For our project, we decided to separately visit Chinatown several times, record our thoughts and experiences in several different ways, and then bring them all together in a video format. The video itself is a visual haiku: 5 visuals layered on top of each other, with 7 layers of sounds playing simultaneously.

“The video attempts to encapsulate the insanity of Chinatown. It puts the viewer in a strangely relatable state of mind through an abstract layering of media. Our group found a very diverse set of sounds and visuals on independent and group excursions to the area. When examining the recorded sound files on their own, it seems that they are not particular unique–As if they could have been recorded anywhere in Manhattan. Creating a conglomerate of sounds distinguishes it and makes it feel like you spent a whole day in Chinatown.”

Unfortunately, because I am bad at remembering things, I was not able to share  my 3 haiku on Google Docs to make it time for Rory to put it in the video. However, I have them NOW:

plastic in the sea

low-hanging telephone wires

clearing all our throats

break open all the

fire hydrants so the kids may

dance under the sun

nineteen eighty-three

i better be quiet now

nineteen sixty-nine