At this point I'm still not entirely sure what I want to accomplish with this final project. I'm still really interested in the wildlife of Glen Canyon Park and want to incorporate that. I also like the idea I had for the cards that flip to create one image and would like to play around with and try to expand it.
Idea #1
At first I thought it might be interesting to do a series of pictures of how much the park has changed through the hundreds of years. I was thinking that this could take the form of an art book where I could alter the pictures both by hand and digitally. The pictures would all be black and white and their alterations might be in color.
Idea #2
What if the animals took over the park?
If the time period for the project is 500 years in the future and we basically can imagine it any way we want, what if everything was reversed? In this case, the animals would be the ones in control of not only the park but also the whole city. In order to have accomplished a complete take-over from humans, several things would have had to change; their size and behavior mostly. As a result, humans would have had to change as well and might not be as advanced, which might be that technology is not used the way it is today. Basically, it would be like going in the past before we had technology and instead had to rely on ourselves to survive and get through our days. All of this would mean that nature has taken over the city and the creek would be allowed to flow and change any way it wants. As a result, humans would be considered the "wildlife" and animals do as they please. Human population would decrease as there would be more competition and everyday dangers.
As far as the form that this would take, I'm looking into maybe a series of very small flip books depicting the changes through time or everyday events. I want everything to feel hand-made and hand-drawn... maybe almost cartoonish. Instead of/in addition maybe a small book kind of explaining what happened might be a good way to make this concept more understandable.
Again, none of this is set in stone and is definitely subject to change as I'm still figuring things out.
idea #1 & 2:
ReplyDeleteFlip book to show the sequence events (sequence occupancy, layering, development, decay, etc.) is a great idea, IMO. Sequence and legibility (since it will go by quickly) are important. I have a few flip books I can share for examples if you remind me. One of them, the Dutch book on the rail line, is both flip book and regular book, an interesting hybrid format.
#2
Planet of the Apes?
Would the animals take good care of the environment or would they simply exploit it differently?
Start visualizing. How this will be represented is obviously very important for a variety of reasons such as tone/style, legibility (of imagery in flip format), etc.