Just for fun to start with:Do you like your photos to be taken?
Well, I like my photos to be taken, however not always my photos are perfect or at least the way I want them to be. Because photos express you in a way and tells who you are and what you are interested in, I usually change the photos i do not like.
- you can hide negative sides
- you can highlight positive parts of your photo
- you may look like one, you wanted to look like or just anything else
This is a project in Technology class, and during this unit we will have a portrait of ourselves and alter the photo; however we will mix this project with Art class as well. I think this is a great opportunity to have my portrait and change it however I want; but it has to show who I am and what I am interested in. Through this project I will get to know myself and let other people know about me through the portrait. We are going to trace the edited photo by hand and color them or decorate them with any type of material as long as they symbolize and represent me and my principles.
The concentration question of this project is -
How can I use computer graphics programs to help me express myself?
There can be thousands and thousands of reasons why people alter their photos, but the aim of this perticular unit is that throughout this experiment we will learn ourselves. We will have time on our own and think about what we like and we dislike. The product of this experiment will show at least few understandings about me as a person.
Example from last year
I have heard that, last year there was a boy who was doing this experiment. The main conflict was that he hated his photos to be taken because he did not like how he looked. So he put too much effort into destroying his portrait. He used very birght colors and went over his photo over and over again. It was not the idea of making him hate his photo, the main outcome was that other people and himself understood that he did not like his photo taken. No matter the product was good or bad, the results were that at least he learned about himself and others as well.
This project relates to Risk Taker from the Learner Profile. It also contributes to Human Ingenuity from the Areas of Interaction. Its Human Ingenuity because we create a brand new portrait of ourselves with creative object that expresses us in some way.
So, to start with this project we decided to concentrate on one speficic part of the Learner Profile, which was Risk Taker as was mentioned above. I liked the photos that were taken on the road, however i wanted the photo which showed my whole body. But this was not the expectations of this project. So the photo above is the picture of me that I will use during this project.
Questions that will guide my investigation
What type of materials will help me to express my personality?
What do I like? What am I interested in?
How should I make my portrait mysterious but also interesting for others?
What characteristics of me would I want others to know?
What makes me unique from other people?
How do I want the product to look like?
Research and Resources
Well, on the 8th of September 2009, the beginning of this unit started with going out of school and taking pictures. Our technology teacher helped us to come up with ideas. Even though, we will edit the photos, it is better to have a plain background or even a background you wanted. That was very fun to do, all of us outside, but the problem was that we had only one camera between 15 students. It was ok to wait and take turns but it would be so much better for us if everyone had a camera (or at least 1 dijital camera in between 3 people or so) Well, some people stood next to walls or windows, some hid their faces, some stood next to trees, some brought basketballs or sports equipments to show their interest. I like unique things, I like going wild. And I went out of the school gate and sat on the road. I loved my idea. If it was possible, I wanted to lie on the road with my eyes closed. So that it looks relaxed even though I was on the road ( good thing there were no cars coming).
The day before we took our pictures, during Art class we investigated some portraits and atrists who created different self-portraits. I was amazed by some of the artworks. They used variety of different materials, for instance chocolate, strings, dirt, brown sugar. By the way, we looked at previous year's 10th grade IT posters and found out some creative ideas that would be useful for us.
Then on the 10th of September, we actually watched a brief movie. This movie was about Vik Muniz and his works. It was interesting to see someone who seeks to make unique interesting artworks such as a portrait using chocolate, strings and many other objects.
Design Specifications
- multimedia
- technology
- photo of self (no one else)
- express yourself
- neat (because I like neatness)
- it has to look like me
- unique or at least one special thing that makes different from others'
- not very colorful
- it has to have something mysterious, which is part of me
- interesting for the audience
Test for my product
For this project I will have a product which will be my portrait and to know whether it was a good one or not and to analyze whether my aim of this project succeeded or not; I have to make a test. So my test will be a survey around the school. But this survey is not a simple one that will ask questions from random people, I will choose the people who would be asked. The people who does not know me at all. So through this project I will express my characteristics and personality to other people and through this test I will make sure that aim was varified or not.
The questions of the survey:
- Who do you think it is?
- What do you think about this portrait and the person in it?
- What information do you gain from it?
- Please, give at least 3 or 4 descriptions about the person in it.
Works Cited
- Sudra, Anna. Art lecture. International; School of Ulaanbaatar. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 8 Sep 2009.
- Sudra, Anna. “Portraiture Technology.” PowerPoint presentation for MYP Visual Arts, International School of Ulaanbaatar. Sep 2009.
- Wilson, Melanie. Speech about Portrait Technology Progress in previous years. International School of Ulaanbaatar. September 2009.
- Turbat, Yesugen. Portrait Technology poster. International School of Ulaanbaatar. September 16, 2009.
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