John Roach

The Shape of Song

Here's a nice reference in relation to our time of day project. What does music look like? The Shape of…

Posted on: February 3, 2014
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InDesign – Placing graphics + Fitting graphics automatically

The Place command is the primary method used to insert graphics into InDesign because it provides the highest level of…

Posted on: February 3, 2014
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Time Archive examples – Photo Grids

There are countless examples of artists that have assembled images into a grid format. The form has the advantage of giving a viewer a container to look at many images at once. It also has the possibility of allowing multiple WAYS to view the images.

Posted on: February 1, 2014
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The Whole Is the Sum of Its Parts

The Whole Is the Sum of Its Parts Bill Viola from: Will there Be Condominiums in Data Space Original Publication:…

Posted on: February 1, 2014
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Spencer Finch – The River that flows both ways

http://art.thehighline.org/project/spencerfinch/ Inspired by the Hudson River, Spencer Finch’s The River That Flows Both Ways documents a 700-minute (11 hours, 40…

Posted on: February 1, 2014
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InDesign Basics – handout

Here's a nice handout created by Parsons faculty Wendy Letven. A good resource for the basics of InDesign. Indesign Basics…

Posted on: January 31, 2014
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Making things move in InDesign – creating animations – video

Posted on: January 31, 2014
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Creating masks in InDesign – video tutorial

Here's a 5min 32sec video tutorial on creating masks. In this case the example is placing a photo inside text.…

Posted on: January 31, 2014
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Matt Danzico an Exercise in Time Perception

We tend to miscalculate the time it takes to engage in novel activities due to the influence of memories. Matt Danzico explains why your childhood feels like it lasted forever and why that beach vacation seemed like two months rather than two weeks.