User:Mxrwho/The Final Project/The what, the why, the how

The what

A series of projects on different media exploring the theme of repetition and biases: The role of repetition in their creation, the formation of habit, the process of overturning them, again through repetition. Each work will contribute to the narrative in a different manner, although repetition will be central in all of them.

Starting points: A frequent walk on the same route, the spreading of an opinion, an obsessive thought. Repetition and nominalism. Repetition as variation. Repetition as progress. The narrative value of repetition. Repetition and performativity.

The why

We are shaped by how others see us, to a degree that we often disregard. I want to focus my lens on the effect of other people's words, on the standards and values imposed on us by existing beliefs and the consumerist culture, and on how the power of words shifts.

The how

The power and the many faces of repetition will be explored through different media:

(1) A photo book of the same beach with poetic text on repetition. Different printed versions of the book stress the point that repetition doesn't necessarily produce the same results.

(2) (At least) a song, hopefully printed on vinyl, based on interviews with various people about their experience with biases. Since much of nominalism is distributed as spoken word, the auditory element is important.

(3) A virtual midi device, where each key produces a derogatory characterization. It invites people to feel overwhelmed by what is thrown at them.

(4) The transformation of words that used to have bad connotations to positive ones, maybe through a series of playful advertisements.