Friday, July 11, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Poster impression
This poster is expressing the aspects of calligraphy compared to graffiti, following a structure:
- tools where calligraphy is made with
- the calligraphy artist
- the actual calligraphy
- the ornaments
- the viewers
- the surface
- the viewers
- the graffiti wall
- the actual graffiti
- the graffiti artist
- tools where graffiti is made with
Monday, July 7, 2008
Under Construction
i was bargaiing: got two bottles of water for 1 Lire infront of Hagia Sofia | Saw woman in Burkha taking pictures with her I-Phone | Saw woman in burkha wearing sunglasses | Last sunday: 30% Istanbul, 70% Workshop. Today: 90% Istanbul, 10% Workshop | Went to Hagia Sofia on Saturday | Drinking Rhaki on a posh roof terasse with Angelika | Arne is tensed and tired | I look good wearing a scarf | Topkapi Palace: An impressive palace for the masses | In Istanbul, you can buy condoms in the pharmacy | I told the Dutch guys that pissoirs for ladys do indeed exist, but they can't imagine woman standing and peeing at the same time | Went out dancing and got homesick because i was urging for (1) a great Dj like Flo P. and (2) my best dancing mates Mademoiselle Tea and Monsieur Lux | Wishful Thinking.
Short introduction in Pure Data
To whom it may concern:
Today (monday) after the screening Ill give an introduction to:
PD - The ultimate Computer Music hack ...
in the lecture hall
"PD" stands for Pure Data and is a graphical Computer Music System written by Miller S. Puckette .Its has an reatime Open GL rendering mashine also etc etc..
please bring Your laptops and earphones and for those who want to do more than just look install the appropriate version from here:
Pd extended 0.40.3 extended rc 3
http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html
see You
Seppo G.
Today (monday) after the screening Ill give an introduction to:
PD - The ultimate Computer Music hack ...
in the lecture hall
"PD" stands for Pure Data and is a graphical Computer Music System written by Miller S. Puckette .Its has an reatime Open GL rendering mashine also etc etc..
It works in a similar way as Max/MSP or jMax from IRCAM.
PD is open source software, it is free for any use and can be downloaded from the internet. PD runs on Win32, IRIX and LINUX platforms.
It is easy to extend PD with third-party plug-ins (so-called "externals"). Many collections of externals (so-called "libraries") are already aviable.
please bring Your laptops and earphones and for those who want to do more than just look install the appropriate version from here:
Pd extended 0.40.3 extended rc 3
http://at.or.at/hans/pd/installers.html
see You
Seppo G.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Presentation and weekend
Friday's presentation went really well. Our group has a good idea and a good concept but I think that we have a long week ahead of us with a lot of work to do. The other groups had very good ideas and it was very fun to see how different the groups are thinking.
This weekend was great. We took the boat that went out to the Princess Island, found a pool and just had a great time in the sun. The island was very beautiful and the horse-wagons was nice, it did not smell that nice though... Today we went to the Topkapi Palace and it was very impressive with all the big rooms and the tile on the walls where so beautiful! After that we went to the Blue Mosque, and it was incredible to walk in to such a huge place with all the calligraphy and painting ceilings. We sat down on the carpet, looked around and felt the atmosphere.
The first week went by so fast, now we have one week left and I think that it will go very fast as well! Looking forward to this coming week!
This weekend was great. We took the boat that went out to the Princess Island, found a pool and just had a great time in the sun. The island was very beautiful and the horse-wagons was nice, it did not smell that nice though... Today we went to the Topkapi Palace and it was very impressive with all the big rooms and the tile on the walls where so beautiful! After that we went to the Blue Mosque, and it was incredible to walk in to such a huge place with all the calligraphy and painting ceilings. We sat down on the carpet, looked around and felt the atmosphere.
The first week went by so fast, now we have one week left and I think that it will go very fast as well! Looking forward to this coming week!
