Every year, hundreds of thousands of ohio states students, strip down their clothes and jump into mirror lake the Thursday before the last game of the year, which is always against Michigan. The rivalry has been going on for years, but not one person knows the actual root of the tradition. Years before the actual jump started, upperclassmen would always throw the freshman in to mirror lake as a tradition. So, it has always been a tradition of initiation. When asking senior, Phil Rocci, about the tradition he said, " First thing that comes to mind is mind-numbingly COLD, but besides that, i'd say overall it's great to see a campus unite over a common love, BUCKEYE FOOTBALL! While my memory may have been hazy due to excessive alcohol intake, I vividly remember a grand sense of camaraderie and enthusiasm. "
Every student who I have spoken to who has done the jump has all said the same thing, they feel really proud to be a part of something that everyone else is so proud of.
The reason I did my project on Mirror Lake, is because this year I moved from CCAD campus down near OSU campus, and I have noticed a HUGE difference of pride between our students and theirs. We are very proud to be CCAD students, yes. But we don't have anything to prove it. No traditions, no banners, no blankets, no paraphernalia, and to be frank, when you tell people who ask you where you go to school that you go to CCAD, most people will say, where? When I moved here, I felt like there was a sense of belonging. Even though I do not go to Ohio State, the mind set here, is if you are a buckeye fan, than you are a friend. You could walk down the street with a jersey on and five people will yell out O-H to which you will respond I-O! without even thinking about it. Why do we at CCAD not have a chant to each other? When we walk down the street and notice someone is our student, we should be high-fiving and chanting and being PROUD of where we are. Everyone should know where we are from and what we do!
The poster I made is a poster that you would see on campus on a telephone pole or in a bar, or on the side of the road in car windshield wipers to get students ready for the next years "Michigan Week." I chose those photographs because the students were making the legendary O-H-I-O's with their bodies. mostly everyone had at least one letter up in the air at one time, all over the place.So I made sort of an advertisement out of the 277 photographs i took that night, these four were my favorite, they were all so genuinely excited to be there.
so that's what I have.
this is my proposal to CCAD.
lets show our pride for our school! out loud! and like we mean it! Yes, we're all tired all the time, but there is no reason to not shout it out loud to the world that we go to the greatest art school ever in one of the best cities in the country.
I was very curious to see where you would take this project... As OSU alumna, I've seen the event (no, I never jumped in) and it is truly hysterical and quite a bonding moment! But, I don't think your poster will encourage CCAD students to "join the party." I wanted to see your "angle" How would you entice CCAD students to participate? Currently, the poster looks like an OSU only thing... Considering the "anti" OSU feelings on campus, the poster would only add fuel to the fire...
ReplyDeleteI figured you might go one of two ways:
1. "CCAD invasion force." Kind of a Crash the Party mentality. Use the negative tensions of CCAD to push people to attend and participate. Once they get there, they might actually enjoy it! Or, it might start a tradition of "Paint the Lake" (CCAD students "staining" the waters--sounds gross but gross sells!). Taking a tradition of another school and packaging for us
2. Packaging your images like a safari documentary... the brave CCAD student entering the barbaric world of Big Ten...
On just a technical note, the typography needs a lot of work. Use all those ninja skills from Freshman year and apply them when setting type into a composition.