The Last Line Assignment

For our last assignment, we were expected to get into groups of about 5 people and make all of our words collaborate into either a movie, a visual performance or a theatrical performance.

My group consisted of:     Beth Antes—texture

                                                    Courtney DeNoto—overhead

                                                    Rebeccca Ellis—invisible

                                                    Jacqueline Jacob—memory

                                                    Harriet Smith—detail

We focused on the aspect “The Things On The Line That Go Unnoticed” because all of our words kind of pertain to unnoticed things, or things that aren’t noticed at a first glance.

We filmed a video of us talking on certain parts of the line, took still shots of different parts of the line and recorded our voices talking about different parts of the line as well. All in all we ended up with a great nature documentary like film remembering our memories on the line.

We split the line up into 5 major sections; Alfred State, The Creeks, Main Street, Harder Hall, and The Woods. Harriet took on Alfred State explaining how the tennis courts had been taken over by nature. Jacqueline explained how the creeks reminded her of past childhood memories of playing in the water, looking under rocks and splashing around. Rebecca explained her thoughts on Main Street, wondering what was there before the buildings were. Courtney talked about how the ceiling and lighting fixtures in Harder Hall go unnoticed, and I talked about how there is texture everywheres, it’s impossible to escape texture.

 

The Line: Informational Structure

For my Informational Structure, I picked 4 objects I found along ‘The Line’ and then connected their textures to other objects, whether they could be found on the line or not. I kept connecting textures until the 4 original objects were connected to things completley different.

The Line: Deep Within Texture

Thinking deeper into the idea of texture, I wondered what made texture. Looking up the microscopic images of three of the most found substances on the line, and then posting what the object was, we can see the basic structures that help to form the substance or object and what may make the difference between making it smooth, rough, or a variety of other textures.

A Simple Leaf..

..Microscopic View of a Leaf

Cement..

..Microscopic View of Cement

Wood..

..Microscopic View of Wood

The Line: Walking With A Blurred Vision To Observe Texture Up Close

Another idea of mine actually happened on accident. One day when I was about to go walk the line, I forgot to put my contacts in. Being as blind as I am I could barely see 20 feet ahead of me clearly.

Using this idea , I looked ahead of me and being unclear of the objects texture I had to venture closer to see the real texture. Seeing the changes of how I viewed the objects and their texture was quite interesting.

Because I can’t post pictures of what my eyes were seeing as they looked blindly into the horizon, I had to explain the experience through words.

The Line: Walking Barefoot, Observing Texture..And Weird Looks Along The Way

I thought that a good way to really get a feel for the texture along the line would be to..literally feel it. Instead of just going the ordinary route of touching what you see along the line with your hands, I figured I’d try to feel texture with my feet. Granted I could only reach so high with my feet, I tried the best I could. This is the first of two walks I took trying to obstruct my regular and first point-of-view of the line, and see the line in a whole different way.

Feeling the texture of a tree trunk

Feeling the carpeted entrance of Harder Hall

Feeling the tile

Feeling the deck on Cohen Studio

Feeling the leaves

Feeling the Picnic Table Seats at Alfred State

Feeling the bush outside of Alfred State Dining Hall

Feeling the Cement

Feeling The Board

Feeling the stones

Feeling the gym floor at Alfred State

Feeling the brick pathways at Alfred State

The Line: Texture, Texture, Texture!

The leaves are wrinkly, rumpled and rough

The tree trunk has grooves and is bumpy and rough

The grate has rectangular shapes that pop up from the surface

The pinecone is scaly, sharp and sticky

The ramp has grooves of indents and is grainy

The bush is pokey and uneven

The clay bits are granulated

The rocks as a whole are bumpy and rough, but as individuals they are smooth

The texture on the wall in rough and scratchy

The tire tracks are bumpy, full of leaves and stones

This lamp looks rough but in reality its so smooth

The veins make the leaf rough, but the leaf itself is very smooth

The different textures on this make it like a relief map

The pine boughs are pointy and sharp to touch

This plant is soft and feels like cotton

The chain-link fence is the kind of rough-smooth you can only explain by touching it yourself

These leaves are smooth and feel like they’re coated with wax

The Line: The Perfect Oppurtunity for Photography

The Line: The Class Walk

During class on Tuesday, October 27th, we walked the entire line for the first time. Starting up at Alfred State, and walking down, through Cohen Sudio, Harder Hall, Joel’s House and then up and over the hill on Alfred University’s side. This was a very hard walk, there were many places we had to walk around instead of going through, and very steep and muddy spots as well. Through and through we all made it back to the studio!

The Definition of a Word

tex·ture  (tkschr)

1. The distinctive physical composition or structure of something, especially with respect to the size, shape, and arrangment of its parts

2. The characteristic structure of the interwoven or intertwined threads, strands, or the like, that make up a textile fabric

3. The characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object, etc., by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of its parts

My definition of texture is the feeling of the surface of something that you can physically touch. Everything around us has texture, nature and man-made items. Touching my computer screen is different than touching a tree trunk. Touching my jacket is different than touching a kitchen counter. Everything has texture. Smooth, rough, bumpy, grainy, scratchy, or silky are just a few different textures I can think of off the top of my head.

I plan to use my word “texture” to document “The Line” and everything I see along the line. Because it is such a broad topic, I plan to find things with a variety of texture. Maybe stop and close my eyes and feel around me would be a good way to approach this assignment.

The Line: Finding Lines Within The Line

I thought an interesting way to approach this “line” ordeal would be trying to find lines within “The Line.”

Our group formed a line searching for..”The Line”

The Lines Of Trees

The lines within the concrete wall at Alfred State, and the wall as a whole

The Stairs At Alfred State

The crosswalk

The poles holding the neon creations up on top of Harder Hall are lines within “The Line”

The lines in the middle of the road at Alfred State

The rope on Harder Hall stairways creates a line

The Lines On The Stairways In Harder Hall

A light within Harder Hall

The lamp post outside of Harder Hall