project aesthetics

Overall aesthetics are something I think about a lot. I think having an cohesive look to a project helps keep it immersive. On the left is one of my favorite artists, Yayoi Kusama. I thought it would be good to include a picture of her not only because I want to include her in my piece but also because her work is always recognizable as hers. I would say that this is true of other artists I want to mention, from Maya Deren to Frida Kahlo.






This is one of my painted backgrounds that I would like to incorporate in this piece. I like nonlinear, sort of free associative narratives and I like the idea of creating a video to that looks like it is floating through space.

Next I am going to build a sort of web/sitemap/blueprint that I can perhaps more clearly explain my idea of intersections. Arturo suggested that maybe I should find another way of deploying this idea. I am definitely open to that. My plan as of now is to start making content in Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects so I can experiment with different ways of making it interactive.

Comments

Garrett Strobel said…
I like your painting :). I think it's a good idea to turn these into aqueous space-like movies and I think your idea of an interactive DVD could definitely pull it off. Also maybe you want to consider processing since you did do some work with it last semester you could delve even deeper in? The DVD is good and will serve your purposes but the only drawback is that you must than own a copy of the dvd or have access to it somehow, where as processing is deployable on the web and can be accessed by millions simultaneously. However if you feel that by keeping it on dvd you than retain artistic control is also very valid, in the same since that Matthew Barney or Bill Viola only allow an ordained number of copies of their video work.
Yukari said…
Your background is beautiful. I saw your stack in class and was hoping we'd get a chance to look through them.

I also thought of this free tool called Prezi (http://prezi.com/) that you might be interested in. It basically uses one large image as a canvas and then you can zoom in on different parts of it to see other images/texts imbedded in it. I don't know how well it fits with your DVD idea but it's a cool presentation concept. I just thought of it because I thought it would be a trippy ride to zoom into Yayoi Kusama's world. :)
Francesca said…
Thanks. I think I might try to use Prezi to make my storyboard.

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