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The Fifteen Random Walks Book

Posted in 02: The Random Walk Project with tags , , , , , on November 21, 2009 by Chris

This is the end result of all of the experiments I’ve been conducting on the topic of chance; a 140 page documentation book called Fifteen Random Walks: Explorations of Chance in Trajectory. It chronicles the process I used (various stages can be seen in past posts on this site) starting with defining chance; developing a system of generating locations randomly; mapping them out; taking/finding pictures of the places; and finally analyzing the results.

Above: The Cover.  Below: Select spreads

So this project has come to an end—But I’m only getting started.

In case you didn’t know, the things I am doing on this site are a part of my graphic design thesis project at the School of Visual Arts in The Senior Project Class—taught by Paul Sahre and Lindsay Ballant. Up to now, this has been a guided process the whole class has been led through—where we have been doing an exploration of our topic (chance, for me) that we chose after analyzing the first assignment we did, and the reasons behind our solutions. Everything we do informs the next step, culminating in a result that we could have not chosen in the beginning.

So what’s next for me?

Well, I’m working on developing my project idea right now, and expecting some exciting results. All that I am revealing currently is that it will involve chance (obviously), and it will be 11-43% more involved than this project was.

So please, bookmark this page and come back often to see what I’m up to, and let me know what you think.

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Lotto Cards

Posted in EXPLORATIONS with tags , , , , , , , , , , on November 8, 2009 by Chris

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500 cards—each completely unique—with possible winning numbers for three popular New York Lottery games.

Are you here because you found one of these cards? Did you play any of the numbers? Were you a winner?

example back

I would love to know how your numbers fared for you, where you found the card, or what you think of all of this. Feel welcome to leave a comment, and check back often to see what is new on the site.

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Why do this? I wanted to bring a new audience to the site, but I wanted to find an unconventional way of going about it. The challenges to me were; to bring curious people in to the site that were open to the idea of chance as an influence in their own life (as well as finding a group outside of art/design community) and also to not just advertise or litter the city with these cards, but give something that could potentially be of value to the viewer if they act on it.

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Plotting Chance

Posted in 02: The Random Walk Project with tags , , , , , on October 5, 2009 by Chris

I’m using Google earth to plot out my paths for the Random Walk Mapping Project. I’m plotting the results from the random number booklets on different maps to show where I would end up.

Here’s a little teaser….

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Process Diagram

Posted in 01: The Original Twenty-Five with tags , , , , on August 15, 2009 by Chris

After receiving feedback, I created a process Diagram that was an attempt to dissect our core motivations in why we chose our twenty-five items. I learned that the “topic” I chose was less of a focus, and more of a control parameter—allowing me to gather a variety diverse items.

22″x8″:  double sided, four panel gate fold.

Outside:

Side One

Inside:

Inside

I started to realize that in my collection I left much of the result up to chance, and that chance is a theme that has repeatedly occurred in my work. From this I decided on the topic I wanted to reasearch… chance.

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The Original Collection

Posted in 01: The Original Twenty-Five with tags , , , , , on August 5, 2009 by Chris

This exercise marks the beginning of my research of the topic I will be exploring for the rest of the year. For Paul Sahre and Lindsey Ballant’s Senior Project Class at The School of Visual Arts, we were asked to gather a collection of 25 items. Not knowing what I wanted to collect, I gathered a variety of ideas, and started to explore them, but nothing seemed to grab my interest. I finally decided to go to a specific area (Alphabet City, New York City) and see what grabbed my interest. I decided to focus on a specific feature in my items— their color. My collection is a search for blue in the previously defined area.

You can see the images here.

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