Robert Adams
-Takes photos of deforestation/ urban settings and acts(smog, housing developments, smoking billowing out of factory)
-He thought he was taking images of things he hated but ended up being glorious to him
-He looks for the perfect frame where everything fits
-Started in Colorado then southern California and moved to North Midwest
-Also does wood sculpture influenced by his father
-You feel the sorrow for the trees and think how can you not want to touch it?
Jenny Holzer
-Uses text and visual poetics for art
-Uses other poets work and prints or projects the words at a gigantic scale.
-Artist personally loves horses to calm herself from her work because she uses government documents and is pissed from whats going on in the world
-She proves a point with a small punchline
-"Protect me from what I want"
I love this quote because usually what you want isn't actually what you need.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Daily Notes for 10/19/09
-For project 3 need to do research= internet, talk to people, get statistics to develop piece
-Find out the pros and cons to each side of story without bias
-Once you gather all information you need to make a stand/point/action/activity
Decide to go with Lauren and the legalizing of marijuana
We want to do an installation piece in Rowe, filling the space with the collection of the ideas and opinions we choose
Possibly use text
Possibly put a 50's theme with it and Reefer Madness
-Find out the pros and cons to each side of story without bias
-Once you gather all information you need to make a stand/point/action/activity
Decide to go with Lauren and the legalizing of marijuana
We want to do an installation piece in Rowe, filling the space with the collection of the ideas and opinions we choose
Possibly use text
Possibly put a 50's theme with it and Reefer Madness
Video Notes on Guillermo Gomez Pena 10/14/09
-He juxtaposes high and low cultures
-He shows "pre Colombian vatos in his box"
-Reversed anthropology
-"Performance artist is an artist who wears many hats to show many different attributes
-Uses performance art because he and others in his group can become chameleons
-Did Crucifixion piece in San Fransisco to be shown as public enemy of San Fran to Cali to US
-Mexercise: Smoke in/ Smoke out
-Impromptu pulling over by police
-Made Aztec jello mold man
-When looking at him in the box you would think he is a witch doctor but up close you actually see non ritualized material and props
-Visitors can and do confess to Pena by kneeling and speaking into microphone to talk about racial issue or stories they have encountered
-He believes he can do more than activists as a performance artist because of freedom with art.
-He shows "pre Colombian vatos in his box"
-Reversed anthropology
-"Performance artist is an artist who wears many hats to show many different attributes
-Uses performance art because he and others in his group can become chameleons
-Did Crucifixion piece in San Fransisco to be shown as public enemy of San Fran to Cali to US
-Mexercise: Smoke in/ Smoke out
-Impromptu pulling over by police
-Made Aztec jello mold man
-When looking at him in the box you would think he is a witch doctor but up close you actually see non ritualized material and props
-Visitors can and do confess to Pena by kneeling and speaking into microphone to talk about racial issue or stories they have encountered
-He believes he can do more than activists as a performance artist because of freedom with art.
Daily Notes for 10/14/09
Introducing Project 3- Group Project on art and activism
Can art influence others?
Can art change peoples minds?
What issues do you care about?
What are concerns or problems for you?
What issues do you want to talk about in this project?
Who is the audience?
Who are you trying to talk to?
Can your art make a difference?
This project needs to connect to YOU
http://www.guerillagirls.com/info/index.shtml
Do women have to get naked to get into US museums?
"Less than 3% of the artists in the Met. Museum are women, but 83% of the nudes are female"
Guillermo Gomez Pena
Temple of Confessions
http://www.pochanostra.com/home/
Brainstorming what I want to talk about...
1. Society wrapped up in media=overload
2. Environment as a whole= us and Earth
3.People living off the system/unemployment/economy
4.Kids growing up too soon...the Britney Spears generation(me)...Hannah Montana now
5. No community effort= everyone is individualized to their home/car/same group of friends
6. No one dances at wedding anymore= too concerned with self-image
Can art influence others?
Can art change peoples minds?
What issues do you care about?
What are concerns or problems for you?
What issues do you want to talk about in this project?
Who is the audience?
Who are you trying to talk to?
Can your art make a difference?
This project needs to connect to YOU
http://www.guerillagirls.com/info/index.shtml
Do women have to get naked to get into US museums?
"Less than 3% of the artists in the Met. Museum are women, but 83% of the nudes are female"
Guillermo Gomez Pena
Temple of Confessions
http://www.pochanostra.com/home/
Brainstorming what I want to talk about...
