Quilting is used by black communities after learning it from white Americans during the slavery era. Many times in history, quilting has been used not simply as linen covering pillows or blankets, their flexibility to create became also a medium of protest. Protestors would create subversive images with the medium, often in large sizes. “Feminist […]
What do Massimo Vignelli, Kazunari Hattori, Bridget Riley, and Karel Martens all have in common? Using the multidimensional citation system, we can just find the thread connecting them! Labour is involved in creating everything we see today. Somehow, through acknowledging and citing the labour that led up to the successful careers these people had, unseen […]
Methods of Contextualizing Group Samuel Christopher NgEmily HowardZhang Yufei Tang (Bert) Jiabao Brief We examined a communication tool that we engage regularly, identified barriers that inhibit full participation of disabled/neurodiverse people. We attempted to reimagine the tool to enable broader participation. At the beginning of the project, each of us decided each of our own usual […]
Defining Randomness In this brief I explored p5js as a medium, subverting Zach Lieberman’s curatorial work in generative code. I took a critical inquiry into the concept and meaning of the element of randomness through experimentations and enriching meaning through different perspectival iterations. Week 2 In this second week I experimented on how random an […]