Wednesday, March 30, 2011

space







This is only one meaning of "space" for sure, but I found it entertaining.

Don't let me box your thoughts into a corner. What else does "space" mean?

more videos like this here.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

minutes from the last meeting

A big thanks (i'm into literal lately) to Michelle, Jessica, Sean, and Lauren: the only four contributors to return to the meeting, and a big welcome to Sam, Cameron, Hayley and Ender: the newest contributors to join up. I hope the OMD concert and movies were fun for everyone else.

What happened on Wednesday was exciting. We made some changes to and clarified what was currently happening which will hopefully spark some participation into most of you and get this thing rolling in the right direction. Several things were decided:

1) the topic was confusing to a lot of people, so we changed it. Collaborating about collaborating had a confusing infinity hold on most of us and we decided changing the topic would help people out. The topic is now "space"

2) we looked at a lot of formats and existing magazines that helped us get a better feel for the format and materials we're using. I will be calling some presses around and getting ballpark estimates for what we want to/can do. For all you motionographers (moceanographers?), we will find a way to mix moving media into the publication as well, DVDs and websites are going to happen, as well as an iPad version (thanks to our newest members).

3) i am trying to figure out the best way to get a list of skill-sets put together, so we will have ready-access to exactly what resources we have at our disposal. Look for that soon!

4) this was decided prior to the meeting, but we are going to start the every-other-week meeting schedule. That puts our next meeting on the 6th of April. Plan ahead. We can get yogurtland afterwards.

5) think of a great group project you want to do. I'm going to start designing a mural/urban art piece. to paint on something.

The excitement level seems high for almost everyone I talk to, so I'm really excited about what is coming. Let's keep using the blog between meetings so that our physical meetings will be productive and focused. Post anything: thoughts, feelings, ideas, random stuff—just keep posting!

Also, my BFA show is up in the HFAC. Go see it and come to the reception on the 30th at 7:00pm.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Sub-urban Art


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Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

Micah Lexier + Christian Bok

This is one of my favorite collaborative pieces I've seen as of late.

The Exquisite Corpse concept



Julia Rothman is a fave of mine; she headed up this book.
I had no idea, but The Exquisite Corpse game (A piece of paper is folded into three parts. Each participant draws a different section of a body (head, torso, legs), but doesn’t let the other artists see what they have created. The big reveal comes when the piece of paper is unfolded and everyone gets to see the “corpse” they’ve created.) was invented by the Surrealists at the turn of the century...

Seems like this concept is used a lot.

ACCORDION FOLDS are classic.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Voltaire






















"Twenty-volume folios will never make a revolution. It is the little pocket pamphlets of thirty sous that are to be feared."

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

attn: people

1) We're getting a lot of random lurkers looking for traffic to their blogs (I would do anything to rid the internet of SEO) so I think we should make this private, or I'll figure out how to moderate comments or something.

2) The next meeting will be next wednesday, the 23rd of March. I am really sorry about the delay in meetings, but my BFA show is going up this weekend and I've been out of town a lot (I would do anything to rid myself of procrastination) so we've had too long of a hiatus. My fault, but I'll make it up to you.

At that meeting we're going to reflect on ideas mentioned on the blog/facebook, talk about more stuff, plan a big team-building activity, and get things done! More instruction for the meeting to come. Can't Wait!!!!!!

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

and example w/strangers

This looks like it was fun for everyone involved, and there were so many skill-sets utilized! (I would embed it if I could, I promise):

http://www.commarts.com/interactive/cai11/video/bludot-vid.html

World: has problem
Person: thinks of experiment
Architect: designs sweet chair
Friend: loans rapist-van
Graphic Designer: makes fake logo-magnet-disguise
Cartographer: decides where to drop chairs
Photographer: films
Stranger: picks up free chair
Nerd: make GPS tilt-switch (smart!)
Technology: tracks person home
Interviewer: conducts interview
Photographer: films interview
Stranger: provides interesting insight, etc.
Stranger: gets free chair
All: uplifted

How can we get that stranger involved?























































Those balloons are collaborating so well.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Example and Resource









































Just browsing the interweb and I saw some famous people collaborating: A studio is doing a project "centered on the theme of collaboration" for the next ten months. One person writes an article, one then designs a poster. It is similar to what Austin shared earlier. Wish they had done more already but you can read about their project here and see the one they've done here.