Friday, July 4, 2008
reflection on the presentation and concept by arne & karin
We used the technique for reflection of Edward the Bono, the Six Thinking Hats.
goals for this project
- calligraphy more than just an image or ornament to look at
- understand, interpretate the meanings: enclosure
- by means of connecting and comparing calligraphy with graffiti
(their tensions, similarities, disciplines)
(by transform, explain, express, unlock)
(respect, learn)
- make it a physical experience for the user (interactive, intuitive, big)
positive aspects
experience:
- user is easily involved in a physical way
- grafitti makes calligraphy accessable for people to read
- grafitti fits calligraphy concerning its way of expression (art/thoughts/performance/writing/attitude)
- walking references to development, process of understanding (path, discovery) (backpack of experience)
- distance to closeness is a methaphore for getting involved, diving into the subject, come close, interest (starting point, end point)
- transformation of beautiful but indecipherable ottoman calligraphy into contemporary symbols which also use elements of text and visuals
- the actions in the physical world have a great impact on the visual respons (BIIIIIG)
- the experience adds something to peoples understanding and knowledge
- simple, direct
- while its a flat visual experience, the context can trigger deep thoughts and emotions
negative aspects
- a flat conversion, its not deep
- its a 1:1 transformation
- environement does not fit (see the moskque or interesting street spot)
- it is not multi user
- its a projection
creatieve aspects
- more suitable environnement (ornamental, ball?, any object?, the alps, a ruine)
- we need a way to change the current subject
- the tween can solve the flatness (the balance thing of sofia, visualisation in between, bilder!)
practical aspects
- we got 1 week to produce
- we could use an arduino + distance sensors
- many more but we are to tired to put it out here this very moment
emotional aspects
- karin does not feel it, but sees bIg potential
- arne thinks the have a good starting point
- karin and arne agree on the starting point
- aswell on the BIIIIIG thing
- arne can feel the flatness, but has the idea it will grown from a little girls landscape to a more female landscape with hills, and depts and rivers.
- karin can feel the flatness, but has the idea an AMAZING male landschape when it is becoming older. Its just a litte boy growing up, becoming a exciting rush of blood to the...
concept aspects
elements conserned:
calligraphy:
- writing
- poetry
- religion
- art
- performance
- meditation
- religion
- trance
graffiti:
- text
- idea's
- statements
- visual experience
- art
- performance
- exitement
concept:
- transformation
- explaination
- interpretation
- expression
- meaning
- reflection
calligraphy:
- writing
- poetry
- religion
- art
- performance
- meditation
- religion
- trance
graffiti:
- text
- idea's
- statements
- visual experience
- art
- performance
- exitement
concept:
- transformation
- explaination
- interpretation
- expression
- meaning
- reflection
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
monday 02/07 - location, lecture calligraphy, social structure
The introductions were ofcourse a bit cliche but it did contribute to get an idea of what people are doing and which direction they are in. From the beginning I felt a free atmosphere which creates a healthy working atmosphere.
Compared to our faculty this university is a huuuuuge building, I feel like they don't know what to do with the space so it is just filled with some art, an un-used exposition place, empty hallways enz ;) The building is feels very industrial, it still has this fabriq vibe.
The lecture broadened and deepened my knowledge about calligraphy most in a theorectical way. When there were more visuals and examples it would have been clearer, but ofcourse that is were the museum trip will be about. I was very happy the statement I figured together in my head was acceptable:
"Ottoman Calligraphy is like an extraordinary form of typography."
I was amazed how much disciplines are covered by those curved lines:
- poetry / proza
- religious expression
- visual expressions
- performance
- art
- meditation
At night we went out for some food and drinks with the group. The places the turkish took us felt like everyone just was having a good time out on the streets. What catched my eye the buildings are all 7 or 8 floors, thats double the height as most citybuildings in the Netherlands. So it is not only like 15 times as big as our main capital, is also twice as high!!
I had some conversations with the turkish guys, what stroke me most was that its the idea you just stay living at your parents until you get married. And when you marry you find your own place and start a family again. So it is really a family-orientated social structure or basis. Where as I find that the social structure in the Netherlands is more like based on friends, room-mates and people from school or work. The tendensy in the Netherlands is more to move out the parental house at the age of twenty, figuring out how to handle the sudden freedom ;)
Maybe that could be an explanation the Turkish culture has more fundamental, traditional values compared to the Dutch culture, because the growing up person in question is living in the environnement which ventilates these values constantly.
