Carmen Avila

Art

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Quarantine

This was inspired from my last project. If you have the time feel free to check it out! 

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Art Assignment 

I’ve always had a passion for photography, taking pictures of nature, the world, everything around us, capturing that moment of sentiment and expressing what we are all feeling. For this assignment I wanted to take pictures of the quietest places and take a moment to breath and think. There’s a lot going on and during this walk, I noticed a lot of sad stuff, I picked up on the mutual feeling most people have and  tried to conveyed that feeling through my pictures. I want them  to see the truth and take care of themselves but also the earth. We see a lot going on, but what are we doing to keeping us safe and keeping others safe. It is during this time we have to take care of each other and check in because even though it may seems we are alone, we’re not. Hope you enjoy. 

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The Art Assignment 

pictures taken before editing. 

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Postmodern Art-Making

When we think of the word postmodern art-making a lot of thoughts come in to mind because it doesn’t only mean one thing but consists of a lot more. Postmodern is the idea of clarifying it’s concepts and add complexity to what is provided already. The concepts being used can also be useful for making art according to Barrett. It can gives you ideas, interpretation of what it’s saying and what it’s actually showing you. For example, escaping  the confines of museums focused on reaching the audience beyond the art galleries and museum and would place her/his work in public venues. Collapsing Boundaries between high and low seek the boundaries that were important to modern world and like many others there is a lot of more that falls on postmodern art making. It is the art movement that contradicts the aspect of others, it can be shown through intermedia, installation art, conceptual art, and multimedia.

1. Escaping the confines of museums- Unittled (You are here), Prints and multipl, Print on vinyl, 2017, Barbara Kruger.

2. Collapsing Boundaries between “High and Low-  Crying Girl, enamel paint,1963, Roy Lichtenstein

3. Rejecting Originality- Barcham Green Portfolio , prints and multiple, suit of five intaglio print, 1986, Sherrie Levine 

4. Jouissance- Carry Elvira, photographs, chromogenic print, LED light box, wooden frame, 2018. Marina Abramovic

5. Working Collaboratively- 9 stones, color spitbite and aquatint eitching on smoked paper, 1989, John Cage

6. Appropriating- La Mariee, color aquatint and etching, 1934, Marcel Duchamp

7. Stimulating- Window washer, chromogenic print, 2001, Anthony Goicolea

8. Hybridizing- Cabeza, prints and multiple, 1982, Jean- Michel (This is one of my favorites!!)

9- Mixing media-  Peas and carrots on a plate, photographs, prints and multiple, 1978,  Sandy Skoglund

10. Layering- Bath towel, design, rugs, carpets, textile, 2012, Barbara Kruger

11. Mixing codes- Affirmative fears, affirmative tears, paintings, 1997, Michael Ray Charles

12. Recontextualizing- Nuestra madre, acrylic and oil masonite, 1981, Yolanda Lopez (The image was too big to paste)

13. Confronting the Gaze- Untitled, photograph, Frida Kahlo

14. Facing the Abject- The Rabble, vintage cibachrome applied on plexiglass, 1984, Andres Serrano

15. Constructing Identities- Let the record show, prints and multiple, 1987, Gran Fury

16. Using Narratives- Ten breaths: Samaritan, sculpture, bronze, 2007, Eric Fischl (Another one of my favorites!)

17. Creating Metaphors- Untitled, Decorative objects, 2004, Suh Do Ho

18. Irony, Parody, and Dissonance- Untitled film still #61, photographs, 1979, Cindy Sherman

[francesrmm]

“All you create and all you destroy” project #3.

For this project I wanted to make people uncomfortable and confused. I got this guitar for $50 about 7 years ago, and it is now the end of an era. It taught me how to play, and helped me through some difficult times. I had created so much with it, it was time to destroy it. I think my performance gives off a feel of some sort of peace as well as aggression. Destroying this guitar felt like closure, and a proper way to end a chapter. I chose to do this because I knew it would surprise people, and even make them uncomfortable, especially other artists and musicians. Everything is temporary and eventually comes to an end. This guitar has served its purpose and the destruction of it is nothing to be saddened by. We create and destroy, and destroy and create. It’s all a cycle. This guitar was there for me through so much, but it was time to say goodbye.

