O The Humanity

by Ruth Barker, 14 Jan 2010

Hello,

Ok, so my internet access ‘issues’ haven’t been entirely solved, hence the slightly confusing double posting. The post below was meant to be uploaded yesterday, but God or (more likely) Microsoft had other ideas. Nevermind though, eh? It’s the thought that counts, and you (dear readers) were never far from my mind, promise.

I had an interesting Rough Mix day today, with an afternoon session on object manipulation and puppetry. I was fully astounded at how context (again – I know) had such a massive, life giving effect – a simple shift in an everyday object’s context was able to immediately denote not just animation but consciousness, intent, emotion, and narrative. I personally witnessed a washing-up brush massage and then hump a blue net sponge.

Just something I wanted to share with you.

More later,
R