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Name: Joel Gethin Lewis
City&Country: London, UK
Occupation: Interaction Designer
Company: United Visual Artists
URL: www.uva.co.uk / www.joelgethinlewis.com
What make your desk special?: It has a red flashing light.
Masculinity and femininity can be considered as the primary elements that formed the world. Most philosophies have the idea of masculinity and femininity to explain the phenomena around the world. For example, in Taoism, the world is built based on the interaction between Yin (femininity) and Yang (masculinity). The balance of masculinity and femininity results in the harmony of the nature. As a subject of understanding the world through visual experience, there is no doubt that photography should involve in the interpretation of masculinity and femininity.
The understanding and presentation of masculinity and femininity varies from people to people. For example, some photographer prefers to show the notion of masculinity and femininity through presenting gender roles, such as Cindy Sherman. Others, such as Raymond Gehman, might prefer to add more interpretation on the idea of masculinity and femininity which is not limited on gender. I, personally, do not limit the understanding of masculinity and femininity just on gender. There are more interpretations of these concepts beyond gender basics. Masculinity conveys feelings of strength and calmness. Femininity conveys feelings of warmness and beauty. Color plays an important role in classifying masculinity and femininity as far as I am concerned. Warm temperature colors always have more feminine elements to the photographs than the cool temperature colors. Although the objects themselves can speak about characteristics of masculinity and femininity to the audience, the color choices of the photos also add more to the picture. For example, over the ten photos I shot for masculinity and femininity, there are conventional objects for the topic such as the nail polish and cigarettes. The make-ups and cigarettes are traditional representation of different genders. It is easy for audience to identify the characteristics of masculinity and femininity within the photos. However, there are also pictures that I chose to make a difference based on using different colors. For instance, there is one photo I shot about a pair of female shoes; however I decided to use a cool temperature color as the primary color for the photo which adds more coldness to the picture, and I, personally, believe that there is more masculinity going on in the picture.
As the primary elements in the universe, every object is made of the combination of masculinity and femininity. Gender is not the only way to identify these two concepts. By interpreting the emotions and feelings behind these two terms, photographer can give more meanings to their photos and create different ways to view the world.
photo attribution: sean dreilinger durak.org
Todd P. Coleman
Neural Interaction Lab
Todd P. Coleman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Bioengineering at UCSD. His graduate training at MIT was in electrical engineering, while his postdoctoral training at MIT was in neuroscience. Dr. Coleman directs the Neural Interaction Laboratory at UCSD, where his research group builds flexible ?tattoo electronics? for neurological monitoring and brain-computer interfaces applications. Dr. Coleman is a science advisor for the Science & Entertainment Exchange (National Academy of Sciences). His research has been featured in CNN, the New York Times, and Popular Science.
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Interaction denied.
La negazione è l'unica difesa. La testa é lo scrigno della mente, dove è custodita la nostra vera essenza dell'uomo, colma di speranze e paure. Concedere l'ingresso nei nostri pensieri al resto del mondo è il rischio più grande che si può correre, e per quanto ci si possa mettere a nudo, l'ultima stanza della mente verrà aperta solo da noi stessi.
They had a singer, drummer & guitarist. They were playing Skyfall by Adele.
"This is the end
Hold your breath and count to ten
Feel the earth move and then
Hear my heart burst again"
On Thursday 14 September 2017, UCL Urban Laboratory and Folkestone Triennial 2017 launched the EDGE symposium series, exploring the concept of situated practice in contemporary art, architecture and urbanism. The events bring together practitioners and thinkers at three ‘edge’ locations connected by the High Speed 1 railway, which acts a geographical link and embodies ideas associated with community, connectivity and escapism.
In framing these events, we have considered 'edge' as: 'Where an area that is known or privileged meets another that is unknown or ignored; a point of balance between contrary or diverse phenomena; a place of connectivity and interaction.'
'Gateway' was a day of enquiry on Bloomsbury and King's Cross as 'edge' locations through a mix of artist masterclasses and an evening conference. The Gower Street campus of UCL was planned and built on the urban/rural edge of nineteenth-century London, a ‘learning’ gateway through which generations of students have now passed, and one which now runs up against the King’s Cross development, conceived as a mix of ‘knowledge’ and ‘transport’ gateways.
Keynote: Jeremy Deller
Speakers: Marjetica Potrč and OOZE, Aidan Andrew Dun, Matthew Beaumont, Jan Kattein, and Rebecca Ross
Masterclasses: Samson Kambalu, Gary Woodley, Florian Roithmayr, Leah Lovett, and Katy Beinart
The series is organised by the UCL Urban Laboratory and Folkestone Triennial 2017, with additional support from the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL and The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.
#EdgeGateway
Matt takes a break to survey the scene.
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