THE DAY IS SPLIT INTO TWO HALVES, A MORNING SESSION LEAD BY JULIETTE KRISTENSEN, AND AN AFTERNOON SESSION LEAD BY BETHANY RIGBY. 

 

THE STUDENTS WERE REQUIRED TO EACH BRING ONE OBJECT TO BUILD THEIR COLLECTION.

 

OTHER MATERIALS:

A3 SHEETS

LARGE ROLL OF PAPER

SCISSORS

GLUE

MAGAZINES//COLLAGE MATERIAL

 

MORNING SESSION: OBJECTS AND MEANING (JK)

 

SEMIOTICS AND OBJECT-ORIENTED ONTOLOGY LECTURE

 

> INTRODUCTION OF THE PHILOSOPHIES OF SEMIOTICS IN DESIGN THROUGHOUT HISTORY. USE OF TERMINOLOGY "SIGNIFIED // SIGNIFIER". EXAMINATIONS OF HOW OBJECTS CAN BE 'READ', E.G THE IPOD. INTRODUCTION OF OBJECT-ORIENTED ONTOLOGY.

 

ACTIVITY: SEMIOTIC AUTOPSY OF AN OBJECT, AND THE ORDER OF THE THIRD BIRD

O.O.T.T.B. IS A SILENT OBJECT MEDITATION AND AUTOPSY. MEDITATION IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH WRITTEN REFLECTION.

 

AFTERNOON SESSION: ARCHIVES AND MUSEUMS

 

ARCHIVE THEORY AND MICRO-MUSEOLOGY LECTURE

 

> OUTLINE OF ARCHIVE THEORY, FLAWS WITHIN THE ARCHIVE, EXPLORATION INTO HOW MUSEUMS AND MICRO-MUSEUMS CAN INFORM A RESEARCH AND DESIGN PRACTICE. EXAMPLES OF DESIGNERS WORKING FROM THE ARCHIVE.

 

ACTIVITY: GENERATE NEW MUSEUMS 

IN GROUPS, CURATE A NEW MUSEUM/ARCHIVE BASED ON A SELECTION OF OBJECTS FROM THE MAIN COLLECTION. INTERROGATE THE OBJECTS; ATTEND THEIR MEANING AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A COLLECTION. CONSIDER THE CURATOR/VISITORS/LOCATION/ORGANISATION/PURPOSE OF THE COLLECTION. DOCUMENT THE NEW MUSEUMS THROUGH COLLAGE AS A METHOD OF WORLD-BUILDING.