Unsuccessful Experiment

Millions of eyes look up at the windows, bridges, capers, and they might be scanning a blank page. Many are the cities like Phyllis, which elude the gaze of all, except the man who catches them by surprise.

From: invisible city by Italo Calvino

   Invisible is not we can't see it is we see but we ignore it 

The object in the museum lost their function and context

We just read the object from the museum label instead  of the object itself  in the museum.

We trust it , we believe it 

In this experiment I am questioning  this most common behavior when we visit the museum 

We look the object as a blank paper 

Nothing we can't read from it 

We usually ignore it 

The experiment is not successful, but it helps me to continue questioning

Why we believe the meaning constructed by someone else?

How people construct meaning?
It is a kind of cognitive error that we believe the museum?

Cognitive error

Experiment 1

Experiment 2

Experiment 3

Exhibition Reflection(LCC and CSM)

Recently, I visit the show of the first year photographic in CSM and the postgraduate show of graphic design in LCC.

Personally I prefer the former one,no matter is the way they organize the show or the work they present. In the CSM show, every student has an artist statement, is a kind of manifesto, it is very helpful to help me understand what the photographer doing in a direct way. 

I really like the work called  untitled gap(Mengjiao Xu). 

We know there is the gap inside ourself, but we do not know what the gap is, we can feel it but we can't touch it or represent it.I love the idea that there is a gap existing in our body, the arm does not know the feeling of the feet. I also like the image and her statement, but I don't like the way she shows her work. I think display them separately better than print the in one paper.

I don't like the LCC show because is very easy to lose in tons of information. There is no statement, every student has a research process book, it's good to show how the work developed but it is very difficult to catch the essential information through their book,

It is not everyone have patience to read the whole books. 

I should say, the most of graphic student start a question to how to address some problem and issues in our life, such as how to promote one culture in another culture at the same time keep it original through communication design.it seems that there has different project but actually they have a similar perspective of communication design.This is the main reason i dislike this show,why they don't have their own view about this subject, why they produce a book as the final outcome.

Everything is too organized to like it.

THE MORE YOU DONE, THE MORE YOU GAIN（Personal Reflection Of First Tutorial）

Dave told me, you will have a tough year, you must improve your English. 

Honestly,even I study Precessional English course I still have a language issue, especially communicate with classmates and present my ideas. I could learn more from my peers if I am a native speaker, because we come from different background and culture and I really want to know what happen surround me. I need to pay more attention to language study.

I do three experiments in this tutorial, the most excited is that no matter what I say, my tutor will tell me about her ideas and how does she see my work. Which direction is working well, which does not work. It is kind of from a different point of view to see my work. That is very helpful! I will listen to the record  again to organize my thought.

I am still confused about my work, because this is the first time I start to use divergent thinking to practice my research. I stop to doing subjective design, it seems like everything is lost my control. I think it is not bad but I am not sure what I did was in a right direction.

Anyway, no matter bad or good, I must move forward, I can't stop and just stay here. 

It is not about the win and success , I just want to challenge myself to see how far I can go.

Keypoints of the Schedule

manifest for CRP

The graphic design is a stereoscope for me if I could present the my manifesto.

It is  very interesting and playful when I saw in a gallery shop,just like my original impression of graphic communication design .

I saw some graphic designer's work which  it is very interesting such as Stefan Sagmeister  when I study another subject. I was attracted the playful way they work on.

I should say it is very superficial but it makes me decide to change my subject.

Now, the stereoscope is not a toy, it changes the planiform images and show a three-dimensional scene.  It changes the view we see the world. 

I do not know where I will go but I  hope I can always work for fun.

I really love this quote

The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things.-------John cage 

Recent reading: invisible city

Invisible Cities  is a novel by Italian writer Italo Calvino. 

I really love this novel and still reading it 

Daily observation 1

Yesterday, I lost again when I follow the google map.

The google map and Wikipedia help me to live in the strange city however it is not reliable

nowdays，our live relies more and more on the technology, for example, we chat and make new friends  through social network. 

In this experiment, I am questioning the  technology  which we rely on.

ALIENATION

Alienation is exist our cognize world.

The things we see is not what we think.

Basic on Biology,we cognize the world through eyes, however, it is believable ?

We have a different structure of eye ：baby,blind people,color blindness,common person. 

                                   

Brain: Left and right brain. Some people think through left brain and some else through the right brain

In-between people: One thing different opinion

                                       Communicate process

Latent rules——institution    custom morality

Medium and communicate process：such newspaper,the information from the newspaper was processed

john cage: some rules for students and teachers

RULE ONE: Find a place you trust, and then try trusting it for awhile.

RULE TWO: General duties of a student - pull everything out of your teacher; pull everything out of your fellow students.

RULE THREE: General duties of a teacher - pull everything out of your students.

RULE FOUR: Consider everything an experiment.

RULE FIVE: be self-disciplined - this means finding someone wise or smart and choosing to follow them. To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self-disciplined is to follow in a better way.

RULE SIX: Nothing is a mistake. There's no win and no fail, there's only make.

RULE SEVEN: The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It's the people who do all of the work all of the time who eventually catch on to things.

RULE EIGHT: Don't try to create and analyze at the same time. They're different processes.

RULE NINE: Be happy whenever you can manage it. Enjoy yourself. It's lighter than you think.

RULE TEN: "We're breaking all the rules. Even our own rules. And how do we do that? By leaving plenty of room for X quantities." (John Cage)

HINTS: Always be around. Come or go to everything. Always go to classes. Read anything you can get your hands on. Look at movies carefully, often. Save everything - it might come in handy later.