1. Society wrapped up in media=overload
2. Environment as a whole= us and Earth
3.People living off the system/unemployment/economy
4.Kids growing up too soon...the Britney Spears generation(me)...Hannah Montana now
5. No community effort= everyone is individualized to their home/car/same group of friends
6. No one dances at wedding anymore= too concerned with self-image
Text Notes for Wenda Gu and Daniel J. Martinez
Wenda Gu
3 questions.
1. Why why why?
2. Is that real?
3. Whats the purpose?
-Celebrates common aspects of human experience as the physical origins of life
-Mission is devoted to reconciling contrasting cultural practices, thereby promoting universal accord
-Gu seeks unity through art
-Devotes his art career to unifying a planet beset by quarrels and conflicts
-Envisioning international reconciliation required an art purged of evidence of any nation tradition
-the magnitude, medium, and presentation are all global
-Language separates populations
-All people share knowledge of their body and its functions
-First installation: Oedipus Refound
Different attributes to menstruation:
-embodies evil spirits/ embodies benevolent spirits/ celebrated/ dreaded/ reviled/ revered/ taboo/ and accepted
-Gu got sixty women from different nationalities to participate with Oedipus Refound
-The Oedipus myth conjures the situation in which a person succumbs to one's destiny and then suffers the agony of its consequences.
-United Nations piece borrows language from English, Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, and so forth.
-No one can decipher them so it puts all viewers on the same level
-Creates pseudo-scripts to imagine the universe which is beyond the reach of human knowledge.
-Dedicated to creating a world in which political alliances and social harmony replace violence and strife.
-Language and knowledge are artificial. The human body is authentic and natural
-There are cultures that believe that human vitality and life force are located in their hair.
-Impregnation Piece- to impregnate one women from each continent so the art will "live on"
-He describes himself as living on a horizontal axis between Marxist and capitalist ideologies.
-The vertical axis extends from his Chinese heritage to his acquired international attitudes.
My thoughts:
My boyfriend and I had lots of discussion on this artists and whether he was actually getting the message to everyone. You think of the average Joe and what is he going to get out of a pillowcase with bloodstains and tampons in a framed box? I totally understand the concept and why he is making this art but I believe in the Renaissance style also where if the majority of viewers can't get what the image is about without having a class on it, is it really that effective?
Daniel J. Martinez
3 questions.
1. Is the Quality of Life piece shown in Beverly Hills or Long Beach and Manhattan or the Bronx?
2. What is the race of this artist?
3. What are the minis signs he made the Second Movement from?
-Prefers not to be known as an artist
-Instead he prefers to be known as a Tactical Media Strategist
-The tactics and strategies he employs falls into two categories: Martinez defies rules, and he disrupts conventions
-These methods are designed to expose insidious concentrations of social, political, and economic power.
-The gap between privileged and privation persists
-"the production of hatred and division is a disease that is killing this country"
-Success is determined by his ability to shame the offenders and empower the victims.
-Martinez only exhibits when he receives an official invitation to present his work.
-"I take small opportunities and turn them into something important.
-He used the strategy of confusion to get what he wanted at Cornell like Hannibal with the Romans
-He wanted to keep The Castle is Burning a permanent fixture but the university turned him down probably due to the controversy.
-He considers it one of his most successful pieces because its effects still reverberate on campus.
-"From artistic standpoint, it is to create absurdist situations to show people how they have been socialized to see things in a certain way. I show them how ridiculous that is."
-He grew up in tiny Mexican neighborhood in L.A.
-Grew up worrying about gangs making him join or thinking he was a snitch. Also had to worry about all the harassment from police because of race and gender.
-Public impact is the goal of his adult activities.
-The Museum Tags were very successful in that they stirred up so much discussion. Martinez didn't care if it was good or bad just the fact that people were talking about it and creating conversation.
-Since the late 1990's he has been creating graphic photographs of himself with virtual wounds
My thoughts:
I think this artists has a lot of courage to put his images out to the public the way he does. I like the fact that he is pushing the envelope way over what is allowed and then is denied but told he can "tone it down" and end up getting what he wanted originally. Playing with the system is an approach that more artists should use because their are so many of us and very few positions open as far as employment, galleries, studios, shops, and respect.
3 questions.
