FUTURES














A messy, detour ridden approach to thesis

DATE ENTRY
Saturday, April 27thCommunity Workshop @ Repair AtelierFriday, April 26thWorkshop Set Up @ Repair AtelierSaturday, April 20thPVD ThingsThursday, April 18thOld Colony Habitat for Humanity & Creative Reuse CenterWednesday, April 17thBenefit St. Bathroom RenoSaturday, April 13thRepair Space Pop-Up ID Workshop @ Repair AtelierThursday, April 11thBay View Academy Workshop Monday, April 8thValerie’s StudioThursday, April 4thOld Colony Habitat for Humanity & Home DepotTuesday, April 1stCoveted CastersThursday, March 28thBuddy’s Basement Part 2 Wednesday, March 27thBuddy’s Basement Part 1 March 24-26thBuilding a Work Bench ShelfWednesday, March 20thSecond Life ExchangeFriday, March 8thSaversThursday, March 7th Old Colony Habitat for HumanityWednesday, February 28thPVD ThingsTuesday, February 27thCreative Reuse Center & Ruth’s Basement Part 2Thursday, February 22ndRuth’s Basement Part 1My Mom, the Pick Up Artist

Thursday, March 28th
Today it rains. I ate nachos for breakfast and perused the waivers and photo release templates that Renee from General sent me. She couldn’t give me personal legal advice, but said I could use the forms as guidelines and customize them for my workshop(s). The redundancy of legal jargon got on my nerves.


The template was expectedly embedded with a general sense of mistrust and proprietary language that was somewhat grating. Yes I’d like to own my images and videos. No, these participants don’t have the proper training and they don’t need to.

Given my inexperience, I’m not sure whose interests I am protecting? Whose ass am I covering? Mine, RISD’s, Bay View, the faculty who are my collaborators, the venue owner’s?

Pair with https://open.spotify.com/track/5KcWEx8qjpEASD3Zt6gtHT?si=wx7JeSWFRvOBEEN2umOSMQ
Mom came for me at 10:15am.

I think I came down with her cold so we spent the car ride talking about it. I’m back in Swansea to take another pass at Auntie Martha’s basement. I had eyed some ULINE tip-out bins yesterday but left them behind because they were securely mounted to the wall. I’ve returned with an electric power drill to take those puppies down and hopefully repurpose them for my project.

Bayard Ewing Building ext.
Pair with ‘Walk on By’ by Dionne Warwick

LILY GUCFA, RISD ARCHITECTURE DEPARTMENT, SPRING 2024