After doing some research, these two multi-purpose furniture designs really stood out to me.
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After reflecting on my visit to the Hirshhorn, I remembered this piece in the beginning of the "What Absence is made of" exhibit. This piece drew my attention as it reminded me of the specific piece in the exhibit in Lenfest that we looked at together, which displayed four blank frames. During my visit to the Hirshhorn, I thought a lot about our current and previous project. I tried to focus on the sounds around me. I not only experienced a lot more sound in this place, but a wider variety of sounds compared to the place I had visited for our project. The constant hum of shoes walking across floors and people conversing encompassed the museum along with noises from the videos playing in the background of exhibits. One video of a man named Mike was especially noisy. As I watched and then walked away, I heard laughter and other noises that seemed to blend into the background music. When a phone rang, I couldn't tell whether it was from the video or someone in the room...
A quote that stood out to me on the wall of the Utopian Projects Exhibit at the Hirshhon Museum Because I have a lacrosse game interfering with the field trip to DC next week, I took my own field trip to the Hirshhorn today. I focused my visit on the two exhibits you will all focus on next week. I do not want to spoil anything, so I won't give too many details, but instead maybe get you excited for what you'll see and highlight some of my favorites. In the Utopian Project exhibit, my favorite was the “How can one change oneself?” piece, which gives 5 steps to take in order to change oneself. I won’t completely spoil it since you will all be going next week, but these steps consist of putting on wings. Many of the pieces in this exhibit have to do with wings actually. Most others also include angels or flying. The exhibit “what absence is made of” was my favorite. One that stood out to me was an untitled piece by Didier Vermeiren (below), which...
Since we spoke at the end of class on Tuesday, I have been brainstorming ways in which we could make our seating/area more dynamic and multi-functional. I really like the idea of including some type of storage within the garden, for everything from plates to learning materials. My group had decided to put seating around the oven, so I have been trying to brainstorm ideas to incorporate storage within the seats. This makes the material choice much more difficult, which is something my group was already struggling to decide on. I would love to be able to use the cob for the seating, but I am concerned about the cobs weight-bearing ability. I had thought the seats would be sturdy due to the thickness, however if we want to incorporate storage, I was thinking the seats may be hollow. Hoping that being in the garden/ seeing the garden again tomorrow will generate more ideas!
I saw this tab when i was browsing my Starbucks account. It surprises me because I never actually relate Starbucks with sustainability. For most of us, it is just a popular coffee shop and no one cares about it's sustainable background. But what they are working on is to incorporate quality coffee making into sustainable shop design practices and material cycling. They use recycle coffee grounds in table tops, low-emitting material for adhesive and paints, using materials from within 500 miles, and they save over 45% lighting power. I think Starbuck's practices is also applicable to our campus garden project in that it brings the community together in a sustainable and aesthetically pleasing way. https://www.starbucks.com/responsibility/environment/leed-certified-stores
A lot of art has to do with experimenting with various materials in order to find what you need to accomplish your goals. In all of my reading about building a cob structure, there is no specific formula on how to get the perfect composition of clay and sand. At times, this frustrates me because there is not an exact way to achieve the needed results. Here is where the artistic process takes over as we try different techniques over the next few weeks. Even baking in the cob oven is an experiment. Unlike a mechanized over, there is no way to set the cob oven to a specific temperature. When we are finally ready to bake our first loaf of bread or pizza, I imagine it will take a few tries to keep the food from burning. I also found a few videos about how to build an oven. While the readings have been helpful, I struggle to visualize some elements of the process. Watching these, I was able to get a better sense of the work we will need to do over the next few weeks. Building a...