Week Ten - Final Project Progress

As of now we are waiting to hear back from the FAA, still, and have yet to hear back from the arts department at SCV city hall since when I went to visit the man I was supposed to speak to was "out of the office." The interdisciplinary grant results have not come out yet due to an illness with someone on staff. We have a meeting as a team before spring break to finalize details on what our three pillars will become and solidifying what our project's statement will be. So far so good, just an unfortunate delay from the school.

Project Progress - part 1

CALARTS LISTENS
Jake Maize

Still in the planning stage for my project. I’ve roughed in a web page that may or may not be the final home for the submission form. Whatever the final product might be, I’m planning to have it up and running by the time we come back from spring break. At that time, I plan on having small posters made up with QR codes that link to the submission form. The hope is that the database collects submissions for 2-3 weeks, then either the submissions are posted on the website and new posters go up with the link, posters go up with the submissions on them, or they are projected on a large scale somewhere on campus. Since I don’t really know what this project is going to morph into, I’m okay not knowing whether digital or hard copy presentation is ideal. Here is the link to the work-in-progress website:

jakemaize.com/calarts-listens
Password: i.will.listen

Apologies for the misleading lock page message. It’s a temporary location.

Project(s) Process

Tri-Arc: I have reached out to meet with the dean of the art school, but unfortunately he doesn't have any time this semester. The group has been added to the wait list of people who wish to meet with Tom. I plan to go in this week to see if I could meet with just the Art program heads instead, and if they could contribute support somehow.


Women's Collage project: I had a lead after meeting with Audrey Chan in the art school, but I haven't been able to find a good time to get ahold of her. After sending out many many emails to organizations about getting involved with them, I have only heard back from one person who had to run my volunteer information by 3 or 4 people... still not much luck going around.
Also shared this project's plan for a critique in the art school, and got some really harsh criticism about my privilege and audience. I'm trying to figure out what parts of the project need to change to progress forward.  

Project Progress

My project with Chris is always adding new ideas, but it is the same concept of a public argument about home, politics, relationship, etc. It isn't a staged performance, it starts in the most natural way in an environment. We are playing with language and when are the times I speak Spanish and I switch to English. When it is towards the end of the argument, we don't know whether it is resolved or there is tension. With that we create movement to show that it breaks the reality of what we started with.

Project Progress

I was thinking about my project earlier this week and what message I was trying to get across, and how things are perceived on screen and in person. I may want to make this a live scene and still, use the same dark comedy. I'm not sure yet.

WHAT A RIOT!!-Alex Morel

The integration of play and education was extremely interesting. I wish I had an opportunity to learn this way. Mainly because it allows the student to interact almost with the character. I feel that allows to learn more about the subject by having the actions play out in front pf you as well as allowing the students and actors the ability to open a dialogue with the character or event.  In this case the study of racism or iconic racial figures in america.  I also really like the way in which the text and subject was established in the "Joker" style which allows for that open dialogue with the piece. "The joker system provided a perfect aesthetically vehicle to tell the story of not only Rodney King and the ensuing uprising but a larger, ever-changing yet ever the same, story of violence, racism, and resistance in the U.S.." I also enjoyed how they entertained the stories of the the two main characters and how they would interact and react with each other. Very fascinating read and fun. Also really cool to see the CAP at work and to see how Carats gets out and engages with its community. This is essentially a community engagement project in the end. Good stuff!

Week 9

Jake Maize

I found this blend of participant education and performance fascinating. Being someone who doesn't always connect with material taught in a classroom, I enjoyed Schutzman's approach to learning. By making the research into the material engaging, not only were the participants learning about subjects they might not ordinarily be exposed to yet, but in a way that made them an active member in their own education. I think there is something interesting about young people performing on such heavy subjects. It brings a level of vibrancy, freshness, and urgency to the discussion. Urgency because it is a reminder that yet another generation faces the same problems. It sounds like it gave the performance a unique perspective to the audience, and provided practice to the participants in reaching out to another community.