WHAT WE ARE DOING...

Hello Everyone,
I have been speaking with Becca and Jack (the host) on the layout. Between us the the NZ people, we have decided on our layout. Below is what we will need to do. They took our idea and with comprimise we have gotten to this...

Becca's e-mails

Hi Zuzana,

I'm taking this in today and we will have a go!

Thank you! Looking forward to it.

Becca


On May 9, 2007, at 8:40 AM, ZUZANA MURANICOVA wrote:

> Hello Becca,
> I am part of Norah's and Robert's Image Body Landscape class.
> We want your students to perform a little exercise that we have
> already done but don't want to show the documentation just yet.
> We thought it would be nice to see an outcome from the other side
> with the same set of instructions.
> I am sending the instructions to you and not to the whole class so
> it's more spontaneous. It would be great if you could post some
> sort of a documentation from the performance next Thursday. We'll
> add ours to it and could compare.Since your class is little bigger
> maybe you can divide the group in a half. Here are the rules:
> One performance group needs:
> 1 writer
> 1 speaker
> 1 actor
> 3-4 performers
>
> The performance has three layers ( foreground, middle ground and
> back ground). It's best to do this outside with more space but you
> can also do it indoors. The (3-4) performers perform an act in the
> background (the act is up to them, which they should not share
> with the rest of the group). Speaker and actor are in the middle
> ground. The speaker faces performers and speaks aloud what they
> observe. Actor faces the writer, who is in the foreground. Actor
> acts out what speaker says. Writer records what they see actor do.
> Have fun!
>
> Zuzana Muranicova
>
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Hi Zuzana,

We'll discuss this in our session today and send it through asap.

More soon,

Becca


On May 11, 2007, at 7:10 AM, ZUZANA MURANICOVA wrote:

> Becca,
> we are working on the gestural scores/rule sets for the lunch/
> breakfast next Thursday. It would be great if you could e-mail us the
> list of food items that you are planning on brining to the table.
> The sooner the better. Thanks a lot.
> OHIO
>

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Hi Zuzana,

The group is working on creating a menu, this will be resolved on our 
Monday and they will also be sending through an invitation to the 
breakfast with details for seating arrangements etc. They are happy to 
work out how we arrange each groups provocations in collaboration with 
you. I did suggest today that perhaps Ohio takes care of one or two 
courses and then NZ takes care of one or two courses and we arrange the 
exchange that way, taking turns at driving the collaboration? They 
will have a menu for you by your Sunday evening! They will also send 
through suggestions for possible seating/video/screen/table set ups.

We thought it might be a good idea to do a test run for set up and 
checks. Would you be able to use a studio on Wednesday at 3.30pm? We 
can be in our studio then (it's our 7.30am Thursday). Otherwise any 
other timeslots that could work for you?

Hear form you soon!

Becca :-)



And the question is...

Hello everyone,

Can you all check to make sure that I am on your email lists. I am not getting any emails, (unless there are none). I know something is weird because I got a reply from Becca that was sent from Leann.

As for our response, Is there an email, or image, video, of something that was sent?

Im a little in the dark and Im not to sure why.

Thanks,

H

Below are images from what Zuzana and I did today. All the letters are staked out and are almost ready for seeds!

Response To Youtube Video

I watched the video twice. I decided to do some brief untimed writing about it, because the video gave me the sensation of something both planned, and unplanned.

moment captured, exposure, blank honesty, a question, devise, a plan, expose slowly, reveal, unveil, smoker to share, shyness, between my selves, underneath, a pose, breathing, quality, juxtapose the indoor and outdoor setting, sitting, wherever, a studio time/ space. suspension, green eyes, and thick lashes. hiding feet. cold floor. skitter. open. time spans itself. here with me now. taken. space between alone. today. yesterday.

Images

Here are some brief images form the group/individual excersises.Enjoy..my Dv tape is having some difficulties, I think the quality of the tape was effected so there are some skips..but otherwise.

