Class #1 20/07/09

After being read the brief for this semester Ricarda and Adele told us to write down the first word that came to our mind. I wrote the word ‘HACK’ because it was all I could think of that quickly and it was what the majority of my work last semester was based around.

We were then given quite an abstract activity to work on. We had to ‘clothe our word’. This could have meant or been anything. I’ve got to admit when I get a really open task to complete my mind normally shuts down and has a little panic because there are no limits, which can be really intimidating. I decided to start ‘hacking’ in to the word on the paper and cut out the letters. Once they were cut out they really delicate and started to use them to cover my fingers. In a way clothing is about covering, yet because the letters were so fine, they didn’t end up covering a lot. Instead they made interesting patterns and lines over my fingers, which was like a decoration of some sort. When I removed the letters from my fingers they curled up and you could no longer tell what letters they were before.
The page that was left without the letters and just the cut out of hack was kind of cool to. It almost became a typography exercise for me because I played around with both the letters and negative space on the page.


Pics from the class, 20 July 09

For homework we have to document and experience of wearing HACK.
Remembering
-the word can exist in anyway..
-define what it means to wear… and how to wear…
it could go beyond the language structure and become something different

At the moment I’m drawing a blank as to what that might be.