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Chinatown Projects |
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Throughout the first semester in research studio, our
assignments revolved around the concept of studying one place. Being new to
Chicago, I was interested in researching and expressing how I view
Chinatown.These are some various projects that came from the overall
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All of these pieces were created in:
FYS Research Studio (fall semester) |
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In this project, I took pictures of different types of
visual textures and attached them cards. These cards were able to be used
together to create a building. The idea was that I was creating my own
Chinatown and use the textures from the actual Chinatown that I was
studying. |
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In this project we had to create some sort of map. I made
a map of the most important places in Chinatown. Each store has its own
symbol and distance is given appropriately. The symbols and roads are
cut-out, so they can create a unique "shadow map". It is laminated. |
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In this project, we were to create a piece that we were
able to take apart of the place with us. I felt that with so many great
textures around me, that I should create imprints. I used Sculpey to collect
the textures and then baked them to permanently stay in the desired form.
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In this project, we were to create a college that best
described our chosen place. I went to the library and photocopied many
images to create the colleges shown. |
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In this project, we were suppose to record the
environment with a different form other than sound or video. I felt that I
should first create an "animation" of the place. Using a tripod to take a
picture of the same location very minute for one hour would create an
animation effect if done during Sunrise (.MOV
1.05MB) and Sunset (.MOV 1.02MB). I then combined
these pictures to create the animation. But then taking this process to the
next level, I taped tracing paper to the screen and drew a specific elements
from each frame of teh animation. This allowed me to catch an hours worth of
exact recording with a pen. The following pictures are the productions of
this explanation. |
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