Parsons, New School: The Challenge
Explore something usually overlooked within your daily environment. Choose one object, location, or activity.
Using any medium or media, interpret your discovery in three original pieces. Support each piece of art with an essay of approximately 250 words. The series you create should convey a conceptual and creative response to the subject matter.
All forms of media are acceptable—drawing, video, photography, sculpture, 3D work, collage, digital images. You may choose to work in a consistent medium or vary the media.
The Parsons Challenge helps the Admission Committee understand how a prospective student develops ideas, creates a theme, visually communicates that theme, and defends the work in writing.

Theme: Earphones/Headphones

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149 word-version
Description: Communication and Estrangement of Modern Society
Although life becomes more convenient with the development of modern society, people become more private and selfish. Instead of communicating and harmonizing with others, people tend to only insist on personal interests...

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123 word-version
Description: Convenience of Modern Civilization
With the development of civilization, modern people came to enjoy a convenient life. Among many of the conveniences the modern civilization provides us with, I chose the earphones as my medium of expression...

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138-word version
Description: Revenge of the Machine Age
Because of various devices, the daily lives of modern civilization have become very convenient. There are a myriad of devices that we use in our daily lives, but at the same time there are a myriad of devices that are discarded every day...