http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons Shaun Rance, an MFA Design + Technology student at Parsons School of Design in NYC. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:10:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today Stephanie mentioned the project HAVIDOL, a satirical take on the pharmaceutical industry by Justine Cooper which opens at Daneyal Mahmood Gallery tomorrow. http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=177 Ok, I've said it before and I'll say it again. This semester I'll be better about writing. It's the third week of the semester and I just now feel like my head is back in thesis mode. The question raised lately (and constantly) is what do I want the project ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=176 Today guest lecturer and artist John Paul Bichard came to speak to our class. He showed us a few works in progress that sonsisted of video footage taken in Stockholm during urban military exercises. The music which accompanied the works was done by Edwin Morris. He will ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=174 The following is a narrative bibliography of selected works from a more complete bibiography that can be found here. Books: Greenwald, Glenn. How Would A Patriot Act?: Defending American Values from a President Run Amok. San Francisco: Working Assets Publishing, 2006. This book is a collection of posts from Glenn Greenwald’s blog Unclaimed ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=173 I had been excited about using Paul Pope's Batman: Year 100 graphic novel as the basis for my digital motion final project but I was never able to successfully communicate with him about securing the rights to do use his artwork. After a short foray into the idea of ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=162 Over spring break I was invited to travel with Performance Lab 115 to Budapest. Last summer I acted as production designer for their performance of Ashlin Halfnight's God's Waiting Room presented as part of the New York International Fringe Festival and which went on to win the Overall Excellence ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=161 Reading 24 Fiona Raby "Project #26765: Flirt" http://a.parsons.edu/~srance/fall05/major_studio1/readings/flirt.pdf This article Reading 33 Matt Locke “Being here – some moving stories about mobile technology” (Receiver Issue 05) http://www.receiver.vodafone.com/05/articles/inner03a.html In this article Matt Locke addresses the changing notion of location and how mobile technologies affect our idea of space. While our present state of always connectedness makes place ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=160 After spending the past few weeks helping organize the DT spring show at Felissimo and installing BarTalk, the piece that I, along with Alexis Lloyd and Ana Velez, have in the show, it's time for the opening. Midtown's a strange place and a whole different NY than I experience on a ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=158 Today in class a few of my classmates presented their "superstars" as part of the class' "Superstar Smackdown" assignment. While I knew two of the four superstars presented, I picked up a ton of great links. Links which follow a superstar do not necessarily correspond to them but ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=157 After being mentioned by several professors, most recently by Jun Sassa, I visited Zakka Corp. at 147 Grand Street, between Lafayette and Crosby (google map). The rumors are true about this being a place for inspiration, after a much too short visit I can now say that I have ... http://www.shaunrance.com/parsons/?p=24