Alfredo was born in 1956, the same year as my mother, and has been making art for the last 30 years. He divided his art work into three main areas and only 1/3 of the work fit into the mainstream gallery work seen at the time. The other 2/3 of his works are called public interventions. In his public interventions he considers himself an architect making art. He feels for the essence of each location he works at and in turn makes art to interpret what he feels and observes.
First started work in Chile and used trash can lids and flags to show his opinion of the disappearances of people in Chile who were rebelling politically. He then did the piece in Manhattan were he showed text and symbols of the U.S. and America. He stated that people would assume if you say America that means the United States only and Jaar wanted to put it out there that there is more to America than the United States.
After that contract Alfredo went to Sweden for the paper mill project. He designed the first museum for this small city and it was made out of paper. On the grand opening he had students display art with direct correlation to paper. A popular display was the origami table for children. In the plan the Alfredo created the museum was to be burnt down in a short amount of time and town members came to him and wanted Jaar to changed his mind and not set fire to it but Alfredo was against it. Even though there are now plans for him to build a permanent museum there which will be open around 2012.
Another piece done in Europe was Finland where they have very strict immigration rules so Alfredo was able to get one million passports printed off and set them up in a gallery space to show the significance of blending and melting cultures together. They would have that many more people who would be artists, geniuses, and millionaires.
My favorite piece was the museum made from handing out 1,000 disposable cameras to the public and then around 740 camera were turned in so he had to go in and decide how to display the images. The ones he thought had some real artistic value got blown up but every single photo was shown in the museum and every single person was given credit. I enjoyed this piece so much because no one in the community wanted this museum, they would have preferred a sports complex but in the end they all loved it because they were the artists. Also I enjoyed this because it made the area look better for this community considering there was a dangerous prison located adjacent to a park where small children would play.
Alfredo Jaar then accepted to go back to South America where he worked in Venezuela on a piece of art for former President of Chile Salvador Gossens. In a park he set up multiple canvases in a park beside a school. You could go to the school ask for paint and then go create anything and share it with the world. It enabled so many to be creative when they did not have the funds to paint.
He then did a piece about the killing of people trying to cross the American border. It consisted of a stringed band playing music, people reading poems, biodegradable balloons set off into the air from the “cloud,” and then the lonely musician playing a stringed instrument on the other side of the border. It was as if the two sides were communicating by music. This piece was very sad for me and I felt a small amount of what the families were having to go through.
In former East Germany this Art Council bought a broken down church and wanted Alfredo Jaar to come there and make a piece of art to reflect on the disintegration of that area economically. He cleaned up the building some what like the stained glass, chairs and chandelier. He first drew attention to the center by turning on the chandelier and moving it up and down which was effective to get people in the building. But he then decided to make it a town meeting location and this plan failed completely. No one even talked when they came much less about saving the community.
Finally he showed us a public intervention he did in Montreal making a statement about the amount of homeless people in this area. He first talks about how this one building was burnt down 5 times before the people decided to more this government building. So they had Alfredo come in and for a long time he couldn’t figure out what to do with the place. One day he was walking and saw this trucking delivering food to a homeless shelter and thats where the idea originated. His plan was to fill the location with red lights and buttons at two homeless shelters and every time someone walked in to stay for the night they would push the button and the dome building would light up bright red. This piece got lots of attention from the TV, newspapers, and magazines.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Project 4 Notes for Humorous Piece of Clothing
Brainstorming:
ankle bracelet-bracelet made of ankles
toe ring- ring with toe on it
diaper bag of of diapers
Having an eye on your watch
Charm Bracelet with actual charms on it(beauty, personality, sexuality, confidence, intellegence)
Choker- necklace with little people choking the person wearing the jewelry but not really.
Decide on bubble wrap corset
Got my sizes for construction.
I was at a friends house telling them about the assignment and they remembered they had these fasteners that worked perfectly and I made the whole back part at their house in about an hour.
Materials:
Small bubble wrap
yarn
ribbon
tacky glue
fasteners
eyeball stickers
oxygen nose thingy
ankle bracelet-bracelet made of ankles
toe ring- ring with toe on it
diaper bag of of diapers
Having an eye on your watch
Charm Bracelet with actual charms on it(beauty, personality, sexuality, confidence, intellegence)
Choker- necklace with little people choking the person wearing the jewelry but not really.
Decide on bubble wrap corset
Got my sizes for construction.
I was at a friends house telling them about the assignment and they remembered they had these fasteners that worked perfectly and I made the whole back part at their house in about an hour.
Materials:
Small bubble wrap
yarn
ribbon
tacky glue
fasteners
eyeball stickers
oxygen nose thingy
11/18/09 Daily Notes
Go to Drive By Press lecture. drivebypress.com
I really enjoyed this lecture and listen to their story. I believe his name was Joseph and he did a wonderful job at being real and kickin it but also having so much information for us I couldn't even write everything down.
I was very excited about the printing of the shirts and got one for me and my boyfriend.
I got him the huge skull print because he is into zombies and I got the tree/brain print.
I thought it was super awesome that they let the customers spin the wheel and the fact it was a chain link wheel like a gangsta.
I really enjoyed this lecture and listen to their story. I believe his name was Joseph and he did a wonderful job at being real and kickin it but also having so much information for us I couldn't even write everything down.
I was very excited about the printing of the shirts and got one for me and my boyfriend.
I got him the huge skull print because he is into zombies and I got the tree/brain print.
I thought it was super awesome that they let the customers spin the wheel and the fact it was a chain link wheel like a gangsta.
11/16/09 Daily Notes
This weekend humor:
1.Yellow latex gloves
2.Accidently driving to exit 75
3.Drawing on pong table while people are beer ponging
4.Covering up Conan’s drawing on the beer pong table.
5.Taking a bunch of people in my car driving around campus to figure out what’s wrong with my 6.car and then the car was mysteriously not messing up when I have a car full of people inspecting
7.Making music with latex gloves
8.Conan, Hugh, and Jacob messing with dumpster raccoon.
9.Looked up Chinese Zodiac with Davids roommate-scornfully truthful
What is humor?
Difference between: sarcasm, satire, irony
Last humorous work of art you saw?
Sarcasm-Assholes playing around but really telling the truth/ have a sharpness/ saying the opposite of what you mean
Irony-Reverse of what it is/Romeo and Juliet
Satire-human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement
Thinking maybe vacuum cleaner shirt
1.Yellow latex gloves
2.Accidently driving to exit 75
3.Drawing on pong table while people are beer ponging
4.Covering up Conan’s drawing on the beer pong table.
5.Taking a bunch of people in my car driving around campus to figure out what’s wrong with my 6.car and then the car was mysteriously not messing up when I have a car full of people inspecting
7.Making music with latex gloves
8.Conan, Hugh, and Jacob messing with dumpster raccoon.
9.Looked up Chinese Zodiac with Davids roommate-scornfully truthful
What is humor?
Difference between: sarcasm, satire, irony
Last humorous work of art you saw?
Sarcasm-Assholes playing around but really telling the truth/ have a sharpness/ saying the opposite of what you mean
Irony-Reverse of what it is/Romeo and Juliet
Satire-human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, ideally with the intent to bring about improvement
Thinking maybe vacuum cleaner shirt
11/11/09 Daily Notes
Class goes to The Mint Museum. Lauren picks me up
I was really wishing the Julie Heffernan painting was going to be there but it wasn't.
I enjoyed looking at the shoe gallery, couture clothing gallery, and the Loïs Mailou Jones gallery.
This one painting of someone buttering a bagel was so amazing. I can not believe so many colors could go into just one bagel.
I love the red and cream shows that had a sort of spiral design on them and then all of the vintage clothing that sparkled.
I was really wishing the Julie Heffernan painting was going to be there but it wasn't.
I enjoyed looking at the shoe gallery, couture clothing gallery, and the Loïs Mailou Jones gallery.
This one painting of someone buttering a bagel was so amazing. I can not believe so many colors could go into just one bagel.
I love the red and cream shows that had a sort of spiral design on them and then all of the vintage clothing that sparkled.
11/9/09 Daily Notes/Art 21 Videos
Art 21 Videoss for humor
Margaret Cho starts it out by talking about 4 humors
Eleanor Antin
-turning Pompeii into L.A.
-obsessed with the Metropolitan and Mythology
-does Paper doll art
-use paper doll/live action/ marching band video
-feminist/Jewish
-did shadow ballet video
-was actress
-book about 100 boots
-video about swan penis and ballet dancers
Raymond Pettibon
-uses text and images
-very messy kinda like my friend eric
-very eccentric(mind goes many places)
_uses baseball in art
-uses a larger than life feeling
_uses trains
-reuses motifs
-makes horrible things funny
-creates alternate universe
“my depression lasted only five chambers”
Elizabeth Murray
-using foam board as palette and palette knife
-cuts out shapes and lets colors fall where they want
uses intense color
she feels like a lock breaker-keeps painting til it clicks
-went to Art Institute of Chicago-changed her life-wanted to be unique like those artists
-teachers were there to tell you you will never make it as an artist
-she would go see the excavation everyday and dance with it
-once you let your arm do the painting you can let your brain be creative and flow
-children critique her and tell her the truth
-love it hate it love it hate it
Margaret Cho starts it out by talking about 4 humors
Eleanor Antin
-turning Pompeii into L.A.
