http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363 twist and bend. flood and fall. Fri, 09 May 2008 03:47:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en    This is one of my favorite pictures of Chris (I'm in there too).  This was the weekend in the Berkshires when we first said how we felt about each other.  I feel like this picture says it all... the second day we were there it was pretty cloudy, but ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2008/03/31/in-the-berkshires/ barcelona, 2003. my best friend and i, wandering around the city, eating good food, and enjoying long conversations and comfortable silences in equal measure. when i think of barcelona i remember: mild winter weather; gaudi architecture, crazy and beautiful; and donuts. kat grew up in singapore, a fan of all things ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2008/03/31/kat/   This is Jim's favorite picture of himself -- he was 12 or 13 at the time and now he is in his sixties, so it was taken just about the time I was born, in 1952, probably with a Brownie.  His cousin Joan took the picture in Scarsdale where ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2008/03/31/jim/      This is my friend Meghan at our annual costume party. She decided to go as a roller girl from the 80s but I think the outfit fits her personality well. She of course is an 80s girl herself but is also a bit loopy, but yet a great friend. ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2008/03/30/roller-girl/ click to view So I decided to return to Flash and the Aboriginal Dreamtime Stories. I wanted to spend more time with Flash and I am really drawn to these stories, so I started again on a "The Rainbow Serpent." (Or maybe I've been subconciously preparing for my second trip to ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2007/12/06/final-week-the-rainbow-serpent/ click to view Well, I had never used Flash before so when my family had cleared the Saturday after Thanksgiving, I headed into school just to try to familiarize myself with the program. I thought I would just spend a couple hours. This turned into five and I found the whole ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2007/12/06/flash-animation-how-the-sun-was-made-2/ These are my storyboards based on an Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime Story. In the week leading up to class, I was sketching out a story about some men and women getting ready for a dance. But I was getting tired of these drawings and the story didn't seem to be going anywhere. ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2007/11/20/how-the-sun-was-made/ Here's the sound file that Rodrigo and I put together.  We both collected clips and then came together to start editing. Except I forgot mine! So I started editing Rodrigo's clips recorded from our ITP buds' laughter! I found myself more intersted in the actual dialogue that occured while trying ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2007/11/13/audio-just-laugh/ Week 1 (feed me!) Week2 (click mouse, plenty of food!) Week 2: dynamic Week 2: Pairs Week 3: With Class Week 3: Buddahs under Spotlight Week 4: Fishie Sonar (click mouse to activate) Week 6: Fishie Swims On (to be used with serial) Midterm: Poems and Images (make sure sound is up) http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2007/11/08/weekly-assignments/ Response to Reading: Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan It seems any particular media can only be assessed when scrutinized within the whole scope of the culture from which it is emerging. Take his example of Russia (p.27) and how even types of dances become "acceptable" as the politics and culture change. Further, ... http://itp.nyu.edu/blogs/kes363/2007/11/05/52/