Wednesday, January 17, 2007

ASSIGNMENT II

research.find.immerse.look.
listen.watch.live.be.act

DUE: Wed_24th or Thurs_25th

report contains the following

hard data_ existing information regarding assigned designer

Circum Vitae.resume’.bio.

where is the headquarters?
who is the head designer, artist, producer etc.?
what awards, competitions entered or won?
where did the person/musician/artist receive education?

ideology.concepts.theories.manifestos

what do they do?
why do they do it?
where do they derive inspiration, goals, intentions?

examples of their work & cite it

sound clips.pictures.images.cover art.movie clips.short films.music video.writings.lyrics.writings.

soft data_ opinions, theories, conjecture of your own

HOW DOES THIS APPLY TO ARCHITECTURE? DOES IT? IF SO HOW? IF NOT HOW?

how can you apply this to your work
how can you apply this to tehonology
how can you use designer concepts for this project
how can you use this information to create space audibly, visually, graphically?

FOCUS ON

composition.proportion.structure.style.assemblage.associations.connections.joints.
phrasing.color.shape.scale.intensities.breadth.atmosphere.

do these case studies break away from your traditional notion of art, graphics, music, film?

is there a conformity, conservatism, traditionality, non conformity, dialect, vernacular, language, avante garde, contemporary overtones? what?

what is the story being told, conveyed, illustrated, performed, designed, captured, envisioned?

TIE THIS INTO ARCHITECTURE AND THE COMPUTER AS A DESIGN TOOL

cite all work http://citationmachine.net/

research options: buy.sell.loan.borrow.check out.no stealing.

interlibrary loan, movie store, your neighbor, the main library, the architecture library, websites, the internet, books, magazines

to hand in and put on your network folder

a 2 page written essay answering the questions for the assignment
page 1
is for hard data [ your research ]
page 2
for soft data [ your opinions and ideas ]
page 3
bibliography of cited work using son of citation machine in the MLA format

the layout of the finished product will be provided by your instructor.

this is to be completed to the highest quality possible regarding writing, language, format, composition, citation, and imagery, sound clips, movie clips

CAPTURING OPTIONS:

FILM : use http://www.techsmith.com/snagit.asp or an apple and use GRAB
AUDIO :
burning or the album mp3.wav.m4a
GRAPHIC :
scanning.the web(high res)

ARTIST LIST

90 achambli Edward hopper
90 rdorris Jean Luc Goddard
90 jufalcon http://www.hydro74.com/
90 cgilmore My Morning Jacket
90 cesgonza Spoon
90 nejackso Hot Chip
90 klawley http://www.ateliervanlieshout.com
90 chrmarti http://www.zenvironments.com/
90 nmayor Mark Romanek
90 minoe Rachel Whiteread
90 weparks Anton Corbijn
90 jposadas 90 Degrees
90 jurice Dave Nitsche
90 mesamuel http://www.tronicstudio.com/
90 sshah Three Legged Legs (Los Angeles lets be friends)
90 ltippens Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
90 ctranter http://www.xenomorphic.co.uk/index.htm
90 juvillar http://www.otradesign.com/
90 gwaldren http://www.keepdrafting.com
91 jbejaran Sigur Ros
91 rberrone http://www.obeygiant.com/main_new.php?page=articles&article=a58
91 cocarrik Graphic Havoc
91 econanan GusGus (work of Stefan Arni & Siggi Kinski)
91 bepperso Charles s. Anderson Design
91 greveret Lightning Hopkins
91 rfuller http://www.hoogerbrugge.com/
91 egallego Bloc Party
91 lauregar Robert Rodriguez
91 kagorman Woof Wan-Bau
91 ragutier The Knife
91 anabhern Townes Van Zandt
91 dalhowel Animal Collective
91 ryjacobs Aqueduct
91 gilopez The Talking Heads
91 thstanle Drew Lightfoot (one man wrecking machine)
91 asummerl Quentin Tarantino
91 vzavala Muse
92 daghili http://www.designchapel.com/
92 rbabb Beck
92 fbarron joseph kosinski
92 wibutler Bjork
92 chcooley Max Hatler (collision)
92 brhaas The Beata Band
92 seakelle Paul Klee
92 jolemast Oliver Gondry
92 qmackay Chris Cunningham
92 mmarcyni Of Montreal
92 smcgown http://www.banksy.co.uk/
92 jmecklin Bonnie Prince Billy
92 nomunoz Josef Albers
92 komurphy Wolf Parade
92 rolmstea Ali Taylor (Puleng)
92 krinker Gordon Matta Clarck
92 psands Lewis, Saramaki and Lewis
92 kslavin Chris Marker
92 setsteve http://ni9e.com/
92 juswebb Tom Waits
93 lakins ARK (sing for absolution)
93 tberdoza Interpol
93 crydavis Adam Bizanski (modern world)
93 dafaulk http://www.pixelsurgeon.com/
93 mgalarza Man Man
93 cangomez http://www.555design.org/
93 eguaderr http://www.fatoe.com/
93 lkunz LCD Soundsystem
93 lormarti Olafur Eliasson
93 jmedina Mogwai
93 nmoeller Stan Getz
93 kylrober Zeitguised (Dancing About Architecture)
93 jrooker http://www.artcoup.com/movie.html
93 hsena http://www.superdeux.com/old/oldindex.html
93 mashanno Wes Anderson
93 jshim Richard Linklater
93 mariosil http://www.kindalikethat.com
93 ktomdale Todd Macfarlane
93 mvipond Frank Quitely
94 stalliso Grandaddy
94 safarmer The Roots
94 rbrockma Yeah Yeah Yeahs
94 markbuch http://www.celiacalle.com/
94 mcard Sol LeWitt
94 cocarthe Marc Beurteaux (robota)
94 bcohen Mathew Barney
94 sdanley Ladytron
94 joengelh Sufan Stevens
94 shanlon dean di simone
94 amahughe Saiman Chow
94 blatson Valery Tumbayev
94 alelopez NAKD (box)
94 mnepsund http://www.hidefmedia.net/projects.html
94 alapowel Boards of Canada
94 jakreed Frank Miller
94 toscott Spike Jonze
94 brandsmi Michel Gondry
94 rathomps 90 Degrees
94 eumanzor Octopus Project
95 vearella http://www.ths.nu/
95 chdavis http://www.dougchiang.com/
95 jafanche http://www.duskyward.com/#
95 lfingerh Broken Social Scene
95 bjacobse http://www.electricheat.org/
95 smonahan http://www.deltainc.nl/
95 troatman Julio Le Parc
95 jopace Danger Mouse
95 lrutherf Stephane Sednaoui
95 josimons http://www.artbyfeng.com
95 cwester Eva Hesse