Tools & Technology in Art Education
MA Art Education @ BNUSVAD 2020
"Characterization of the motives, symmetrically designed compositions, longevity and the extravagance of decor; evidently observed while watching a hundred year old Fresco works in the mosques, ceilings and walls of the buildings. A craft that we feel proud to share in the state of Pakistan has now started diminishing in the art practices. There is… Continue reading Fresco in the state- A dying craft calls for revival
Fresco painting is the oldest technique of painting. Its roots go deep to the period when homo sapiens were in the survival phase and living in caves. However their objectives were different. Objectivity and subjectivity has been changing from time to time and region to region. The durability of fresco painting can never be challenged… Continue reading The journey of Fresco Painting
Through this blog, which later turns into a far fetched idea, I intend to answer some questions; to myself and to others who might be reading. Have you ever wondered how stories like Snow White have passed down generations in countries where English is not the primary language? My mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, all know… Continue reading KAHANI SUNAO
Initial brainstorming of this design Background: The idea to build comfortable and energy efficient waiting areas is not new, However, the design I am laying forward is futuristic in its nature that is not only energy efficient and comfortable but it is also a self-sustaining project. I came up with the idea because my Parents… Continue reading Self- sustaining waiting area
In class we discussed various websites being developed that market local crafts to international customers. this made me think about the power of digital marketing. many times we had this debate in class that other countries take our products and sell them back to us by naming it differently. Link pink salt is a classic… Continue reading Digital Marketing
I remember I was in Intermediate when I read “Inferno” by Dan Brown and this knowledge dawned unto me that I have a thing for mysteries and history. Before that, I used to consider history boring which is such a cliche as I never bothered to actually look into it. It was just kind of… Continue reading THE OLDEN ECHOES – BYGONE LIVES
INTRODUCTION: We had been looking into the various forms of archiving and their purposes through out our Tools &Technology in Art Education course. Dictionary describes archiving as the process of protecting data that is no longer needed for day to day operations by storing it for future reference. While documentation is the actual data being… Continue reading STORY MAPS OF KARACHI: OLD BAZAARS
When I first heard about the project, I was quite confused in choosing a topic for it. I spent days thinking about it until one day in tools and technology’s class we were discussing our culture and how it is being extinct. From then I decided to do something in my project that protects our… Continue reading THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF MULTAN
Love is... Happiness is.... Loss is... These are original reflections. While collecting the above responses, I was amazed to see the thought process developing with age and time. I had forgotten how simple things can be, as they were, when we were younger. How the same thoughts evolve with experience, hurt and healings alter these… Continue reading A DIFFERENT TAKE ON LIFE
Is there any serious relationship between artist and technology? Artists are using technology in their work by different ways. This will change the world faster and force people to think openly. Artist are getting closer to technology. Now a days artists collaborates with technological companies to represent their work using more advance ways like AR… Continue reading ART THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
I worked with almost 15 different sounds like thunder storm, rain, car, engine, door, Music and vocals. All these sounds combine to form a feel of drama. It’s not difficult to mix all these sounds but the real challenge is to maintain the importance of every sound in all scenes with a balance. For this… Continue reading NOW WITH SOUND
In my previous blog I narrated about my experience of getting familiar with ‘The’ sound. I talked about the ‘Art of Foley’ and multiple things that I realized were pretty amazing. I mentioned briefly about my on-going sound project and here in this blog, that is what I’m going to talk about. *DISCLAIMER* I am… Continue reading I GOT TUTORED BY SOUNDS
The current Paramountcy of technology and our dependency on gadgets has led us to a new onerous confront that what will be the future of the one who is the creator of technology. The excessive use of technology and our dependency on it has led us to the situation where we feel that there is… Continue reading #NotABugSplat
Sound is a kind of energy and it needs a medium to travel. It cant travel where there is no medium. On earth they travel by using air as a medium. Where there is no air there is no sound. However there are certain bodies which also help sound waves to travel i.e. metallic wire.… Continue reading Mapping the unseen
