my hiking history on Google Earth

Hike on Google Earth: KMZ file

My Google Earth project is a document of my hiking experience. It starts out with places where I have gone hiking in Japan when I was little and moves on to hiking trails I recently have gone since I came to the States. It goes back to Japan to show where I'd like to hike in the near future. 

The main idea of my project was to show that I like to go hiking. As a child, I was actually not that interested in hiking and I don't remember much about what I did while hiking. But, since I came to the States and went hiking with my friends often, I came to appreciate nature. Then, I realized that Japan had many beautiful places - Yakushima, Mt. Fuji, etc. - and I felt I missed out on exploring and knowing my home country. That is why I'd like to go back to Japan to hike those places. 

I divided six places into three parts - past, present, and future - and attempted to show that I went hiking, go hiking, and will go hiking. Using Google Earth was, to me, a funny experience because, for example, Mt. Kabuto Park  looked a huge park to me as a child, but on Google Earth and comparing other places like Morgan Territory, the park looked very small. And, El Scorpion Park and Morgan Territory seemed to be vast fields when I hiked, but they appeared small on Google Earth. From this experience, I got a sense of how small I was on earth; how gigantic the earth was. 

Culture Jamming

Bubble Project by Ji Lee

Since corporate ads dominates in public space, Ji Lee posts blank speech bubble stickers on top of ads in New York City to encourage people to write their thought or comments. People get involved with this project by filling the blank and transform "corporate monologues into open public dialogues."

Indetermancy

Luis Pascual, my partner's recipe.

Step 1:
Take a total of 12 photos, 3 photos for each topic/subject.

• make sure each photo is roughly the same size & dimension.
• make sure to desaturate or make all photos black & white.

Step 2: Divide all the photos into 12 equal quadrants, and create a blank layout sheet (also similar in size & dimension to the photos) also divided into 12 equal quadrants. 


Step 3:
For each photo you roll a set of dice (2 die) twice.

• First roll determines which piece to take from each photo corresponding to the number rolled.
• Second roll determines where the piece will be placed on the "blank layout" according to the number rolled. 

1. If a number is rolled again the piece on that number and all the images before it gets moved down one space. 
2. If there is a piece in slot#1 and has to be moved down, then it gets moved to slot#12 and so on and so forth.

3 photos from each subject:

• Organic
• Living
• Mechanical
• Technological

Extended Body

I thought about what part of my body I want to enhance with technology. I'm not fond of the idea to embed artificial or robotic materials in my body because it sounds painful, and then I came to think that I was satisfied with my body and its ability (it's obviously not perfect but I feel comfortable enough with it).
I got my idea from a conversation I had with my friend. She referred Karl Lagerfeld on fur that it has to be for the rich because, she explained, if fur were produced massively,that would degrade the value of fur. Though unsure about fur, I do appreciate leather's functionality, yet, in a way, I took that skin from animals. I realized how human skin was so weak and sensitive that we take animal's skin to cover our skin. So in the picture, I strengthen my skin....by growing fur. If the technology became developed enough to invent some sort of chemicals to have stronger skin, we would not have to kill animals or strip off their skin while they are alive.

Artists working with robots

Tweenbots by Kacie Kinzer

This tiny robot has a objective, to go across Washington Square Park, but it can only move straight. It needs to be guided by humans to achieve the goal.

Dean Kamen's Artificial Arm 

(this is not an artwork, but I post this anyway).

The inventor of Segway invented this advanced prosthetic arm, Luke Arm, for returning soldiers who lost their arms. 

The user controls the arm by nerves, muscles, and foot pedals.

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Chance Project

1. Identify your favorite adjective.

2. Google the images of the adjective you picked.

3. Look at the clock and see where the the short hand is on.
(If the short hand is between 1 to 5, count 1 as 13, 2 as 14, 3 as 15, 4
as 16, 5 as 17)

4. Pick the images first appeared on Google and as same number as the
short hand is on.

5. Choose a self-portrait that describes or matches the adjective.

6. Using photo editing software, make all the images
20% transparent.

7. Combine them all into one image.

8. Reverse the tone.

9. Take a break from working on this project..

10. Identify your least favorite adjective.

11. This time, look at your cell phone and identify the hour hand when
you last time made a phone call.

12. Repeat the same procedure (Step 4 to 8).

13. See what you got!

Lucky

Cute