Writing Projects




Project A Art in the Park (25%)

This is an exercise on integrating text and space. Students are encouraged to do research on Hong Kong Park and use 1 to 50 words to interact with the environment. It can be
- a poem;
- a story;
- a description;
- a conversation;
- words play.
The text should be written in Chinese and English. If your text cannot be translated, you can write in either language.

Submission Format:

For TEXT:

Simple text with no requirement
- type in word file or notepad (.doc/.text)

Text with specific fonts
– please provide the font file also
– please also specify all requirements (if any)

For GRAPHICS:

– better create vector graphics in Adobe Illustrator
– use CMYK color
– provide both AI file (.ai, make outline) and a .JPG for preview (as reference)
– you can use Photoshop, please provide the root file (.PSD) and a .JPG for preview (as reference)
– if you don't know the softwares, simply draw your work and submit a .jpg picture.


The file should include:
- a text file of
1. your writing (Chinese & English)
2. your name (Chinese & English)
3. the area that you choose (if the area is very specific, please also attach a photo of the space.)
- graphics (if any)
- drawing (if any)
**NOTICE: The max size for all files ADD TOGETHER is 10 MB, if you need more quota, please let me know IN ADVANCE

Additional requirements:
- Explain your research process and your final work; attach it with your work when you submit the hardcopy.
- Prepare for a short presentation when you present your work in class.

Due:
Oct. 6 (Tue) or Oct 9 (Fri), 2009 present in class

**For Oct. 6 (Tue) Class
5pm sharp/ Oct. 9, 2009 (Fri) submit the file to ACS and a hard copy to the "SM1012- YJ " locker outside General Office.

**For Oct. 9 (Fri) Class
5pm sharp/ Oct. 11, 2009 (Sun) submit the file to ACS, AND
5pm sharp/ Oct. 12, 2009 (Mon) a hard copy to the "SM1012- YJ " locker outside General Office.


Reference:
Hong Kong Park
Art in the Park
ACS Users Guide For Students


Project B Self Portrait (25%)

This is an exercise on integration.
You’re invited to use everything we’ve done in class and in your research to create a self-portrait. A common research element is to re-visit the day on which you were born using the microfilm newspaper materials in the library.

The project you submit should include three parts:
 (1) the Raw Material you have used, including newspaper clippings, photos and other visual material that have inspired you, mind-maps used in the brainstorming stage, your own automatic writing etc.
(2) The work itself: either pure writing or an integration of written and visual material.
(3) Title and a short paragraph (no more than three line) to qualify your creative intentions. Imagine your work is shown in an exhibition; or it’s an essay included in an anthology. This short paragraph would appear in a display card attached to your work, or it would be a smart blurb to invite your viewers/readers. How much should you disclose? What should be said and what should be withheld?

Due:
5pm sharp/ Nov. 6, 2009 (Fri), submit the file to ACS and a hard copy to "SM1012-YJ" locker outside General Office


Project C “My City” (25%)

This is an exercise of integration. You’re expected to create a piece, based on the city of Hong Kong, that draws upon various modes of city-writing we have covered in this semester: the material city, the city for the eyes, the allegorical city, the imaginary city, the visionary city and cities of alien spaces. Please feel free to mobilize all kinds of resources available to you. Play with styles and writing principles. Choose a form and genre that best facilitate your expression. Visual/audio elements are welcome but quality writing is basic. Be daring. Demonstrate the transformation you have experienced in this semester. But remember: don’t let your work be marred by technical problems that hinder your readers from enjoying it. Accuracy of language, rigorous editing, clean structure and focus are essential.

Due:
Tue Group: 5pm sharp/ Dec. 11, 2009 (Fri.), submit the file to ACS and a hard copy to "SM1012- YJ " locker outside GO

Fri Group: 5pm sharp/Dec. 14, 2009 (Mon.), submit the file to ACS and a hard copy to "SM1012- YJ " locker outside GO

 

Log Book (15%)

Keep a logbook (journal) in which you will record your personal account of each class meeting, collect regular automatic writings, class notes, in-class writing exercises, and short take-home assignments.

You are also encouraged to use the logbook to freely collect people, places and objects that interest you across the semester. Each of such entry should contain a mixture of words, text, visual material (e.g. sketch, photographs), collectibles, statistical information and so on – whatever you consider revealing details of the subject. Be flexible with the (written) text and feel free to adapt any writing forms and styles we’ve discussed in class, or of your own creation.

Design the rules yourself and write 3 automatic writings every week. Please indicate them by writing down ST (self training) at the beginning of the writing.

Include a 1-page reflection on your automatic writings on the last page of your logbook.

Due:
Tue Group: 5pm sharp/ Dec. 16, 2009 (Wed.), submit your log book to "SM1012- YJ " locker outside GO

Fri Group: 5pm sharp/ Dec. 18, 2009 (Fri.), submit your log book to "SM1012- YJ " locker outside GO

 

Project X Writing on Writing

This is an exercise on collage , reflexivity and integration. You may not like the writings (compositions and essays) you did in the past. But from a creative point of view, everything is a piece of raw material with unlimited potentials, depending on whether you’re able to see the unfamiliar in the familiar. Or if you’re too proud of your writings in the past, take a second look. You’ve grown and your view and expectation may have also changed. Based on the principle of collage: show us something that you have realized in the past, give us your own interpretation of what you did in the past. You may want to show us a history of yourself, or use your former writings to form a critique of culture, society or yourself, or … ….

Polish, improve and expand what you have done in Phoebe's workshop... This assignment expects you to learn to develop and edit a work and on methods of integration.

For preparation, please refer to #9, 12, 14 below under "Journals on Class Discussion."