Yellow Arrow (the ever *faithful* Flickr)
There are three "parts" to the social practice project. The first part of your assignment is to create a proposal for a social practice event that will take place in downtown Portland; and to take part in one of the selected events as an active team member.
The second part is to create designed work inspired by the event. The designed work will evoke the spirit of the event you participate in.
The third part (presentation or brand book) beautifully documents both the event and the designed work you create.
The intended outcome of the second and third "parts" of the assignment is to parallel the experience of the event. If your event seeks to make people happy, your work should also.
In this post are examples of ways to accomplish expressive and well-crafted documentation (including photography, narratives/storytelling, video, print ephemera, mapping, locative technologies / media, web sites, and social networking).
First up are collaborators Melissa Small and Sarah Sandman's project "Gift Cycle".
Above is an installation project relating the experience of their social practice project. "During the summer of 2008, a contemporary variation of the Kula ex-change was born, the Gift Cycle. In a similar spirit, the Gift Cycle was a circulatory gift economy connecting artists nationwide. Gifts of art were biked from local artists of one community to local artists of the next community en route. The trip started in Providence, RI and ended in Seattle, WA." — Sarah Sandman
Gift Cycle mark.
Designed work documenting the route. Gift Cycle map.
Documentation: Gift Cycle images
Collaborators Melissa Small and Sarah Sandman, "What's On (Y)our Plate" (a test project for Bruce Mau Design). The assignment: "Visually articulate the top 10 issues in the contemporary collective consciousness. This is what we came up with. It's a campaign and accompanying website to encourage communication in the public spaces of NYC."
Collaborators Melissa Small and Sarah Sandman. "WHAT'S ON (Y)OUR PLATE".
Collaborators Melissa Small and Sarah Sandman. "WHAT'S ON (Y)OUR PLATE".
TYPORCHESTRA /// A COLLECTIVE PERFORMANCE FOR SERIOUSLY(?)(!) "The Seriously(?)(!) campaign promoted fiscal and environmental responsibility at RISD." Melissa and Sarah "organized a typographic orchestra in which 16 RISD students, faculty and staff performed a choreographed, collective statement. "
Yellow Arrow, Capitol of Punk
Yellow Arrow: Secrets of New York
Yellow Arrow: Secrets of New York
Yellow Arrow site
Yellow Arrow. "HOW IT WORKS: Participants place uniquely-coded Yellow Arrow stickers to draw attention to different locations and objects — a favorite view of the city, an odd fire hydrant, the local bar. By sending an SMS from a mobile phone to the Yellow Arrow number beginning with the arrow's unique code, Yellow Arrow authors connect a story to the location where they place their sticker. Messages range from short poetic fragments to personal stories to game-like prompts to action. When another person encounters the Yellow Arrow, he or she sends its code to the Yellow Arrow number and immediately receives the message on their mobile phone. The website yellowarrow.net extends this location-based exchange, by allowing participants to annotate their arrows with photos and maps in the online gallery of Yellow Arrows placed throughout the world."
Simple site and nice images Urban Cursor
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