Visual Assignments

ReCaptcha Illustrated

Include a screenshot of a word pair from a reCapctha (http://www.google.com/recaptcha or heck right at the bottom of this assignment submission form http://assignments.ds106.us/submit-an-assignment/) in an illustration or visual mashup that shows what the words might mean. Use your imagination to create something meaningful out of the random words.

When you write it up, provide some narrative that puts the image in context.

Picturing Prufrock

Choose an image from T.S. Eliot’s beautiful poem “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock” and illustrate it through art, audio, video, or any other creative medium.

Paint a picture, put the words to music, make a mashup, photograph a scene, write a short story, bake a Prufrock cake… anything!

Oh, do not ask, “What is it?”
Let us go and make our visit.

The Hero’s Journey

_cokwr: Remember those Choose Your Own Adventure books they used to have at the library? Well, let's do something like that. We’re going to tell the journey of a storybook hero. We won’t give him/her a name, or go into specifics like that. We’re not going to get bogged down on the details. Try to use archetypes and motifs that are recognizable, but it is up to you whether or not you want to make a comment on the accepted norms of fairy tales by breaking them. Start with a picture from Flickr. It can be random or deliberate, as long as it's not All Rights Reserved. Narrate the step of his/her journey, adding what details you will, but staying true to the plot. Comment on the step prior with a link to your step, so there is a clean series of narrative frames, each linking to the next. If there be multiple paths, then we will have a tree of potential outcomes for our hero. You may also start a new story if you wish. Also, please post a link to the step prior so that a reader can backtrack if they get lost or stumble upon a middle step. In summary the strict limitations: -You MUST have an image -Narrate in first person so gender can be generally overlooked. -Post a link to the step prior for backtracking purposes., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://blog.houseoftheabsurd.net/archives/150, _chk2m: Tempest, _ciyn3: 45, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Street View Story

_cokwr: Dig through Google Maps Street View to find an interesting setting for your story. Let your imagination go wild and tell the story of what occurred in that space. Bonus points for using Google Earth to create a virtual tour with multiple settings for your story and narrating it yourself., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l2hyi1pApL1qzun8oo1_500.jpg, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 18, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Averaging Concepts using Flickr

_cokwr: Take a concept, one word, and plug it into Flickr and take the first 50 images and average them using Photoshop or similar program. Step by step instructions available at http://is.gd/ku3UF, _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/love-580x580.jpg, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 13, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

One Shot

_cokwr: Take a single photograph. Chop it up comic book style to create tension and narrative. Checkout this image for an example*. *It may, or may not, be one image- the concept is still sound., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://ffffound.com/image/41773f67656c44cfc1064821e59acec5de7aeb29, _chk2m: Tom, _ciyn3: 42, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Imag[in]ing the Streets with Google Street View

_cokwr: Read artist Jon Rafman's essay about Google Street view image captures and view his collection of images found on Street View blogs and from his own searching. "The detached gaze of the automated camera can lead to a sense that we are observed simultaneously by everyone and by no one." Find a street view image, post it and the location your blog. Describe why this moment is interesting/important to you., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.artfagcity.com/2009/08/12/img-mgmt-the-nine-eyes-of-google-street-view/, _chk2m: Michael Branson Smith, _ciyn3: 177, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Flickr-ized Playlist Poetry

_cokwr: Take your Playlist Poetry assignment (http://ds106.us/2011/02/03/stories-written-in-windows-media-player/) and find Creative Commons Flickr photos to illustrate your story. Try using a slideshow tool to interweave the song titles and images. , _cpzh4: Visual, _chk2m: Martha, _ciyn3: 62, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Adapt an artist’s work

_cokwr: Adapt a famous artist's work to change or reinforce its possible message., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://lisahistoryds106.posterous.com/finishing-the-smoke, _chk2m: Lisa M Lane, _ciyn3: 17, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:

Common everyday object

_cokwr: Take a picture of a common ever day object and manipulate the colors., _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/liztillo/5421696925/in/photostream/lightbox/, _chk2m: Elizabeth Castillo, _ciyn3: 107, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3: