Lor.ensō/projectproposal

What do you want to make?

Describe how you will go about developing your project and research through reading, writing and practice. In other words, through a combination of these approaches, you will explore questions or interests you have laid out in your general introduction. In this section you can help us understand how your project will come together on a practical level and talk about possible outcome(s). Of course, the outcome(s) may change as your research evolves, but it's important at this stage to have some concrete idea of how your project could come together as a whole.

I want to experiment with /explore various ways of developing a method -> to make an infrastructure for countermapping / anti-campaigning.

To show (human) complications, tensions and miscalculations as a reaction towards the renders, city marketing and planning (as I describe). With stories and anecdotes I collected and search for ways of developing a platform constructive reflection

In this process I want (re)search for ways to visualize the tension. I.e. using drawing as an alternative to the hollow representation that 'shape'

Rotterdam.

The human touch as reminder of the (in)humane complications to discuss perspectives and to create a catalog of findings, perspectives

I would like to experiment with both face to face sessions with friends, family, but also with people online and offline.

Not only questions but also playing with 'anecdotal annotation',

A way / method, to showcase virtual/physical clashes with contexts and representations. Possibility is, a visual essay based on an inner/outer mono or dialogue I'm currently having considering the rendered imagery of Rotterdam used in both (simulator) games and future architectural concepts of Rotterdam. But also going out of my bubble and reflect on multiple views rather than only my personal render.

I have a couple of things I want to test. To make the 'methodology development' more tangible I will approach it as if were some sort of software or game with version controls.

V.0.0.1

How do you plan to make it?

Through organizing a set of sessions that could be comparable to the colloquium

I did a colloquium which was a good attempt in gather and discussing reflective criticism.

"Search for examples of city planning / marketing / maintenance of the city/village/township where you are from*" 
collect img / promises / memories 					                     
then....... 
ask yourself / eachother "how does -location- relate to you as the inhabitant*?"
aaand thennn  
ask yourself / eachother "how do you relate to -location-?"

I see that there would be a second colloquium coming up for the sake of concept development.

I want to explore various ways of collecting information, context and also ways to make things tangible.

[Collective Location Relation Annotation Session]

A continued version of before-mentioned collection and reflection. But then adding own element of the XYZ+T?

1. gather context and get either frustrated or inspired or in the best scenario both,
2. print out the imagery or text and annotate how this doesn't apply to the person getting into it.
3. develop this into a pamphlet / poster
4. share the stories behind the output

[reflective documentation, point out the bugs]

[drawing, editing, annotations, public, game]

[catalog]

What is your timetable?

September / October

• Read up on previously saved sources. Start sketching and writing thoughts down, collecting both sides.
• Research, attend lectures, visit exhibitions
• Try to zoom out a bit and make a colloquium based on 'location satisfactory' surveys municipalities often give
• Have a lot of discussions to get things clear and also give yourself time to digest.
• Colloquium: start developing a method for an infrastructure for countermapping / anti-campaigning.

November:

• Public moment do a walk-in type deal and develop some sort of way to ask for contributions.
• Reflect on the colloquium & public moment, gather first ideas and ways to develop a method.
• 23 november: deliver project proposal ~ digest, organise, prepare presentation
• 27 november: pre-assessment

December

• 1-7 December: Attend the Worksession: a Cane, Sticky notes, Another body, look for connections, insights, network
• 13 December Deadline First Chapter Thesis
• 17 December: Assessment
• Develop a new version for collective annotation
• Gather interests multiple groups and organize meetups

January

Experiment with different sessions, gather February

March

14 March Deadline Second Draft thesis (texts to 2nd readers)  

28 March Deadlines Second readers' comments

April

18 April DEADLINE THESIS (0:00 hrs) May

June

July

Please include a timeline of which steps you will take and the order in which those things will be done, in other words, what needs to be done and when.

Why do you want to make it?

Describe your motivation for undertaking this project.

I am having mixed feelings about Rotterdam± the city I was born in. A city that has been suffering the second city syndrome for a while.

Being on the list of poorest, least healthy. Having some sort of bad reputation based on multiple elements. Then resulting into trying to develop a better city, getting on the list of cool cities. Developing gentrification and seeming to be more (inter)nationally appealing cities.

But still suffering the same symptoms, but nww

socially, accessibly, bureaucratically, architecturally, virtually

I am searching for a right way to visualize the tensions.  The human touch as reminder of the (in)humane complications.  I'm in confusion by the idea of vision / images of the city through virtual representation. Mostly, because I feel that is an image that lacks multiple layers of complex contexts:

Accessibility(concerning disability)

livability (concerning the housing crisis)

affordability(pushing away the inhabitants).

leisureability (queer / underground scenes / festivals / gigs / event)

It is

Using a methodology gives me more freedoms and restrictions.

Who can help you and how?

XPUB tutors/peers/alumni

.ZIP

Friends and Family

Open Call: anyone interested in / the people that want to participate.

The people in Gent during the worksession

People outside the bubble

List the people that could help you realise your project and how they could help you, in other words, the support you hope to receive.

Relation to previous practice

Describe how your research connects to previous projects you have done. Here you can use the descriptions you made during the Methods seminar or make new descriptions.

Bachelor works:

3D / Worldbuilding - The Monster of Albert Heijn / Happytalism / Concrete Desert

Video - How to enter the art academy with a Wheelchair

Design thinking: GENERATION Y?

XPUB

SI23

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

COUNTERMAPPING =BUGS OF MISCONDUCT

Method(ol(atry)ogy) is a way of surviving experience

/door/PORT

SI24

ROTTERDAM 2040 / CybeRdam2077  - PolderPunk?

--------Benchmarking-------

poinxs (points of inaccess)

Pedestrian / virtual walk

Accessibility

Relation to a larger context

Describe how your project is situated within a larger context of practices or ideas. Write briefly about other projects or theoretical material which share an affinity with your project. For example, if you are researching urban interventions, you might want to research about Situationist approaches to psychogeography, urban tactical media and activist strategies of reclaiming the streets. Or, if you want to explore the way data is tracked, you might touch upon the politics of data mining by referencing concerns laid out by the Electronic Frontier or highlight theoretical questions raised by Wendy Chun or others. (Keep in mind that we are *not* expecting well formulated conclusions or persuasive arguments in the proposal phase. At this juncture, it's simply about showing an awareness of a broader context, which you will later build upon as your research progresses.)

method, reports, rendered, Gentrification / urban decay / etc

References

A list of references[1] used in the text supplemented with key works that are currently informing your practice.[2]

[1] As with your previous essays, the references need to be formatted according to the Harvard method.)

[2] Remember that dictionaries, encyclopedias and wikipedia are not references to be listed. These are starting points which should lead to more substantial texts and practices.)

How do you plan to make it?

2 How do you plan to make it? Do the steps proposed sound feasible? Are there any steps omitted? 3 What is your timetable? Does the timing of the project’s realisation sound feasible? 4 Why do you want to make it? Is the motivation for undertaking the project clear? If not, how can this be improved? 5 Who can help you and how? Are there people in your network that might be of help in developing this project? 6 Relation to previous practice: Is it clear how this project builds upon work done before 7 Relation to a larger context: Is it clear how the work is embedded in a broader context of art works, theory, etc.? 8 References/bibliography: Are there any references or sources you feel are connected to this project?