The Crane & The Cathedral
Friday, April 13, 2007
A trip around the world
With the typical scrambling and last minute madness, on Wednesday afternoon we completed the second workshop. I believe I mentioned (this is like when you can't remember what you've told people, except, if I weren't so lazy, I could just go read my previous posts) that every single one of these stories was about travel in one form or another. When we gathered in the room next to the computer lab at the end of the day, it literally felt like we were flying through photos and sounds and foods of everywhere. While it was a bit frustrating to be in yet a different lab, things went more smoothly than last time. The group was energetic, and they were clearly into their stories because for the first time all year, I witnessed as half of them passed up the absolutely mandatory coffee break to keep editing. Since some work in the libraries, other in the museum, other with the City, they have a wide range of plans on how to create more stories, and keep the process going. Hopefully, we'll have another workshop later this month at the grand opening of Neapolis!
While some didn't want the stories online, here are a few examples... Take a look....
With the typical scrambling and last minute madness, on Wednesday afternoon we completed the second workshop. I believe I mentioned (this is like when you can't remember what you've told people, except, if I weren't so lazy, I could just go read my previous posts) that every single one of these stories was about travel in one form or another. When we gathered in the room next to the computer lab at the end of the day, it literally felt like we were flying through photos and sounds and foods of everywhere. While it was a bit frustrating to be in yet a different lab, things went more smoothly than last time. The group was energetic, and they were clearly into their stories because for the first time all year, I witnessed as half of them passed up the absolutely mandatory coffee break to keep editing. Since some work in the libraries, other in the museum, other with the City, they have a wide range of plans on how to create more stories, and keep the process going. Hopefully, we'll have another workshop later this month at the grand opening of Neapolis!
While some didn't want the stories online, here are a few examples... Take a look....
Bea describes how she finally visits NYC, after cancelling her first trip planned for right after September 11th. This story is in Catalan.
Carolina learns that Japan is more than what appears in the comics. This story is in Spanish.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
A new kind of photo
This weekend we went up to the zone of Osona, where you would swear you were in Colorado from the cliffs and canyons. I'll post photos soon, but one unexpected highlight was a public exposition in Vic, a small city we passed through on the way home. A few years ago, a friend gave me the book, "The Earth From Above," which is an amazing compilation of aerial photographs by Yann Arthus Bertrand. I'm sure many of you have seen it. Evidently, the photographer wanted to make his photos accessible to the visually impaired, so he collaborated with some others to turn the images into 3-D renderings. They're amazing...and I am surprised I haven't seen anything like this before. The descriptions (in English and Catalan) explain what is happening, where the light is coming from, etc. You can read more about it here.
This weekend we went up to the zone of Osona, where you would swear you were in Colorado from the cliffs and canyons. I'll post photos soon, but one unexpected highlight was a public exposition in Vic, a small city we passed through on the way home. A few years ago, a friend gave me the book, "The Earth From Above," which is an amazing compilation of aerial photographs by Yann Arthus Bertrand. I'm sure many of you have seen it. Evidently, the photographer wanted to make his photos accessible to the visually impaired, so he collaborated with some others to turn the images into 3-D renderings. They're amazing...and I am surprised I haven't seen anything like this before. The descriptions (in English and Catalan) explain what is happening, where the light is coming from, etc. You can read more about it here.