Robots are creation of 21st century. However after many years common people still afraid of it due to certain reason that might be valid too. Robots are extensively used in factories and production line to perform the repetitive tasks and grading. Robots are considered good in performing such tasks where human becomes tired or get… Continue reading My Life as an outsider
In the last session of Tools and Technology class, we explored the deep connection of sound with arts. It was an eye opener for me as I never deliberated on sound as an inspiration for arts or even more; being arts itself. Learning more about this concept, the beauty of sound revealed itself on me.… Continue reading Audiophile- Dance of Sounds
Sound piece: Nida Ahmad Hashmi · Extract of "A poem for 2020" Looking at the difficult current scenarios, we as educators are finding ways to communicate the message of positivism. The idea of recording narration of few stanzas came to my mind when i was thinking that during conducting a lesson, there is a need… Continue reading After darkness there is always light-Project Sound
The shape of sound: inspiration for Zaha Hadid Architects’ new concert hall
28 June 2020 In our second last class of tools and technology, we learnt about editing videos and putting music behind them. In today’s blog, I m going to share some amazing apps and tricks on how to edit a video. And believe me, they will turn out spectacular like a pro! There are millions… Continue reading “An amazing app for a video maker”
"Everything is designed. Few things are designed well." -- Brian Reed, front-end developer and musician. Undoubtedly, technology is an extension of human curiosity and the role of Artificial Intelligence is also evident .Learning about the immense use of graphical representation of information and data as described " Data Visualization", made me wonder about the forthcoming… Continue reading Design solutions with data visualization- A radical methodology towards sustainable future!
عروج آدم خاکی سے انجم سہمے جاتے ہيں کہ يہ ٹوٹا ہوا تارا مہ کامل نہ بن جائے
I always considered Textiles as a very organic field. The main reason for this thought was the way I was trained as a textile designer. My alma mater believed in being true to mother earth, close to nature, and doing things by hand. Our teachings revolved around and mostly concentrated on natural materials, natural dyes,… Continue reading Textile Hybrids
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” –Steve Jobs Interactive designs are a digital playground of music, sound and moving image. However, the purpose of human centered designs with technology should not tangle with any potentially harmful event. One can not deny the fact that till… Continue reading Human – Centered Designs;Reinvention through Hybrid and Technology
Work Together To Create A Future Technology
This blog is dedicated to learners! Sound is everywhere, as long as one is able to hear and recognize the environment through audio senses. This article is somehow very special to me as going back in my childhood and talking about the evident memories that my mother tells me, one is that I started responding… Continue reading Music, Science and Arts- Sound Journal
“How are sounds recorded in the films?” I can’t accentuate this any more than saying that since always, I wanted to find out the answer to this question. How do they record these perfect, distortion free and smooth sounds in films? But it goes without saying that often we just fail to acquire answers for… Continue reading The Art of Foley –
When we generally talk about Art, we usually discuss, what does it mean?, where does it come from? what is it for? etc, we usually dont reach a definite answer. For me, Art is an expression, feeling, a medium or a way of communicating thoughts, ideas and emotions. This communication can be with thyself at… Continue reading Memory + Emotions= Inspiration
Sound. How would one describe sound? Scientifically it is the vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear. It is also the main stimulation for one of our major senses namely hearing. But is that all what it is important for? Why… Continue reading Sound: A Teaching Tool.
how the new knowledge of sound production sounded to me ,sjdhgsqrgfylerfbjmbefjehjhdbgjhevd, sounds gibberish right? but it sounds good to me. This means that I am in a state of mind where I am unaware of something and that is my chance to learn something new. In today's class of Tools & Technology in Art Education,… Continue reading Sounds good to me…
June,26,2020 Finally, it was our last class of tools and technology and we made new memories during those two weeks, well I will never forget those days. We learned mostly about modern designers and their works like fibre market by Christien Miendertsma, room store by Hussien Chalayan, Sajjad Ahmad and Basir Mehmood. However, Gordon Young’s… Continue reading Gordon Young’s Amazing Masterpieces
Memes have the power to construct or curse the thoughts.
