Showcase

Tomorrow we'll need to figure out what you all want to do for the showcase, so I can submit our proposal to Bertha.

We should have time tomorrow to talk more and decide what you want to do (we're also having a presentation tomorrow, so it's a particularly important day to come). Remember, although we can use some of our class time for the project, you'll have to work together to complete it mostly on your own time. Also, there's a $100 budget, it's due at the beginning of December (the exact date is on your syllabus) and it's 80% of your semester grade.

Here are the ideas we discussed last week:

How-to video for first years: what not to say in class, what not to do on your first day, etcetera. Use of video and humor seemed popular...

Clay model: everyone make a model of one thing you brought to Lang, or one thing that represents your idea of arrival.

Some sort of parody skit or performance (could film this so it wouldn't have to be preformed).

A video retracing the first day at Lang or first day in New York (i.e. follow one person from the airport, one person from the train station, and their subsequent trip to Lang).

A mix CD with songs about arrival.

A giant mixed-media collage.

Everyone make a small work of art on the theme of arrival and install it in the showcase space, creating a kind of miniature gallery.

Interview the characters around Lang.

Photos of new experiences you've had since coming to Lang.

See you all tomorrow.