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A Memorial to Our Roots - A Collection of Memory

For the second activity of Lesson 7, it was surprisingly another group activity. This time we were supposed to curate another collection...

Jordan Chang

Oct 21, 20202 min read

Ellasal Artifacts - A Collection of Essentials

For lesson/week 7, the lecture topic was about collecting and collections. The first activity was a group activity and it reads as...

Jordan Chang

Oct 21, 20202 min read

The Secret Pond Garden of Singapore's Botanic Gardens: Symbolisms of the landscape

For the second activity of lesson/week 6, the activity has two parts. The first is to identify personally with one of the archetypal...

Jordan Chang

Oct 14, 20204 min read

Island - An Archetypal Landscape

Hello again, this blog post is... yes you guessed it, activity 1 of lesson/ week 6 Hooray! <Insert Sarcastic laughter here> All jokes...

Jordan Chang

Oct 14, 20206 min read

A Bottle of Sand: A Trip to the Pyramids

As misleading as the title is, no, I have never gone to the pyramids, let alone Egypt. This post is regarding the first activity of...

Jordan Chang

Oct 7, 20202 min read

The Beauty of Overlooked Scenery: Hilla and Bernd Becher's Photography

For the second activity of the fifth lesson of the History of Narrative, I am supposed to find an artist whose work can be considered as...

Jordan Chang

Oct 7, 20203 min read

A Haphazard Group Narrative: Three Friends and the Other Guy

History of Narrative Lesson 4 Group Activity These were the set of instructions for this group activity: -Make a series of 5 backgrounds...

Jordan Chang

Sep 30, 20205 min read

Constructing a Narrative within an Exhibit: Tremble Tremble Case Study

Activity: "Think of an artwork that involves a constructed narrative (i.e. fiction). What strategies does the artist use to make you the...

Jordan Chang

Sep 30, 20203 min read

An Analysis of "The Raft of the Medusa" by Theodore Gericault

For one of the activities that was part of the History of Narrative 3rd Lesson, we were supposed to find one artist whose works deal with...

Jordan Chang

Sep 23, 20203 min read

My Thoughts about Regarding the Pain of Others Chapters 1-3

The title clearly does not leave much to the imagination: here I will write down my thoughts on this book by Susan Sontag as part of...

Jordan Chang

Sep 23, 20202 min read

Exaggeration of Physical Traits

The first activity for the second lesson was a pretty simple one. I admit I'm not great at coming up with things on the spot so...

Jordan Chang

Sep 17, 20201 min read

A Symbolic Autobiography

This post is about the second activity of the second lesson. The activity is: Create symbols that relate to significant people/events of...

Jordan Chang

Sep 17, 20201 min read

Matthew Barney's Cremaster Cycle and how it overturns the tropes of Fairy Tales

This reflection and writing relates to the second activity for the first lesson of the "History of Narratives" module. It goes as...

Jordan Chang

Sep 9, 20202 min read

5 Problems in the World and 5 Magical Everyday Solutions

For my first ever lecture in History of Narratives, we were given an assignment to do. It goes as follows: "List 5 pressing social or...

Jordan Chang

Sep 8, 20202 min read

Why this Blog?

As part of my BA(Hons) Degree in Fine Arts course in LASALLE College of the Arts, I am required to write a blog detailing what I have...

Jordan Chang

Sep 8, 20201 min read