All about my sound design process at the New School Parsons Design MFA Design Technology. Includes collaborations, process, point of views, opinions, research, and results, basically the entire process of making a thesis!
We intend to create a 9-stage experience leading to "Cloud 9," the
state of nirvana, tranquil bliss, or ecstasy. We draw upon the idea
that, in a classic path toward nirvana, the subject feels increasingly
lightweight and unencumbered, shedding perceived physical and mental
burdens. Our intention is to recreate this experience by programming
sound depending on the amount of users at once in this defined space. For example, if there is 1 person averages every 5 minutes in an hour time frame, then audio content is solo moments (buddhist chant, ecstasy, classical music, intimate moment.) If there is more than 2 more averaging every 5 minutes in an hour time frame, then audio content are group moments (cheering, laughing, playing, toasting, socializing, jazz music) "Cloud 9" is a
spatial and auditory representation of nirvana.
by Katherine Lee, Fiorella Gu, Gabriel Medina, & Carol Chiu
1. Hide technology 2. Use your local resources (ex: New School facilities) 3. Collaborate because I am not the jack of all trades 4. Make an effort to hang out with those you collaborate 5. Emotions and attitude is contagious so watch yourself 6. Laugh as a team, and laugh at yourself 7. Probe into other people's culture including their music and play list 8. When asked how it was made, light yourself up and call it "magic"
My deliverable thesis is a series of audio collaborations. These collaborative projects are important to me because documenting the process will provide a diary of production. It includes documenting laughter, frustration, and ideas. These collaborative projects are important to others because my sound design benefits the New School Radio station, the Sheila Johnson architectural space, and the web space ipodcarol.com. My goal is to provide the sound design and quality to every project I touch.
It is important to have fun during the process, but my trajectory is a documentary story telling audio reel of my collaborative sound projects that communicate personality, process, and imagination. By turning my projects into a story telling sound reel, I can effectively organize information. This allows us to share our lives, ethics, and information. The goal is to entertain, to inform, and to educate.
DJantiwar is suspended by twitter yesterday evening. I wrote twitter and told them how it's a twitter concept that I am excited about. This concept promotes antiwar music and bands. It's a good concept because there are people interested in hearing conscious lyrics.
Missy and I teamed up to build a following for DJ Antiwar on twitter. So far, DJ Antiwar follows 1,607 people and we have 193 followers with 6 updates. The updates are links to videos of anti war music.
Early this morning, commuters nationwide were delighted to find out that while they were sleeping, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had come to an end.
If, that is, they happened to read a “special edition” of today’s New York Times.
In an elaborate operation six months in the planning, 1.2 million papers were printed at six different presses and driven to prearranged pickup locations, where thousands of volunteers stood ready to pass them out on the street.
Articles in the paper announce dozens of new initiatives including the establishment of national health care, the abolition of corporate lobbying, a maximum wage for C.E.O.s, and, of course, the end of the war.
The paper, an exact replica of The New York Times, includes International, National, New York, and Business sections, as well as editorials, corrections, and a number of advertisements, including a recall notice for all cars that run on gasoline. There is also a timeline describing the gains brought about by eight months of progressive support and pressure, culminating in President Obama’s “Yes we REALLY can” speech. (The paper is post-dated July 4, 2009.)
“It’s all about how at this point, we need to push harder than ever,” said Bertha Suttner, one of the newspaper’s writers. “We’ve got to make sure Obama and all the other Democrats do what we elected them to do. After eight, or maybe twenty-eight years of hell, we need to start imagining heaven.”
Not all readers reacted favorably. “The thing I disagree with is how they did it,” said Stuart Carlyle, who received a paper in Grand Central Station while commuting to his Wall Street brokerage. “I’m all for freedom of speech, but they should have started their own paper.”
