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GIVE ME AN ASSIGNMENT #01 / CEREMONY

18-12-2014

Hello you. Do you remember GIVE ME AN ASSIGNMENT, an ongoing personal project I’ve made up for myself (and for you to join)? Well, if you don’t remember, here’s the project introduction to refresh your memory : )

I received my first assignment from Richard Niessen a few months ago. The assignment was to create a ceremony for a person who is really important to me. The project took me way longer than what I’ve anticipated. Way too long. But I had my reasons, and for that, I buried it for a long while until I dug it back up a few days ago to finally finish it.

And here it is, a ceremony for my dad to celebrate his “detachment” to worldly things. I’ve document the ceremony in a stop motion film.

Here’s the link to the work in progress I’ve posted before.

You are welcome to join the project and invent a ceremony for someone very special. For whom would you make a ceremony? Make sure to share with me after please : )

Now I have to search for another inspiring person to give me the second assignment! I’ll let you know as soon as I receive my second assignment ; )

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GIVE ME AN ASSIGNMENT #01 / WORK IN PROGRESS

18-09-2014

GMAA, What I Make

I would like to share my work-in-progress of the first “GIVE ME AN ASSIGNMENT” project. If you don’t know what “GIVE ME AN ASSIGNMENT” project is, it is an ongoing personal project I’ve made up, and you can read more about it here.

So the first assignment was given by Richard Niessen, who assigned me to create a ceremony for a person who is very important to me and also greatly influenced me. So I’ve decided to create a ceremony for my dad. To be specific, I wanted to celebrate his ability to detach, one of his many characteristics I look up to and would like to take on one day.

More I thought of this invented ceremony, it felt like a calm meditative event. So I collected stones, painted them and balanced them into several sculptures. And I documented this ceremony in a stop motion film.

Now I’m editing the stop motion film which I hope would be done very soon. Looking forward to share with you soon!

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STONE HUNTING

02-07-2014

Diary

I’m starting a new project called “Give Me An Assignment.” It will be an ongoing project, which I will ask people I’m fond of (because of what they do or because of who they are) to give me short and sweet projects to realize. I will tell you more about it in the near future : ) The first project of “Give Me An Assignment” series involves stones. Ever since I had this idea lingering in my head, I looked for stones whenever I’m outside. It turns out, it is not so easy to find stone in the city. I just never realized that until I needed to find some.

So I went to a near by forest for some stone hunting session. Of course I got distracted along the way : )

There were many groups of old men playing pétanque. This is everyone’s favorite game during the summer in France. Even though I am no good at throwing these iron balls, I love it.

Obviously, these guys were pros.

Once I got into the forest, there were so many little paths I would’ve liked to explore. But this forest has a reputation of being a little dangerous, so I didn’t feel like taking small paths.

Something that distracts me very easily are the leaves. The formation and repeating patterns within the leaf structure is fascinating. Seriously, I can just stare and look for the repeating pattern within the pattern within the pattern within the pattern… I especially liked this one above.

Once I got out of the forest, I saw this giant mirror on the street. If I had a car instead of a bike, I would’ve totally brought this one back home with me. By the way, I wore the unfitting clothes for the weather once again, which I do quite often. I don’t know why I wore all those clothes plus the cardigan when it was summer hot!

So here are the rocks I’ve collected!! Their true color and shine came out once I’ve washed and dried them. The textures and colors within each stone are amazing to look at.