Some intriguing possibilities.

About developing a personal voice. KISS principal – just keep it interesting. Invent, create the illusion.

Work should reference other staff – e.g., the plinth in 2001.
Entertainment won't work – needs some conceptual input.
Symbols – what things mean – as soon everything an artist chooses has meaning.

Worst thing is to be too literal!

• Think about words that may go with something.

• Negative space
• aspect ratio
• visual language – cinema grading filters

Pickup influences where ever you can find them.

 Check post war realism from Italy
http://www.filmreference.com/encyclopedia/Independent-Film-Road-Movies/Neorealism-HISTORICAL-ORIGINS-OF-ITALIAN-NEOREALISM.html
Mix of freedom from fascist censorship and the privatisations of war. Frequent use of outdoor sets and nonprofessional actors. Seems to give a more gritty dimension. 

 how to display work? – Online/projection/Check for digital frames/possibility of interactivity?

Kiosk style? Can Keynote provide interactivity or just movement – test turning into a movie file? Post in comments

Could iBeacons be used? All visitors interact through iPhone app? Bluetooth?

 Movement – reference Edward Muybridge – Telematics?? – Marcel Duchamp – why not a urinal descending a staircase?

Week 2 exercise
Try timelapse?
Focus pulling – post-it notes appearing on screen
a connected life??? Questioning phone use – always online – no time for life