Meeting Notes

PQ: Inflated Ego!

Notes from 12/18

MASHA:  avoid language; language as gestural and sound driven

ALEX:   use of variety of languages (Czech / English / gibberish)

JAMIE:  brought in reference book:  Who Are You?  101 Ways of Seeing Yourself  by Malcom Godwin

FOR INTERIM CLASS

Watch GAMESHOWS from Different Countries/US With Sound Off à take notes

Watch FAMILY FEUD episodes

Find VISUAL IMAGERY:  Not fitting or Fitting into A Role

ARCHETYPES:  Characters in current life, history, etc.

-       Create a character and find ways of defining this character (monologue, costume, voice, movement, etc.)

AMERICAN IDENTITY à POLL

1.)   What do you think of when you think of American National Identity?

2.)   How do your relate yourself with this National Identity?  (In what ways does this identity define and not define you?  Is there a national identity that you identify with most? If not a national identity, what kind of identity groups would you use to describe yourself?  Which parts of American culture do you feel are a part of your life?)

-  ANSWER BOTH (music or imagery to help answer these questions?)

- Have person/box stationed outside cafeteria to POLL CalArts Community w/ AMERICAN IDENTITY Questions.  Film this as well?  Have people email longer responses?  Have people email images, etc?

PACKAGING/”AMERICAN” visual research

FAMILY FEUD GAME à think about topics over break

WHO IS THE HOST?

-       Hologram/projection host

-       Host as voiceonly?

INTRA-NATIONAL FAMILY FEUD

BUY PLASTIC FOR INTERIM:

6 mil painters plastic (standard = 10ft tall rolls)

            $20 for 1.3mil

            $38 for thicker

-       plastic sheeting (home depot)

SET

3.)  MASHA: collonades

4.)  ALEX: when enter interior space = privy to other experience/knowledge

5.)  PEIYI:  smaller spaces inside of larger spaces

6.)  Think about inflatable spaces

7.)  Inflatable ball (man in ball / flaming lips)

JAMIE:  suggested participating in *AUDIENCES UNLIMITED (group as studio audience and get paid)

ASK IAN:  LIABILITY ? – audience inside?

PEIYI

1.)  email Michael

a.     fans

b.     inflatable lesson on 1^st day ?

c.      SEND INFLATO COOKBOOK