January 2012 Archives
I have been reading on / trying to understand more about the facade of Casa del Fascio. Mainly looking at its relationship between Public and Private --> Satellite and Hidden Factory. Still haven't got much of a design yet...
also looking into the routine of the Foxconn workers, which would hopefully help to identify different buildings on the site-plan
blue blocks = factories
red arrow = main street on the site
triangle = Foxconn main entrance
Will be making changes to the site plan, try to rationalise it, but don't know how just yet
have more drawings working on, but they are all very rough at the moment. Attached below is the plan of Foxconn Factory in Shenzhen. Couldn't find any official plans at all so tracing from google view... lots more to do
also looking into the components that makes an iPhone, trying to figure out the iPhone assemble process in Foxconn.
I'm also thinking about changing the direction slightly. Maybe not to focus on propaganda but more on uniform:
- the persuasive uniform (the posters, balconies etc)
- the mass produced uniform (foxconn production & Gursky)
-> maybe I can then talk about the Lost of Identity under the uniform?
so that will be looking at how there is no individual, all decisions are make due to the neighbour's influence. That can work upon a personal level (how the suicide is one following the other at foxconn); in the chain of production; hopefulling arriving at a city scale at the end.
moving away from the propaganda wall, I am now looking into the biggest factory of the world - Foxconn. With their own uniform, their way of life is not too different from a military. I am now presenting the information of the factory in form of two very different newspapers:
1. Renmin Ribao - probably most recognisable chinese newspaper who speaks more on the Chinese government's behave.
2. The Independent - claim to be free of bias from any political parties
since the information I have found do split into different views.
information + bias opinion = propaganda?
I've changed the layout quite a lot, loads more writing to do and needs more pictures/graphic too... lots more to do basically.... but I'm most concern about the story telling at the moment.