Darby Creek

Image/Body/Landscape Field Trip
May 1, 2007


Phrases engendered by Cris, Leann, Leusa, Barbara and Norah on the way home:

Expert navigator women
Junk food on road trips
Creamy milkshake heaven
Slurpy sounds through straws

Layers of complexity through the forest
Body, image and a whole lot of landscape
External landscape
Playful
Uneven terrain
Egrets in the water
Submerged
Feet in cool water
Slippery mud through the toes
Taking the path less traveled
Moss covered rocks
Climbing on all fours
Slip slide and fall kersplash

Sheets automotive and mechanic
Tool and die company
Church of God
Creative child care
Starbright trailer Park
I thought the Bible belt was further south.



COANS: one sentence that captures the essence of something or someone.

Pretty in pink, hem skimming the water: Cris
Fearing crawfish, two feet planted over the watery divide: Herb
Observer on the bank recalling childhood: Leann
Mermaid on a rock, mushing in the moss: Leusa
Wading with walking sticks, fording the oxen: Zak and Peter
Solitary, far and quiet, one with the rock under her feet: Zuzana
Lately basking, lightly laughing: Barb
Crab-walking, dressed for a meeting: Norah
The Eagle Scout in urban shoes: Robert

Batelle Derby Creek

I must say that today was one of the best times I have had in a long time, and I want to thank everyone for sharing it with me. I wish it could have lasted longer, or could happen more often, but since these things inevitably can not happen I am glad for the time had. It was really nice to interact with everyone outside of a structured classroom setting, and I felt I learned alot more about everyone from this experience.
I love play it keeps you young, and doesnt happen enough.

from our discussion

All the things we talked about:

going to marion prairie on tues... drawing names and creating a word association bio for that person... maybe sending this and an item that is important to that person in a snail mail package (this would arrive at the completion of the project)... giving them the address to our blog so they can see what we have been doing and/or creating a blog with them... i think that was everything...

i totally forgot to post the words, that is, until now.

mine

trace, path, MOVEMENT, space wind existance time route lines curves trail reveal follow web slack tension string memory travel RECORD

hers

standing looking listening watching noticing feel sound touch MOVEMENT interaction through in within between across around writing RECORDING witness examine

-Z

walk

20 words about my project (Leann)

1. rhythm


2. texture


3. sound


4. temperature


5. hardscape


6. eyecatching


7. organic


8. shape


9. form


10. function


11. groundplane


12. meticulous


13. pattern


14. tabue


15. letters


16. nonexistant


17. apparent


18. reaction


19. emotion


20. memory

20 words about Barbara's project:

1. whispers


2. wind


3. snifflers


4. document


5. selective


6. rhythm


7. temperature


8. outside


9. levels


10. unnoticed


11. sense


12. awareness


13. place


14. collaboration


15. speed


16. softness


17. visual cues


18. constant


19. human


20. natural

String and Surroundings

1.stillness
2.balance
3.left
4.right
5.uneven
6.walking
7.pausing
8.within
9.parrallel
10.schedule
11.following
12.forward
13.sidewalk
14.sidewalk
15.heads
16.bodies
17.stopping
18.string
19.whimsical
20.tracking

Zac

Starting with our beginning point, he unwinds the string slwly. Leading himself down the stairs, and outside through the door. He winds the large ball of yarn around of signs, sidewalks, and across the small road. People don't seem to notice. It twists needlessly around patches of grass. It reminds me of blind exercises or a fairytale something that is : odd, useless, and nessesary. The string is secure enough to return the holder to whence he came.


1.unwinding
2.stairs
3.down
4.outside
5.string
6.around
7.leaves
8.across
9.sidewalks
10.pausing
11.standing
12.stopping
13.holding
14.beside
15.opens
16.clothes
17.tangles
18.paths
19.knots
20.up


Leusa

As people leave the building, they adjusted themselves to walking outside again. You can tell those who move on a schedule because immediately they lead themsleves , so go forward moving there bodies then their heads. Others immeadiately adjust on a diagonal, left or right, sometimes pausing. Most people don't look around, others look about carelessly as they orient themselves to the space. the string twists and floats on wind, wound around posts and across the road. It seems as though people don't notice it or they choose to ignore it. Either way it is strange. Whimsical, like a fairytale. I try to make myself perfectly still and adjust my body to itself. My left side is more delicate than my right side, however, both, feet refuse to stay pefrectly on the ground. I notice my body continues to move within.

