Prototype Roughs

Below are some rough ideas for the GCR campaign. GCR side of book will be printed on recycled, natural-looking paper, while the GWTO side will be printed on high quality gloss. Still thinking of how to bind book...

 

Final Project Summary & Sketches

It is 2510 and it is a time of war. The Glen Canyon Resistance (GCR) is comprised of rebels fighting against the GWTO (Global Weapons Test Operatives). The GCR's territory is Islais Island, separated from the rest of the bay by long, narrow bridges. Our project is influenced by our recent experiences in the canyon. During our time there we experienced conflict and much political turmoil, especially between the coyote lovers and the dog walkers. And so we decided to create a series of propaganda from the point of view of both the GCR and the GWTO. A book will be comprised of both sides, one half showing propaganda from the GCR, and the other half from the GWTO.

Thoughts on Library Presentation

I feel the presentation went well for us over all. We were much more organized in delegating what each person in our group had to say. However, I was a bit surprised at the end of the presentations that none of the audience members had any comments or questions. This may be because there were so many presentations that the audience may not have remembered what they exactly felt about each presentation. If there was more time, it would have been nice to have feedback/comments after each presentation. I feel some of the presentations could have been a bit more organized as there were some moments of awkward silence. Otherwise, it was nice to see everyone's condensed versions of their presentations.

Final Proposal- Lindsey Little & Carlos Rubio

Islais Creek in 500 years:

A post-apocalyptic world where everyone is living in underground tunnels. Islais Island is testing ground for bombs, separated from the rest of the bay by long narrow bridges. The land is barren and torched. Those who are left to live on the island are underground rebels, fighting against the omnipresent and oppressive military. We will be producing a series of propaganda posters made by the military, and posters made by the rebels, each trying to convince people to support their cause. Final deliverable will most likely be book documenting the view of the island from each group's point of view, or a series of posters and other propoganda.

Revised Brochure

Presentation Talk at the Glen Park Library

This is rough outline of the important points we want to talk about in the presentation at the library.

Lindsey: When we first started our project we were interested in the activity of the area, whether it be human activity, animal activity or water activity. And so everyday for a week, we woke up at 7am in hopes of talking to the Glen Park regulars, the people that are involved with the park on a daily basis. As we talked to more and more of these regulars, we actually became more invested in the emotional activity of the area, and so our map transformed into a subjective representation of the emotional patterns we found. (Point to emotional key and explain what each dot means.) As you can see on the map, as we traveled deeper into the canyon, we received more passionate, emotional responses.
Carlos: The topographic elevation lines in the background serve to show that many of the more passionate conversations held were also at higher elevations. (Read a few quotes from bottom to top.) So the content of the conversations held shifts as you read from the bottom (near the entrance) where there are more open trails, to the top where the canyon is more overgrown. Our project serves to reveal the intimacy between a person and a place. A person has to put in some effort in order to read many of the quotes, which represents the time and effort it takes to get to know a place just through talking to strangers.
Alice: At first impression, Glen Canyon seems to be a quiet, hidden escape from city life, but when you talk to the people that go there on a regular basis, you discover that the canyon is bursting with emotional energy. The smaller version of the map we have handed out shows the emotion spots on one side, and the other side shows all of the quotes. Behind the quotes are portraits of some of the people we talked to, and their emotional responses are what shape the body of the canyon. The candidness of the portraits communicate the very personal and passionate feelings a person can have toward a place. We hope that our project inspires others to discover more about their environment by going outside of their comfort zone, and talking to people they wouldn't normally have a conversation with. By doing this, we were able to create a map that shows a pattern in people's emotional responses, which is not always easily seen by an outsider.

We would like to thank you all for allowing us to share with you our experience at Glen Canyon, and we invite you to come and take a closer look at our map at the end of the presentations. 

Final Midterm Poster & Small Map

This is the inside of the small version of  the final poster. It was said that scale of where Glen Canyon is in San Francisco needs to be added for a revision. We will experiment with printing on recycled paper as well.

This is the other side of the small map. Quotes are distinguished by color. Left panel contains info about our project and the research we did. Right panel is the front.