I have no idea right now as to what my project will be. I do know that it will focus o
on either deep deuce or the chinese underground and the race seperation of white and chinese/black communities within okc and that there is a physical separation; being either a street or railroad tracks.
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You're off to a good start, Jeff. Your next step is to commit to a location (you mentioned either Deep Deuce or Underground Chinatown: you must choose one by the end of Saturday's class (2/16) and stick to it. The artwork itself will evolve--that's fine and good--but you need to do some focused thinking and writing about one of the subcultures as part of your overall process.
Go ahead and choose one, then post your decision along with a little more explanation about:
* What sort of question or thoughts you'd like to provoke in the minds of your viewers;
* What are two items you'd like to include in the artwork (name, for example, at least one found object and one other kind of thing you have in mind, such as a photo of a train track or some kind of vessel that erects boundaries or divisions).
I look forward to reading more about your ideas! BH
I was thinking about using a large book, cutting out the inside but leaving the edges of the pages. Creating a view of OKC on the cover of the book and creating something small inside the area i have cut out. Which will show okc's "hidden areas" when the book is opened.I was thinking about using legos to erect the city on the cover and still unsure about the inside as to what materials i'll be using but they will be very small. The inside will be focused on deep duece.
Carmen and myself are working together on our project. It is important to Carmen because the African American culture is part of her son's culture. So for me that makes it fun and interesting. Of course there is so many things that are interesting to me! We are focusing on Deep Duece for our project and we will be incorporating the past with the present. It will be dimensional with artifacts we found on our mapping of the area and also we will make it artistic in form. Carmen had the wonderful idea and I totally agree with it. I am having a great time exploring and helping her preserve a part of "heritage" for her own family. It will be colorful, historical, it will tell a story and I believe beautiful to look at. Can't wait to work on it. Pam
Since I work at OCU and we have so many Asian international students, my project will center around what we have learned, explored and discovered in class in regard to the Chinese underground and fast forwarded to the Chinese New Year we experienced last weekend. I know fresh fruit is usually the traditional dessert served after a traditional Chinese meal so my project begins with a fruit box I found at the Chinese supermarket that I would like to halfway cover with pictures of the Chinese underground and with information from the articles we have read. I would then like to post some type of sign or poster coming out of the vessel which will represent the Asian district by OCU. I want to incorporate the Chinese people climbing from the vessel up to the sign which will signify their relocation to what we know of know as the Asian district by OCU. I also want to incorporate my found objects on the sign and some of the pictures I have taken to depict the Asian district area as it is now.
Pam
Pam and I are working together here is a little more detail of our project. Are vessel is a old book, we will be placing items inside of the book and around the book. We will be using bricks, glass, metal, wood, material, and pictures. The whole thing will end up in a frame. We need to figure out how to make all of these items stick to our vessel. This gives all of the items that we will be using please let me know if you need more details.
Thanks
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