Lists of words...

Howdy. Here are the lists from class the other day:

For Zuzana:
Detritus Garbage Excess Cast-off Left-over Un-needed Un-wanted
Disregard Litter Evidence Occupation Existance Claiming Collecting
Recycling Re-assignment Re-use Re-claiming Compilation Catalog

For Me:
Texture Feel Document Scrape Slide Smooth Rough Scratch Rub
Red Crouch Approach Engage Intrude Interact Experience Impression
Landscape Friction Cooperation

Word List

Words for Peter:
touch, hand, record, device, microphone, trees, metal, wood, cement, bushes, walk, future, emphasis, care, pause, 2nd generation, sound, textures, surface, interpret

Words for me:
mark, walk, trash, rocks, twigs, people, paper, plastic, lip gloss, pen cover, land, awareness, recycling, reusing, sound, wind,
document, discard, collect, attention

Word Lists from Couple Exercise Outdoors

List A-- Leann and I together:

scritchy, scratchy, tag-along, wind-chill, camera-fail, sounds, whoosh, conversations, recorder-fail, impotence, technopoop, brail, follow, wait, listen, sleuth-like, eaves-drop, rhythms, resign, tech-failure, companionably.




Leann makes textures with scritchy-scratchy sounds. We tag-along companionably together. We follow, wait. Leann scritches her scratchy rhythms. I photograph and record. Oops. Camera quits low battery. Photo failure. Resume recording whoosh of wind, truck motor. Walking into windchill, recording eaves-drop conversaton bits of cell phone users. Sleuth-like. Oops. Recorder stops. Technopoop! Techno-impotence. I resort to braille, feeling with my fingers all the things Leann is scraping. Heading back to Haskett Hall, along a trail of string. Resigned to tech-failure, I go back to my own five senses.


List B--Leann:

paper, pencil, drawings, rubbings, textures, rough, smooth, asphalt, plants, grates, grass, tree, brick-wall, composites, busily, capturing, landmarks, fervently, non-stop, scritch-scratch, kneeling

Kneeling with paper and pencil she makes relief rubbings of asphalt and grates. Rough scritch-scratch sounds. Plants--grass and leaves--sound smoother, resemble fossil drawings. Texture rules: tree bark and brick wall. She busily captures composites of textures. Scritch-scratch, scritch-scratch, non-stop.

thursdays exploration

words:
1.experience, texture, dirt, exploration, pathway, direction, presence, design, broken, lost, integrity, bent, cold, metallic, action, scraping, reception, introvert, awareness, confusion.
2.sound, ring, entice, realization, touch, enlighten, replicate, sense, follow, lead, ambiguous, precise, involve, experience, explore, envelope, contain, replace, action, re-action.

and i'm posting the poetic writing of herbs project because i really liked it.

the sound. the ring. to entice into realization.
touch me. enlighten me. replicate what i forget.
sense the world differently. follow me. lead me.
everything is ambiguous but exquisitely precise.
involve all. experience and explore.
envelope and then contain what is.
replace my interaction. it is action we envision
and reaction we expect.

Thursday...

I had fun today with everyone...

The Black Glove

I'd like to share with you an unusual experience I had Tuesday that developed from the "silent walk" we took. During my walk with Zuzana something caught my eye: a lady's black leather glove lying palm up on the sidewalk near the gutter. I stopped and looked at it for several seconds. It appeared to be abandonned, vulnerable to passing feet. I considered picking it up but didn't because the owner might come back for it.

After class I headed to classroom services to check out a camera, and sure enough the black glove was still lying on the sidewalk in the exact same spot. After signing out the camera, I felt compelled to retrace my steps and take pictures of the glove. It had curled into a new, more self-protective position, probably from being scuffed at by passers-by. I had snapped two downward shots when a voice behind me asked, "Excuse me, is that your glove?" Surprised, I turned to face a serious-looking, tall, blond young woman. I responded that it wasn't mine, that I was just taking a few pictures. I asked her if she wanted it. She nodded, bent over and gently picked it up.

