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∆ Active ProjectProject Type: Collective Storytelling Exhibit
(collaborative experience) Role: Director / Producer An experiment in collective storytelling using Instagram created each semester in Experimental Storytelling. |
Overview:
In numerology the number 48 resonates with creative expression, so nothing better than having Experimental Storytelling be a culmination of creative expression made through a collective story together. Stories are complex, yet simple; participatory, yet controlled; and unequivocally are visceral, can trigger behavior and over time are reflective of our individual agency, our shared moment in time and the culture that we live in. With assigned themes each week, the goal with each assignment is to compose an original photo and haiku that best represents a personal take on the theme proposed, then post it to @48Moods on Instagram.
Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme. Many people consider Haikus as unfinished poems, a poem that the reader finishes in his or her mind. Often keeping a journal is encouraged in creative classes, a place to write down ideas, draw images, and jot down potential projects. In a digital-first world, my choice for using @48moods as a form of journaling is for you to learn to get a nugget of a story idea down quickly, to practice being creative “in public” – giving way to better understanding how to pitch an idea in its simplest form and have a chance for public to react immediately.
In numerology the number 48 resonates with creative expression, so nothing better than having Experimental Storytelling be a culmination of creative expression made through a collective story together. Stories are complex, yet simple; participatory, yet controlled; and unequivocally are visceral, can trigger behavior and over time are reflective of our individual agency, our shared moment in time and the culture that we live in. With assigned themes each week, the goal with each assignment is to compose an original photo and haiku that best represents a personal take on the theme proposed, then post it to @48Moods on Instagram.
Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme. Many people consider Haikus as unfinished poems, a poem that the reader finishes in his or her mind. Often keeping a journal is encouraged in creative classes, a place to write down ideas, draw images, and jot down potential projects. In a digital-first world, my choice for using @48moods as a form of journaling is for you to learn to get a nugget of a story idea down quickly, to practice being creative “in public” – giving way to better understanding how to pitch an idea in its simplest form and have a chance for public to react immediately.
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The Goal:
Over the course of the semester, sharing and commenting on each other’s work… the posts that evoke a visceral, behavioral or reflective moment individually is encouraged. 
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Each semester, graduate students in the class are tasked to curate images and reflections from the class and design a tangible-meets-digital piece that sparks communication. For Spring 2020, graduate students pitched to develop an interactive video installation that would be installed in the main corridor in the Moody College of Communication:
