What must be done?
Taking the Newspaper articles (csaheadstudio.yolasite.com) as a starting point, prepare a display/installation/exhibit that tells us as much about the event as possible. Try not to make it interpretive but rather objective and informative. Use a mixture of media to tell your story. These can include drawings (self-generated or reproduced), painting, photos, collage, audio, video etc.
Don't make a meal of it. In other words, don't overdo it!
Try to tell us:
Who were the main characters?
What were the main factors in the incident/event?
What was the context in which the event happened?
What is so important about the event?
What did it affect later on 10yrs, 20yrs, 50yrs...?
How is the event remembered today? poetry, art, music, books, images...
There are several books in the library that can help:
The story of the Jamaican people / Philip Sherlock & Hazel Bennett.
Available at the Library's Caribbean Collection and one can be found in the E.N. Isaacs collection in the library beside the office. I also have a copy for browsing in the office.
The history of Jamaica / Clinton V. Black.
Quite a number in the library.
Just to name a few...
The library has an excellent newspaper archive (access.newspaperarchive.com/AdvanceSearch.aspx) that has newspapers from 1748 including the Gleaner. You can only access it on Campus.
There is also google images and the right search terms.
Questions, Comments, Feedback... Click below...
sir wen u say video u mean we can get them from youtube and try to make our own video....but how would iit be shown.....also what is the size of the sheets we can use to show our data collected....
ReplyDeleteFormat, medium and means of transmission is up to you. You can show videos and audio through a laptop... There is no size to sheet or sheets. It could simply be a collection of smaller sheets or one big, big sheet. Coordinate efforts with the other team. Remember it's not a competition but an opportunity to educate everybody in the studio.
ReplyDeleteAlso...don't go overboard!
General congrats on media use in presentations on Tue.
ReplyDeleteRemember do's/don'ts of watercolor/ marker:
1.Use suitable paper/surface.
2.Work from light(paper) to dark(shadows),using washes, which can dry between applications.
3.Avoid white and specially black pigments, lighter tones are made by dilution over white paper, use mixtures of darker colours for shadows i.e. prussian blue,violet,viridian green,umber brown.
4.Always have a large container of clean water, and change often to avoid 'muddying' of colour.
5.Washes are applied with large soft brushes, and can also be lifted off using sponges, loaded with water if necessary.
6.Practice working 'wet in wet' for effective brush stroke/sponge effects. If results are too
'loose', a pen can be be used to pull them together when dry.
EXPERIMENT BE ADVENTUROUS!
Google Image watercolour paintings by :
John Sell Cotman
Thomas Girtin
J M W Turner
Paul Cezanne
Frank Lloyd Wright
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Patrick Waldemar
Herbie Rose
Lisa Remeney.
FOR INSPIRATION ! Mike Stanley.