1. Why why why?
2. Is that real?
3. Whats the purpose?
-Celebrates common aspects of human experience as the physical origins of life
-Mission is devoted to reconciling contrasting cultural practices, thereby promoting universal accord
-Gu seeks unity through art
-Devotes his art career to unifying a planet beset by quarrels and conflicts
-Envisioning international reconciliation required an art purged of evidence of any nation tradition
-the magnitude, medium, and presentation are all global
-Language separates populations
-All people share knowledge of their body and its functions
-First installation: Oedipus Refound
Different attributes to menstruation:
-embodies evil spirits/ embodies benevolent spirits/ celebrated/ dreaded/ reviled/ revered/ taboo/ and accepted
-Gu got sixty women from different nationalities to participate with Oedipus Refound
-The Oedipus myth conjures the situation in which a person succumbs to one's destiny and then suffers the agony of its consequences.
-United Nations piece borrows language from English, Hindi, Arabic, Chinese, and so forth.
-No one can decipher them so it puts all viewers on the same level
-Creates pseudo-scripts to imagine the universe which is beyond the reach of human knowledge.
-Dedicated to creating a world in which political alliances and social harmony replace violence and strife.
-Language and knowledge are artificial. The human body is authentic and natural
-There are cultures that believe that human vitality and life force are located in their hair.
-Impregnation Piece- to impregnate one women from each continent so the art will "live on"
-He describes himself as living on a horizontal axis between Marxist and capitalist ideologies.
-The vertical axis extends from his Chinese heritage to his acquired international attitudes.
My thoughts:
My boyfriend and I had lots of discussion on this artists and whether he was actually getting the message to everyone. You think of the average Joe and what is he going to get out of a pillowcase with bloodstains and tampons in a framed box? I totally understand the concept and why he is making this art but I believe in the Renaissance style also where if the majority of viewers can't get what the image is about without having a class on it, is it really that effective?
Daniel J. Martinez
3 questions.
1. Is the Quality of Life piece shown in Beverly Hills or Long Beach and Manhattan or the Bronx?
2. What is the race of this artist?
3. What are the minis signs he made the Second Movement from?
-Prefers not to be known as an artist
-Instead he prefers to be known as a Tactical Media Strategist
-The tactics and strategies he employs falls into two categories: Martinez defies rules, and he disrupts conventions
-These methods are designed to expose insidious concentrations of social, political, and economic power.
-The gap between privileged and privation persists
-"the production of hatred and division is a disease that is killing this country"
-Success is determined by his ability to shame the offenders and empower the victims.
-Martinez only exhibits when he receives an official invitation to present his work.
-"I take small opportunities and turn them into something important.
-He used the strategy of confusion to get what he wanted at Cornell like Hannibal with the Romans
-He wanted to keep The Castle is Burning a permanent fixture but the university turned him down probably due to the controversy.
-He considers it one of his most successful pieces because its effects still reverberate on campus.
-"From artistic standpoint, it is to create absurdist situations to show people how they have been socialized to see things in a certain way. I show them how ridiculous that is."
-He grew up in tiny Mexican neighborhood in L.A.
-Grew up worrying about gangs making him join or thinking he was a snitch. Also had to worry about all the harassment from police because of race and gender.
-Public impact is the goal of his adult activities.
-The Museum Tags were very successful in that they stirred up so much discussion. Martinez didn't care if it was good or bad just the fact that people were talking about it and creating conversation.
-Since the late 1990's he has been creating graphic photographs of himself with virtual wounds
My thoughts:
I think this artists has a lot of courage to put his images out to the public the way he does. I like the fact that he is pushing the envelope way over what is allowed and then is denied but told he can "tone it down" and end up getting what he wanted originally. Playing with the system is an approach that more artists should use because their are so many of us and very few positions open as far as employment, galleries, studios, shops, and respect.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Daily Notes for 10/7/09
Critiques for group A were today.
There were a couple of pieces that really spoke to me.
The CAUTION piece was important for me, not because of the artists original meaning, but the word caution and where it was placed on campus. I live in Hunt Village and I walk through the woods to class very close to where the artist had displayed the work. The artist had meant to say caution with the materials that humans use. I took the piece as a reminder of not letting your guard down in places like the sparsely trafficked path through the woods. It was a slap in the face to not to be engulfed in the cell phone, ipod, or even my own thoughts and always be aware of your surroundings.
On the other hand, I had issues with some of the pieces that were shown today because I was not sure the artist was actually conveying their personal consumption or intake.
I understand that they could have been making a statement on the world today but I think you as the artist should be able to relate the work directly back to yourself. It gives the art more of a backbone and instead just saying "I made this just to make it, this doesn't really define me in any way, I just made it because..."
There were a couple of pieces that really spoke to me.
