IMPORTANT > NARRATIVE

Hi everyone. I am looking forward to seeing some imaginative work as we meet today after the study break and long weekend. You have had a good amount of time to analyse, ponder, draw, model and explore possibilities for assignment 2. I have received some narratives and research from you over the two weeks and some good drawings and sketch models have come through.

I would suggest that you all take plenty of time to formulate clear and well written narrative sentences. Some of the language coming through is convoluted and unnecessarily wordy. The idea is to ‘translate’ the emotive reading of the painting into activities so that there is a design brief. Remember Xing's example about the tall man in a tower who enjoys stamp collecting... it is uncomplicated but gives parameters to create a design.

example: "A heart broken woman spends her days and nights in her house atop the headland. She writes constantly... recounting stories from her past. She hovers at the edge, gazing out over the crashing waves below."

This narrative clearly sets a scene and allows us to imagine a place. It gives parameters for a design. Remember to imbue your text with strong sense of story and character.

Project 2 - Room + Narrative

Wednesday studio discussion was very thought provoking and you have all chosen very interesting paintings for this next project. I would like to see you uploading your chosen work to your blog and writing some words about your interpretation of the work in the next few days.

***Read the outline very carefully:

...'You are encouraged to uncover the original narrative of the assigned painting, or to superimpose a narrative onto the painting, and then to 'materialize' this narrative into a 'receptacle' that is inhabited by human figures'... (page 6)

We do not have class next week however, you will need to upload the following to your blog by next Wednesday.

• A couple of paragraphs and drawings about your interpretation and reading of the painting. Include research information.
• Some draft narratives and perhaps a final narrative sentence or short paragraph with an accompanying explanation.
• Some parti drawings, plans, sections or models of early designs for your space.. these might be ideas about a particular window opening or feature of the room. You are welcome to collage/montage your ideas... think outside the box in terms of presentation and finding a way into this project.

When we reconvene on Wednesday 28th April you should all have this work well and truly underway with progress on your final model, as a mock up or practice model.

***Upload to your blog

You are welcome to email me your narrative and I will give you some feedback. Upload your progress work to your blog and I will have a look at it and send you some thoughts.

FS

Submission De-brief

I am pleased with the display of work from the first submission. It appears that everyone has worked well in teams and some very nice models have been made. I think you have all learned a great deal from this exercise and your verbal presentations and class discussion illustrated this. I will be in touch regarding written feedback and grades.

Remember to upload work to your Blogs by April 9th.

Have a read of the course outline over the break to get up to speed with the next assignment. Hoping you all had a fun Easter and I will see you in a week or so.

FS