Compared to our faculty this university is a huuuuuge building, I feel like they don't know what to do with the space so it is just filled with some art, an un-used exposition place, empty hallways enz ;) The building is feels very industrial, it still has this fabriq vibe.
The lecture broadened and deepened my knowledge about calligraphy most in a theorectical way. When there were more visuals and examples it would have been clearer, but ofcourse that is were the museum trip will be about. I was very happy the statement I figured together in my head was acceptable:
"Ottoman Calligraphy is like an extraordinary form of typography."
I was amazed how much disciplines are covered by those curved lines:
- poetry / proza
- religious expression
- visual expressions
- performance
- art
- meditation
At night we went out for some food and drinks with the group. The places the turkish took us felt like everyone just was having a good time out on the streets. What catched my eye the buildings are all 7 or 8 floors, thats double the height as most citybuildings in the Netherlands. So it is not only like 15 times as big as our main capital, is also twice as high!!
I had some conversations with the turkish guys, what stroke me most was that its the idea you just stay living at your parents until you get married. And when you marry you find your own place and start a family again. So it is really a family-orientated social structure or basis. Where as I find that the social structure in the Netherlands is more like based on friends, room-mates and people from school or work. The tendensy in the Netherlands is more to move out the parental house at the age of twenty, figuring out how to handle the sudden freedom ;)
Maybe that could be an explanation the Turkish culture has more fundamental, traditional values compared to the Dutch culture, because the growing up person in question is living in the environnement which ventilates these values constantly.
Workshop 1
Yesterday we did the brainstorming, just wrote everything that came up and put up our mindmap on paper. It was a good way to get to know each other and get into the work, too bad that Koray couldn't be there. There was some problems with the excursion so we got a little less time to finish it. After a while we got on the boat to The calligraphy of the Sakip Sabanci Museum and it was a very nice boattrip! The visit on the museum was very interesting, even though the guide rushed through the tour.
Today we have not got so much time to work with the workshop 1. We finished our mindmap in the morning and Koray added some things and then we presented it. We had two interesting lectures but it got a little bit long so my head almost exploded... A long day and I hope that we will get to work some more tomorrow!
Today we have not got so much time to work with the workshop 1. We finished our mindmap in the morning and Koray added some things and then we presented it. We had two interesting lectures but it got a little bit long so my head almost exploded... A long day and I hope that we will get to work some more tomorrow!
~~~~no sunburn, only sunshine~~~~
eine biene hat durchfall | sie findet kein klo | sie fliegt in den stall hinein | und scheißt dort aufs stroh.
First group work. First excursion. First boat-trip on a boat whose captain picks up his friends and beer from several locations while going to the Sapik Sabanci Museum. Today, i've also had my first coffee in a museum-café in Istanbul, that has won a design prize for its interior. How exciting can it get?
Istanbul is til now far more exciting than any lecture (one down, three to go) we've had so far. I just want to start to work and give it a go.
The visit of the Sabanci museum has made me even more confused. We have been ripping off the surface of Calligraphy and now i begin to realize the depth of it. I'm gonna need some time to arrange all the information i got so far.
The Lady who was leading us through the museum was defining calligraphy as "beautiful writing". I saw some textes with profane content, textes that legitimate the power of a sultan and recites of the koran. There seems to be wide definition of the term "Calligraphy" and the more you hear about it...it fucks up your brain.
But as i said before: How exciting can it get?
First group work. First excursion. First boat-trip on a boat whose captain picks up his friends and beer from several locations while going to the Sapik Sabanci Museum. Today, i've also had my first coffee in a museum-café in Istanbul, that has won a design prize for its interior. How exciting can it get?
Istanbul is til now far more exciting than any lecture (one down, three to go) we've had so far. I just want to start to work and give it a go.
The visit of the Sabanci museum has made me even more confused. We have been ripping off the surface of Calligraphy and now i begin to realize the depth of it. I'm gonna need some time to arrange all the information i got so far.
The Lady who was leading us through the museum was defining calligraphy as "beautiful writing". I saw some textes with profane content, textes that legitimate the power of a sultan and recites of the koran. There seems to be wide definition of the term "Calligraphy" and the more you hear about it...it fucks up your brain.
