New Technology!
Hard drives, film, and our tape based solutions. We have to think about how we are going to archive our work. Currently, speaking most of the data for DIY startup film companies, the ones I know that run out of there home studio spaces. Are constantly stuck answering the questions of how best to deal with data management.
Questions I have been answering:
Price per terabyte?
Does the drive need power?
SSD vs HDD?
Why is thunderbolt so expensive?
What is my film...data, optical or tape?
Square One
Last Friday I took a trip to Egleston Square, to take a look around and see if I could find some materials to help promote the show which opens on the 21st "Who is my neighbor? ¿Como te va?". I was running late for dinner so I spent most of the time walking around and looking for Cajas de luz and to my surprise the best three that I saw happened to be a bank, fast food spot and a library. What communal spaces to have such amazing sources of light. I am currently working out the timing of when would be best time to get a document of these spaces for the show.
Questions I have been answering:
Where can I find space to be myself, while also exploring my community?
Does community mean I am apart of a society?
Do I need to be exclusive with the members of community?
How do I perceive myself in my home, my community, in my country?
How far do I walk, drive, travel from home?
Do I feel safe when I am home?
“To talk of colour in recent art is to speak of
instances and highly localised interests; not of systems, models and movements. This is the point: colour is infinitely more complex than the means we have to describe it; and in that space between seeing and knowing there may be occasional moments of freedom.
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Orientation
Orientation was exciting. I was finally able to me Aly Kreikemeier who is incredible. I look forward to being able to speak with her more about her class and how she thinks we combine elements of our classes to connect on certain topics. Check us out, looking for yummy snacks!
We also spent most of the time learning from our fellows at Urbano as well hearing the thoughtful opinions of Patrick McGuire and Stella McGregor. Jessica Fei is was also a far from hidden gem. She will be documenting and doing research along side the classes to see how are progressing through our ideas and goals for the students. Thanks for the fotos Jessica!
“ Plasticity means that I can commandeer the language and the practices of film to make statements about a whole variety of things in a way that I can’t with other forms. I’m just talking about myself—other people can do the same with just stone or something. For me it’s this plasticity, the way in which you can bend details to fit things.”