Exhibition

By the time of the exhibition, I had converted my illustrations into an animation with certain elements of each illustration in motion. I also gave each moving image asound piece that was in sync . I got to experiment quite a lot with the mode of narration and I found that adding dynamics and sound give a lot more strength to storytelling. my project went through a lot of change based on the feedback and my attempt to make it better.

My final exhibit consisted of a 63" by 69" projection of the underwater, which could be played around with, and an animation about memories my father and I share and about the cherished time we spend fishing.

Another video incorporated the reflection of a girl looking into the water and finding a similar underwater scene as the one the viewers create while interacting with the medium.

The second part to my exhibit was the installation where viewers made personalized kites of a memory and contributed it to the memory scape where everyones kites were hung against a glass wall looking upon the sky.

Object and reflection.

The next step to this assignment was to add an object and a reflection to support your narration. I chose the 'kite' as my object as it was a common part of our childhood, and also in the illustrations telling of it. I decided to make an installation with my chosen object rather than display it.

I thought of making a memory sca

pe with kites. I designed an interactive installation where the viewers would come and make their own kites with the help of simple manuals and ready-to -use material availed to them. The viewers would think of a memory

and personalize their kites accordingly before letting it hang along with all the many such memory kites. Together, they would make a memory scape of memories afloat.

For the physical reflection, I decided to show the girl in my narratives looking into water and her reflection. the medium i chose was the OHB projector, which would project water itself on my exhibit wall. I experimented a fair amount with this medium built on my idea by even showing what the girl looks at underwater. I made detailed cut outs of fish and let them float in the water, and at the same time let colored inks diffuse in the water giving interesting effects. The viewers would be provided with inks, straws and sticks to blow bubbles, move the fish and create waterlike effects. This experience of playing with the excitin

g mediums, would bring them close to my first experience with fish and water. The newness that i felt then, would hopefully be felt by the viewers now.

Shared memories.

The first assignment we had, was to tell of a memory through sound and image.

I chose to work on the rare time my father and I get to spend while fishing and kite flying, as it is the most special time we get with each other. I went back to my father's first experience with fishing to bring out his keen interest for it.

For the images, I made illustrations to narrate his story. Later i added soundscapes as to bring the illustrations to life.

Larter, I added to it my first experience with fishing. I remember being scared and getting rid of his catch in order to let the fish live. In the following years I remember putting in effort to try and like fishing, as it was the only way to spend the long sunday afternoons with him.

Finally, i added an illustration 0f us fishing in today's time to conclude the narrative. i liked how his past, my past and our present all came together through this narrative. thats really what i wanted to bring out- we share our pasts through our present.