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August 20, 2005
Otago talk
Been busy last week putting together a talk for a small conference at Otago Uni. Stashing text here for future reference . . .
This talk relied heavily on the images, which rolled over quickly, and often related more or less obliquely to what I was saying. If people weren't familiar with the image they wouldn't have known what it had to do with what I was saying, but I think it went ok. I had a lot of people come and talk to me afterwards so I think I at least aroused some curiosity in my work. The topic of the talk was really nostalgia, for two reasons; 1. the conference was about the "past, present, and future" of design in NZ, and 2. I was able to mine my earlier research (and article for Prodesign) for material. The monster does come up though .. . I touch on it as a way forward, esp. in relation to Elvis. This was an interesting exercise in this respect ó putting my old topic into my new topic and seeing where it's come from and how it still fits.
Posted by Luke Wood at August 20, 2005 09:44 AM