User:Yael/yael

Methods 02-1019

Stage 1

Yael interviews Yu Ching:

I make Image interactive things, and I try to empathized the natural environment, I try to bring nature awareness to people. Now I want to make a real time projection the footage of the water, projecting it on the trees. I have different ideas out of different experiences, I’m trying to combine them. To summarize, I’m making things out of experiences, for people to question: is this thing environmental aware? It is inspiration throughout myself.

I try to make people to have the opportunity to question the habitat, let them learn how to be aware of coexist. The projection is to make awareness of nature environment. In my past I worked on architecture and interior design, and I saw very commercial things and there using very artificial material to achieve a profitable goal, so I feel guilty about our planet. Thats why I want to alter this situation.

I think human are visual based, we rely on the visual. And that’s why I want to make a visual story to make awareness. Also other senses like hearing, because that’s wat we most rely on to.

I think in the general approach my previous experiences is the start of my works. I finished a master in Ecological architecture, at that time I researched a way to build a zero impact architecture in the forest. So I think that experience is very valuable for my work. In terms of using material wisely in a sustainable way. And I what experienced in this process is the transformation of the trees itself, we saw the trees and cut them, explain the cutting: .. Bio diversity. I witnessed a journey and a transformation of a tree. A tree lives, but the house we made is also a way of life of a tree for me. This mechanism is independent, so it can walk, and it can absorb the sun. We also feed the house (trees) in a natural way with a special filter.

The Niu house is made out of natural material and the projection I want to make is a ‘machine’ so that’s a difference in material. I want to be more social interactive, interact with the public, more engage with the public. I’m seeking for a visual communication, I would like to use multimedia to discover new possibilities.

I came here and I choose this master because it is also very different from my previous studies and choices. I choose this master because people are visual humans, so I want to find a visual way to interact with people and I want to find a common point between my architectural background and this new master. I want to create experiences.

Stage 2

Yu Ching interviews Yael

Original version:

That's a tough question. I am not making anything. I am struggling with what I want to make. I want to use moving images. And work with film. But I also want to continue graduation series in he different way. ah… nnnn..  for my graduation series I made self-portraits about the struggles with your own body. I want to make people aware of prejudices society has about the thick body. These portraits are very uncomfortable and raw and now I want to make those uncomfortable portraits with people that mental illness. But that is at the very beginning stage.

Because I want people aware. I want to bring out the hidden and show what people don't want to see. I want to make taboo-breaking work. Change stigmas! Because people are suffering from them. Those works are both uncomfortable and because of the awareness I want to make.  These are not self Portraits. And it is not about my own feelings. 

My graduation series got a lot of publicity. And  I help people about the struggles they have because I showed the society what they don't want to see. It touched a lot of people with my work.  And  I  never expected that. I  was overwhelmed. 

I just don't focus on one. Because I want to change stigmas and change the suffring you can not change that just showing one illness. because it is all about illness. 

Stage 3

Yu Ching interviews Yael

Edited version:

That's already a tough question. I am not making anything at the moment. I am struggling with what I want to make, my head is really full, or empty. I want to use moving images. And work with film. But I’m not sure what and how. But I also want to continue my graduation series in a different way. For my graduation series I made self-portraits about the struggles with my own body. I wanted to make people aware of the negative view that society has about the thicker body. These self-portraits are very uncomfortable and raw. And now I want to make those uncomfortable portraits with people that struggle with mental illness. I want to give as fair an image as possible about the metal illness, like I did with my self-portraits. But this thought is at a very beginning stage.

Because I want people aware. I want to bring out the hidden and show what people don't want to see. I want to make taboo-breaking work. I hope to change stigmas, because people are suffering from them. The fear of going crazy and losing yourself completely is one of the greatest fears that people have. Psychiatric patients are often stigmatized or excluded, as a result of which the patient and his family not only suffer from the symptoms of the disorder, but also suffer from the lack of social acceptance. Madness mainly evokes negative emotions in society. And I want to change the lack of social acceptance, because no-one has to suffer from that.

These works I want to make and the self-portraits I made are both uncomfortable and as fair an image as possible. And because of the awareness I want to make with all my work it relates to each other.

These are not self-portraits. And it is not about my own feelings. Normally I make work throughout my own feelings, throughout my own pain and struggles. And now I want to go further and make people aware of other struggles or illnesses people have and how the society has a negative view of these subjects.

My graduation series got a lot of publicity. And I helped people about the struggles they have (they said) because I showed the society what they don't want to see. It touched a lot of people with my work. I never expected that, I very was overwhelmed.  I just don't want to focus on one, because I want to change stigmas and change the suffering people have. You can not change that with showing one type of illness, because it is about all the illnesses and struggles people have. 

Stage 4:

Recap and review progress:

That's already a tough question. I am not making anything at the moment. I am struggling with what I want to make, my head is really full, or empty. I want to use moving images. And work with film. But I’m not sure what and how. But I also want to continue my graduation series in a different way. For my graduation series I made self-portraits about the struggles with my own body. I wanted to make people aware of the negative view that society has about the thicker body. These self-portraits are very uncomfortable and raw. My images were confronting because they were uncomfortable and also naked and really direct. I stare straight into the camera, making it nearly impossible for the spectator to escape the piercing image. It represents my inability to break free from my body and the prejudices that haunt me. I challenged myself to go naked because i hate my naked body, and I really needed to make this struggle aware by really show how I feel and that’s why I chose to be naked. To make them really vulnerable and also ‘heavy’, as fair as possible an image can be. And now I want to make those uncomfortable portraits with people that struggle with mental illness. I want to give as fair an image as possible about the metal illness, like I did with my self-portraits. But this thought is at a very beginning stage.

Because I want people aware. I want to bring out the hidden and show what people don't want to see. I want to make taboo-breaking work. I hope to change stigmas, because people are suffering from them. The fear of going crazy and losing yourself completely is one of the greatest fears that people have. Psychiatric patients are often stigmatized or excluded, as a result of which the patient and his family not only suffer from the symptoms of the disorder, but also suffer from the lack of social acceptance. Madness mainly evokes negative emotions in society. And I want to change the lack of social acceptance, because no-one has to suffer from that.

These works I want to make and the self-portraits I made are both uncomfortable and as fair an image as possible. And because of the awareness I want to make with all my work it relates to each other.

These are not self-portraits. And it is not about my own feelings. Normally I make work throughout my own feelings, throughout my own pain and struggles. And now I want to go further and make people aware of other struggles or illnesses people have and how the society has a negative view of these subjects. I want to take a lot of time in trusting each other and get to know one another. I also want to talk about how they feel and how they struggle with their illness. I haven’t really thought this threw and did research about it, because I don’t really know if I really want this. And more important if I really can do this with others. Will they show me how they really feel or will it be a image of how I think they feel. And the last one, is actually not what I want. I really have to think this through and work with professionals.

My graduation series got a lot of publicity. And I helped people about the struggles they have (they said) because I showed the society what they don't want to see. It touched a lot of people with my work. I never expected that, I very was overwhelmed.  I just don't want to focus on one, because I want to change stigmas and change the suffering people have. You can not change that with showing one type of illness, because it is about all the illnesses and struggles people have.