a walk of ten tasks.

my final project consisted of a video entitled 'a walk of ten tasks' that depicted a walk i took one november afternoon.

during this walk i set out to accomplish ten tasks in a set order. it took me two hours to achieve what i had set out to do. 

over these two hours i became remarkably more aware of my surroundings and began to notice things that i would have otherwise passed by without a second glance. in having to complete the ten tasks i was constantly searching for ordinary every-day things that i normally wouldn't seek out. in doing this it feels like i elevated common things such as a bench or the number twenty-eight to another level - they became desired objects i was in search of. simple little treasures so to speak.

i chose to represent my walk in this way because it reflects the simplicity of the ten tasks. it is uncomplicated, clean and straight-forward - just like my walk and the idea behind this project.

during my critique there was concern with the video being confusing when the still images are shown and i am giving instructions for the next task. to be clear, the images appear after the line drawing illustrating the path i took to reach the image. the audio voice-over that you hear while looking at the image is to display that the image is the starting point of the walk for the task being explained. does that make sense? basically you hear what the task is, you see a line drawing of the route taken, then you see an image of the task being completed while hearing the next task. if i were to make this video again i would consider changing the order in which the audio, still images and video appeared because it seems to be too confusing for the viewer. i would also consider making a larger drawing at the end showing all of the routes connected together to give a big picture of my entire walk. it would also be nice to include something to give a temporal aspect to the piece. in the video there is no sense of how long the walk is and that would be something i would likely include if i remade this video.