Haiku
Idea 1
A vantablack sun
A dark hymn of entropy
A litany of null
Idea 2
The burgeoning void
Pulling lure of gravity
Rebirth of matter
Idea 3
Crimson iron sea
Dark lull of flowing water
The endless abyss
Project 2: Video Poem
Entropy
I originally had a more traditional video, I planned to use a total of 6 videos but however due to me not being able to find my tripod. Instead, I began to work with just two clips to start out with, I had intended to use the two clips as a custom transition for the rest the video. I was going to have the video start out quite normal with a strong emphasis on the flowing water of a creek in my backyard. I would use this to lure the viewer into a false sense of security and serenity and then use the custom transition to take the video into a different direction thematically. Once I added the green screened hands into the video I knew I had to use it as the focal point, I tried to add enough hands to create a full kaleidoscope like effect, however the strain of all the animations made this quite impossible. I had to render the scene as a separate video so I could actually use premiere pro, once I finished that I went on to the sunset scene which required a little bit of problem solving on my end, I was running out of time so I had to wrap up the sunset scene and just settle with it being just a simple intro and outro for my project. If I were to improve this piece I would have done more research into how to optimize premiere pro so I can use more than 10 animations in one project.
The Walk
- PLACE: Situate to the place that you want to explore for this walking lab. Record the following items:
- Where is the location, (country, city, street, can you note the latitude and longitude?)
A pond that was once my own vegetable garden as a kid
- What is the place, (describe: a bustling shopping mall, a quite hiking trail by a stream)
Backyard Pond
- Why did you choose this place?
Convenient yet nostalgic
- UP + DOWN perspective:
- Take time to look downward (Take 2 interesting photos – change angles and perspectives).
- Take time to look upward (Take 2 interesting photos – change angles and perspectives).
- Take a photo of you that serves as a portrait but does not include your face.
ACTION: Take 10-20 steps (or more steps), stop.
3. TOUCH: be as descriptive as possible
- Feel a surface and write down 1 sentence to describe it.
Cold, acrid yet brimming with life, flora blooming throughout.
- Feel a second surface and write down 1 sentence to describe it.
Morning dew still bursting through, life born anew.
- Write a sensation felt within the body and write down 1 sentence to describe it.
Coldness blooming from my fingertips to my arm, evoking a sense of nostalgia of a time long passed.
4. SEE: be as descriptive as possible
- Describe a colour and texture of an object – do this for 2 objects
Green and soft to the touch, moisture residue still resonating upon it
Brown and coarse, dries the skin when in your hands
- Describe the texture or colour of an object surface and cross it with another sense – do this for 2 objects
- (ie. the wetness of brown)
The coldness and roughness of the bark making me reminisce of the soil of my vegetable farm I once had in the same area
The brutish harshness of a rock protruding out of the ground evoking a sense of regret as I remember the memory of me losing control of my dirt bike as a result of me hitting it
- Take a detailed photo of one element you wrote about for this section.
ACTION: Take 10-20 steps (or more steps), stop.
5. HEAR: take 3 minutes in stillness, with your eyes closed and listen.
- List the various sounds you hear, a minimum of 8 sounds
Caws, cars, wind, water, trees, my own heartbeat, my own breathing
- Pair each sound with 1-2 descriptive words
Water flowing: inevitable change
- Doodle on a piece of paper (lines, marks, dots) in reaction to a sound – label the sound(s) you focused on. Note how long you doodle for 20 sec, 2 minutes.
- Take time Listen to your breath. Write words to describe it.
Calm, steady and filled with cold fresh air
ACTION: Take 10-20 steps (or more steps), stop.
- SMELL: close your eyes and take a deep breath.
- Write 2-3 descriptive words to explain the smell of this place
Moist soil
- Write 2-3 descriptive words to explain the scent of a specific object in that space.
Rotten ropes
ACTION: Take 10-20 steps (or more steps), stop.
- TASTE be as descriptive as possible (this one will be explored in your imagination)
- Write 1-2 sentences that if you could taste this sense of place, how would you describe it?
A place once occupied by a sandbox, wooden play house and a swing set which all have been lost to memory except for the swing set which lies in ruin and rust.
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