So here’s the promised first post. Late, but at least it’s here. Sometimes I just have to take it slow, that’s lesson number 1 motherhood has taught me, but more on that later. I was wondering what this first post should be about and I even took a poll on my instagram page. Many of […]
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I remember Jonathan’s emphasis from the first on making sure I include my Karachi projects in the final show. The best way I could think of conveying their spirit and allowing people to experience them immersively, despite being an online student, was to create an expressionist video projection on chiffon. Chiffon is a light material
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This blog is not the only place I have used for reflection during Unit 1. My notebooks are an important part of writing down ideas as they come, sketching things out, doodling to untangle thoughts and make notes during the skype sessions, lectures and tutorials. Since it would be redundant to post daily about the
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Post truth and public art were the two keywords my research began on. I even identified a research question in the previous blog post. I just finished reading Lee McIntyre’s book and it cemented the fact that the post-truth era is intriguing and very pertinent, and definitely something I want to include into my research.
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My research paper has not taken form as yet. It is still amorphous research and concepts. But I am moving forward with it. You could say I am electively burrowing down an endless rabbit hole. The study I engaged in since this morning was supposed to yield some substantial outcome, leave me with perhaps a
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Thanks to three month long summer vacations in Jeddah, the rhythm of my blog was completely thrown off. I ended up writing blogposts in my head on planes, while running after kids, in meetings and even while painting! But never got a chance to actually post them here. I did write down all the topics
I wrote a while back about how I was delving into figuring out arduinos, their coding and combining them with voice recognition to create an installation. The idea was to hook up a VR to an arduino and the arduino to processing to play an animation everytime someone used specific words. Well, I managed to
First interactive digital installation — accepting failure Read More »
There are so many things I thought I’d do that I still haven’t done: Writing blogposts on all the lectures that have been posted so far Getting around to some art related reading material — still sorely lacking Among other things. But, other than the fact that I am swamped with work trying to pull
The Coding Conundrum Read More »
A few days ago I heard that the Luminarium had arrived in Jeddah. Isn’t the name itself so awe-inspiring and mysterious? Reminded me instantly of the book ‘The Night Circus’ by Erin Morgenstern. Anyway, I took out some time on the weekend to go see the Luminarium and the first word I can think of
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Lecture by course leader Jonathan Kearney Date: October 17, 2017 The lecture began with an intro from Cecilia Graham about the student’s union. Here are a few of the things she said that I felt were interesting and would like to check out further: Made in arts london: It promotes and sells the art made
Notes on– Action Research Methodology for Artists Read More »
