My Network Community

By Ashley Parkin

My 3 Practitioners

• Kara Walker• Michael Ray Charles• Damali Ayo

1. Kara Walker

• Uses silhouettes to create art that discusses race

2. Michael Ray Charles

• Uses 19th Century advertising to discuss race in his work

3. Damali Ayo

• Uses installations (physical and Web), print, and performance to discuss race in her work

3 Projects I Admire

• Rent-A-Negro• Operation Beautiful• The Flyers Collection

1. Rent-A-Negro

• Created by artist Damali Ayo• A satirical web site offering a business that

rents black people out for those that have none in their lives

• http://rent-a-negro.com/index.html

2. Operation Beautiful

• Created by writer Caitlin Boyle• A blog that tracks random people who stick

Post-It notes with positive compliments all over the place and send pictures of them to this blog for display

• Click here

3. The Flyers Collection

• JetBlue Airlines’ latest marketing campaign• Satirical collection for people who don’t use

JetBlue but want their great experience• Click here

Favorite Communities of Practice

• Pop art practitioners• African-American artists (fine and commercial)• Fashion industry creatives

These people will be a big help to me when I create my thesis project because it involves all 3 of these communities

Conference/Event I Want To Attend

SUSTAINABLE FASHION: The Parsons / MIT ProjectMonday, February 1, 2010@ 12 - 2:40pm

Place: 2 W 13th St.Hanging Conference Room (a.k.a. "Star Trek" room, LZ 100),take stairs to the mezzanine level from West lobby.

MIT Workshop leader: Leo Bonanni (PhD Candidate, MIT Media Lab)

Parsons Workshop leaders: Timo Rissanen (Assistant Professor of Fashion Design & Sustainability), Sabine Seymour (Director of Fashionable Technology Lab)

Conference/Event I Want To Attend

SUSTAINABLE FASHION: The Parsons / MIT ProjectEver wonder about the environmental and social impacts of the fashion industry? As designers, the choices we make about materials and labor can have very good - or very bad consequences. This workshop brings together experts from Parsons and MIT to introduce the basics of environmental and social sustainability. Participants will be introduced to Sourcemap, a tool for calculating the carbon footprint and mapping the supply chain of product so that you can find out where each material comes from and what its impact can be. We'll consider several case studies of green and ethical products, and explore the range of possibilities available to designers today. Workshop includes presentations and hands-on training.