PROJECT 5
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
OBJECTIVES
1. Gotta be based in the real.
2. Include signifying details.
3. Non-transferable.
All of these elements allows your audience to empathize.
You'll be writing a 2-page story first, responding to:
"Whelp, that didn't go according to plan."
And then you can present your written piece, perform spoken word, record a video, create a photo series, or an art piece in your preferred medium. You're choice.
“Good writing isn’t necessarily truthful,
however it has to be honest.”
– Mr. Donoval
Sophie Calle, True Stories, https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/44967/
TO CLARIFY:
Does it have to be 'heavy'? No.
Does it have to be 'serious'? No.
I encourage you to use beauty and humor to bring us into your piece. As audience members, we tend to put our guard up when things start off deep or heavy. Levity is one of the best tools you can use to let us in.
EXAMPLES
BUT WHAT ABOUT VISUALS?
What new layers of meaning can you add with images?
You can pair images and illustrations to go along with your personal narrative...
What if you collage found materials related to your personal narrative? (Or from the event your writing about?)
what about sculpture?
Installation?
What about a performance or video to tell your story?
RECAP
1. Gotta be based in the real.
2. Include signifying details.
3. Non-transferable.
Start with writing > Move into visuals if you want.
Due Thursday (5/11)
Draft of your written narrative (2 pages) and
at least 3 ideas of projects to go with it