The second brief I chose was Paradox. Paradox 1. A seemingly contradictory statement that may nonetheless be true: the paradox that standing is more tiring than walking. 2. One exhibiting inexplicable or contradictory aspects. 3. An assertion that is essentially self-contradictory, though based on a valid deduction from acceptable premises. 4. A statement contrary to received opinion. It is something that seems illogical initially but somewhere in reality it could potentially be true. I started by researching and understanding some famous paradoxes specifically “all horses are the same colour.”
So I started to think of paradoxes in everyday life.. which got me to come up with the idea that:
Initially you would say that this is untrue and you could undoubtedly argue that this is pretty illogical. We all know that everyone’s favourite colour is not red.
Hypothetically though this could be entirely plausible, because there is no way to know or see how other people perceive colours in their minds eye. In theory this would be impossible to prove but to put it simply the way that I see MY red may just be the way that you see MY purple. I started to morph a little into the synesthesia brief around this time. So, to demonstrate this graphically I did some experiments by asking people what their favourite colours were out of a list of 11 colours. I asked them to label 1-11; 1 being most favourable and 11 being the least. 
The posters showed some interesting views between similarities and differences with their perceptions of which colours were favored and which were not.
To get away from colours I wanted to focus more on perception. Everyone has a different view on the world around them and just how people perceive it is entirely dependent on a broad range of variables.
So I drew up some common drawings just to test people on their initial reactions and perceptions to the images they were shown. I wanted to know what they saw initially and what they saw upon examining the image further.
After this experiment I wanted to see how preconceived perceptions effect someones performance.
Do changes or alterations in original perceptions enhance or deter the subject?
So I made a deck of cards but reversed the colours of the suits making:
hearts black
diamonds black
clubs red
& spades red.
What this experiment ended up showing was a slower reaction time in peoples’ perceptions while playing a game. They had previously been exposed to seeing something a certain way and an alteration in this confused a subconscious reaction.
The idea of devices or tools used to enhance or manipulate perceptions/understanding is very intriguing to me, and although this was mostly design through experimentation I find the idea of machines for perceiving very interesting and would like to expand on this further through continuing experimentation methods.
