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Course Administration — Ali Momeni @ 8:40 pm

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Links to relevant resources for the course as well as student contributions and discussions will be posted on this blog.

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Instrument of Persuasion, “Complexity and Reduction”, by Ben Scott (2013)

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In the course of a game of chess, every piece becomes a potent tool at the player’s disposal. A pawn in the right place, with the right support, could transform into a strong instrument of persuasion. In this set, the two sides are of contrasting designs and constructions. The complex set of pieces were 3D printed from plastic, and then painted. Just as the game of chess is a perfect medium for thought to be made into actions, a 3D printing process is a nearly perfect method to take arbitrary geometric designs from the imagination directly to a physical form. The simplified pieces serve to contrast the entropy of complicated designs: Milling pieces out of metals like stainless steel and 7075 aluminum takes much more time and literal force to achieve. These pieces are less ephemeral than the complex set, whose intricacies lack the physical weight and presence that the solid metal pieces hold. This establishes a conflict between the pieces which only becomes clear when manipulating the objects.

 

Instrument of Persuasion/Larger than Life: “Untitled” by Ralph Kim, Maryyann Landlord (2013))

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Tool of Persuasion: Patient vs Therapist by Will Taylor (2013)

Assignment,CNC Router,Final Project,Laser Cutter — Will Taylor @ 6:22 pm

 

 

 

 

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Therapy can be considered a tool of persuasion. For this assignment, I created a tool that a therapist could in an exercise  to understand a child’s emotions. In addition, I designed an environment that facilitates interactions between the patient and the therapist. This work examines the relationship between a patient and therapist.

Tool of Persuasion/Larger Than Life: “Disillusion” by Joanne Lee (2013)

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Disillusion was inspired by the poem Shrinking Women by Lily Myers.

Simulated Nature: “The Widow” by Lauren Valley (2013)

CNC Router,Final Project,Rhino3D,Student Work — Lauren Valley @ 4:48 am

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“The Widow” conveys a scene set in the distant future in which humans must adapt to survive in the harsh polluted world. At birth, these future humans are fitted with neural receptive spider limbs that aid them in crossing rough terrain unharmed. But like these physical adaptions, the future humans are also mentally superior, so much so that younger people are starting to fully understand their startling reality, and suicide is becoming more and more common in younger children. “The Widow” showcases a typical future suicide case in which this young girl attempted to dig her spider limbs out of her back in order to feel the freedom of walking unaided at least once before passing.

I would like to thank everyone that helped me in the (often time consuming) process of moving, setting up, and disposing of my piece.

 

Instrument of Persuasion: “Seasons Greetings” by Madeline Finn (2013)

Final Project,Laser Cutter,Student Work — madelinefinn @ 8:18 pm

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Instrument of Persuasion: Petroleum Penguin, by Miranda Jacoby (2013)

Assignment,Final Project,Laser Cutter,Technique — Miranda Jacoby @ 8:45 am

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These penguins were made using a modified version of this paper craft model from Canon (Some of the tabs were  changed to compensate for the larger scale).

Instrument of Persuasion: “Unreasonable Reasons” by Natalie Moss (2013)

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“Unreasonable Reasons” was inspired by a psychology experiment in which the word “because” was shown to have the power to persuade people even when paired with an unreasonable reason, in tandem with the prompt “instrument of persuasion.” The word “because” is displayed behind a glass window in a library, where people tend to trust in words and take them at face value. If the viewer is to see the rest of the piece, it is necessary to walk a long and roundabout path to reach the other side of the glass. Even then, it is difficult to comprehend all of what the words which appear from other angles mean, or even to see some of them in the first place. Most viewers would likely not choose, or even think, to make the trip, and those who did would quite possibly not see the full message. This arrangement is a metaphor for the way such commonplace persuasive words are treated. Many people do not realize their impact, and those who are told (including myself, on occasion) often think on the notion briefly and then proceed to treat words as they always have, rather than putting in the effort to comprehend the full impact of the ability to persuade with unreasonable reasons. The side views, which are most difficult to read, say “but we want a reason” and “to be unreasonable;” the back reads “control,” which was eerily enough the word which resulted from the letters in the side phrases that were not in “because” (with the exception of w, which I eventually transformed into a C/W hybrid). Control fits as a culminative phrase, however, because the piece is about the control words have over how we think, to the extent that we don’t even think about or realize that control.

A thank you to Ben for helping me set up the piece for photos, to Ali for helping me find the pedestal, and to the various people whose names I don’t know who held doors for me while I was transporting this piece.

Simulated Nature: False Earth by Kaitlin Schaer (2013)

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Final Project: Untitled by Rachel Min (2013)

Laser Cutter — rachelhmin @ 2:28 am

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