FLASHBACK
How the world identifies someone How a person sees themselves Identity How the world identifies someone How a person sees themselves Something that defines a person Complex and simple parts Attempt to describe and organize people ex. She is a New Yorker.
political affiliations Types of Identity Factors biological sex gender time period class race location sexual orientation political affiliations economic status appearance religion ethnicity family status social standing interest groups activity groups situation history Etc. What factors and labels came up most in your webs? (guide: gender? race?) Were most of these labels indicated through physical appearance? Why are most of these identity labels based on visual cues? (easier to quickly visually categorize) Are these self-assigned labels or society-assigned? Would these assignments overlap? (individual vs group) How significant to your day-to-day are these identity factors? In what ways does American society recognize identity? (passport, ID, profiling)
Barbara Kruger Interpretation: trying to find a message or meaning in something. What do you see? What does it mean? How do you know?
PostSecret We focused on how compositions can be made richer through Interaction of Text and Image.
Martha Rosler We focused on how layering through positive space and negative space creates more depth in a composition.
Joe Webb We talked about how juxtaposition can deepen meaning.
Humans of New York Brandon Stanton Brandon Stanton began his Humans of New York project in 2010. It is an ongoing catalogue of New Yorkers compiled through quotes and photos. It became a celebration of the complexity, variety and beauty of the human experience. He updates the project weekly. http://www.humansofnewyork.com/
Where is he? Who is he? Where is he going? What is he doing? Humans of New York Where is he? Who is he? Where is he going? What is he doing?
Humans of New York "I’ve got a whole stack of books in my cart. Most of them are advance copies. I know a place where they get thrown out." “How many books have you read?” “Thousands.” “So why are you homeless?” “I’ve tried to work a job a bunch of times. But then I get sad, and then I get high, and things fall apart.”
Where is he? Who is he? Where is he going? What is he doing? Humans of New York Where is he? Who is he? Where is he going? What is he doing?
Humans of New York "Who's influenced you the most in your life?" "My principal, Ms. Lopez." "How has she influenced you?" "When we get in trouble, she doesn't suspend us. She calls us to her office and explains to us how society was built down around us. And she tells us that each time somebody fails out of school, a new jail cell gets built. And one time she made every student stand up, one at a time, and she told each one of us that we matter."
Humans of New York Where is she? Who is she? Where is she going? What is she doing? “Right after I lost vision in my eye, I was so bad at walking that I ran into a girl eating ice cream, and knocked her cone out of her hand. She screamed: ‘Are you blind!?!?’ I turned to her and said: ‘I am blind actually, I’m so sorry, I’ll buy you a new cone.’ And she said: ‘Oh my God! I’m so sorry! Don’t worry! It’s no problem at all! I’ll buy another one.’ So we walked into the ice cream store together, and the clerk said: ‘I heard the whole thing. Ice cream is free.'”
Humans of New York “ I used to be a preschool teacher, but I got fired.” “What happened?” “Well, I decided that I wanted to have a socially conscious class. So we learned about apartheid in South Africa. Then we learned about homelessness… the principal decided that it was too much for three and four year olds, because she told me I wasn’t a ‘good fit.’ But honestly, I was just shining too bright for them. And now she’s going to see me on Humans of New York, and she’ll be sorry!” “Right after I lost vision in my eye, I was so bad at walking that I ran into a girl eating ice cream, and knocked her cone out of her hand. She screamed: ‘Are you blind!?!?’ I turned to her and said: ‘I am blind actually, I’m so sorry, I’ll buy you a new cone.’ And she said: ‘Oh my God! I’m so sorry! Don’t worry! It’s no problem at all! I’ll buy another one.’ So we walked into the ice cream store together, and the clerk said: ‘I heard the whole thing. Ice cream is free.'”
FLASH forward
“Have you ever had a nickname, what is it? “Sometimes people call me a surprised turtle because I am quite awkward.”
“Would you like to be famous and in what way? “ I want to be famous for my impeccable taste.”
“What is your biggest fear?” “Kanye West and abuse of capitalism.”
Printmaking: Citra Solv Transfers On the horizon for next class: Printmaking: Citra Solv Transfers Learn to transfer photos and images from a printer onto paper, fabric, and wood We’ll be juxtaposing your Humans of Art Ed. photos with other images you’ll be appropriating!