Don't throw away: notes on the West Coast house

‘Don’t Throw Away: Notes On The West Coast House’ is a visual narrative and autobiography that aims to explore creative ways of using inanimate objects to tell immersive narratives. Drawing influence from ‘The Cultural Biography Of Things’ and conducting ‘Object Biographies’ (Kopytoff, 1986), this...

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Main Author: Liu, Charissa Hui Ying
Other Authors: Desmond Pang Hee Wee
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176148
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1761482024-05-18T16:59:01Z Don't throw away: notes on the West Coast house Liu, Charissa Hui Ying Desmond Pang Hee Wee School of Art, Design and Media desmond.pang@ntu.edu.sg Arts and Humanities Objects Visual narrative Book design Family Relationships Object biography Memory Visual communications ‘Don’t Throw Away: Notes On The West Coast House’ is a visual narrative and autobiography that aims to explore creative ways of using inanimate objects to tell immersive narratives. Drawing influence from ‘The Cultural Biography Of Things’ and conducting ‘Object Biographies’ (Kopytoff, 1986), this project looks at the objects in my multigenerational home as ‘living’ and ‘active’ devices of family history, memory and meaning. Through the collection of biographical information surrounding the objects in my home, this project experiments with the variety of ways inanimate objects can be used to visually convey narrative setting, plot, character, emotion, conflict, and theme. This project also explores the use of ‘The Book’ and its format as an active narrative object in creating immersive experiences of storytelling and visual communications. Bachelor's degree 2024-05-14T05:15:53Z 2024-05-14T05:15:53Z 2024 Final Year Project (FYP) Liu, C. H. Y. (2024). Don't throw away: notes on the West Coast house. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176148 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/176148 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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topic Arts and Humanities
Objects
Visual narrative
Book design
Family
Relationships
Object biography
Memory
Visual communications
spellingShingle Arts and Humanities
Objects
Visual narrative
Book design
Family
Relationships
Object biography
Memory
Visual communications
Liu, Charissa Hui Ying
Don't throw away: notes on the West Coast house
description ‘Don’t Throw Away: Notes On The West Coast House’ is a visual narrative and autobiography that aims to explore creative ways of using inanimate objects to tell immersive narratives. Drawing influence from ‘The Cultural Biography Of Things’ and conducting ‘Object Biographies’ (Kopytoff, 1986), this project looks at the objects in my multigenerational home as ‘living’ and ‘active’ devices of family history, memory and meaning. Through the collection of biographical information surrounding the objects in my home, this project experiments with the variety of ways inanimate objects can be used to visually convey narrative setting, plot, character, emotion, conflict, and theme. This project also explores the use of ‘The Book’ and its format as an active narrative object in creating immersive experiences of storytelling and visual communications.
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title Don't throw away: notes on the West Coast house
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