We had a workshop to help us write about our object in preparation for the video we were instructed to make. One of the exercises I really enjoyed was writing about an object we remember, getting to unearth and express the memories of a long lost childhood toy felt curiously cathartic.
In the workshop we were also directed to consider both the physical and emotional characteristics and baggage of objects, and use those to give the object a voice. I felt that humanizing an object helps us consider traits inherent to it in a very natural and instinctual way, which leads us to get to a series of conclusions about it in a relatively easy and relaxed manner.
We picked random objects from a box and were prompted to think what voice would they have and how would it speak. The object I took from the box was a rubber glove. Being a soft, floppy, and reasonably thin object, I imagined it having a lazy, dragged down and nasal voice.
Then, with partners, we had to create a dialogue between both our objects, and I feel like the one between mine and Brooke’s object worked really well:
We created a scenario in which they were two stoner friends living in a basement flat, which fit very well with the lazy, slow voice I had given my object and Brooke’s friendlier and lower, yet equally slow whale-shaped plastic object. I thought the exercise was pretty fun, and very helpful in providing possibilities for considering the characteristics of objects in an intuitive and light-hearted manner.
Caio's Graduate Diploma 