Meeting with Jeff #2

I found this meeting much more helpful than the last. It appears i need to be looking more into what other objects can be used to form a larger visual vocabulary for the communication of my ideas and the larger concept in the long term development of the project. I'm also considering how the end format of the work might be useful in determining how to go about constructing the visual body that will define it.

as far as the latter is concerned i need to be thinking about how the format of the final product can be appropriate to the concept and delivering the information to the audience i am creating it for. I am looking heavily toward silkscreening or another form of diy printing as a possible large part of the final formats. I feel that it is appropriate to the material and follows a long tradition of the diy print and printing press in the history of political action and education.

Another suggestion that we covered was how to find appropriate numbers for the amount of photographs i will create. currently my interest is in the numbers dynamics of how police mass actions and national special security events function. How many people get caught up and arrested in mass arrests what kind of people they are. how many protesters vs how many cops. as was the case at the rnc last year, was the national guard called out and how many military members were assigned to intervene.

I think the photographs i brought went over well. We discussed how to go about cropping them to really draw attention toward the mechanism of authority and away from the individuals.