Washington Sq. Observation Reflection

Posted on December 13, 2014 Posted in Design, Digital, Integrative StudioTagged project, reflection, studio, washinton squareLeave a comment

Sound As Research Reflection

Sound as a research was a mixed media project, which was based on our observations in a public space. Such as; NYPL, Washington Square Park, Times Square and etc. As my observational place I chose Washington Square Park. I started this 3 week journey with visiting the park two times for two hours and doing observations and taking notes. After the week of observations, second step of the project was to create a visual piece. I based my visual piece on an old game which I used to love to play with my brother, which is called chain game. Throughout the process of observations and visual explanations, I started to dig in to space I specified deeper and deeper. For the first part of the last step, we had to create a sound piece, which reflects our spaces. I did my sound piece over the movement I made and feelings I felt during my literal walking journey from my dorm to park. And I tried to support my audio piece with the videos I recorded while I was in the park. Last part of the project was to present this 3 week observational documentation. I divided my presentation in 3 parts; observations, visual, audio/video. And ended up my presentation with the real feelings that I felt when I was at the park. In my opinion significant feelings that I had during my observations effected my presentation in a positive way.

Washington Sq. Visuals

Posted on December 10, 2014 Posted in Design, Digital, Integrative Studio, PhotoshopTagged Colors, Jane Jacobs, NYC, Private, Public, Space, Visual, Washington Square Park2 Comments

During my observations in Washington Square Park, I got inspired by writings of Jane Jacobs, who used to write about NYC Parks. As one phase of my project, I took my observations to different level and medium. I observed the publicity and privacy in park, and did this final visual piece representing the public and private spaces I examined. For the design of the piece i got inspired from the old game called Chain reaction which you can access through the link under the images.

http://www.yvoschaap.com/chainrxn/

Washington Sq. Sound

Posted on December 10, 2014 Posted in Audio, Integrative StudioTagged Audio, NYC, Observation, Piano, Sound, Soundtrack, Space, Washington Square ParkLeave a comment

Throughout the process of observing the park, I observed Public-Private factor of the park, the weather, people, feelings and emotions. After all, for my audio piece, I wanted to create feeling of mind traveling in space. I used sound of footsteps, cigarettes, door and the things that I faced during my journey through park, and my journey inside the park. I reflected my blue feelings by a piano song. Which is called “L’un part… l’autre reste” by Frederick Botton.

Washington Sq. Presentation

Posted on December 10, 2014 Posted in Integrative Studio, PresentationTagged NYC, Observation, Presentation, Sound, Visual, Washington Square ParkLeave a comment

This is the final presentation I made for the observations project which was based on a public space. I divided my presentation in to four different parts, starting with observations and continues with visual piece, sound piece and ending. As ending i indicated my hometown Istanbul, in order to represent the massive feeling of being homesick.

Game Design

Posted on December 10, 2014 Posted in Design, Digital, Integrative StudioTagged Basketball, Dices, Game Design, GamesLeave a comment

Me and my teammates we got asked to pick two elements in order to design a game. We chose plastic basketball rim, and dices. After a days of brainstorming and idea sharing. We tried to play few of our designs. During our exploration we observe the pace of the game and competition that occurs between two players. In the end we end up with the game called Basket Roll, which is based on luck and talent.

#TBT Collage

Posted on December 10, 2014 Posted in Collage, Design, Integrative StudioTagged Collage, Memory, Narrative, SummerLeave a comment

As the first project for Integrative Studio class, we were assigned to make a piece by any medium, which represents the 7 crucial points of our summer before our first term of university experience. I indicated my sadness, love, american visa, journey, my city, my cottage and my passion in my digital collage. I used photoshop in order to put my memories in to one piece.