I watched her green-clad figure disappear into the direction from which I had come, the black glove held in her right hand. I felt an odd sense of relief knowing that the glove was given a second chance. In retrospect, though, I regret not asking her why she wanted it. I'm sure there was a story there somewhere.

human waste art

someone sent me this site and I thought it was really good for our class... an artistically consuming landscape...
http://www.chrisjordan.com/current_set2.php?id=7
here is an example of his work:



fun fact: that painting is what the really famous topiary garden in columbus is modeled after

what is important...

I think everyone has some great points and I see that all of us together could truly create something fantastic. However, I believe that it is necessary to understand why we are doing this. It seams as if all of us want to say something. I question the importance of an idea that we all can share. What do we all think is important? What is worth spending time, stress, and hard work on? How does this separate us from others working in this genre? Truthfully, I don’t wish to waste time making something that doesn't have any importance to me, project or not. So, is it about the environment, about our society, the cultures we all share? Can it be about the economy or governmental issues pertaining the war? What ever it may be, I ask, what do we want to say, what do we want to do, what is important to us, why do we want to share this? Despite my rather large idea of roping thousands of OSU students into doing something good for our society, I still believe that together we could really say something that resonates with all who experience what ever we create.

Check these sites out:

http://www.illegalart.org

http://www.confluxfestival.org/projects.php

h

The Big Group Project

First of all, let me say that i like the group project idea. I like the idea of building an experience or a space that includes so many people from so many disciplines. We all have alot of varied interests and this is a good way to really, um, " collaborate". I also like the idea of gathering a mass of people..however, I begin to wonder WHAT we are trying to do, and not so much where. Outdoor spaces are great of course, i think we can all agree on that...I wonder though, esp. after seeing all the artists in the symposium , people who were all trying to send their message to the world, whether it was political, or personal, they had a specific sort of..goal in mind. In thinking about the nature of the game, finite and infinite games, I wonder which one we are indeed playing.

I would like to suggest some things that have been running through my mind..I like the idea of multiple suggestions, Cris suggests a Treasure Map ( since GPS is starting to sort of began a regular mention) and then Barbara mentions the idea of wrtiing down suggestions. I am really into the idea of pooling togetehr a hatpile of thoughts, ideas, miniature games, emotions, excerises, etc. and going through them one by one. Maybe one day could be set aside for an exploration of each person's specific choice. Or say, we could list nine separte things 1. place 2. movement 3. tool 3. objective 4. documentation and build, with ourselves, a smaller scale model of the eventual " final" project"...These all just ideas of course. I was also extremely inspired by some of the noise artists that showed their work..talking, singing, screaming..expressing oneself through voice can be very empowering, and liberarting..There is a vunerability that is exposed...I know we have an excellent music school, hoever electronic noice making is also very curious to me.


Last of all, I am still really drawn to that large grassy space where Cris and I did our first project, just because it's so big and open. and its not campus...However, it doesn't get much pedestrian traffic. I am also working with the idea of small scripts and dialogues that could play played out..I have a soft spot for French cinema and avant-garde kind of fantasy pieces of pop culture nonsense..but thats just me.Public transportation, and bikes were also mentioned..

I am not entirely sure what role I could play in this project. i am still working on building models of transportable homes. Performance and documention always interest me, as well as making ..stuff!


Anyways, see you all on thursday.

I'm afraid I fit the stereotypical female at the moment with my indecisiveness and not knowing what I want...
It may just be, like mentioned by others, that I think conceptually first and then find a space that matches that idea. I think there is just a million spaces that I could chose, and since I don't have an idea in mind, it is a bit overwhelming. I prefer outside spaces, mostly because I am a landscape architecture student and the outside is where I believe people act more free and like themselves. Almost always the outside functions as either recreation or an inbetween space for transporting people to an inside destination.