-obsessed with the Metropolitan and Mythology
-does Paper doll art
-use paper doll/live action/ marching band video
-feminist/Jewish
-did shadow ballet video
-was actress
-book about 100 boots
-video about swan penis and ballet dancers
Raymond Pettibon
-uses text and images
-very messy kinda like my friend eric
-very eccentric(mind goes many places)
_uses baseball in art
-uses a larger than life feeling
_uses trains
-reuses motifs
-makes horrible things funny
-creates alternate universe
“my depression lasted only five chambers”
Elizabeth Murray
-using foam board as palette and palette knife
-cuts out shapes and lets colors fall where they want
uses intense color
she feels like a lock breaker-keeps painting til it clicks
-went to Art Institute of Chicago-changed her life-wanted to be unique like those artists
-teachers were there to tell you you will never make it as an artist
-she would go see the excavation everyday and dance with it
-once you let your arm do the painting you can let your brain be creative and flow
-children critique her and tell her the truth
-love it hate it love it hate it
11/4/09 Daily Notes
Critique day for other groups:
The only one that stuck out in my mind was the life size cut outs going around the Belk Tower.
I think it really stated a message and it was so awesome when people started adding to it by painting the rainbow scheme on paper and posting it up. Also I believe there was a message wrote out in chalk by other groups.
Then to top it off the super annoying preacher was out there which drew in lots of attention.
Super affective piece, good job to the Gay Rights Group
The only one that stuck out in my mind was the life size cut outs going around the Belk Tower.
I think it really stated a message and it was so awesome when people started adding to it by painting the rainbow scheme on paper and posting it up. Also I believe there was a message wrote out in chalk by other groups.
Then to top it off the super annoying preacher was out there which drew in lots of attention.
Super affective piece, good job to the Gay Rights Group
10/28/09 Daily Notes Guest speaker
10/28/09
Daily Notes
Sonja Hinnchsen
Business of Being an Artist
Resume
-Education
-Awards/Fellowships
-Solo Exhibitions
-Group Exhibition
-Artist Residence
-Performances/Screenings/Festivals
Teaching
Different kinds of residencies
-usually out in BFE to give time without distractions/like artist retreat
-in the city working with the community/ lots of fundraising to keep the center up
-some pay you, some charge you for being there
www.resartis.org
www.artistcommunities.org
www.transartist.nl
www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm not updated
www.nyfa.org
New York Foundation for the Arts-current-classifieds
Daily Notes
Sonja Hinnchsen
Business of Being an Artist
Resume
-Education
-Awards/Fellowships
-Solo Exhibitions
-Group Exhibition
-Artist Residence
-Performances/Screenings/Festivals
Teaching
Different kinds of residencies
-usually out in BFE to give time without distractions/like artist retreat
-in the city working with the community/ lots of fundraising to keep the center up
-some pay you, some charge you for being there
www.resartis.org
www.artistcommunities.org
www.transartist.nl
www.nps.gov/archive/volunteer/air.htm not updated
www.nyfa.org
New York Foundation for the Arts-current-classifieds
10/26/09 Project Notes/ Advising Day
Advising Day! CRAZYNESS!
Met with Lauren to work On project.
Project Notes
Brainstorming:
Decide we want to do installation piece in Rowe on the legalization of marijuana.
Need to get pros and cons of legalization.
Maybe do a 50’s style Reefer Madness with a modern twist.
Possibly use text in the piece.
People are close minded and need to pull back the vail
Need to get stats on marijuana compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription medicine.
Pro
Medical
Alcohol/Cigarettes/Addictive Prescription Medication are all worse than pot
We could pay off the National debt quicker and more efficient
Is being a little paranoid really that bad?
Con
Illegal
Mind Changing
Lack of Motivation
Gateway to other drugs
Can’t tax it or control it
Your influence makes you choose which side you want to be on.
Our thoughts- The masses don’t know the true overall average effects
Everything else vs. Marijuana
Alcohol
Cigarettes
Crack/Cocaine
Meth
Prescription pills
Caffeine
Ecstasy
Legal Substances vs. Marijuana
pills
alcohol
cigarettes
cigars
caffeine
Need to get stats on marijuana compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription medicine.
