SVA MFA Computer Art - BLOG: Parsing (Im)Possibilities
May 18 – June 2, 2012
Reception: Thursday, May 24, 6 - 8pm
Visual Arts Gallery
School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents “Parsing (Im)Possibilities,”
an exhibition that brings together selected thesis projects from graduating students in the MFA Computer Art Department….
My documentation for the project.
Description:
Resolution is multi-channel sound installation that uses a dining table as an interface. Coffee cups, plates and forks are arranged to mimic a family dinner. The sound recreates the presence of a family conversing.
Utilizing interview material from her family members answering questions about Cyprus, Andreou attempts to construct a believable conversation. They cut each other off and speak over one another, however they all illustrate the same issue: that of a divided island, of a divided people.
Framed photographs of border crossings, ‘occupied’ land and postcards embellish the wall behind the table. The photographs provide a window into the everyday semiotic capital that defines life on the island and exemplifies one of the key reasons for the lack of resolve.
What we perceive to be facts and the ‘true’ reasons behind the conflict is influenced by political agendas and nationalistic tendencies. This ultimately creates a state of false reality for the people of Cyprus.
Therefore, the installation has a theatrical quality that mirrors the artificial discourse surrounding the conflict. By being placed inside the home the piece engages external ideas within internal spaces and provides an approachable platform for obscure political ideas.
SVA MFA Computer Art - BLOG: MFACA Open Studios
Thursday, April 26, 6-8 pm
Friday, April 27, 12-8 pm
Saturday, April 28, 12-6 pm
Reception: Thursday, April 26, 6-8pm
School of Visual Arts (SVA) presents the MFA Computer Art Open Studios 2012, bringing together multidisciplinary projects from our graduating…
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View of the installation, trying to make it look like after dinner sweets, whiskey and coffee, where the political conversation begins!
max patch!
SVA Alumni Awards - Stephanie Andreou and John Mattiuzzi
Each year The Alumni Society of SVA awards scholarship funding to BFA and MFA students in their final year in support the completion of their thesis projects. This year, congratulations to Stephanie Andreou and John Mattiuzzi! They are both 2012 SVA Alumni Scholarship Award recipients. To find out more about their Thesis projects, you can click the photos below to visit Stephanie’s thesis production blog and John’s KickStarter page.
Again, congratulations!!!
text testing
A mock up of what the text would look like on the table from above
Still revising a lot of aspects of this project.
As of right now heres where I am at:
So the audio will be coming from separate speakers either in the table or on the chairs.
Each speaker representing a different person, and all of the audio can be heard from any point around the table. A fictional conversation, if you will.
The audio’s content will be centered around this ‘other’ or ‘enemy’ that is at the core of the issue. Due to nationalist and division policies both sides have come to fear and hate one another.
This new text element (there’s a snippet in the picture above) I’m currently shaping into place mats. Possibly giving the viewer an incentive to sit down so they can read it.
