Ok YIPEE my overthinker serger manual (most likely just a prototype) is done. One of my pieces for my composition course. Here's scans, I'm gonna put an explanation under cut.
Assignment was: find two photos which have a composition you like. Take one, break down the components, and create your own piece with those ideas.
My photo was a page from a serger manual, but I technically went with the composition of a manual in general. I like infographics and i like infographics used in art.
I was feeling a little empty headed, but my main thought was: how much is enough information? Because I often struggle with my answer being "never too much". It's technically great- but at points in my life it has lead to scattered understanding of things because I keep focusing on minute aspects of a Thing so the bigger picture dissappears. Its one of the reasons why i love manuals- i love page lists, i love when someone takes a subject and decides what is the most valuable knowledge here for you. It says a lot about the creator of the manual, its purpose, the machines purpose..
I also do like manuals because knowledge is unwieldy and no manual will ever be perfect.
I would rly like one day to make a better version. A bigger one, mostly, wherw the process to unrelated bullshit is slower, but also maybe some thread of info runs through it? There's a lot of storytelling you can do with what information you pick. Also it would be fun to have these threads of info run parallel and end in the same subjects.
Choreographer Kany about working with SHINee
"As a SHINee fan, I was so honored and so blessed to work with every SHINee member. As you guys know, I’ve already worked with KEY on Gasoline so I had a first approach to work with Key, but I had the honor to work with the other members."
"TAEMIN is one of my favorite K-pop artist.
I think he’s just one of a kind, he’s really a legend he’s making. He has that very easy way to execute and to understand right away the essence and the textures. He would literally work and repeat on the steps until he gets it, until it’s his own. I was just blown away the way he was like *snaps fingers* going that fast."
"MINHO is always the champion. I call him the champion.
I remember the first day, I actually asked him “Should we change or adapt it?”, he was like “No no no, Kany, that's fine, we can do it and we're going to kill it”. I love the fact that he will, he's never giving up until he gets it. On the shoot, he was just so amazing, I could feel the flame on him and the charisma that he has is just amazing."
"ONEW, our leader. I love Onew, oh my God.
He always have that positive spirit, always going through it. As I said, even if it was not like their style, but he was just here, I remember he was like “Let me just practice on my own” then come into it and the next day, he literally gets it, that was his strength.
And that's what I love about SHINee. It's just about the consistency of that."
"And last but not least my amazing KEY. KEY is a star.
I think he has a certain easiness of my style personally, that he would gets and he would literally do it better than me whenever I see him on his body which is amazing."
Abandoned Torii Gate found in a submerged tunnel in Kani City, Gifu, Japan (2022) Photog. Saho
Found at the entrance of shrines, a torii is a gate that separates the realm of our world and that of the divine and spiritual. An important symbol for Shintoism, it’s also one of Japan’s most defining characteristics. Around 90,000 of them are found across Japan and traces of the existence of toriis date back to over a thousand years ago, and sacred places are most commonly found amidst nature, sometimes in areas inaccessible to the public. Some shrines lose popularity due to their remote locations or unapproachable appearance.