User:Charlie/T6 Assessment

① Special Issues

Special Issue 25: ♫ Sounds Of Marmalade: Jam sesh w/ stuff ♫

We invited the public to join a cozy experimental jam session; With D.I.Y 'musical instruments' and sound-based constructs, no musical knowledge required! Synths, mics and recording equipment provided, as well as a little crafting station to guide you in making your own ♪♫ Stuff ♪♫ .

Contributions
* Sourcing and documenting the instruments
* Logistics
* Wiki Documentation
* Setting up the event space
* Making Mixer manuals
* Creating an online Soundboard

Mixer Manual

Jam Session at the SI25 event

The jam sessions at the SI25 event were some of my favorite moments of XPUB. It made me realize how much I love putting together an audience experience and setting up event spaces.

SOUNDBOARD OF MARMALADE

Special Issue 26: ☺ 3DS - 𝔴𝔢𝔟𝔷𝔦𝔫𝔢 ☺

As the result of looking into media archeology and alternative web-browsing devices within the Special Issue 26, we created a 3DS-only webzine. The project looked into the capabilities of the Nintendo 3DS's discontinued Netfront browser in regards to web-design using CSS, HTML and JavaScript.
We reverse-engineered its limitations to create a dungeon-crawler like browser game that could only be fully experienced through the 3DS, as opposed to the optimized capabilities of current web browsers and devices.

Contributions:

* Concept and visual development
* Asset design and CSS-styling
* Wiki documention
* 3DS customization

Sticker designs based on the W3C and Nintendo 3DS logos.

Special Issue 27: ⌑✧⌑ ɔɐuɐɯlɐ₃₄ ⌑✧⌑

This publication contains five futurepredictions for the year 2034. Predictions delicately extracted from the dreams of fellow humans who bravely set aside fear and worry to impart their visions of our collective futures-yet-to-come. Predictions solidly grounded in the shared practices of hope and meaningfulness as a renewable resource for radical transformation. Predictions not as vain prophecies, nor false promises, but rather, propositions - For a future of many possibilities!

What I cherish the most from the Special Issues

⋆ Collaborative projects > Individual work

⋆ Experimenting with new mediums

⋆ Organizing events & interacting with audiences

⋆ Providing an experience

⋆ Documenting on the Wiki, especially creating tables

⋆ Experimenting with different visual designs

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② Research Methods

Research ⇄ Prototyping

It is sometimes hard to distinguish between research methods and prototyping

Word Stew✍
Archiving <-> Referencing

Collecting ⇄ Collageing

Transforming ⇄ Subverting

Archiving ⇄ Referencing

Collect <-> Archive <-> Reference

✧ Omens From The Dog Park ✧ -> Experimental writing project that trained my magical thinking (or conspiratorial brain) -> Also trained me to be even more observant and mindful of my environment on daily walks

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③ Prototypi

👽 WE ORGANIZED A ZINE FAIR!! 🛸

During my BA, I used to take part in zine fairs semi-regularly. The Zinefest is dearly missed! Organizing our own zine fair and seeing it "from the other side" gave me a whole new perspective. It was a 100% stressful & and a 100% worth it. 💚 It was all about sharing our love for zines with others. 💚

Perceiving ⇄ Collecting

Collageing ⇄ Transforming

Subverting ⇄ Archiving

Referencing ⇄ Creating

Transforming <-> SubvertingI made this fun XPUB sticker based on an iconic 2000's children's book cover about the internet.

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④ Thesis

Research Question:

In what ways can alternative currents and subcultures form practices of resistance against increasingly fascist, neo-colonial and extractive ideologies within Western occultism?
— An art-based inquiry towards more sustainable, inclusive and ethically-grounded Magic practices.

The thesis provided academic discussions and background knowledge to the project. It functions as a personal positioning to the methods and subjects I explored through the protocols.

This thesis went through many versions and changes! In the end, instead of trying to construct "my own" definition of Magic, it became much more about formulating some sort of moral principles to the practice of Magic. Rather than formulating Magic itself.

Key Points:

⋆ Ch.1: Our definition(s) and perception of Magic is steeped in Western colonial ideology

⋆ Ch.2: The "aesthetization" of Magic has turned many spiritual practices into profit-oriented trends and commodified goods.

⋆ Ch.3: Magic's association with nature-worship and arcane knowledge is being exploited as a right-wing pipeline

⋆ Conclusion: I barely scratched the surface.

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⑤ Graduation Project

— A working title that was never changed —

The way I would describe the project has changed over the past few months, and may change again in the future..

November

Protocols for Magic aims to create introductory frameworks for the development of idiosyncratic Magic practices through artistic and creative tools and exercises.

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April

Protocols for Magic is an art-based inquiry into the practice of Magic. It seeks to construct accessible frameworks and resources for the practice of Magic through creative expression and craft-based methodologies. Its primary aim is to facilitate constructive, yet critical, dialogue on our practice(s) and perception(s) in regards to modern Western Magic culture.

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June

Protocols for Magic (...)

Research Methods

But why "protocols"?!

I chose the title when I was still attempting to formulate a "scientifically-sound" definition of Magic. But it's use became semi-ironic. While the word "protocol" somewhat implies strict structures, or rigid bureaucratic processes, the Protocols for Magic aren't really about that. I'd say the "experimental nature of Magic" (Gosden, 2020) inherently opposes rigid rules.

Although each protocol may follow a similar structure (provide an educational base-line, followed by simple step-by-step instructions), they more-so seek to create frameworks/templates/exercises that allow the audience to put into question the so-called "rules" or preconceived notions they hold towards the practice of Magic.

And what better way to do that than through arts and crafts?(So far as one denies that arts and crafts should abide by strict rules)

Reading & Writing

..fulfilling my childhood dream of becoming a magician..

..a LOT of reading..

Prototyping

Protocols for Magic

A lot of my project ☆✎ documentation ✄⚘ lives on
theProtocols for Magic wiki page.

Protocol for Talismans

Talisman Tree from Workshop #1

Protocol for Collective Correspondences

Protocols for Altarcation

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Protocol for 𝓢𝚙𝕖𝕝𝑙𝘴﹛𝑛﹜𝑪r𝚊𝕗𝘵𝓈

@ Xtraterrestrial Zinefair

Protocol for Magic Circle (2.1)

Protocols for Trash Talisman (Version One)

- Work in progress -The Magic Commons is an experimental license for any published work on the subject of practicing Magic. The license takes the shape of a spell to be cast on a publication, followed by the chant of an affirmation (guideline/agreement).

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⑥ Publication

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⑦ Grad Fest

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