Stats on Rehab for addictive medicine and alcohol
Money spent on all three.
Alcohol kills this many/ Cigarettes kill this many/ Pot contributes some but need to out weigh the good and bad qualities and overall more beneficial
Imagine a doctor in a dark alley pushin the pain medicine.
Us as a group need to show our opinion and action
Marijuana Policy Project www.mpp.org
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Why does it matter when I am chilling in my own personal paid for space not hurting anybody.
We know we want to use two globes the good earth and trashy earth.
Using installation
Need to collect trash to add to piece.
Need branches, leaves, hemp to show opposite
Either have the globes on same axis or diagonal from each other.
One earth will be pretty, lush, and healthy, airy
One earth will be trashy, wilted, dirty, covered
Met with Lauren to work On project.
Project Notes
Brainstorming:
Decide we want to do installation piece in Rowe on the legalization of marijuana.
Need to get pros and cons of legalization.
Maybe do a 50’s style Reefer Madness with a modern twist.
Possibly use text in the piece.
People are close minded and need to pull back the vail
Need to get stats on marijuana compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription medicine.
Pro
Medical
Alcohol/Cigarettes/Addictive Prescription Medication are all worse than pot
We could pay off the National debt quicker and more efficient
Is being a little paranoid really that bad?
Con
Illegal
Mind Changing
Lack of Motivation
Gateway to other drugs
Can’t tax it or control it
Your influence makes you choose which side you want to be on.
Our thoughts- The masses don’t know the true overall average effects
Everything else vs. Marijuana
Alcohol
Cigarettes
Crack/Cocaine
Meth
Prescription pills
Caffeine
Ecstasy
Legal Substances vs. Marijuana
pills
alcohol
cigarettes
cigars
caffeine
Need to get stats on marijuana compared to alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription medicine.
Stats on Rehab for addictive medicine and alcohol
Money spent on all three.
Alcohol kills this many/ Cigarettes kill this many/ Pot contributes some but need to out weigh the good and bad qualities and overall more beneficial
Imagine a doctor in a dark alley pushin the pain medicine.
Us as a group need to show our opinion and action
Marijuana Policy Project www.mpp.org
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
Why does it matter when I am chilling in my own personal paid for space not hurting anybody.
We know we want to use two globes the good earth and trashy earth.
Using installation
Need to collect trash to add to piece.
Need branches, leaves, hemp to show opposite
Either have the globes on same axis or diagonal from each other.
One earth will be pretty, lush, and healthy, airy
One earth will be trashy, wilted, dirty, covered
Daily Notes 10/21/09
Today in class we looked at the artist James Nachtwey at www.jamesnachtwey.com
His first encounter with photographs were from the Vietnam war as a child and that started it all.
Whose decision is it to have violent/government/war photos out in the public?
He shows images of war, human struggle, the suffering, and industrial pollution.
He is a very simple and organized man, is known to be very cleanly.
No time for a relationship. Committed life to his work and how could he have relationship when _no one could relate.
Some of the pieces I that left an impression in my mind:
Young Men Rite of Passage
Somalia Famine Victims
Prisoner of a Chain Gang
-important to have pictures including United States so we can relate to other images.
Indonesia- Homeless Washes children
He studied art history and political science.
Vietnam made him want to be photo journalist.
Art is gritty-How would you go about showing this? What if physical location for images being _displayed wasn't welcoming? What if the location of shoot had actual guns slinging bullets __everywhere?
I don't know how he can be there witnessing all these horrible things and how has he still made _out alive?
His first encounter with photographs were from the Vietnam war as a child and that started it all.
Whose decision is it to have violent/government/war photos out in the public?
He shows images of war, human struggle, the suffering, and industrial pollution.
He is a very simple and organized man, is known to be very cleanly.
No time for a relationship. Committed life to his work and how could he have relationship when _no one could relate.
Some of the pieces I that left an impression in my mind:
Young Men Rite of Passage
Somalia Famine Victims
Prisoner of a Chain Gang
-important to have pictures including United States so we can relate to other images.
Indonesia- Homeless Washes children
He studied art history and political science.
Vietnam made him want to be photo journalist.
Art is gritty-How would you go about showing this? What if physical location for images being _displayed wasn't welcoming? What if the location of shoot had actual guns slinging bullets __everywhere?
I don't know how he can be there witnessing all these horrible things and how has he still made _out alive?
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