This week we visit the Cooper Hewitt Museum. This is the only museum in the nation devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. We came also to learn about how collecting data could be very useful in terms of creation. Thanks to … Continue reading Self-portraits workshop at Cooper Hewitt Museum→
This week participants produced their first short super 8mm film. They spent half-day filming their own projects and the other half helping out their classmates on their films. It was a team work. It was a beautiful day. Some participants … Continue reading SUPER 8MM. FILM SHOOT DAY. WEEK 5→
Students with artist and educator Sol Aramendi, visited Local Project in Long Island City and learned more about Social Practices. During this class, 5 artists presented their social art work based in NYC, and after that, the students had the … Continue reading Social Practice 101. Week 3→
This week participants worked with the film camera, getting comfortable with the focus, auto and manual exposure and other controls. They worked also on their storyboards and ideas. They walked around the park looking for locations and possible frame shots. Participants … Continue reading Super 8mm Film Workshop. Week 4→
We started off the class with a group exercise in the park this morning, It’s an activity that I borrowed from Jose Duarte‘s data viz workshops. I asked the students to draw a a few large circles (ie, bubbles) with … Continue reading SELF PORTRAIT SERIES; WEEK 2→
This week we visited the Museum of Moving Image to have a glimpse of what is behind the screen. Actually, Behind the screen, is the title of the exhibition that Chloe walked us in. We got to know more about the history of … Continue reading Super 8mm Film Workshop. Week 3→
Self-portrait Series: A contemporary self portrait workshop focus on the individuals and local community of Queens Museum. Instructor: Molmol Kuo molmol@molmolk.com twitter: @openMolmol_MPS website: molmolk.com yesyesno.com * Week 1 | 7/ 26 @QM We began with a journey to discover … Continue reading Self Portrait Series; Week 1→
During the second class of this workshop, the students with artist and educator Sol Aramendi had the possibility to learn more about artist Tattfoo and his work in his studio located in Staten Island. It was a wonderful and very … Continue reading Social Practice 101. Week 2→
In this first session, artist Sol Aramendi showed to the class ways on how the artist and the community can participate collaboratively in art/ social projects at the Immigrant Movement International.
In this session participants were introduced to the super 8mm film cameras. We spent time outside learning how to operate them, learning to focus and control the exposure. Chloe also showed how to load the film cartridge. Back in the … Continue reading Super 8mm Film Workshop. Week 2→
Arts and Education Space for Immigrant New Yorkers