I was inspired by the symposium and am drawn to political artists who do simple things to raise an awareness or make a political statement, but this may not apply to our game at all...

Right now, because of my personal uncertainty, my preferred role in the game is a documenter or mapping and analysis person. Like Cris mentioned, I am drawn to how things are represented to the second or third generations, or how you convert an idea into a physical thing or 2nd generation performance. Also, I have been trained through architecture to diagram/map and analyze, although I am definitely open to breaking away from this often times problematic habit.

im not sure how much i can be helpful to this project at its current stage. as i said i prefer to work conceptually first, at least loosely conceptual. without that guideline i cant decide one place over another.

i can say that i do have some sort of attraction to elevator spaces, although i dont know why yet. i enjoy industry and abandoned factory spaces, sprawl (urban and sub-urban) and the homogenization of modern architecture into the prefab, uniform buildings of current construction.

i guess that i can be of help in another role, whether it be involvement or documentation, and not be a part of the conceptual project.

oh, and i like bicycles

-Z

Thoughts on Group Project

During the Art/Tech Symposium Vito Acconci said that he needed to see a space first before he got an idea of what to do with it. I am having a similar reaction to our group assignment. So I have been thinking about spaces. I have two spaces that I am fond of because they seem to invite a wide variety of possible activities.

The first is the one I mentioned in class: the North Market down in the Short North. At this space we can explore inside, outside, around, up and down, and through. Functions of the space could be selected from among the following: shopping, eating, meandering, gazing, touching, smelling, hearing, tasting, as well as sitting/standing and observing.

The other is the space outside the Wexner Center including the north/south passageway, the central space with small trees, curvilinear stairs, a bit of grass, the white rectangular pillars and ledges. Typical functions of this space are sitting/loitering, cycling, skateboarding and travelling from point A to B. Of course, atypical activities or functions could be introduced.

I do not have an idea to which I am "married," so I'll just mention a possible activity we could consider in any space we choose--that of playing a "chance game" with rules, directions or prescriptions for activities determined by a roll of the dice or picking a piece of paper from a hat, etc. The directions would give an individual, or individuals, specific tasks that may or may not involve other people in the space. We might follow or converse with another, or walk, sit or stand in specific spaces where others may be present or not. There could be moments when we all congregate/disperse on a particular cue.

Some technical tools we might utilize/roles to assume: taking photographs, videotaping, giving tasks to each other by cell phone, drawing and leaving signs for each other, recording sounds, conversations, etc. with small recorders and/or pen and paper. Maybe we work together to build something (either utilitarian or abstract) within the larger space.

After experiencing the chosen space, we could find a way to gather, organize and present the various things which we recorded, shot, videoed, drew, wrote or built.

Maybe this idea is too complex, or has too many facets; but perhaps there is a seed here or there which may prompt one or more of us to create a terrific, cohesive concept.

Barbara

So, in regards to our talks last class about the group project, I find it interesting my reaction to small spaces with random people. And I think it would be interesting to examine myself and the reactions I might have when placed into such situations. But honestly I don't see this as being a group project. So as much as I tried to think of something that could be done I find that I am more drawn to the ideas of how such an experiment can be documented. For me this is more interesting than the prospect of the project itself. So depending on what others may have created I would like to concern myself with how it can be re-presented, while trying to keep the integrity of the moment.

I have found the reading from Finite and Infinite Games to be extremely interesting. The idea of life as an Infinite game is something I have thought of before, but most definitely not as thoroughly as James Carse. He has so much to say that is interestingly stated and backed up. I find myself highlighting phrases like it's my job. His words challenge my thinking and I enjoy this aspect of his writing. Anyone who can think so deeply about something I would consider quite broad, fascinates me. It is a philosophical entreaty into this idea of life as a game and being made up of games. I am quite enjoying myself.

wexner artist talk, april 3rd

Tuesday April 3
Oliver Herring,
Lecture 4:30 The Wexner Film and Video Center
Artist's Talk
Oliver Herring
Internationally recognized for his sculpture and performance work,
Oliver Herring is interested in the quirks of chance and chance
encounters, as strangers come together to interact in his videos
and performances. Other projects have incorporated knitting and
intricate 3D photo-collage portraits. You've seen him on the PBS
series, Art:21--now join us for a chance to hear Herring discuss his
recent work and upcoming projects.