Technology in fashion, technological fashion and technology for fashion. I wouldn't call myself someone that follows fashion trends. That being said, I do go to stores and pick out things I like, therefore it is unavoidable to become part of fashion on-goings, and to build preferences. I have favourites that I wear and re-wear, until… Continue reading Untangling threads
"Every design ought to be Sustainable design, meaning something people refuse to trash” Kristina Dryza – Trend Forecaster Now that we are stepping into an entire new digitally transformed world, I am inquiring to find the link between sustainable development, material culture and technological amalgamation to reduce our digitally exhausted environments. In a contemporary global society,… Continue reading Technology and Sustainability- Next Big Thing
Buildings are a key component of cities. We often hear the term sustainable design to prevent global warming and finding renewable energy sources. In our tools and technology’s class, we have explored and discussed some sustainable structures which were based on how to reduce carbon emissions, cut energy waste, and finding renewable sources. These designs… Continue reading Build Better Cities
“UI is the saddle, the stirrups, & the reins. UX is the feeling you get being able to ride the horse.” - Dain Miller I am starting from this famous statement by Dain Miller. This line tells us the whole story and importance of UI and UX in our daily life. We are surrounded by… Continue reading UI & UX: Experience Another World
User-Centered Design – I can’t even remember when I first heard this term but undoubtedly it was during my 4 years of tenure in UET. I belong to a design field and these design terminologies and approaches are familiar to me. But down the road, I have been led to believe that only getting ‘familiar’… Continue reading Particularities in Design Thinking – UCD
On 28 April 2018 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India had achieved its goal, ahead of schedule, of providing electricity to every village in India. This is one of the greatest achievements in the history of energy.Since 2000 around half a billion people have gained access to electricity in India, with political effort… Continue reading The first of its type:
Designing is actually problem solving at its very core. What exactly is the process for problem solving? Take any situation and observe it keenly and identify the problem. That is step one. Step two is understanding the cause of the problem and then address the cause rather than the symptoms. Because addressing the symptoms is… Continue reading Design=Problem Solving
In mid 1800s highline was constructed in between the city of New York to operate the freight trains for industrial areas. It went well at the at that particular time and initially it wasn’t elevated line. Due to curtail the accident rates the line was elevated in 1933. However during 1960-80s the structure was obsolete… Continue reading Because there is no planet B
20 years ago, an Aha! moment in my life was when I understood the meaning of the word 'design'. My memory of the class, my instructor, the environment is a total blurr now but the striking understanding , after which for years everything made sense to me was that one statement which defined the word… Continue reading Design Thinking
"Design is the intermediary between information and understanding." -- Hans Hoffman, artist and teacher With the evolution of human thinking process and understanding of surroundings, design of every thing has evolved whether it be the tools used by nomad people, wheels or housing structures. One such design evolution was exhibited by 'the Design Museum' ,… Continue reading The future of the past: evolution of design
Zaha Hadid British Iraqi Architect 1950-2016 My interest in the field of architecture surprised me when I was in the 1st year of my art school National College of Arts. During my foundation year classes, I remember starting my work with the seal and then using my drafting skills to complete my tasks with pride.… Continue reading Designing Spaces
June 20, 2020 Today we studied the survey auto and how it has developed an advanced platform to collect reliable data from the field, how the e-ilaj system works in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. Also about the women digital league how they are providing digital services to clients through Pakistani women, how agha khan hospital solved its problem… Continue reading The Doll Village
These words were spoken by Sir Aarish when he was showing us different case studies regarding technological advancements in the world. And although I wanted to ask him this question there and then that why bother investing millions in providing internet services to the remote area when most of them won’t even know how to… Continue reading “Internet is there in areas where there’s even no electricity”
