Workshop at Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology Creation of series of « subjective cartographies » of Bangalore, questioning the influence of the urban electromagnetic environment on our behaviours and sensations.

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2009-11-30 :: ewen // Theory
Bergson’s creative intuition

In the book Creative Evolution (L’Evolution créatrice, 1907) the french philosopher Henri Bergson develops concepts of time which significantly influenced modernist writers and thinkers such as Marcel Proust. For example, Bergson’s term “duration” refers to a more individual, subjective experience of time, as opposed to mathematical, objectively measurable “clock time.” In Creative Evolution, Bergson suggests [...]

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2009-11-30 :: aliya // Uncategorized
“Signal to Noise”

Rationale
My proposed project started as a result of my frustration that I could not get a clear signal from my service provider, DOCOMO, in Yelahanka, but when I went to the city, the signal would be much more clear.  It has been about 3 months since I’ve been using the SIM, and although DOCOMO has [...]

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2009-11-30 :: saema // Uncategorized
Street Art

A project of how signage for shops was done at a different time. They’re hand painted, meticulously done with a decorative style. No neon signs are used and there’s usually quite a detailed description on most of the name plates of what the particular shop is selling.

Our project is about locating such ‘old world’ areas in Bangalore such as Russell Market and look at the signage of shops and trace and comment on how it has changed over the years, and try and find out why. We propose to do this by talking to shop keepers who own shops of different trades and of different economic backgrounds as well as try and film them while taking pictures.

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2009-11-28 :: saumitra // Uncategorized
The electromagnetic city

The Intangible Electromagnetic Radiations
We started the project with the initial idea of human intervention with nature. There are several factors which shows that natural environment is changing because of human intervention. Some of these things can be seen, heard or can be felt but there are other invisible factors which are far beyond the reach [...]

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2009-11-27 :: ewen // Theory
Situationists definitions

constructed situation
A moment of life concretely and deliberately constructed by the collective organization of a unitary ambience and a game of events.

situationist
Relating to the theory or practical activity of constructing situations. One who engages in the construction of situations. A member of the Situationist International.

situationism
A meaningless term improperly derived from the above. [...]

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