Category: Unit 1

  • Challenging Productivity

    Challenging Productivity

    Reflection I’ve always wanted my practice to center on human experiences and humanizing our existence in the world. This project helped me develop that focus. Early group discussions and learning about Crip Time highlighted how challenging it is for disabled people to keep up with everyday life. We chose to explore corporate culture—specifically, the rigid…

  • A Journey in Blue

    DRAFT 1 From desktop research, I already knew that different exposure time yields different results in cyanotype. However, by doing it on my own I realize that the difference in exposure time must be quite extreme to find different results. Not to mention, I was using an LED UV box usually used to make screens…

  • Jo March’s Monologue

    Still on the topic of 1) Women and 2) History, I chose Jo March’s Monologue in the 2019 movie Little Women (directed by Great Gerwig). At this point in the course, I think there is a recurring theme of history and feminism in my works, although I never intended it to be that way. Strangely,…

  • Various Styles of The Poor Image

  • An Alternative to Success

    To read the entire essay and view the graph, click here. Note that you must use your UAL account to view this document.

  • the great expectations on women

    the great expectations on women

    It is always fascinating to see how women are portrayed in different cultures and media because most of the time we could see the idea of a perfect woman in the society that published the said media. Mainstream media has been something that women exist in a sort of two-dimensional nature, perpetuating the notion of…

  • Reflection after investigation

    Reflection after investigation

    To read the full version of my written response, go here. Note that you’ll need to use your UAL account to view the file. The following are my further thoughts that couldn’t fit into my written response, would be nice to read before reading the file linked above but it is not necessary to engage…

  • putting a face on old stories

    putting a face on old stories

    In a recent post, I have talked deeply about my findings in St. Pancras Garden. Admittedly, at first, I was confused as to what to do with it, since it isn’t a very dynamic site. It felt like I was just sketching and reading, not much I could do with an object that just stood…

  • on tombs and death

    on tombs and death

    I stumbled upon this garden while looking for a place to sit and eat with my friend. Upon seeing greenery on the map, we set off to find this place, St. Pancras Garden, thinking we could have a picnic there. On arrival, we were stunned to see the tombs littered around the area. We do…