Week 13: Final Presentation

Part One: Observing/Participating

I decided on my intuitive map, as it is a very personal diagram of myself, much like how the overall presentation has been very personal to me and how I function, particularly in a space.

Similar with my intuitive map, my entries on my observation/participations were personal in a way they were written from my perspective, discussing the discomfort of entering a social space alone, and the feelings that were raised during them.

I included a mini photo series of my time in the cafe, noting my observations of how the time of the day affected my social space. Regardless of whatever time it was, I noticed that people were generally rarely alone. The effect time had reminded me of how my interventions were dependent on the time of day they were proposed.

I added a document to revise my overall thoughts on how a cafe becomes a social space; a space where people meet to socialise/exchange/bond, only to go their separate ways and plan for their next date.

Part Two: Intervening/Interfering

With the feedback given from Part Two, I had given a thought about the tools used during my interventions. What kind of role did the types of food play? How did the presence/absence of utensils affect the experience? How crucial was the dining table in comparison to the picnic mat? How does the picnic mat disrupt the daily routine of mealtimes?

I wanted to physically show my interpretations of these questions into my document, adding blue pages to symbolise the disruption of the picnic mat into my book, while annotating my thoughts and deductions on why the proposals went the way it did.

Part 3: Originating/Positioning

The “plates” are arranged in a way a group of friends/family may sit when at a picnic, spread around the mat while the food is in the center.
Further explanation of manifesto is in my blog post: Food is a Love Language.

Process of Presentation

I wanted to display my presentation by the window to capture the sunlight, reminiscent of my Part Two ideas of enjoying external environments indoors. I also wanted to utilise the window by sticking my intuitive map (from Part One), which involves looking at my documents through layers.

Initially I thought my manifesto alone would suffice as a picnic mat, but when looking at my overall presentation it felt underwhelming in that it wasnt too distinguishable as a picnic mat. This led me to use my real picnic mat instead, bringing back in my Part Two aspects into the final presentation.

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