This clip recalls what the situation was like back in Industrial Revolution. The working condition in India is not that sever as it was back then, still, it's not a condition that I would call "humane". We only see the pretty surface of different things, but are we really progressing on the "inside"?!
Although I've only watched a short part of this BBC documentary, I can tell that the condition in the factory is really harsh. It is hard to me to imagine being in such situation. If I am one of the British girl, I would probably have a hard time there too.
I can relate this BBC documentary with a film about Walmart that we watched during Global Ethics class last year. In the movie, there is one part about Chinese labors working in cloth-manufacturing factory. The clothes will be shipped to Walmart stores mainly in the US. The condition of the workers are also bad. One of the girl who was being interviewed said that they must live in a small, crowded dorm and work overtime most of the time.
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
The Silence of Silicon Lambs - Choreohraphy Ideas
The article mentioned two different rivers in Hsinchu --Kerya and Kaoping River.
Kerya River: The water was found to be polluted and had pungent smell. Some Unnatural sex changes occurred to the Ke-Ying conches, and repetitive dead fishes. Dramatic expansion of Science Park resulted in HSIP alone added 185,000 CMD water to the river that contributes 63.6% of the water body.
Kaoping River: A study showed that the river was polluted because of dumped toxic wastes in July 18, 2000.
From the two short introduction above, I think the students can come with gestures such as kneeling on the river bank and weeping. Students can even personify the fish and other organisms living in the river. What I mean by personification is that students can act as those river creatures which died at the end of the choreography because of human-made pollutions. Overall, I am expecting this choreography to have a kind of sad atmosphere.
I also think that water is a symbol of purification, therefore the class can also create another piece that is totally opposite than the other piece I mentioned above. We can come up with ritual gestures that are more holy.
The ideas I have is quite abstract and hard to describe in words. However, the main idea is to present two different themes-- one is positive, one is negative.
Kerya River: The water was found to be polluted and had pungent smell. Some Unnatural sex changes occurred to the Ke-Ying conches, and repetitive dead fishes. Dramatic expansion of Science Park resulted in HSIP alone added 185,000 CMD water to the river that contributes 63.6% of the water body.
Kaoping River: A study showed that the river was polluted because of dumped toxic wastes in July 18, 2000.
From the two short introduction above, I think the students can come with gestures such as kneeling on the river bank and weeping. Students can even personify the fish and other organisms living in the river. What I mean by personification is that students can act as those river creatures which died at the end of the choreography because of human-made pollutions. Overall, I am expecting this choreography to have a kind of sad atmosphere.
I also think that water is a symbol of purification, therefore the class can also create another piece that is totally opposite than the other piece I mentioned above. We can come up with ritual gestures that are more holy.
The ideas I have is quite abstract and hard to describe in words. However, the main idea is to present two different themes-- one is positive, one is negative.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Reflection on readings for Secrete Hsinchu (draft)
Reading #1: Why Psychogeography?
It's said in the reading that "Guy Debord, called for an investigation into the effects of the environment (both constructed and natural) on emotions and behavior. He called this area of study psychogeography.".
I personally find psychogreography an interesting field of study because the kind of places we live in do influence our emotions and behavior. For example, a lot of people like to to places near the sea or in the mountains, because people can feel relaxed by looking at those scenery. People living in the city usually have "fast living paste" and often feel stressed because of the traffic, noises, air pollution, and even the pressure from work. Thus, the environment, indeed, effects our minds and body.
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Reading #2: Site-Specific performance
In the reading, it says "Sites have habits and rules: people who use the space implicitly agree to a set of acceptable behaviour.". This sentence made me think of the ritual choreography I did with my partners. We performed a short skit that involves many mundane rituals. For instance, going to KTV to celebrate birthday is a ritual for young people. Drinking and cheering in the KTV and blowing candles are mundane rituals that we can see quite often.
I think that a site can have different meaning for different people. What I mean by different meaning is that people has different memories of the site. A site has its story and history, therefore, I think artists can be very creative and be really inspired by different sites.
It's said in the reading that "Guy Debord, called for an investigation into the effects of the environment (both constructed and natural) on emotions and behavior. He called this area of study psychogeography.".
I personally find psychogreography an interesting field of study because the kind of places we live in do influence our emotions and behavior. For example, a lot of people like to to places near the sea or in the mountains, because people can feel relaxed by looking at those scenery. People living in the city usually have "fast living paste" and often feel stressed because of the traffic, noises, air pollution, and even the pressure from work. Thus, the environment, indeed, effects our minds and body.
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Reading #2: Site-Specific performance
In the reading, it says "Sites have habits and rules: people who use the space implicitly agree to a set of acceptable behaviour.". This sentence made me think of the ritual choreography I did with my partners. We performed a short skit that involves many mundane rituals. For instance, going to KTV to celebrate birthday is a ritual for young people. Drinking and cheering in the KTV and blowing candles are mundane rituals that we can see quite often.
I think that a site can have different meaning for different people. What I mean by different meaning is that people has different memories of the site. A site has its story and history, therefore, I think artists can be very creative and be really inspired by different sites.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Skype with Soule
Today, during our Social Sculpture class, we had an oversea skype with Ms. Sheila (our teacher)'s friend Soule. The purpose of connecting with different artists is that Ms. Sheila want us to get a sense of how community art is like. Soule works both as free-lance and with the community. She work voluntarily with the community , but at the same time, she can earn money by getting cases on her own. When working with as free-lance, she receives cases such as designing the costumes for actors and actresses. On the other part, she works with community opera, which allows her to get involved with improving and benefiting the whole community welfare based on good motivations.
Soule talked about how she was concerned with aesthetic when she started to learn art, but later, she found out that the most important thing is not necessarily the beauty but meaning or intention behind the art piece. I agree with what she said because I think an artist's intention is the inspiration of his/her art works. A piece of art does not necessarily need to be very beautiful or eye-catching, it can be as simple as a red dot on a piece of white cloth. Unfortunately, I'm still in a state that I concern with the beauty more than the intention when I am creating my art works...
Soule also showed us how she organizes her art portfolio; inside, she puts many resources that inspired her to design all the different costumes. For me, it is quite interesting to see what a portfolio looks like and see the actual design of the costumes. She also showed us some t-shirts that she made by stencils!
Just a random thought of my own, we can design our own t-shirts and sell it for charity purpose! :)
Soule talked about how she was concerned with aesthetic when she started to learn art, but later, she found out that the most important thing is not necessarily the beauty but meaning or intention behind the art piece. I agree with what she said because I think an artist's intention is the inspiration of his/her art works. A piece of art does not necessarily need to be very beautiful or eye-catching, it can be as simple as a red dot on a piece of white cloth. Unfortunately, I'm still in a state that I concern with the beauty more than the intention when I am creating my art works...
Soule also showed us how she organizes her art portfolio; inside, she puts many resources that inspired her to design all the different costumes. For me, it is quite interesting to see what a portfolio looks like and see the actual design of the costumes. She also showed us some t-shirts that she made by stencils!
Just a random thought of my own, we can design our own t-shirts and sell it for charity purpose! :)
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