PROJECT 1 - THE ART OF ADAPTATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This exercise is in preparation in the lead-up to the Final Project of adapting the literature Invisible Cities to the local conditions of the Greater KL. The everyday life of cities and its banality is a scene that has been taken for granted. While the experience of the everyday life is banal, there are a plethora of mediums/channels by which stories of cities are told/expressed, one of which is literature. Literature is a medium in which stories are told, some of them original but most are tales from across the centuries adapted to a contemporary or different context, or to a modified theme to enhance the storyline. Using the literature, Invisible Cities, as the basis, students are to study, analyse and creatively adapt it using a graphical representation. 
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In Adaptation is a study and application of Italo Calvino's book, Invisible Cities. In this subject, we each picked and analyzed a chapter from his book, and in turn applied whatever we learned into the real world; i.e., we start to see parallels between the modern city and the seemingly fantastic scenes describe in Invisible Cities.

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For the first project, we, in groups of 3, had to choose a chapter and then produce an abstract painting based on said chapter. We chose the 1st chapter, which rightfully deals with the nature of desire and memories and how that defines an individual. Our artwork attempts to showcase all the typical elements described in the various city scenes int he chapter as well as transpose our own analysis and thoughts unto it.

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