The whole world is changing rapidly. Even more speedily as compared to some decades earlier. The products that we are using right now are going to get replaced and completely forgotten in just a couple of years. The systems we are developing right now are going to collapse some years later just like the systems… Continue reading Dwindling Flame of our Heritage
June,20,2020 Today we learned new concepts about telecommunication that how Airtel has provided internet without electricity in a village of India, SCEWO an amazing wheelchair that has the ability of self-balancing and stair climbing, and also an enormous installation called as “not a bug splat” in which there’s a huge portrait facing upwards, in a… Continue reading Lending a small helping hand can do wonders
Thinking Out of the Box The statement above clearly means, the ability to think beyond the regular boundaries of imagination. This now takes me years behind, to an era of which we are a product of. Our schooling system, which gave us the content knowledge of the book but didnt give us enough room to… Continue reading Moonshot Thinking
Is evolution of technology and sustainable designs is beneficial for us? If we observe more closely to everything around us and think about it we can get the answer soon. Jacquard technology is introduced by google which gives new life to cloths and furniture. It is a small device like a USB contains threads patch… Continue reading Technology Stream
While discussing sustainable projects in class we saw a brand called Ecoalf that is producing garments made from recycled materials like fishing nets and coffee grounds. One of my fellow classmates asked a very relevant question; Why are we recycling coffee grounds when they are biodegradable? This sparked an interest in my mind and I… Continue reading Can we truly be sustainable?
What is meme? We may call sarcastic /Humorous picture, video or text a meme. Depicting the current scenario. Global village is right term to use here. Through social media we can convey our massage with in a second. Memes are one of the most viral content on internet. As we all have the social media… Continue reading Ultra Meme
June,18,2020 Today we explored a lot of new things in tools and technology class. We discussed sustainable future in which we were introduced with the term sustainable designs. Yasmeen Lari, Pakistan’s first female architect and provider of the disaster relief shelters. Mrs.Fan’s Plugin house, which can be easily assembled, and worlds first ink made out… Continue reading Getting the moon for you
What is sustainability? If you look up the word in a dictionary it says: ‘The ability to be maintained at a certain level or rate.’ This is the original meaning. The new modified version is : ‘The avoidance of depletion of natural resources to maintain an ecological balance’. Here we are talking about sustainability in… Continue reading Let’s talk Humans, Sustainability and Technology
OLD ROBOTS ARE BECOMING MORE HUMAN AND YOUNG HUMANS ARE BECOMING MORE LIKE ROBOTS. – Lorin Morgan-Richards Design Museum London organized an exhibition for the Ferrari cars lovers named as “Under the skin” in which vintage models to latest models with their different mechanical parts are displayed. This museum also organizes an exhibition with the… Continue reading Ferrari Aur Technology
The word meme was first used by a famous biologist Richard Dawkins in his famous book “The selfish Gene” in 1976. He suggested that Ideas could replicate, evolve, and enter popular cultures in a process analogous to the way genes spread. memes are like a “units of culture” which spread through the amalgamation of ideas.… Continue reading Do you know what memes really are?
One thing that I have latched on to after joining this MA AE program is, ‘I AM A COMPLETE IGNORANT PERSON IN TERMS OF COMMUNICATION LANGUAGES’. That’s right; you have read it just right. I mean I always had this fascination for French and Spanish and I had this pre-conceived notion that yes ‘Languages’ are… Continue reading Let the ‘Meme’ out of the bag : Camouflaged Communication
The design museum London is the leading museum in United Kingdom and Europe and was founded in 1989. It was relocated to a modern Landmark in 2016 in Kensington and welcomed 2.1 million visitors since its re-opening. The design museum of London had recently launched an exhibition under the title “Under the skin” in collaboration… Continue reading Ferrari: Under the skin
Data consumption is an interesting subject.We consume digital data in many forms and ways, but one that we all specifically see and consume about at least 4-5 times a day if not more is Memes! Memes are a relatively newer genre of digital communication. If we compare it to other forms of communication like ads,… Continue reading Memes for a positive change.
