Wiki Page

Hey Guys,
I made a page for us on the Davis Wiki. So check it out and feel free to add and edit it, after all we are all about collaboration!

*sigh* =)

man, good work guys. The vibe of this group really shone through at last night's reception. I got a lot of positive feedback, and a lot of questions of when our next show is going to be!

What should we do for Friday's closing reception? Any ideas for live pieces? What bout this dance party? If so, we gotta start publicizing!

My room...midnight

Thanks to everyone who came and helped!

Chain React So Far

Here are the two parts of the piece as of now, thank you to Japheth and Justin for putting in their work. So now there are plenty of new spots to start from, if you want a spot, claim it on the comments for this post so we have a record of it. Download the two new posters below. If you want to start from one of the original 2 just scroll down from this post and download poster 1 and poster 2.

Japheth's Poster
Justin's Poster

Project Pick-Up

Hey guys,
I know several of you have expressed interest in the use of my truck to get your projects to the show. If you are interested, and since I don't have everyone's phone numbers, send me an e-mail at tiperkins@ucdavis.edu so we can arrange to get your projects to campus.
-Tracy

P.S. I have lots of tools for installing (including a power drill and hack-saw) so if you might be interested in using those this weekend shoot me an e-mail.

Chain React Call In

Those of you who have claimed spots and have been working on posters for Chain React, please make sure you get them to me by the end of today! I will be working on assembling them for the critique on thursday. NOTE: I WILL BE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SATURDAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A POSTER BUT DONT KNOW WHERE TO START PLEASE TALK TO ME ABOUT IT.

Uncanny

Hey all! So the week following the Co/Lab show, on May 31 there will be the interdisciplinary art show, Uncanny! If anyone's interested, everyone is more than welcome to display any posters, pieces, etc. from this show or from anything really. Just let me know in advance and I'll get a co/Lab specific space set for the night. =)

More info on Uncanny:
http://design.ucdavis.edu/transfer/uncanny
http://ucdavis.facebook.com/event.php?eid=2399690855
http://daviswiki.org/UNCANNY:_Art_at_the_Cannery

Chain React - Another Starting Point

Here is a second poster for the chain react project. Japheth called the top slot already. Update: the size for the poster does not have to be 8.5 x 14, as long as you can connect to the poster next to yours in a way that makes sense.

Second Poster

First Chain React Poster

Poster 1

Alternative design for the bizcard/clothing tag

So here goes a different approach for the clothing tags. i really wanted to make use of the fact that the clothing tags can be double-sided since we can't really incorporate that idea to posters. hahaha i just imagined us sitting around punching holes in the clothing tags, putting strings thru and attaching them to t-shirts....man we'd be like a sweatshop!

*PS: I've replaced the old file to this one that is updated w/ the whole arm thing!

collabshirt

collabshirt
Originally uploaded by Saphirra.

I don't know if this is at all timely anymore, but yes, I did draw argyle.

If anyone has any parts of projects that need sewing or illustration, let me know; I'm happy to help. I'll be bringing my machine up with me to Davis this weekend to do some dresses.

I also have a crapload of crayons if there are still moulded spray cans to be made. I couldn't make it last weekend, I had to work late (late as in until 5am).

-Jen

Chain React: A Poster Project

Here's an idea that will allow everyone to make a poster how they want and collaborate with others at the same time. Have you ever done that creative writing exercise where one person writes the beginning of a story, then passes it on for the next person to write the next part, and so on? We'll this is really a visual version of that. I have created a poster, which you might call the beginning of the story, and I am looking for folks to collaborate by adding the next pieces of the story. They will assemble together like I have illustrated in the image above. However there is no limit to how large this piece can be and it can expand in any direction. The end result will be a large amorphous collection of posters, connected to each other at the border by whatever visual element, but each individual poster will be your own unique creation. Feel free to change the "story" as radically as you wish, there are no constraints except for the following few guidelines.

Here's how this works:
1) look at where the art of the adjacent poster has extended off the page (where the story "left off", right?)
2) design your poster
3) extend a part of it off the page in some way to make the next person able to transition from your art to their own.
4) repeat until we have a big 'ol collection of posters which are indiviually cool, but all still connected visually.

The size we are workin' with here is standard Legal size: 8.5 x 14. I'm open minded to other ideas about format, just let me know. I figure its sort of a cool oblong shape that will look really interesting when its all put together. Plus its small enough so that you can design something quickly and easily.

Now you might ask, how will this be organized? How do I know what side of the poster to start from, and will I be doing work that someone else is doing? That will be regulated by me like this:
I will make a post on this blog displaying the current status of the piece, assembled correctly, and then anyone interested will leave a comment on the post calling where they wish to start from, on a first come first serve basis. This way we have a written, online record of who said they were doing what. Since we only have a few weeks until the show starts, please only call your shot if you can finish the piece in a timely fashion (2-3 days or less).

This can really be a fun and exciting piece, and the more people that participate the bigger, and better it will be. Consider this to be post #1 of the project, starting with my poster. I have designed it so that there are 3 sides to connect your work to: the left, top and right. I am excited to see the stuff you all come up with.

First Poster