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Project #5: Apparatus for Capturing Sound > assembling NARRATIVES via CARVING

Understand the interior and exterior of the ear (human or other) by subtractivly carving it from foam. Create an apparatus for sound for your created ear (media of choice) The apparatus for sound needs to include what the ear is listening to (media of choice), to thereby capture the sound.  Think about ambient sound that is with us at all times > our internal beatings, breath, air movement, leaves rustling, cars and trucks humming, florescent light bulbs pulsing.  Insert the 2 forms to visually present a surrealist narrative of the ear + apparatus for sound visualized = X DUE: THURSDAY NOV 7th Rubric for Apparatus for Capturing Sound Areas of Evaluation Exceeds expectations achieving objectives A  10 points A-  9 Meets expectations and objectives B+  8 B    7 B-   6 Meets some Expectations and achieves some objectives C+  5 C    4 C-   3 Does Not meet expectations and goals D+   2 D     1 Un

Project #4: Inside out Membranes & the Exterior

Overview  In this project we will be exploring how the exterior of an object, when observed in a sensory fashion, is informative of the origins, the interior and identity of an object.   Through this visual and tactile information, we are often able to ascertain the identity of an object, and if the object is foreign to us, we are able to give some context in which the object might exist.   This project aims to explore how we associate with an object, and then poses new parameters as to how that object might exist, studying the nuances of the connections between interior/surface/form/identity. Methods  This is an observational project, and consists of three sequential steps to successful completion.   They are: Step 1 Find an object that is organic in nature, and exhibits surface characteristics that are interesting to you.   It can be smooth, rough, shiny, scratchy, prickly, etc.   Bring that object with you and we will di

Project #3: Historical Shoes Re-soled / Re-soul CONSTRUCTIONS

From footwear > to High Fashion Shoes have been around for tens of thousands of years.  40,000 BCE – First archeological evidence of protective foot covering found in Ice Age settlements Some other earliest shoes we have discovered were sandals from Ancient Egypt  4,000 BCE seems to be the first recorded text  mentioning of shoes as “flexible pieces of leather” came from Ancient Egypt 3,627 BCE Archeologist found the earliest known leather shoe near one of the cave  dwellings in Armenia Fashion history changes through time and culture depending on a group’s fashion aesthetic, their tendencies and their use.   Footwear fashion can be divided into the main world history eras: Prehistory  (2,5 million BCE – 1250 BCE)   BCE = Before the Common Era Antiquity  (1250 BCE – 476) The Middle Ages  (476 – 1453 CE)   CE = Common Era Early Modern Times  (1453 – 1918) Modern Times (1918 - to today)  In this assignment you will research a specific