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#3 "This Foreign Place"
Use whatever materials you have. Make it realistic or more cartoony. Use color or don't. Keep it simple or get really detailed. Remember, the key is to OBSERVE and choose the most CRITICAL elements that make your space SPECIFIC... not generic. #3 "This Foreign Place"
Write a brief travel journal entry from your home: could be your living room, could be your bed. Write as though you've just arrived in a new place (because, in many ways, you have) and what you're observing about the place and how you feel in it.
Then turn this into a drawing: a map complete with notes about this foreign land's customs, rituals, and routines.
LEVEL UP: You could also choose to make this 3D, using cut paper or recycled materials. If you use a shoe box as your room's walls, this would be called a "diorama."
10AM - Wednesday, May 20, 2020
By Mari Andrew
Instructions:
Instructions:
OBSERVE and write:
Write what you see, hear, and touch, as though it's all brand new. What are you learning about yourself in this different land, with all its deprivations?
Take NOTE and pull out:
What key visuals should I include in my drawing to SHOW some of these observations? (And what should I leave out from what is there, in reality)?
DRAW:
Sketch or just draw a map complete with notes about this foreign land's customs, rituals, and routines. Draw the couch (now your "private island"?), your new best friend (a potted cactus in the window)? Whatever you elements that make your foreign place specific... show! Describe!
LABEL: Add funny or tourist-like labels.
Examples:
Examples:
<<<< CLICK through this image gallery to see how others interpreted the assignment.
Example for Zoom Session:
Ms. Wallach's Foreign Place:
Ms. Wallach's Foreign Place:
Step 1: Observe my window nook:
A big bay-window
2 Comfy chairs
Many plants my partner takes care of
A quilt my Mother-in-Law gave me
A green pillow of my Nana's
A table with many half-full water glasses
A laptop that is my lifeline to the world
A hanging heart-pendant from my niece, Lucy
Light I need, because I am just a house-plant
The houses outside
Do I want to include EVERYTHING????
Do I want to include EVERYTHING????
It feels warm and bright, golden
The air is still
I am held by my chair, but sometimes held back- it feels like an island
The plants are my coworkers, I notice their daily changes, their health, and when they need water
Extras:
I'm going to add my dog, Mister, to the drawing because he is always sleeping there, keeping me company
I'm going to add plates that he's licked, on the floor
Alternate Assignment:
Alternate Assignment:
Draw what is OUTSIDE of your window, as if you were a tourist or a spy... (this is what we will be doing for an assignment in the future, too).
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