The CAUTION piece was important for me, not because of the artists original meaning, but the word caution and where it was placed on campus. I live in Hunt Village and I walk through the woods to class very close to where the artist had displayed the work. The artist had meant to say caution with the materials that humans use. I took the piece as a reminder of not letting your guard down in places like the sparsely trafficked path through the woods. It was a slap in the face to not to be engulfed in the cell phone, ipod, or even my own thoughts and always be aware of your surroundings.
On the other hand, I had issues with some of the pieces that were shown today because I was not sure the artist was actually conveying their personal consumption or intake.
I understand that they could have been making a statement on the world today but I think you as the artist should be able to relate the work directly back to yourself. It gives the art more of a backbone and instead just saying "I made this just to make it, this doesn't really define me in any way, I just made it because..."
Monday, October 5, 2009
Daily Notes 10/5/09
Today was critique day for me on project 2. I was extremely happy that people were pushed to speak more and it makes the class so much more interesting and less awkward when the teacher doesn't have to keep say "OK who else has something to say."
The pieces my group critiques were the trashcan made from cans and the propaganda piece on McDonald's and the hungry.
I enjoyed the trashcans because it was in the form of a trashcan with trash bulging out the top. My group couldn't tell who the piece was directed to because of the environment the cans were sitting in. This piece also made me think of Fight Club and the note on single serving packets where lots of people buy 4 20oz sodas a day instead of just buying a 2 liter. or the same with the fruit cup and chips seen in the piece of work.
My group really talked about this piece a lot and we tried to debate whether the perspective was messing with the piece or not. We also thought that there needed to be something with the text at the bottom because you start at the bottom and work your way up to the McDonald sign and then get stuck there. The message was very powerful however in that it showed ignorance on Americas part and the convenience and availability that probably all Americans take for granted.
One of my favorite pieces today was the wire figure that was multicolored and the shape of the body had lots of curvature. in it
The pieces my group critiques were the trashcan made from cans and the propaganda piece on McDonald's and the hungry.
I enjoyed the trashcans because it was in the form of a trashcan with trash bulging out the top. My group couldn't tell who the piece was directed to because of the environment the cans were sitting in. This piece also made me think of Fight Club and the note on single serving packets where lots of people buy 4 20oz sodas a day instead of just buying a 2 liter. or the same with the fruit cup and chips seen in the piece of work.
My group really talked about this piece a lot and we tried to debate whether the perspective was messing with the piece or not. We also thought that there needed to be something with the text at the bottom because you start at the bottom and work your way up to the McDonald sign and then get stuck there. The message was very powerful however in that it showed ignorance on Americas part and the convenience and availability that probably all Americans take for granted.
One of my favorite pieces today was the wire figure that was multicolored and the shape of the body had lots of curvature. in it
Project 2 Final Picture/Self Evaluation
I was extremely happy with the outcome of this project and the process of making it. The project before was not executed well as far as time but this project was planned and executed in around 10-12 hours in contrasting to the 25+ hours spent on the first project. I am glad that I chose to show music as my consumption piece and just read the comment from the professor wondering if I was going to have music playing. Now that I think about it that would have concreted my idea even more but I don't know if I like the mysterious sense about it more. Where the viewer doesn't know what kind music gives me such motivation. I was happy with the comments in class today.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Daily Notes for 9/28/09
In class we watched parts of the Super Size documentary and bits and pieces of a biography about Annie Leibovitz.
Out of the two videos I preferred the Annie bio over the Super Size video.
Even though the McDonalds thing was super interesting seeing how the french fries just didn't break down after weeks and weeks of sitting there while all the other food was getting all moldy and icky.
I also found it interesting how public schools say they are looking out for our kids health by providing P.E. and health classes and then feeding them horrible junk food.
Then they claim that kids usually bring their sandwich and buy fries at school when in reality they just order two things of fries or two bags of chips.
Also giving them lemonade which has just as much sugar as a soda.
It is very possible that public schools are ruining our kids bodies, egos, and health.
Now switching to something completely different.
Annie Leibovitz
I think this video hits home to me because my Mother is a photographer and
Out of the two videos I preferred the Annie bio over the Super Size video.
Even though the McDonalds thing was super interesting seeing how the french fries just didn't break down after weeks and weeks of sitting there while all the other food was getting all moldy and icky.
I also found it interesting how public schools say they are looking out for our kids health by providing P.E. and health classes and then feeding them horrible junk food.
Then they claim that kids usually bring their sandwich and buy fries at school when in reality they just order two things of fries or two bags of chips.
Also giving them lemonade which has just as much sugar as a soda.
It is very possible that public schools are ruining our kids bodies, egos, and health.
Now switching to something completely different.
Annie Leibovitz
I think this video hits home to me because my Mother is a photographer and
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