Week # 6 - Historical Spectacle

And there is a solace is we dare believe it. The creation of beauty or art out of even the greatest of tragedies is in some manner the only way we can bear history. -Bill T. Jones


The Yes Men create original pranks that play with our perception of what is possible.

Assignment

Read Hedges & Zerubavel.

All those presenting mid-terms before Spring break should be prepared to show a prototype of the interaction in class.

Create a blog post that answers the following questions:

• What is the question that my piece asks? (if you know the answer to the question itself then its the wrong question)
• What is the experience I want to create for my audience & how does the interaction serve the piece?
• Work timeline: create a list of what needs to be done & a breakdown of which tasks will be completed  on which day - build in time for the inevitable kerfufle.
• What are the things you want to explore by user testing the interaction in class?

Resources
You can read about Stumble Blocks.
Jeremy Deller & Mike Figgis - Battle of Orgreave
RFK in EKY
Peter Watkins’ Paris Commune (2000) and Universal Clock