Project Questions

The project's medium was in the format of a video clip and a recipe book. The video clip is the opening credits for the movie Wicker Park, where the class got to see firsthand what our area looks like. The recipe book is a series of "recipes" for the various aspects of the culture and history, including photos of people who we spotted in the area.

We made the project by cropping the photos of the residents out, pasting them on the pages, writing the recipes in and then decorating the front of the book with a gleamed object (bow).

Our project addresses the question about how the images of a community are generated. In the movie Wicker Park the area seems mysterious and urban. From our recipe and photographs, we tried creating a more diverse image.

The message is simple: Wicker Park is an upscale cultural melting pot, with a rich history. We hoped that the audience reacted with interest.

Group Project Blog 6

Our class is doing Wicker Park.
I know that wicker park is close to my area (lake view) and that there is an actual park called Wicker Park there.
What I didn't know before reading about it on Wikipedia is that it's 46.9% Hispanic and the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 influenced the area to develop.