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FYP Abstract (1st Draft)
Propose a project: What are the reason(s) or aims for doing project?
People assume things based on what they see most of the time, little do they know that their senses can be fooled easily. Thus, seeing becomes something that isn’t always about believing as how we see is based on how our minds perceives it.
When assumption is made, negative effects Read more →
Point of Departure
Creation. Every part of our body can be traced back to the genes that defined us. At that sacred moment in time when we were born, the combination of the two DNA halves containing genes from our parents provided all the information necessary to define, create and sustain us which will then be pass down to our offspring.
Design/ Methodology/ApproachThis project is an Read more →
Visual metaphors.
came across this project on
https://www.behance.net/gallery/41026075/PARALLEL
thought that it has some relations to conformity as animals thrive in herds, like how the modern day education is moulding us to be the same and is thriving.
education in different countries.
Education is good, but somehow the education system is a threat to our creativity. More evidently seen in the Asian culture.
Education in China
(http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/27/world/asia/27iht-letter.html)
China produces many clever people but few geniuses.
Children in China are very capable at a very young age, being able to play the piano, calculate fast; they have many skills. But when they grow up, they are lost Read more →
Introduction to Perception & Ted Talk on Optical Illusion
More informations on perception itself as I realised that I’ve just went straight into the various types of perceptions in relation to illusions and colours. Sensation and Perception by E. Bruce Goldstein (Eighth Edition) is a book that covers various aspects of perceptions of which it includes the basics/introduction of it.
Perception is the ability to be aware of something through the senses and Read more →
The Narrative of Lady Lazarus
Lady Lazarus by Sylvia Plath
I have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it—–
A sort of walking miracle, my skin Bright as a Nazi lampshade, My right foot
A paperweight, My featureless, fine Jew linen.
Peel off the napkin O my enemy. Do I terrify?——-
The nose, the eye pits, the full set of Read more →
Link, Zelda, and the Totalitarian State
Alright, not really. Zelda’s not present. I just made this post (first post of many like these) to feature some of the articles I have been reading to bring me closer to a concrete idea. That is, if I can stop myself from stirring the concrete before it sets. Might not be a terrible thing however — like most things, Read more →
Dimension and Illusion
Josef Albers
He is interested in how colour exerts influence to other colour. In the book Interaction of Colour by Josef Albers, Published by Yale University Press, 2006 he mentions the flexibility of colour as it is “constantly related to changing neighbours and changing conditions” (Page 5) thus “a colour is almost never seen as it really is — as it Read more →
Research : A Compilation of Audio-Visual That Got Me Started
Here’s a list of videos and subjects that got me started on the project.
I’ve had this obsession with sound from way back and I’m ready to connect back with it once again through this FYP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSYAZnQmffg
Aphex Twins Spectrogram
The Aphex twins Spectrogram is something that I came across when I was crazily invested in rock music back then in 2010. Apart from Read more →
Case Study : Littlebit x Korg Synth Kit
Came across this on ARS Electronica
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDxz8bpqOMU
Besides the interesting presentation by Reggie Watts, what I found interesting about this synthesizer is that it’s quite bare and the modular possibilities feel endless to me. Visually, seeing this mini analog synth put together and played really brought out a certain very experimental and primitive aspect of sound and technology that I want in Read more →