Thought Project Interpretation

As a group we chose to analyze the thought project because it has served as the creative springboard for our own. Through the thought project's simplistic design, Hogsberg exemplifies the vastness of the human mind captured in a single fleeting moment, made permanent through this collection of strangers. The two things that unite these people are the question they were asked, and the city they were asked in, even in just one city or town, you have an immense multitude of people who have their own story, and Hogsberg allows us a glimpse of that story. Looking at each Person in the thought project is like looking into the first story window of a skyscraper, You're privy to such a small aspect of something so vast, yet you're left with the feeling that you now understand that person.

Simon Hogsberg

Simon Hogsberg

We loved this concept of two images side by side that Simon used in his piece, "Faces of New York".   It is a beautiful comparison of detail, with the first image, and the length of the second picture.  We could see our project following a similar pattern, with say the people of Cortland...Even the positive and negative space that is happening with the photos of Joan Darrow, with the fence and ceiling breaking up the dark spaces.  Each person in each photo has a very interesting perspective of their own face, which also adds much more to the piece. The other piece that we decided to interpret was the interface of The Thought Project. We loved the idea of the interactive interface, but we could take our own spin on it instead using entire faces for the interface.  Dance Dance Dance's concept was the work that seemed the best choice for what we wanted to work with though.  The concept of a finding life in such a small town was just the way to go when thinking about Cortland.  The students are what bring this town to life so we will work on capturing reactions to the students.  Between these pieces, we have decided our group can work off of these concepts and make our own concept out of.

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