[djacks89]

PROJECT 3

People says you’re crazy if you talk to yourself but are you crazy if you’re talking to someone who is no longer in the physical world? With my performance I wanted to show we’re never really able to fully let go and that’s not a bad thing. Those who left us behind aren’t just memories, I encourage you relive moments or have conversations with those who are no longer with you physically because only their body is gone, their soul is forever with you.

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One of my favorites so far

[kyliestueven]

Performance project #3

I have realized through this quarantine that our society and culture does not allow us to breathe. We are so used to be constantly in motion that we have a hard time figuring out what to do with ourselves when we have time to do nothing. For my project I decided to record myself just breathing. So many people I know are impatiently waiting for our quarantine to be lifted and daydreaming about getting back to the flow of things. I believe that our solitude is a blessing in disguise. We have time to think, to reflect, to create, to figure out who we are, to find out what we value more than anything else, and to just breathe. While doing this project I filmed myself without a timer and allow myself to guess when a minute had gone by. I stayed there for nearly five minutes. This was a lesson for me as well about the value of of how we spend our time, because in the end it is fleeting.

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Performance Art

My work of performance art is a recording of myself typing this artist’s statement. I wanted to capture the moment when an artist struggles to explain their work. So much of life is about performance, whether it is in school, work, or personal relationships. School work and the associated performance is measured quantitatively, for example, this artist’s statement is required to be at least one hundred words. That is why I typed out “one hundred” instead of “100.” So much of school work has this quantitative measurement of achievement because it would take far too long to gauge each student individually in a qualitative method, although some work is judged this way. I believe I’ve reached the word count requirement.

[artbykieran]

The Fear We All Have- Project #3

There is a lot of fear in the world right now with everything that is happening in the world and it can be easy to be afraid and feel all alone. For my project, I represented the fear we all probably have right now. I incorporated another project I worked on of a 3D model of a wire heart and I made this a pretty big part of this video. The fear is leaving it’s host(me) feeling alone and sheltered until finally there is someone to take away this fear. However, the fear still lives on.

At first it was difficult to create this project but I began to realize that I should bring what’s happening in our world into an artistic sense. Since the biggest emotion everyone must have is fear I felt like that was the perfect chance to show that. I enjoyed playing with different lights and colors in this piece to really enhance the emotion of fear and mess with the mood of the video by changing it from black and white to color. Additionally, I purposefully made the heart harder to see because even though you can’t really see it you know it’s there the same as with fear. The heart served as a way to both be a symbol for fear and also a way in which I can use two different mediums(3D and 4D).

[mikaylasart]

This is really cool and I like how it’s related to what everyone is most likely going through right now. I also like the merging of two mediums.

[tarable10]

Project 3

Artist statement

This piece had to start with a song. I was definitely dreading this but am getting excited about learning Premier.  There’s so much to it, and the music was the inspiration.  Performance art is so very revealing.  Makes you want to scream into a pillow.  I get it. And the cringe factor built into it as an aspect of the art is impossible to get around. I find the lingering emotions over stale, dead relationships, and their symbols in our lives,  can be exorcised through some ritualistic release.  Fire is a great vehicle for this, just try not to scare your neighbors. 

[artbykieran]

The Fear We All Have- Project #3

There is a lot of fear in the world right now with everything that is happening in the world and it can be easy to be afraid and feel all alone. For my project, I represented the fear we all probably have right now. I incorporated another project I worked on of a 3D model of a wire heart and I made this a pretty big part of this video. The fear is leaving it’s host(me) feeling alone and sheltered until finally there is someone to take away this fear. However, the fear still lives on.

At first it was difficult to create this project but I began to realize that I should bring what’s happening in our world into an artistic sense. Since the biggest emotion everyone must have is fear I felt like that was the perfect chance to show that. I enjoyed playing with different lights and colors in this piece to really enhance the emotion of fear and mess with the mood of the video by changing it from black and white to color. Additionally, I purposefully made the heart harder to see because even though you can’t really see it you know it’s there the same as with fear. The heart served as a way to both be a symbol for fear and also a way in which I can use two different mediums(3D and 4D).