Also, I just happened upon an account to lynda.com.  They teach you stuff about computer programs. Let me know if it would be useful for you to use, and I'll pass you the magic words.

I like that people other than me and my little sisters are posting on the blog!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

If this is my day of harvest, in what fields have I sown my seeds?

Friends,

Here are links to two of my favorite ideas...

Guerrilla Art 

and

Guerrilla Gardening

The love child of these two....

MOSS GRAFFITI



Here's a recipe for moss graffiti.   Let me know if you're interested....because I am.

Friday, March 4, 2011

A blog I like

All of you are probably much more into the blogging scene, but this is a blog I enjoy, and a particular quote I loved....A COLLECTION OF

fun essay game

DEAR EVERYBODY: i want to write (coordinate) a collaborative essay on collaboration. i don't want to spoil my whole idea by telling you everything about it, but i want everyone to email me at least one paragraph based (loosely or tightly) on the theme. then i will do something will all of it that may or may not work. but it seems pretty exciting in my brain right now. email your paragraph to austinroryhackett@gmail.com and put the subject as "fun essay game." do it right now before you forget. it doesn't even have to be clever or well-written cuz i'm gonna slice it up anyways. it can also be a very short story. ok thanks. xoxo ♥ ♥ ♥
here's a literary magazine that exclusively uses collaboration. writers submit poetry and then artists create something based on (and to accompany) the poetry.

wrong = right

Ira Glass on the importance of being wrong:

"One of the reasons I was interested in doing this interview is because I feel like being wrong is really important to doing decent work. To do any kind of creative work well, you have to run at stuff knowing that it’s usually going to fail. You have to take that into account and you have to make peace with it. We spend a lot of money and time on stuff that goes nowhere. It’s not unusual for us to go through 25 or 30 ideas and then go into production on eight or 10 and then kill everything but three or four. In my experience, most stuff that you start is mediocre for a really long time before it actually gets good. And you can’t tell if it’s going to be good until you’re really late in the process. So the only thing you can do is have faith that if you do enough stuff, something will turn out great and really surprise you."

I ripped this from an anonymous design crush's bloggins. I like his insight:

"I love the idea of inexperience — the idea that you can develop a skill set that transcends any formal discipline, and move from project to project as both an experienced problem solver, but also a complete rookie in that realm. There are so many aspects of a successful idea that are just unmasterable..."

I love this idea too. I think inexperience is one of the most unique things we have, because where did it come from? It isn't learned. It isn't gained. It's a non-thing (or no-thing), a void. If we can somehow accept inexperience as a way to approach things (which I think coincides with embracing failure) then we might embark on some new frontiers.

(thanks keenan)

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Another thing, Wikipedia (the ultimate freesource) has taught me a lot about collaboration. Read at least the opening few paragraphs. It says in here that collaboration is "a deep collective, determination to reach an identical objective—for example an intruiging [sic] endeavor that is creative in nature—by sharing knowledge, learning and building consensus." Beautiful.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Just a Thought...

So, I'm definitely not the most creative in this group, but I did have a small idea (better developed with help from Kev and Ana) for a possibly on-going feature in the magazine. I thought there could be a "Top 25 Collaborations" article in each issue spotlighting some of the best collaborations that have taken place throughout the past 50 years or so (the details are still in the works). Kev and Ana helped me think up a few and we decided that to make it easier to more fully highlight the best collaborations in various areas, each month could have a different theme (like politics, fashion, music, etc.). This is where I need help, anyone who wants to suggest a theme or a "collaboration" that they think should be spotlighted, please let me, Ana, or Kev know, or if you would just like to plain help us out, we would love it!! Leave a comment or send me an email with any thoughts.
allison.pinegar@gmail.com

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Help

I'm kind of feeling like this:


I was raised up believing
I was somehow unique
Like a snowflake distinct among snowflakes
Unique in each way you can see.

And now after some thinking
I'd say I'd rather be
A functioning cog in some great machinery
Serving some thing beyond me.

But I don't I don't know what that will be.
I'll get back to you someday
Soon you will see.


(Helplessness Blues, verse 1, Fleet Foxes)

I want to collaborate, but I don't know where to start.