FUNNY FEELING
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Thesis Agenda
"Irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically." -Sol LeWitt
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Proposal 1:
Experiment with different ways of lifting type off the two-dimensional plane. As mentioned in J Abbot Miller's book "Dimensional Typography", historical precedents exists in how we are to perceive 3D typography.
EXTRUSION, ROTATION, TUBING, SHADOWING, SEWING, MODULAR CONSTRUCTION, and BLOATING
With the exception of extrusion, these precedents have rarely ever been made into physical objects.
Proposal 2:
3D typography doesn't really convey any message if it is only limited to letterforms. Writing becomes a way for adding meaning to 3D type. Is it a word, sentence or poem? How does the reading of the type affected by the 3D plane? Three-dimensional space has three axis: x,y and z. Readings can change depending on how the viewer sees the planes. Three-dimensional space also has gravity, light and shadow. And lastly, three dimensional space is dictated by the space around it.
Proposal 3:
The heritage of language is rich with meaning. In Western languages, the Greek and Latin roots of words are often overlooked. How can the richness of the word origins be evoked through art? Similarly, in Asian languages, the pictorial element of characters have been abstracted for faster reading. However, is there a way to expose the construction of the word to today's readers? And why?
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WEEKS 1-8:
Ongoing experimentation with the formal aspects of 3D type. Also begin to look at writing and research language structure. Record and document process via Flickr and Blogger.com.
WEEKS 8-14:
Begin to write and develop a system of documenting and organizing findings.
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Possible Thesis Advisors:
Geoff Kaplan, Lisa Krohn, Leah Hoffmitz, Martin Venezky, Jason Pilarski and Peter Cho (UCLA Media Arts)
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Proposal 1:
Experiment with different ways of lifting type off the two-dimensional plane. As mentioned in J Abbot Miller's book "Dimensional Typography", historical precedents exists in how we are to perceive 3D typography.
EXTRUSION, ROTATION, TUBING, SHADOWING, SEWING, MODULAR CONSTRUCTION, and BLOATING
With the exception of extrusion, these precedents have rarely ever been made into physical objects.
Proposal 2:
3D typography doesn't really convey any message if it is only limited to letterforms. Writing becomes a way for adding meaning to 3D type. Is it a word, sentence or poem? How does the reading of the type affected by the 3D plane? Three-dimensional space has three axis: x,y and z. Readings can change depending on how the viewer sees the planes. Three-dimensional space also has gravity, light and shadow. And lastly, three dimensional space is dictated by the space around it.
Proposal 3:
The heritage of language is rich with meaning. In Western languages, the Greek and Latin roots of words are often overlooked. How can the richness of the word origins be evoked through art? Similarly, in Asian languages, the pictorial element of characters have been abstracted for faster reading. However, is there a way to expose the construction of the word to today's readers? And why?
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WEEKS 1-8:
Ongoing experimentation with the formal aspects of 3D type. Also begin to look at writing and research language structure. Record and document process via Flickr and Blogger.com.
WEEKS 8-14:
Begin to write and develop a system of documenting and organizing findings.
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Possible Thesis Advisors:
Geoff Kaplan, Lisa Krohn, Leah Hoffmitz, Martin Venezky, Jason Pilarski and Peter Cho (UCLA Media Arts)