cool_surf.v3
assignment, st. xavier’s college, mumbai, india 2012
Project 1 Document the internet and yourself. Who are you? Coolsurf your facebook page and other social media sites you might exist on. Document your real life through internet sites that describe objects you possess or places you go. Post to Issuu and put link of all coolsurfs on facebook group page. due this tuesday,
10 JANUARY 2012, and should be uploaded to the issuu.com coolsurf library by latest 7pm th
Project 2 Make the coolsurf you would want to have in case of political unrest in light of the global protest phenomena. Show things you could build to connect people and ideas, lead peaceful protests, lead violent protests, provide medical care, ensure travel to a safe location, provide for basic amenities like light, clean water, etc... whatever you think you will use/ need/ like to have if your quality of life is compromised. Post to Issuu and put link of all coolsurfs on facebook group page. due this sunday,
15 JANUARY 2012, and should be uploaded to the issuu.com coolsurf library by latest 12pm, NOON th
cool_surf.v3
assignment, st. xavier’s college, mumbai, india 2012
Cool_surf is the diagramming of the flux of information in contemporary media. The objective of coolsurf is to make ‘sense’ of and catalogue the endless array of information and images that we encounter in surfing the web. Cool Surf is created by the process of making simple “screen captures” and organizing them in a book format that creates a set of logical connections between the websites you visit. Cool Surf is about reclaiming our imagemaking authorship when we use the web, just as the camera reinforces our authorship in the real world. You are documenting the experience of your research, every outcome is intuitive, improvisational and unique. There is no set outcome that you must arrive at. You will be evaluated on the breadth of your investigation NOT accuracy. Start with the prompt and research it through the Internet. Be rigorous, yet free with your search. Show as many things that could be associated to that subject as possible. As you surf, continue to ask questions, search for the answer, record the images and pertinent text to convey your findings, and repeat. The accumulation of material will reinforce the research and inspire the reader. It is important to leave the context of the website, with the address bar intact so that the reader always has access to your sources. Cool Surf is made into a book format to re-contextualise, catalogue, map and issue this information. Some of the most useful subjects for Cool Surf are those that will be valuable as resources for people without access to the Internet, for example, how do you make paper? or what is electricity? Simple subjects have simple answers at first but follow your creativity and explore your curiosity to find deeper answers to as many tangents as possible. Remember, your cool surf has a history, your cool surf relates to other people and cultures, your cool surf is answered in many ways. This course will be running simultaneously with a graduate class at Harvard University in Boston that will be helping to generate content and work collaboratively. We will co-author a publication of the workshop results. simple rules to make a cool_surf:
- screen capture enough of the screen to be able to see where the images came from (include the address bar) - assemble the images into a pdf in some logical order - name your pdf, include the number of the prompt you chose to answer as well as your first & surname.
cool_surf.v3
assignment, st. xavier’s college, mumbai, india 2012 how to share your coolsurf with us:
Utiliize the mass publishing capabilities of the internet and save your Cool Surf as a PDF document at issuu.com at this library... issuu.com/coolsurfv3 coolsurfv3 password: stxavierharvard go-to link: username:
all how-to’s, examples and readings are posted in the issuu.com library
READINGS 1 Hakim Bey, Temporary Autonomous Zones http://hermetic.com/bey/taz3.html#labelTAZ (Read the section: The Net & The Web) 2 Akeel Bilgrami, On Identity @ issuu.com (Read the first section) 3 J.L. Nancy - Is Everything Political? (issuu.com) 4 Robert Capps, The Good Enough Revolution: When Cheap and Simple is Just Fine http://www.wired.com/gadgets/miscellaneous/magazine/17-09/ff_ goodenough?currentPage=all 5 Malcolm Gladwell, Small Change http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/10/04/101004fa_fact_gladwell If you need to contact us our emails are: cassidy: cassidyfry@gmail.com heath: valentine.heath2@gmail.com james: jhmartin@gmail.com liam: liamturkle@gmail.com maria: maria.gmuca@gmail.com nishita: nishitamehta@gmail.com