Experiments With Narrative....

Meme or not to meme....

This afternoon was the first day for the narrative major studio. We're working on our first group project, which involves an experiment with memetics. I'm in a group with Dave and Heewon. For this project we are spreading the false news that the tsunami that hit several countries in December was actually triggered by the USA doing tests at the bottom of the ocean involving detonating large explosives. These large explosions the US supposedly set off then triggered the massive earthquake which ultimately caused the tsunami. We're working out the details, perhaps a memo was found or something to reveal this secret and shameful information.

I proposed riding the elevator up and down during rush hour at Parsons with one of my group partners. We'd be having a casual conversation and one would mention this news to the other, like they had just heard it on the tv or read it. I felt this was the best way to get the news out in a manner that people wouldn't realize it was fake and would start spreading it fast. However since we need to present evidence of completing this project, we've decided to create posters or flyers that will look like a polital organization is exposing this information. We'd possibly have tabs which could be torn off on the bottom (with something like an e-mail address or website address...which would be fake since we arent allowed to use the computer for this project). This way we could keep track of the number of people that tear of the tab. Unfortunately this is not the most accurate way to go about collecting this data, since the majority of the people who actually read the posters will probably not rip off the paper. But we are coming up short on ideas otherwise for the time being.

posted by Kevin V. @ 10:06 PM