Class Notes// free write | translation ideas
prompt:
take notes.
how migh this website end? when does one feel they have “seen it all”? how does one exit? what gives a sense of “conclusion”? helper question: what do you want people to think about?
who is the reader/ viewer? who/ what (artist, author, maker&/webpage/browser) are they engaging?
where are you feeling energy/ excitement?
Centre Pompidou
industrail exterior v.s. interior with Fine Arts
the beginning of the experience// landing page, or whatever part of the experience
while inside of the experience/ once you get in — inside each “gallery” it could be very “fine Artsy” the elevator
in reality: take you up to different levels, while also lead you to see the beautiful sunset/ view of the city personal memories
you yourself, visit again after 2 years
in web: maybe make this an experience, of how the user see things after 2 years?
translating the elevator:
scroll all the way from the bottom of the page, as the user scroll up the page go up;
different level: some mechanisim once you scroll at certain point, can lead you to another page, that resembles/ translate the galleries at different levels
on the way up: in reality: the view got better and better, you can see beatufiul view/ sunset and the Effiel once you get onto the top; if you look down you can also see the square, the grounds; I saw little kids in lines before, which I found very cute.
in the web: if the mouse move to the lower right, can change the perspective and zoom into the ground?
the website’s content itself can become very different, maybe brighter and brighter// with better view, till you go onto the top?
the possibilities of bringing both the architectural/ escalator together with my personal experience and memory feels exciting for me.
Mogao Caves
light and dark in actuality: inside the caves are extremly dark; you can’t see anything without light in web: some area that light up?
very unassuming from the outside, comparing to what is inside.
Week 4
Feb 14- Feb 20, 2025
Mid-Term: 3-4 Sites a) how/why the works are important/moving/etc. to you; b) aspects of each that you would be especially interested in translating; and c) how you may translate those aspects.
Centre Pompidou
the architecture, the view of the city
a cloudy day in 2023
a sunny day in 2025 the interior design / funciton of the architecture
the memory:
solo visiting in 2023 with best friend in 2025
the exhibition itself: Christian Marclay (level 6) in 2023 Chine: A new generation of artists (level 1) in 2025 the area (the Marias) and the neigborhood
2023 jan
2025 jan Mogao Caves, Dunhuang, China | 莫高窟,敦煌,甘肃
the memory:
(actually i’ve never been to the cave themselves but)
the Dunhuang Dance, classes
the immersive performance 乐动敦煌 Yuedong Dunhuang,
musuem, the city
the desert
....
Noguchi Musuem
the space of the musuem, the combination & relationship with nature the semi-open part, and the yard: greens, trees, water, nature, sound
noguchi’s style of design
the memory:
visiting in the summer of 2024
other options: freestyle video (don’t know if those would count as performance)