Tuesday, March 25, 2008
such services that cater to urban neurosis
I love New York.
I know everyone loves New York- after all, urban dwelling is just how we do now, innit?
I'm not going to pretend to be different and say I love it for different or beter or more obscure reasons- I love it for all the same reasons as everyone else.
Cultural capitals cater to my love for so many things. And New York does that so well-
Vegan soul food in Eastern Harlem,
Knafeh Nabilsieh in Brooklyn,
Neo-Futurist plays in the Lower East Side,
Luggage on the train and
Spoons around my finger.
Anyway- I is home now.
I know everyone loves New York- after all, urban dwelling is just how we do now, innit?
I'm not going to pretend to be different and say I love it for different or beter or more obscure reasons- I love it for all the same reasons as everyone else.
Cultural capitals cater to my love for so many things. And New York does that so well-
Vegan soul food in Eastern Harlem,
Knafeh Nabilsieh in Brooklyn,
Neo-Futurist plays in the Lower East Side,
Luggage on the train and
Spoons around my finger.
Anyway- I is home now.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
cultural capital
i think i have the travel bug.
i was in Toronto last weekend babysitting a friend because of a bad break up
i'm already making plans for April
and i'm off to NY in a few hrs-
Happy Easter!
i was in Toronto last weekend babysitting a friend because of a bad break up
i'm already making plans for April
and i'm off to NY in a few hrs-
Happy Easter!
Sunday, March 16, 2008
I’m tryin to make me go to rehab
"The man said, why you think you here?
I said, I got no idea
Im gonna, im gonna loose my baby
So I always keep a bottle near...
...Yes I been black, but when I come back
You wont know, know, know..."
You know some relationships are a disaster from moment 2.
Not the first moment, mind you.. but the second one.
The first moment, you don't know any better.
That second of hesitation, of rationality- where your mind tells you that you're in for trouble.
Before you plunge in, carefree, proclaiming
"bring it on- i got nothing else going on anyway- might as well give my friends some gossip".
Then there are the ups, downs. The insecurities, easy going days and the ambivalence.
Then one day you lose it. You forget notes you wrote down when you took the 101.
Boys are stupid.
Throw rocks at them.
I said, I got no idea
Im gonna, im gonna loose my baby
So I always keep a bottle near...
...Yes I been black, but when I come back
You wont know, know, know..."
You know some relationships are a disaster from moment 2.
Not the first moment, mind you.. but the second one.
The first moment, you don't know any better.
That second of hesitation, of rationality- where your mind tells you that you're in for trouble.
Before you plunge in, carefree, proclaiming
"bring it on- i got nothing else going on anyway- might as well give my friends some gossip".
Then there are the ups, downs. The insecurities, easy going days and the ambivalence.
Then one day you lose it. You forget notes you wrote down when you took the 101.
Boys are stupid.
Throw rocks at them.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Expectations
are dangerous
Thursday, March 06, 2008
So this is where I've been for two weeks:
Proposal
“The quest for identity is the modern pilgrimage” – Edwin Black
Regardless of ones definition of globalization, there is no apprehension in the fact that it is happening and is happening at an increasingly rapid pace. Expatriate, diasporic and migrant communities are growing and the amount of nomadic families within these communities are rising. What results from this migration is a generation of young people who are international Individuals. Using Korsakow, we will explore the themes of globalization and identity by focusing on the experience of individuals who grew up in the Gulf. The Gulf is being used as a case study because of the hyper-globalized environment where expatriates outnumber locals. We will interview six people who have grown up in the Gulf and discuss how this has shaped their identity and confused their conceptions of culture and belonging.
Why Korsakow and why a non-linear approach?
Essentially, growing up in the Gulf states tends to confuses traditional conceptions of identity, culture and belonging and result in individuals who may feel "out of place". In that sense, a non-linear narrative is a great medium to illustrate that feeling of being dis-connected and confused. For some people, this "confusion" is a comfortable place to be and for others it may result in a life long identity crisis. Allowing the viewer to navigate through the documentary interactively relays the experiences of the six people we will interview without a "fixed order", so the viewers understanding of the Gulf experience will come in fragments, much like the expressions of the person being interviewed.
Since Korsakow allows us to decide which scenes relate to each other without fixing a definitive order, the viewer influences the order and so their experience also changes. We are interviewing six different people with different experiences, coupled with the influence of the viewer, this will hopefully create an experience that is always revised and revisited, much like the fluid notion of identity which also changes with experience and interaction.
“The quest for identity is the modern pilgrimage” – Edwin Black
Regardless of ones definition of globalization, there is no apprehension in the fact that it is happening and is happening at an increasingly rapid pace. Expatriate, diasporic and migrant communities are growing and the amount of nomadic families within these communities are rising. What results from this migration is a generation of young people who are international Individuals. Using Korsakow, we will explore the themes of globalization and identity by focusing on the experience of individuals who grew up in the Gulf. The Gulf is being used as a case study because of the hyper-globalized environment where expatriates outnumber locals. We will interview six people who have grown up in the Gulf and discuss how this has shaped their identity and confused their conceptions of culture and belonging.
Why Korsakow and why a non-linear approach?
Essentially, growing up in the Gulf states tends to confuses traditional conceptions of identity, culture and belonging and result in individuals who may feel "out of place". In that sense, a non-linear narrative is a great medium to illustrate that feeling of being dis-connected and confused. For some people, this "confusion" is a comfortable place to be and for others it may result in a life long identity crisis. Allowing the viewer to navigate through the documentary interactively relays the experiences of the six people we will interview without a "fixed order", so the viewers understanding of the Gulf experience will come in fragments, much like the expressions of the person being interviewed.
Since Korsakow allows us to decide which scenes relate to each other without fixing a definitive order, the viewer influences the order and so their experience also changes. We are interviewing six different people with different experiences, coupled with the influence of the viewer, this will hopefully create an experience that is always revised and revisited, much like the fluid notion of identity which also changes with experience and interaction.
