Pizza Margherita

Hi guys,

I've uploaded a video on ADrive about how to prepare a simple pizza

Cheers

Leonardo

Meeting lunch time on Monday

Hi all

We've decided to meet up on Monday couple of hours prior to the class to discuss our ideas and work we've so far done. It would be great if everyone could make it. See you

Egg recipe

Hi Guys,

I have uploaded my video on to the site that Justas set up.

Cheers,

Neale

meeting postponed

hello guys,

i just got a txt from Filiz telling me the meeting is cancelled...maybe it could be tomorrow or any other week day?

about the idea of videos-food-languages

hello guys!!

here some ideas, perhaps they may be useful...

INITIAL IDEA - To combine different videos of us preparing traditional dishes from different countries. Speaking in our own languages.

Food/language represent the local design/symbol/characteristics of one particular place

Outcome 1 – to mix all the food used in the different dishes and make a mass up (colours) - analogy of how globalization culture destroys/shapes/manipulates/changes local culture - the different ingredients would be the local design and the final mass up would be the globalized design

Outcome 2 - mix the videos of us speaking different languages – at first just using one, then two or three videos and then add on others – to combine all the videos until it is impossible to understand any of them – wall of noise - and then perhaps at the end separate them again until you can understand them – one by one – analogy of how the indigenous/local culture (design) interact with others and how at the end it is important to respect all of them – the dynamics of mixture and understanding each other.

Outcome 3 – focus just in the ingredients (items, names, shapes, colours, real origin) and languages – since many products we think they are traditionally from one place originally they came from somewhere else - i.e. the potato now is widely used in UK but was originally brought from South America, tea is considered to be very British but comes from India, etc - analogy of how what today is considered to be indigenous/local from one particular place may in the future moves to somewhere else.

Outcome 4 – individual videos of us looking at the camera and speaking in our language – speaking to the camera about one particular object (related to food?) that is from our culture/country/zone/tradition/area – probe it wrong or probe that it is share by others cultures – analogy of the weakness of the term indigenous/local in terms of space and time. Depending when and where we say it, it would belongs to many other culture/country/zone/etc

Outcome 5 – show different shapes of vegetables (food in general) with other colours than the original – i.e. a blue carrot – to stress the idea about what really means indigenous/local. With indigenous/local design happens the same than with any other aspect of our lives – it is a combination/mix of many different factors (ideas, objects which comes from somewhere else)

Outcome 6 – prepare one dish which is made out of many different ingredients coming from different places around the world - analogy of cross culture design

File Storage

hi again, I created an account in one file sharing website called ADrive
I'm not sure about Mac users but works fine for me on PC platform.
Login is: siqass AT gmail.com (insert @ instead of AT and remove spaces)
password: S h a k e s p e a r 6 (remove spaces between letters)
After logging in it is quiet straight forward how to upload your videos, but
anyway if anyone encounters some difficulties I'm more than welcome to help.

Cheers
justas

Hi all

I quite like the cooking idea, also another similar cross cultural activity that comes to mind could be dancing, we could do our traditional dancing wearing traditional clothes.

I had an idea that essentially uses a linguistic approach. This would require us to create a bi-lingual atmosphere amongst a group of friends who all manage to maintain a discussion involving common phrases and hand/body gestures. For example, by watching a person's demeanor, a person may still follow the general meaning of a discussion, even when it takes place in a different language to his own.

Cross Cultural

Hi guys

Have you thought about mixing emotions and colors ?

For me these are the most cross cultural things we can find.

Red is red wherever you are in the world

Happiness is happiness wherever you are in the world.

In France we often associate an emotion with a color.

http://everything2.com/title/Colors+of+emotions

I remember that you Neale talked about trafic light, and came to this idea.

I haven't think so much on how we could associate colors and emotions in a presentation, but wanted to share my idea =)

Will

The last supper

Hi Guys,

This is an interesting idea Leonardo.

Perhaps we could create a mini cookbook featuring the recipes as a handout.

We could also combine this idea with the alcohol units idea?

One of us could be the waiter that serves the food.

Cheers,

Neale

The Last Supper

Hi guys,

I had this idea about each one of us making a video on the style of a TV cooking show.

We would prepare a simple traditional dish from our country (maybe speaking in our mother tongue) then, editing or using split screens we could combine/show the videos together, play with sound etc.

It would end with a single video showing all of us around a table eating together sharing our traditional dishes we had prepared. (we could also prepare something simple like cookies to leave behind after the presentation)

I imagine it would create an interesting tension and confusion with a resolution at the end, like a big puzzle where all pieces are put in place.

I think it reflects quite well the way the world goes; it seems that we humans always find the way to fix everything.

I fill a strong sense of universal truth in sharing a meal, it is commonly considered to be a non-threatening sign between peoples.

