This blog is shown in bullet points since this is a collection of thought pieces.
- First of all, obviously, I learned how to make a pop-up book. Also, system mapping helps a lot when developing a topic and researching.
- The most important thing I started to learn is being confident and firm. I was easily trapped in “the critique” itself in the past. This is the first time I have started not caring about the “points” the work is worth. This is the reason I came to IMA Low Res. Although this assignment is not “well done” by the old standards I lived with, I am happier than before, which is essential to me.
- Most feedbacks I received are positive. One point in the feedback is that since I chose an abstract way to represent the work, the meaning behind the work did not successfully deliver to some of the audience. This evaluation is expected. The visual language needs some further development.
- I’ve taken some similar courses before in my undergraduate study, and I’ve learned what critique is and practiced how to be critical. I used to create works on social problems and political topics. However, I do not have the answer to why critical. And I don’t have the will to be critical. I’d rather keep silent instead. For now, I still have the same question, but I feel I have started to get the answer.
- If I need to do this once more, the workflow would be different. For this assignment, the topic is developed with each week’s lesson. I did not know what the next step was and how the work I did could support my work at that time. It’s like doing jigsaw puzzles without a frame or crossing the river by feeling the stones. Now I’ve understood the entire workflow and what are all these steps for. I can have a general structure in my mind at the very beginning.
- Imaging the big from the small is really helpful when having a large topic.
- Critical lens is something I have not fully understood yet. I am a bit struggling in this part, and I think part of the reason is that I have not been exposed to similar concepts in my native language environment. This is the part I need to figure out myself.
- I am trying to develop a tone with my personal style during my study in this program. Following the project I did for the summer term, this pop-up book is a step further as an experiment in the non-tech form.
- I am a bit too focused on the tone and the audience while developing the guide and the intention is a bit lost. The result is still something I want to express and show to the public, but it’s away from the intention. I next to pay more attention to balancing for my next project.
- For this assignment, I spent more energy on experimentation since the form is new and exciting to me. However, more time was spent on researching since I had no idea what my topic was at the very beginning. The research is not effective. I just forced myself to work more on the research part. I believe that methods come from practice.