In response to the online class , I have kept on exploring the format in different ways. Here are my few trial and errors. Created during class using an online app "Kapwing" It is funny how we as human beings keep working differently on the outside relating with different environments. We train our body language… Continue reading Me,Myself and Memes-Experimentation with the latter!
Understanding Memes When everyone is worried about 'Black Lives Matter', I am sitting here and wondering about 'What are memes?' Created the meme on http://memegenerator.net/ The truth is, we are give a task to look for it 🙂 In our latest Tools and Technology in Art Education class, we were introduced to the world of… Continue reading @memes
I am in a quest of finding the roots of memes by collecting the notions commonly arrive when looked at a meme, in general. Expression, comment, statement, sarcasm, irony, satire, bizarre, dark, humorous, strategy, opinion, freedom of speech or a stronger medium to connect to a larger number of people and many more . In… Continue reading Future of Memes is not Obsolete!
A picture speaks a thousand words. It is,when the captured images do the talking and break the silence. Sometimes it is the other way around. The noise comes to an end when a very powerful picture starts talking. This is the power of captures... power of photographs!. It is not necessary always that a photograph… Continue reading Photographs That Talk
History is what makes the future. Museums, archives, website, galleries are shifting to digital platform now a days. As we live in 20th century. Technology is getting advance day by day. There was a time when people have only option to go and physically view the archives. But now we experience museums through virtual reality.… Continue reading Past, Present & Future of Technological Arts
When I buckled up to write the reflection of my second T&T Class, I was a little confused about what points to cover as our discussion was majorly about “Ferrari – Under the Skin” Exhibition held in London Design Museum somewhere in 2017. As far as I comprehended, the reason behind discussing that particular exhibition… Continue reading Unsealing Secret Archives – Time for Gospel truth?
No matter who you are, male or female, young or old, you've probably had to conduct documentation and archiving, in one form or another. Identifying aspects that make these processes a pain, and turning them into an activity using tools and techniques readily available to us, is a mindset many fail to recognize the importance… Continue reading Documentation and Archival: a learning journey
Why do we archive? Is it to simply collect? Is it to preserve the old? Is it to look at the old to develop the new? Is it to have information on hand to restore and repair the old? And finally how to share this wealth with the future generations so that they also respond… Continue reading Archival Musings
-Online Travel Blog (In response to the Online Class) “The incredible thing about the technology is that you feel like you’re actually present in another place with other people. People who try it say it’s different from anything they’ve ever experienced in their lives.” - Chris Milk, Founder of VRSE Virtual experience has become a… Continue reading Virtual Tour of Museums- The New Normal?
Having opted Tools and Technology course in Art Education, I got everything that I expected from my class. I always thought that I’m ignorant about specified resources and I don’t even know how to hunt real information by using internet which is an easily available medium for us. Wikipedia used to be just it for… Continue reading Call for Virtual-Era/ T&T Reflections
Tools & Technology in Art Education The first lecture of tools and technologies in art was about the museums, archives and exhibitions in terms of introduction of new technology in enhancing and amplifying the aura of that space. The use of new technology is the need of current scenario i.e. Covid19. It helps to open… Continue reading Museums VS Archives VS Exhibitions
“Art is not always about pretty things it’s about who are we, what happened to us, and how lives are affected.” Elizabeth Broun. Whenever I got a chance to visit any museum, the words quoted above, always continued to capture my active memory either it is a Lok Virsa museum Islamabad or Lahore Meusuem , Nankana… Continue reading MUSEUMS / ARCHIVES / EXHIBITIONS
In today's fast paced world where everything is at finger tips and attention spans are getting shorter and algorithms decided what one can see and cannot see it is definitely a challenge to not only teach students but to keep them interested as well. For that interactive online sites is definitely a great tool for… Continue reading Real Vs Virtual
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