PP2 Documentation

Entering Pressure Project 2, I definitely felt much more confident. I decided for myself that my work would have merit because I was fulfilling the parameters of the project even if it felt as if it were too simple or I hadn’t spent enough time working on it. Sometimes, open-endedness can leave you feeling that you’re not doing enough because you don’t have an extremely clear and concise image of what the final outcome should be. I really worked actively to resist my desire to know if I was “doing it right,” and present something of which I was really proud of, regardless of what expectations I imagined Alex may have had. In the end, watching and engaging with everyone’s projects was really exciting. I loved the way that the diversity and breadth of our work explores questions about how we define culture, individually and societally, with input from each of our different identities, perspectives, and lived experiences.

As for my specific cultural story, I wanted to honor my late Grandma and the spirit of her hats that she left behind. I grew up understanding and admiring hats as a societal marker for Southern Black women. I crafted an original text score that I recorded to accompany some images that reflected aspects of my relationship with the story I am telling. I initially attempted to use Isadora for this project, but as part of my work included visual elements, I realized that I did not know how to make the program projects different images to one stage without layering them one over the other. With that being the case, I turned to Final Cut Pro X to put together the video linked below. (Link expires May 20, 2020)

https://osu.box.com/s/19h57e55oy83e9tn0a1v10y92zzka4n4