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Field Group- Final Presentation. Introducing: Jesse Case- Maker Chris Bish - Graphic Communication Sarah Thomas- Fine Art Nathan Mullis- Fine Art. Key Ideas and concepts: Hidden Stories The individual Hidden Fears and Anxieties Scandals, secrets, lies Sociology and psychology theories
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Field Group- Final Presentation Introducing: Jesse Case- Maker Chris Bish- Graphic Communication Sarah Thomas- Fine Art Nathan Mullis- Fine Art
Key Ideas and concepts: • Hidden Stories • The individual • Hidden Fears and Anxieties • Scandals, secrets, lies • Sociology and psychology theories • Vulnerability Final Aim: To make people reconsider how they see themselves and others in the City and to have a shared sympathy for each others fears and vulnerabilities.
Looking at Humanistic Psychology “Although, I am very well aware of the incredible amount of destructive, cruel, malevolent behaviour in today’s world, I do not find this evil is inherent in human nature” -Carl Rogers: Journal of humanistic psychology Summer 1982
Putting our Ideas into Context. • City living affects your brain, researchers find • The part of the brain that senses danger becomes overactive in city-dwellers when they are under stress - Articles from the Guardian
KW Gallery- One on One Berlin 2012 Installation influential experience: Personal one on one interaction
Bruce Nauman- Room with my Soul left out, The room that does not care Key Artist Influence:
Considering how to use Space: Jewish Museum -Berlin
Questionnaire Results: 1.What makes you feel uncomfortable within a city environment? 2.Why? 3.What sounds make you feel uncomfortable? 4.How do you feel living in the City?
Finalized Details: • Minimize lighting • One viewer in at a time • To leave the viewer standing • Open empty space • Loud surround sound • To have the sound on loop • Record reaction after the experience • To ask three key questions
Installation video and experience feedback. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCSwKqczruM
Conclusion and Summary of the experience • The reactions where a success: sense of heightened insecurity, uncomfort, disorientation. • Received positive feedback • Learnt new technical skills • Learnt how to compromise ideas within a group • Learnt how other people work from other disciplines, and how they have contributed to the group • Time management and organisation • Time limitations affecting the location • Time limitations on the Sound • Equipment availability • Staff availability and response • - Meeting together as a group