[mikaylasart]

This is really cool and I like how it’s related to what everyone is most likely going through right now. I also like the merging of two mediums.

[cavila9]

For this project, I wanted to relate it to what we’re going through right now and say that no matter what happens we need to keep a positive attitude because things will get better we just have to have my positive mindset. The color represents how we felt before COVID-19. We felt free, happy, excited, positive, strong, caring, and movitated. The water presents all the news that are being thrown at us, and can get overwhelming at times, that can cause us to lose faith or happiness but at the end of it we still need to have a positive mindset and be caring of one another. Hope you all enjoy and brightens up your day just a little a bit. Stay positive! 😁

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Exercise 3: Richard Serra’s Verb List

There are 3 sides you will see from me and I hope you enjoy it. 

Just for the record, I don’t really run like that but it felt great when I did haha.

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Reading Response 3

Marina Abramovic : The artist is present 

Marina Abramovic is such an inspiration to this world. She has done so many things in challenging her body. Her work was based on her own human body showing the cycle of life. Marina had three sides of her that she wanted to show and those were: feeling sad, disappointed, and discouraged, the spiritual one, and  Pure performance. Marina used her human body  to make a statement and using all of three sides she accomplished that. When she decided to be present for her own gallery and sit across another person without saying a single word it showed how determined  and powerful she is. She wanted to the audience to be present and show emotional support. While she was seating she always had her head down  but then she would look up and and have this deep look in her eyes like she was telling a story. Every single person that sat across from her got that same connection with her. Some were angry, curious, and others were open to pain. It was like seating across from a mirror and seeing your own self. Answering your questions you’ve always been asking. Marina’s goal was to show some kind of understatement because everything she ever wanted was to feel loved and needed and she transmitted that with everybody who sat across from her.  

Performance: A Hidden History

Art has so many definitions and some can see it as just a painting on the wall but in reality everything around us is art. T.S. Eliot once said "The past should be altered by the present as much as the present is directed by the past." The timeline within the years is growing and we have the new technology, ideas that create something completely new but still takes us back to the past. Now performances was always develop along the edges such as literature, poetry, film, theater, music, architecture or painting but with our technology and new resources it has been involved to videos, dances, slides, and narratives.The decision to perform live was to build a connection with audience that can both be serious and entertaining. It was also meant to challenge the viewer perception of art. Even though performance can still be challenging to many artist critics,  we still continue to do so because, it is our way of expressing each other and connecting with one another. I know that they said that art is limited to objects and paintings but in reality art is everywhere and we are art everything we do our touch is a performance of art. 

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Project 2 Vanishing And Becoming and Artist Statement

Video Tittle: Anxious to Paranoid

It took me a while to come up with an idea for this project. I finally decided to approach it by coming up with a very familiar feeling that I have experienced in my life. Anxiety is a feeling that I used to experience on a day to day basis. Even though I don’t typically act like how I was acting in the video where my physical expressions were super extreme; almost to the point of paranoia, these expressions truly explain how anxiety has pushed me over the edge in a sense that it made me want to go crazy because there was a point when I couldn’t control it in the way that I do now.

My feelings in this video go from a slightly anxious person in the beginning to one who has seemed to have lost all control of her emotions.

I chose to use candles to create a certain type of hazy light and so I could present shadow effects within the video in order to add a bit of abstract visuals (blinking and flickering lights). I felt as though this type of lighting effect expressed a bit of an anxious feeling on its own. I chose to begin my video with sounds that I created on my own rather then starting the video off with music right away.

My video ended up being close to 1 minute and 30 seconds because I wanted to insure that I was able to incorporate the part of the audio that starts to build up so you can feel the transition from a calmer anxious feeling to a crazy paranoid feeling.

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The Deep

Exercise 2- Video

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Module 2 Project - Vanishing and Becoming

This is the first time I’ve attempted to make any kind of video art and coming up with an idea was challenging. At first, I wanted to explore various light reflections, mostly off of water. As I was doing that, I started to explore how different kinds of shadows and movement altered that light. I tried to hone in on that movement in various ways and wanted to make it flow somewhat cohesively. I also tried to show a contrast in the colors used, where the video begins with a gloomy palette then transitions into more color. It ended up giving the video a stormy feel that I really like.