Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Week 10

Using UPHERE as an example, describe an aspect of your work or something
you have worked on, where you have found a symbiotic relationship that is both
complexity and simplicity
- My book "Memoir of a Survivor". It's simple and complex at the same time, because the book is in the form of a journal it is very easy to write because you don't have to worry about explaining the major details, but complex because you need to put enough detail in for the reader to understand what is going on.
Provide a conceptual example of a situation that has arisen during this project
where you have had a return on failure?
- Again, my book "Memoir of a Survivor". Being able to write it in a way for the readers to understand the way the character feels.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Week 9

Provide an example of a situation where you have to have trust – in the same
vein as the author in his swimming lesson example. What made you trust in this
situation and how did you feel?
- Being in the passengers seat of a car, you have to trust that the driver knows what they are doing and that they won't put you in danger.
Where in our exhibition do we need to instill trust? Give examples. How are we
going to achieve this?
- Trust each other, hand out food
What strategies are used to instill trust? Examples? Where do we need to employ
this in uphere? How are we going to do this?
- Act confident,
If you could “undo” any aspect of the preparation for the exhibition to-date, what
would you “undo”? With this in mind, what would would you change now in your
preparation strategy to overcome having to “undo” anything?
- Go to an exhibition opening so we can get a rough idea on what we are

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Week 8

When Maeda uses the “Feel, and feel for” principle, he is drawing on peoples
connection to a very personal experience: feelings. List 3 ways that would make
use of this principle to visitors of your exhibition.
- Territory Feel, Dress Formaly (not thongs,etc.), Make them feel welcometo the exhibition
What is animism? Why do you think the “Tamagocchi” craze of the ‘90s became
such a craze? How can you apply this to your exhibition?
- Animism: the attribution of a soul to plants & inanimate objects. Tamagocchi was such a craze because people could buy won, in doing so they could raise a virtual pet without actually taking full responsibility for it, eg. you could leave it for a week and come back and it would still be alive, the only thing that would have changed is it would have a hungry/food symbol on the screen.
Name 2 products that you have purchased that gave you that feeling of “Aichaku”.
What feelings did those products evoke? Was it the feeling that sold the product
to you?
- I can only think of 1 thing that i have bought that has given me the feeling of “Aichaku” and that is my computer. I grew up using my computer, and it was my source of entertainment, so in a way i have become attached to it. I didn't have these feelings for it until after i bought it.
How do the references to emotion relate to the simplicity/complexity relationship
discussed in Law 5 - Differences
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