Conceptualization
Community engagement (Yoko Ono, ritual art): Through community engagement, we reached out to the Free Art Collective. After Gabrielle presented to our class, we strategized a series of tabling events to interact with and receive notes from the RIT student body. Students were asked to In total, we collected 222 sticky notes from students across four different days.
Item Collection
Value of rarity/each object is different (referenced from valuable artifacts in class): One of the ideas we championed was the ‘specialness’ of artifacts, like the example of a crumpled gallery map. Things are made special by a series of circumstances, and one of the hallmarks of our project is the inclusion of sticky notes written by students. Each sticky note is special because it a) represents an individual separate from the rest, b) was written by students who were just walking by, preserving ‘in-the-moment’ originality, and c) was captured at specific tabling events over different days, which means that these notes had to happen during active community engagement on campus. These sticky notes preserve the individual sentiment and space of the RIT student body.
Construction Process
Phase 1: Brainstorming
We learned about different types of art and their forms, which helped us develop our community-focused project.
Phase 2: Weekly Meetings
The class met twice weekly, on Mondays and Wednesdays, and we spent those sections engaging in discussions and receiving guest lectures.
Phase 3: Collection
Collecting the sticky notes from RIT students at community outreach (tabling) events where we partnered with The Free Art Collective to encourage students with free art.
Phase 4: Processing
Taking the sticky notes to the image lab and scanning them into digital versions.
Phase 5: Analysis
Transcribing the notes for captions and determining the order that the notes would be displayed in the physical book/zines.
Phase 6: Display
Designing and creating zines to distribute at 2025 Imagine RIT and gift to partner organizations (The Free Art Collective, RIT Honors office, College of Art & Design Leadership, etc.) See More →