Research

http://www.behance.net/Gallery/Thin-Lines/193716

Susan Anderson created these for a project of hers called 'Thin Lines'
A perfect example of image and text. The somber pictures work so very well in conveying
the feeling of dread and dispair in the text.

3rd Review Meeting

These are the minutes of my 3rd review meeting for which Matt and Avy were present.

~Research is not a Cut and paste Essay on attachment, I need to put my observations on it down also.

~Doodles make no sense if not in context

~To free up my hand i need to explore styles and mediums and explore more visually.

~I have 3 seeds but these are the important questions for them_

Why would anyone want to know about objects my parents are attached to?

How do i add value to these seeds and how will they become stories?

The first question addresses the need to decide an audience.

~I need to come up with the narratives or we can never move ahead of stage one.

~Attachment theory-which seed fits which theory.

~Take 3 seeds; see if they link to a theory and expand each seed into a 1500 word story.

~Find reference in comic books and books on the kind of work I am aiming for.

~Where are objects central and semantically used.

~How do I generate a whole lot of visual material pertaining to my story simultaneously.

~If i don't have a 16 hour work day IM FUCKED!

2nd Review Meeting

These are the minutes of my meeting with Avy on the 11 of July 2009

~ The need to start writing the stories is utmost.

~Focus on three really good stories.

~Search for key moments and derive them to make a complete story.

~Do not get caught in mapping your concepts.

~Need to get the stories in order to start thinking of a possible solution.

Research

Attachment theory,

originating in the work of psychiatrist and psychoanalyst John Bowlby, is a psychological, evolutionary and ethological theory that provides a descriptive and explanatory framework for understanding interpersonal relationships between human beings. Attachment theorists consider children to have a need for a secure relationship with adult caregivers, without which normal social and emotional development will not occur.

Within attachment theory it is proposed that infant behaviour associated with attachment is primarily a process of proximity seeking to an identified attachment figure in stressful situations, for the purpose of survival. Infants become attached to adults who are sensitive and responsive in social interactions with the infant, and who remain as consistent caregivers for some months during the period from about six months to two years of age. During the later part of this period, children begin to use attachment figures (familiar people) as a secure base to explore from and return to.Developmental psychologist Mary Ainsworth, an important figure in the formulation and development of attachment theory, undertook substantial research which underpinned the basic concepts, introduced the concept of the "secure base" and developed a theory of a number of attachment patterns or "styles" in infants in which distinct characteristics were identified; these were secure attachment, avoidant attachment, anxious attachment and, later, disorganised attachment. Other theorists subsequently extended attachment theory to adults.

Hazan and Shaver created the first questionnaire to measure attachment in adults. ^[28] Their questionnaire was designed to classify adults into the three attachment styles identified by Ainsworth. The questionnaire consisted of three sets of statements, each set of statements describing an attachment style:

• Secure - I find it relatively easy to get close to others and am comfortable depending on them and having them depend on me. I don't often worry about being abandoned or about someone getting too close to me.
• Avoidant - I am somewhat uncomfortable being close to others; I find it difficult to trust them completely, difficult to allow myself to depend on them. I am nervous when anyone gets too close, and often, love partners want me to be more intimate than I feel comfortable being.
• Anxious/Ambivalent - I find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like. I often worry that my partner doesn't really love me or won't want to stay with me. I want to merge completely with another person, and this desire sometimes scares people away.

One important advance in the development of attachment questionnaires was the addition of a fourth style of attachment. Bartholomew and Horowitz presented a model that identified four categories or styles of adult attachment. ^[29] Their model was based on the idea attachment styles reflected people's thoughts about their partners and thought about themselves. Specifically, attachment styles depended on whether or not people judge their partners to be generally accessible and responsive to requests for support, and whether or not people judge themselves to be the kind of individuals towards which others want to respond and lend help. They proposed four categories based on positive or negative thoughts about partners and on positive or negative thoughts about self.

Bartholomew and Horowitz used this model to create the Relationship Questionnaire (RC). The RC consisted of four sets of statements, each describing a category or style of attachment:

• Secure - It is relatively easy for me to become emotionally close to others. I am comfortable depending on others and having others depend on me. I don't worry about being alone or having others not accept me.
• Dismissive - I am comfortable without close emotional relationships. It is very important to me to feel independent and self-sufficient, and I prefer not to depend on others or have others depend on me.
• Preoccupied - I want to be completely emotionally intimate with others, but I often find that others are reluctant to get as close as I would like. I am uncomfortable being without close relationships, but I sometimes worry that others don't value me as much as I value them.
• Fearful - I am somewhat uncomfortable getting close to others. I want emotionally close relationships, but I find it difficult to trust others completely, or to depend on them. I sometimes worry that I will be hurt if I allow myself to become too close to others.

Tests demonstrated the four attachment styles were distinct in how they related to other kinds of psychological variables. Adults indeed appeared to have four styles of attachment instead of three attachment styles.

Doodles and Sketches

Doodles and sketches are imperative to any solution which requires hand skills. These are a few examples of how i draw and doodle please feel free to comment on any specific style or drawing that you like for one reason or another and please give me tips on how to improve.

Thank you humans.

+ = Performance by DDV @ Momentum #4 Brussels, 6 june 2009

This is an example of a mash-up art or more commonly known as bastard art.

The link to this Bastard artist is http://www.bastard-art-gallery.com/navigator.php

Research

MASH UPS

Noun

Singular mashup

Plural mashups

mashup (plural mashups)

1. (computing slang) A derivative work consisting of two pieces of (generally digital) mediaconjoined together, such as a video clip with a different soundtrack applied for humorous effect, or a digital map overlaid with user-supplied data.

A mashup, bootleg or blend^[1] (also mash up and mash-up) is a song or composition created by blending two or more songs, usually by overlaying the vocal track of one song seamlessly over the music track of another.^[2]

In full swing at the end of the 20th century, mashups have been described positively as "ultimate post-modern pop song[s]" or "'culture jamming in its purest form'"^[3] They have also been described negatively as "the logical extension of the sampling fever of the '80s taken to its dumbest extreme". Due to the questionable legal status of mash ups and little chance of profits "there's a real punk rock attitude attached to the movement".^[3]

Cultural critic and legal commentator Siva Vaidhyanathan has commented that "The most interesting and entertaining phenomenon of the MP3 libraries on peer-to-peer systems is the availability of "mashes" - new compositions created by combining the rhythm tracks of one song and the vocal tracks of another." Noting that mashups have a rich history he observes that "It is merely the latest incarnation of a widely shared, deeply embedded cultural habit of cultural recombination across time and space."^[4]

CUT- UP TECHNIQUE

The cut-up technique (also called fishbowling or découpage) is an aleatory literary technique or genre in which a text (or multiple texts) is cut up into smaller portions at random, and rearranged to create a new text. Most commonly, cut ups are used to offer a non-linear alternative to traditional reading and writing.

The concept can be traced to at least the surrealists in the 1920s, but was popularized in the late 1950s and early 1960s by writer William S. Burroughs, and has since been used in a wide variety of contexts.