I have some ideas as follows:

Stamps and Money is cross cultural

Drinking is cross cultural ---- The units of alcohol that is sensible to take is ambiguous. A system could be devised that measures the units on the side of the bottle so people know exactly what they are pouring out ---- The presentation could be a bar scene, with someone at the bar pouring the drinks.

Traffic lights are cross cultural ---- red means stop, green means go

As i see it there are three parts ---- the idea /// the solution or celebration of the idea /// the presentation ---- once we have the idea the rest should fit into place.

Hi Guys, sorry to confuse you but Othello is actually me, Neale

Renzo Piano on Sustainable architecture

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPOLlKT2y24

Fabri Fibra: Italian/English mix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRC216gWlRg

Fabri Fibra is a singer that comes from my area in Italy; he mainly describes a situation of numbness among young (and some older) Italian people and is fighting to wake them up.

He talks about the same situation that pushed me out of Italy years ago; the situation has apparently worsened since I left and I really hope he'll be able to do something to improve it.

On this video, using a really strong language, he compares Italian life stile to the English one.

In a nutshell, he says that in England you have more freedom but you are also more responsible, there's less hypocrisy and less political correctness.

It's interesting how the video shot in Brighton and using a British style is in Italian and probably unknown in England.

Hypocrisy is the basis of civilization

A provocative, point of view on globalization by Slavoj Zizek:

'Hypocrisy is the basis of civilization'

We're living in a unique era in which more than ever people are forced to ask philosophical questions: What is my identity? What is reality? How do I experience it? Where does nature end and nurture begin? Is freedom an illusion? Books that address the so-called big questions are selling well. And even though a lot of them are drivel, I'm an optimist. People seem aware that we must redefine ourselves.

But how? Today everybody can imagine the end of the world, but nobody can imagine a different social order. It's almost as if we're forbidden to think about it. Although we live in an era of allegedly free choices, they are often vain ones — like the choice between Pepsi or Coke. On the level of fundamental social choices, there are none. Just 20 years ago, people could at least think of things being different. I don't believe liberal democracy is necessarily the final word on how society will be organized in the new age. In fact, globalized capitalism — and liberal humanism — can happily cohabit with very different political systems. Look at any American toy store — if the Chinese close down their sweatshops, that's the end of most of those products.

But globalization isn't threatening particular identities; it's generating them. Look at what's happening in Wales, in Scotland and elsewhere: there's a resurgence of particular cultures. Of course, we in Slovenia worry about losing our uniqueness. But we are a narcissistic nation that considers itself full of great poets and thinkers, waiting for the world to appreciate us as a cultural superpower. Those who have more to fear are big nations like France and Germany. One of the benefits of globalization is that these large nations, with arrogant, state-building traditions, will be reduced to the status of us Slovenes and other smaller animals in the European stall.

The real problem isn't how globalization balances with specifics, but its need to be balanced with even more universalism. Perhaps it was Bill Gates who pointed out that 60% or 70% of the global population has never made a phone call. Globalization itself generates new exclusions. What's on the horizon is a limit even stronger than the old class division. In Russia the difference between the globalized nouveau riche élite and the lethargic masses is so distinct it has become almost biological. Global capital, this mythical entity, isn't interested in true globalization in the sense that everyone should be included. It's not one big happy village; it's the ins and the outs.

If I were to imagine the ideal religion for global capitalism, it would be what I ironically call Western Buddhism. Its basic lesson is that you shouldn't get totally involved in social reality, that you should learn to withdraw into an inner peace. Don't even try to grasp what is going on, just resign yourself. This is an empty spirituality in the sense that it doesn't call on you to change anything. The most decadent Hollywood star can have this religion as a pure fetish.

The whole idea of self-realization — be yourself — is another enemy. I'm sorry, but hypocrisy is the basis of civilization. Rituals and appearances do matter. If you drop the appearances and go to the thing itself, it's sometimes pretty horrible.



http://www.time.com/time/europe/specials/ff/trip5/zizek.html

cUlTURE SHiFT: An inDiGEnOUS FUTURE FOR DESiGn

Ahoi fellas. Good to see you all here. Soon we'll be able to give our blog Indigence status.

Leo please don't hide in the comments, from now whoever has some ideas please feel free

to write new posts as I granted administrators permission to everyone.

Now back on track, it seems Indigenousnetwork is some sort of monopoly as a source of

information regarding this topic. So far what I could find that one of main aims of Indigo is to draw

cultural link in between indigenous nations. Perhaps it would be a good starting point for our team

to think of representing Norway, Italy, Uk, Lithuania as very different and same time similar

countries and link them together using indigenous design.

I done some readings here:

http://www.dexigner.com/news/14702

and here:
http://www.stateofdesign.com.au/Festival/Search/transforming-the-yarra

Here's is image of me and my younger brother about 23 years ago when Lithuania
was still part of Soviet Union. It's Christmas but shops were not overloaded with
goods and consumers had way less of what West Europe had.

Guys please feel free to comment as I may be waisting
our precious time and it may be off topic.

Good weekend to everyone.

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