Directed Research, Pratt Institute, Summer 2013 Yayoi Kusama, Artist Karim Rashid, Industrial Designer Helen Pickett, Choreographer

1. Methodology Exploration
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Summer 2013

2. Yayoi Kusama
(1929 – present)
artist
Karim Rashid
(1960 – present)
industrial designer
Helen Pickett
(1974 – present)
choreographer
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3. Pumpkin, 2009
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Yayoi Kusama

4. Allen Spector | Directed Research | Tom Klinkowstein
Yayoi Kusama
When you’ve exhausted the resources of your hometown,
move to New York.
The painstaking effort of creation is important.
Confront your fears and explore your hallucinations.

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Yayoi Kusama
Working is the only way to stay sane.

6. Allen Spector | Directed Research |Tom Klinkowstein
Karim Rashid
Sofa Doux, 2011

7. Allen Spector | Directed Research |Tom Klinkowstein
Karim Rashid
Beauty is a collective human need.
Design is a rigorous beautification of our built environments.
“We should be conscious and attune with this world in this
moment. If human nature is to live in the past - to change the
world is to change human nature.”

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Karim Rashid
Don’t be afraid of color and technology.
Today’s questions are answered with today’s abilities.
Work harder than everybody else.

9. Allen Spector | Directed Research |Tom Klinkowstein
Helen Pickett
Prayer of Touch, Atlanta Ballet, 2012

10. Allen Spector | Directed Research |Tom Klinkowstein
Helen Pickett
When I listen to music, I have to see the notes dance.
Groups of people congregating on a subway platform inspire
the way I group people in a dance performance.
People interact quickly.
What does a 2013 love story look like?

11. Allen Spector | Directed Research |Tom Klinkowstein
Helen Pickett
The creative process begins with collaboration.
I ask my dancers what doesn’t feel right about a movement and
they show me how they would do it differently.
A dancer must feel a responsibility for their work. This is a
new way of approaching traditional ballet choreography.

12. Allen Spector | Directed Research | Tom Klinkowstein
Thank You.