Despite being struck by plague and having to have missed two lessons of this studio project, I was pleased that the days' activities were self contained so I didn't feel like so behind, though it was interesting trying to make sense of the shapes and constructs around the studio.
I liked the sound of today's activity which began with bringing in a personal object which required almost no thinking as to what I brought along. When asked to pull them out, it was suddenly strange bringing it into this new context, writing about it proved to be much easier as the personal significance of my object again didn't require much thinking.
A personal object of personal significance - something you value because of it's meaning to you, not its worth. Write an explanation of why your object is important to you and what meanings you attach to it. (click on the below image)
The objects were all then placed upon the table for scrutiny. We all seemed perhaps a bit hesitant, due to their personal significance perhaps leaving us feeling vulnerable. My gentle Mimi seemed out of place amongst the half a dozen or so electronics. Upon given the task of having to 'interview' the objects, each object was taken for scrutiny. It was strange to have my object taken away from me but then it was interesting watching Ryan as he interrogated it, analyzing in great detail the physicality of it, exploring the texture, the shape, the nature, but he handled it gently, valuing it for this physicality and the meaning behind it. I liked this as it explored the character which I had recalled in my analysis of its significance to me. Jason similarly asked my permission before picking it up which showed the same level of respect for the object.
I liked the sound of today's activity which began with bringing in a personal object which required almost no thinking as to what I brought along. When asked to pull them out, it was suddenly strange bringing it into this new context, writing about it proved to be much easier as the personal significance of my object again didn't require much thinking.
A personal object of personal significance - something you value because of it's meaning to you, not its worth. Write an explanation of why your object is important to you and what meanings you attach to it. (click on the below image)
The objects were all then placed upon the table for scrutiny. We all seemed perhaps a bit hesitant, due to their personal significance perhaps leaving us feeling vulnerable. My gentle Mimi seemed out of place amongst the half a dozen or so electronics. Upon given the task of having to 'interview' the objects, each object was taken for scrutiny. It was strange to have my object taken away from me but then it was interesting watching Ryan as he interrogated it, analyzing in great detail the physicality of it, exploring the texture, the shape, the nature, but he handled it gently, valuing it for this physicality and the meaning behind it. I liked this as it explored the character which I had recalled in my analysis of its significance to me. Jason similarly asked my permission before picking it up which showed the same level of respect for the object.
I also noticed more people were inclined to interview the digital object, perhaps because we engage better with technological objects; they are more customizable, easier to engage with and understand, we can associate with a similar thing we posses ourselves so can relate to. Some of the other object, perhaps like mine are fairly ambiguous and we lack the contextual understanding of the connotations and associations, bringing to it their own instead. This was an approach I took in my interviews, trying to imagine as though the objects as though they were mine. Click on the below images to see the interview.
I felt this activity was useful in exploring the potential conceptual meaning behind an object by using our own experiences and objects as a starting point. From here now, we have to go back to our own objects to explore it as though we had no emotional link to it, the way the others in the class experienced it and then attempt to represent it based on our own interpretation and the interpretations of others.
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