On to Projet Trois

Project three project three project three….

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot am I going to do?  Our rules and regs for this one are super broad.  It has to bridge online and offline networks.  And it has to do with the DNC.  Awesome.  That’s like saying, we need a thing to do stuff, and it has to do with the color blue.  What?  Seriously?  I’m a touch frustrated by this one.  I’ve got no idea.

Stream of thought…

Sponsors…Superdelegates…corporate accountability…

My desire to make a political statement is completely absent with this.  I want to make plenty of political statements, but I don’t know what this needs to end up being.  In a way it’s the lack of requirements on the…physical presence of the final product that gets me.  Sure, you could look at it like it’s super easy because you can do anything you want, but this just lacks all form of sense.

It’s too fucking broad, I guess is what I’m trying to say.  But alas, feces occurs.  One must do what one must do.

I guess I have to start with defining the networks I’m trying to connect.  So what I’m thinking is the offline networks of sponsors or delegates or superdelegates or something.  For some reason that just seems best…slash easiest.  Then connecting them with the online network of…people online.  I like the idea of faux creating a site that allows for the bidding of superdelegates.  For instance take a panoramic picture of the pepsi center and over each seat information of a superdelegate pops up and you can see their corporate connections and how much it would cost to buy their vote.

But then I don’t necessarily enjoy that because it makes a commentary I don’t really like about superdelegates.  While I see their purpose as useless at best, I don’t necessarily want to make that kind of commentary about them.

So the next idea I had was to create a scene in flash that represents standing at the podium with a speech in front of the person on paper with sections highlighted that correspond to each sponsor and the candidate mentioning the sponsor in their speech…but what is this really connecting?  The online network of politically interested people with the offline network of sponsors?  Seems pretty fucking dumb, really.  Who the hell knows.

It’s due in like 2 and a half weeks.  Hopefully the weekend before the project I’ll have an idea.

~J