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FOOD EVENT The final event was a great chance for all of the studio’s works to come together. It was really interesting to see how the other class had tackled their themes and how their own projects interacted with each other. 
I noticed that the vibe of each individual work changed once they were all showcased in larger groups, under the same space. My video became more amusing in the context of the others, as mine focused more on humour and the audio personality than visual nostalgia. This range in videos complemented each others and I felt it really strengthened our work overall.
 It was also really nice to see the 100 Questions book all done and ready to purchase! Having a physical collaborative piece to take home from the year’s work will be a highlight of the course this year!

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@siegerjshauna at the Food event with her classes interactive piece. 

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Reflection on video

Tacit taste was a really interesting way to explore how food can communicate more than it’s original purpose of nourishment. It felt like it naturally tied together the ideas we were discussing in the weekly lectures with our own practise- giving a chance to find where and how we sit in the world of (more conceptual based) design. 


Using a video as the medium, proved to be an interesting challenge. I found that I naturally kept wanting to make my video into a “how to make a Newnes Salad” video rather than focusing on what made it a Newnes Salad. This problem got easier as I began to work closer with the audio. If I were to re-do this video I would overcome this challenge by making sure to get my hands on the final audio a lot earlier in the production process, as then I could’ve refined my visual footage as I go, and would’ve had more time to make refinements and re-film if needed. 

With this particular project I found it hard to tell when something need to be fixed or when it was complete. I found that sharing the video with others helped me overcome this as I could get an insight into how others viewed it, and it also forced me to see it through unbiased eyes.

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Some screen-grabs from my video and (an extended) explanation:  The Newnes Salad is so well loved because of what it represents more than how it is actually made. It's dependent on the environment and company it's consumed in. This is why it's always referred to as "The Newnes Salad" (or sometimes referred to as "The Ebersoll Salad"- the last name of the family who make it). Newnes is an ex mining town, abandoned and now turned into a series of small cabins which can be rented for holidays- as well as a camping area, all surrounded by national park; 4 hours out of Sydney, 1 hour from civilisation, at the very end of a windy bumpy (and frankly quite dangerous) dirt road.

I first went to Newnes at the age of 6, and with that- ate my first Newnes Salad at 6. Despite Newnes being so far from any shops, and despite the fact that we would always run out of the basics after a few weeks at Newnes, this salad would always be presented at dinner- almost as if it we couldn't have dinner without it. We would sit in front of the fire, in an old bar which has now been turned into a dusty kiosk, on very wobbly benches filled with cobwebs in curious corners. Maira's excitement over the salad would make you surprisingly eager to eat it and after finishing the salad you would feel very fresh- despite not having showered for a few days.

Until the making of this assignment I was never told the recipe for The Newnes Salad, even after many years of asking. Now, with the Food exhibition as the perfect excuse, you're able to not only find out the ingredients but watch it being recreated in the suburbs of Melbourne.

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So good! Reminds me a bit of Rebecca Rütten’s Contemporary Pieces, that we were discussing in class earlier in the semester. 

WIP of my final project- these are the edited photos that are to be included in my short recipe book ‘A guide to student eating’

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I love the chaotic build up at the end where the mulled wine spills! I’m curious to see the rest of it now!

Week 10 | Studio 

Editing my Gluhwein tacit taste video. This sequence is going to be at the end of the film. 

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I love the shots I’ve seen from this series! Excited to see them all in the full collection!

Bede’s mouth full of Goji berries as taste buds. Possibly my favourite image of this entire year. 

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Playing around with colour coding on photoshop and then exporting to Premiere Pro to edit on. While Photoshop’s colour coding is a lot more precise + can produce better results, I think it will take too long to colour code each shot on photoshop and then export- so I think I’ll just do a more general RGB correction colouring on Premiere instead. That way it’ll also be easier to make sure each shot stays looking similar to the others.  I also played around with scaling + changing the speeds as I might put things slightly fast forwarded or slowed down, to make the video fit with the footage.  I call this practise clip “Plant’s Have Feelings Too”.

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Bioplastic Fantastic by Johanna Schmeer investigates new types of products and interactions which might emerge from these material innovations in the fields of bio- and nanotechnology. It speculates about the future design and use of domestic products made from enzyme-enhanced bioplastics. The concept is based on a recent scientific breakthrough in the synthesis of functioning “biological” cells made from polymers and enzymes.

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Marti Guixe Seeded lollipop- designing food to have more purpose than just being consumed for enjoyment/survival, and creating it upon reflection in the context of our world and our future.    

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RECORDING THE AUDIO I knew the audio would be a big component of my video so I took a few steps to getting the right audio. It started with brainstorming of the style of audio I wanted (which is seen in my storyboarding), and then phoning Marianna (the daughter of The Salad Creator) to get the recipe and a structure for the audio. Out of this I created a rough script, which I showed to my dad who was going to pose as Thomas. I also showed him my moodboard/ gave him my presentation, and told him to not stick 100% to the script- rather, get into the character (he knows Thomas and are actually quite similar people). I initially wanted to have Thomas himself in the audio but as he lives in Newnes- i.e. the middle of the bush, and has a very old phone, I didn't quite trust the audio quality it would have. And as my dad was in Melbourne the week I was recording I decided to record it in person, which I feel went quite well. 

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Part 2 of making the 100 Questions book cover.

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Making the cover for the “100 questions” book, in last weeks lecture. Emulating the first workshop in Semester 1, we all took out things in our pockets and formed a “?” and find things to frame it. Here are some pictures I took of the process. 

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Storyboarding...

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I came across this 20 minute video of David Lynch cooking Quinoa- it reminded me of the film, Food, (1972) that we watched earlier in the semester. 

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Ryohei Yoshiyuki - Bread Palette 

TRANSFORMERS

In this week’s lecture we talked about the transformative aspects that food has undergone in the most recent years. Food went from being something that was prepared by hand in the kitchen to something that was designed and bought in a store. This then pushed designers to consider food as a medium for design, and the concept of food designs, being owned, was born. Many designers pushed to once again re-spark a relationship between food and the consumer- but this time as a result of the design (and user experience) rather than the construction of the food itself. This idea of playful food design aims to re create a relationship between the food and the consumer, one that was lost in the shift of food production in the new age. Mixing objects and food in our mind also brings us to question where the definitive line ends and starts.