But as i said before: How exciting can it get?
sunday 29/06 - arrival day
Hai there, my first blog post is a fact!
The trip went smooth, after we arrived at the hotel we directly hitted the big street to find something to eat. Ofcourse we were walking around like naive tourist and every salesman on the street tried to take adventage of it. It took a couple of hours just to get used to the strategy of keep walking, don't look in their eyes and see NO NO NO ;)
After dinner we start looking for a place to see the football finals and we found a nice local street with some turkish football fans supporting l'espania. The people were friendly and it felt like everyone in the street had a good time. But actually I didn't really follow the plays afterall because I had some deep discussions with Jan...
I asked a turkish guy how to say 'thank you', after he served us the 23049 beer. It was a very chaotic and un-understandable cacophony of words in all kind of languages and gestures. When i thought we were finally understanding eachother he ran away and came back with two buckets of chips... that is what he understanded ;) bit confusing.
After the victory of 'espania we got drunk in the streets and smoked the waterpipe which was and interesting experience! especially when a polonaise of partying spanisch girls went by ;)
to summary some findings:
- you can sell and buy EVERYTHING on the streets
- people who sell things make me feel like they assume I already made the discision or it is already mine, they have figured it all out 'for me': i only have to pay. It's like a one-click-buy system.
- istanbul is like: 'er is een boel' which is dutch for 'there is a lot'
The trip went smooth, after we arrived at the hotel we directly hitted the big street to find something to eat. Ofcourse we were walking around like naive tourist and every salesman on the street tried to take adventage of it. It took a couple of hours just to get used to the strategy of keep walking, don't look in their eyes and see NO NO NO ;)
After dinner we start looking for a place to see the football finals and we found a nice local street with some turkish football fans supporting l'espania. The people were friendly and it felt like everyone in the street had a good time. But actually I didn't really follow the plays afterall because I had some deep discussions with Jan...
I asked a turkish guy how to say 'thank you', after he served us the 23049 beer. It was a very chaotic and un-understandable cacophony of words in all kind of languages and gestures. When i thought we were finally understanding eachother he ran away and came back with two buckets of chips... that is what he understanded ;) bit confusing.
After the victory of 'espania we got drunk in the streets and smoked the waterpipe which was and interesting experience! especially when a polonaise of partying spanisch girls went by ;)
to summary some findings:
- you can sell and buy EVERYTHING on the streets
- people who sell things make me feel like they assume I already made the discision or it is already mine, they have figured it all out 'for me': i only have to pay. It's like a one-click-buy system.
- istanbul is like: 'er is een boel' which is dutch for 'there is a lot'
Monday, June 30th
First day in Istanbul. New York is known as a city that never sleeps, but if that's so, what can you say about Istanbul? 17 Mio people, crazy traffic, if you want to learn how to drive a car, you should spend some time in Istanbul.
Last night a couple of girls and me went out to see the finale. And it seems that you need to have one guy with you as an accessoire to avoid strange looks. We had beer, something to eat, but i just couldn't comment the game in a way i would back home. Back home i would be really loud and extroverted, jeering, applauding,... just being myself. But this night i had the feeling of being confronted with a number of different invisible rules, how to behave and present yourself correctly as a woman. Back home, i don't give a shit, but here...i should stick with it but take a guy with me.
Today was our first day at university. I know, where the toilettes are, so i'm on the save side now. I am also glad, i can follow my coffee addiction here. The floors are so clean, i might even find new ways of experiencing coffee: licking it off the ground.
Last night a couple of girls and me went out to see the finale. And it seems that you need to have one guy with you as an accessoire to avoid strange looks. We had beer, something to eat, but i just couldn't comment the game in a way i would back home. Back home i would be really loud and extroverted, jeering, applauding,... just being myself. But this night i had the feeling of being confronted with a number of different invisible rules, how to behave and present yourself correctly as a woman. Back home, i don't give a shit, but here...i should stick with it but take a guy with me.
Today was our first day at university. I know, where the toilettes are, so i'm on the save side now. I am also glad, i can follow my coffee addiction here. The floors are so clean, i might even find new ways of experiencing coffee: licking it off the ground.
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