu has four claws and superpowers.

They live in palaces at the bottom of the sea or ocean, or in other secluded places such rivers and lakes. 

TSURU (Crane)

Tsuru is the Japanese Crane, symbol of success and good fortune.

They are very popular and represent longetivity and happiness.

Tsuru are an inspiration to artists and appear often represented in prints and variety of artistic objects.