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32 projects · 36 members
Create a composition (audio or visual) that is based on data, presents a forceful perspective, but lies really well.
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Go to a Museum and spend time with at least one work of art. The Carnegie Museum of Art is free to CMU students and open every day except Tuesday: see http://www.cmoa.org/visit/ Pick one realist...more
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-Choose a poem or excerpt from literature -Record two minutes of a classmate speaking that text [25 p] -Recording must have at least two distance variations (microphone proximity), be careful to...more
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