Intermedia Project Assignment

The objective of this assignment is to begin to utilize the synthesis of multiple sense to create a more immersive experience for your audience. Remember that "media" is anything that can deliver a message from the producer to the audience - so when we talk about media, we're not just talking about videos, music, technology, etc. We might be talking about setting or physical artifacts that the audience can perhaps feel if they are passed around or interacted with, or hear as it encounters other objects within the environment.

For this project, please choose a cultural/political/social issue that you a.) care about and b.) have a strong opinion about. Again, this does not have to necessarily be a "serious" issue, but please choose something you are interested in or passionate about.

• Create an aesthetic text about this issue (it can be poetry or prose, narrative or persuasive, you can use cut n mix, but please have the end product be original)
• Gather at least two materials that add another "sense" to your text. For example:
• Tactile - you can find a physical artifact (object) to pass around to your audience
• Acoustic - you can use an audio clip or allow the sounds of a physical artifact to add to your performance
• Kinesthetic - you can integrate movement or you can invite your audience to move
• Olfactory - please no burning objects! But anything else that adds a scent to your performance :)
• Taste - you can bring treats that might be relevant to the issue you are talking about (for example, if you are talking about a specific culture, the audience can further connect by tasting some food from that culture)
• Visual - Pictures, physical artifacts and/or video

Due on Tuesday: Please post a 500-word intermedia concept to the blog

• Discuss the historical context of your issue
• Discuss your personal relationship to the issue
• Define your stance on the issue
• Discuss any oppositional stances on the issue
• Include any ideas of further media to include