Hey, remember when Barb called Norah 'a little gnome'? I do.

pot luck

im gonna bring cookies. soft squishy sugary cookies. they are my favorite cookies. hope this is good since i already bought them. they're pink.

Thought on Final projects

so far things are coming along well for me. I think the discussion on tuesday was very helpful in condenscing my thoughts on how to present my ideas. i had a question however about movement and motion...what are we trying to answer in this final project? So far, we have pretty much allowed our own personal thoughts and interests to lead us in whatever direction we like..I have been trying to deciede what direction i want the physcial aspect of my pieces to take and I am having a hard time decieding is the idea to use the readings to create soem sort of new understanding of body, landscape, image, or are we using the first projects to sort of draw a conclusion..? these are really just my own personal musings..aslso, i agree with the idea of learning how to the the live video feed, that soudns great. i plan on taking the class again next quarter and I am still very much interested in Motion capture and the possibilities of learning how to use that sort of equipment.

Also, to adriana, when are you planning yur performance and how many performers do you need?

Another Thought...

I propose that we learn how to have wireless live video feed. So one could be outside and project inside. Aswell, multimedia that uses the world wide web. These are a few things Im interested in. I know that Accad can help give us the oppertunity to accomplish many of these desires.

looking for swing...

My other idea is to create a solo perfomance by using a swing.
Do you have any idea about how I could find one and place it in EMMA studio?

The presence of time in the space

Do these pictures remind you of something???...

Hello everybody,

I think that I would like to propose a different answer than the one that I have done for assignment #2 (=site-subjective study: exporing the subjectivity and psychology in the relations between image-body-landscape)
My knot on that it is the video editing and probably not only that...
I would like to use that so familiar to us place and do an "imaged journal" about how does this place change or stays the same until our final week of exams. I would like to film that place different times per day and almost every day.
Also, I will need performers, who are going to repeat their performance during that lenght of that time. My goal on that it will be the exploration of their physicality and their intention.

Barb's Knots

At the start of the quarter we were asked to think about our growing edges. I believe I wrote that I would like to learn about videotaping--because I have not worked with video in the digital age. I am curious about not only using the camera, but also how one edits video, etc. I don't know how much I will use this resource in the future, but I'd at least like to have a little hands-on experience.

For the same reasons as above, I would also like to know more about sound engineering.

Another "knot" for me is the desire to possibly revisit projects 2 and/or 3 to strengthen and develop them for future performance. (#2 was my solo with urn in a mountain setting. #3 was the "scale" piece that Cris and I did together with props and two spaces: the inner "home" space and the outer "away" space.) I equally desire to set out on a whole new project, but have not yet settled on my "inspiration." I did spend all afternoon reviewing favorite poems and ideas from the book "Topophilia" in the hopes of finding a light bulb moment. So far the phrase that keeps coming to mind is: . . . the search for inspiration holds me firmly in its grip . . .

Are any of you revisiting past projects, or are you moving on to fresh new soil? So many possibilities, so little time. This is ever one of my major Struggles!

Barbara

gps

I am also interested in using gps and having a workshop on it. Here is a website that I found : http://locative.x-i.nett. I thought it was very interesting.

gps anyone?

i know that herb and i are interested, anyone else?

I'm not only curious about using GPS receivers
and portable units, but also the output... graphically and
statistically. the interfaces, in relation to how they translate to
images and charts, as well as which units and companies do this best,
interest me greatly.

For workshop?

I am interested in learning how to use audio. Import, export, layering, and manipulations. If this does not happen as a workshop, anyone who knows anything about such things could you please enlighten me? I am highly interested in learning.

More Andera...

Zitel's work explores areas of consumption and consumerisism. By creating these multiple spaces and places viewers are able to interact and respond to minimal life style living.