Travelogue

Focusing on the theme of travel, I plan to stress the idea of moving from one location to another: from here

to here.

This concept stresses the act of moving, incorporating both animate and inanimate subjects. Moreover, the Webster dictionary offered another interesting definition: to relocate successfully. This caught my intention in conjunction with my working thoughts on travel because being physically successful does not always mean one is mentally successful (for example, a man runs out of a burning house to save his life only to be confronted by a mob of rabid squirrels). Overall, I plan to combine the idea of traveling people and objects with a possibility of failure in their movement.

For the actual project, I plan to make a flip book (not the traditional one – refer to the images below for a better idea). I chose this form of presentation because it will serve as a medium for the viewer to undergo their own travel process as they explore different portions of the book. There will be a narrative element in which it becomes the viewer's objective to move from a starting to ending point. Like the example above of a man running out of a burning house, the viewer will be subject to a threat and given choices (composed solely of subjects/ objects that undergo a sort of travel) to escape. Depending on the viewer's decisions, their attempt to reach safety from their starting predicament may or may not end successfully.





Items brought to class + 3 new ones:
License plate
Postcard
Glass
Bullet
Newspaper
Clock
Mouse
Money
Sound
Spices
Light

Materials:
Paper
Hard Binding/ Binder
Pencil
Ink
Printer/ or some other coloring device
Computer
Glue

If you have any suggestions, let me know! =)

~Alicja Chrena