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Project #4

I absolutely loved this project! It took my out of my artistic comfort zone and allowed be to create a piece of artwork I normally would’ve never created. My thought process behind this piece of art is I wanted to incorporate hard lines and flowing lines. The hard lines, represented by the crushed paper represents the tough times in life. The flowing lines represent the strength that we all have to get through those tough times. I loved this project because it helped me think outside the box and allow for more ideas to flow to create this piece of art. It also reminded me of the performance art reading as well as the video of The Artist is Present and made me aware and to be in the moment while I was creating this piece of art.

[mokenjirip]

I like the approach. This project was actually hard for me especially since everything seemed far left field. Nice.

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Really like this, very fun! 

[spiderscissors-blog]

Project #4

For this performance, I wanted to get across the idea of a struggle. Although this particular kind of struggle is created and suffered by the wearer of the shoes, it is not an easy feat. It is a sort of metaphor for creating your own problems and then trying to live with them as they continuously make it harder to move forward. There is an amount of determination it takes to continue a walk like this through grass with heels on but, if you had just worn flats there wouldn’t be a problem in the first place. I decided to take the 1 minute video and speed it up so that I could play it backward too. If I had done this performance in real life I would have worn a fancy dress to go with the sparkly heels. I would have walked forward for a specific length and then walked backward. The walking backward is supposed to symbolize a backtrack from the struggle back to the beginning so that changes can be made in order for the struggle to be lessened. 

[trudylovato-blog]

Very interesting and makes my feet hurt.

[mokenjirip]

I like it. The backtrack to the first frame makes it feel like a samsara (a Sanskrit word that means “wandering” or “world”, with the connotation of cyclic, circuitous change) ie karmic cycle or reincarnation.

[ecastelart]

I love this because it involves so many different sensory experiences. The noises of every step as the heel breaks through the ground is my favorite part, I also love this because it is so interesting to watch as I eagerly wait for each step.

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Very interesting idea and concept, really enjoyed this!

[morgangracelove-blog]

For my final video I focused on to waste and to smudge. I wanted to show how long it takes to make something look nice and how easy it is to take it away. I used a filter to allow the viewer to not focus on the background and more so on what I was doing. I feel wasteful at the end of the day sometimes, because makeup is expensive and we just wash it down the drain at the end of the day. I did film this multiple times with different color lips, so it truly was a waste to create. I did enjoy smudging the lipstick across my face as it is something I have never intentionally done so it was a first for me. There is something satisfying about doing it too. I have messed up my makeup many times and wished I could just do this instead of trying to not mess up my other face makeup.

[mokenjirip]

Interesting.

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Really like what you did! 

[morgangracelove-blog]

For this project I wanted to show the differences in Colorado on a single day. Though these were not shot on one day it is common for a summer day in Colorado to possess all of these feelings and changes. I wish it was more abstract but I felt that my creativity with this particular project was not the greatest. However, I did film all of the clips myself and I also found the music, which I think fits nicely with the changing of the weather.

[mokenjirip]

Nice, this video makes me slow down which is nice in such a fast paced lifestyle.

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

I like this, this is really beautiful. It is a nice appreciation of life!

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Project 4

Project 4; The Artist is Present 

For this project; the artist is present; I chose to use smoking and painting. My idea for this was for the unconscious mind to play a role in the painting, what I did with the cigarette at the end was an impulse decision, which I think turned out pretty cool. I usually never smoke, but for this project I thought it would add a little something. To me most of what I like to draw/paint doesn’t always make sense but sometimes it all comes together. I guess what I am trying to represent is that you can start out messy but in the end figure it out. That it doesn’t always matter where or how you start, as long as the end makes sense. I hope this makes some sense. Does it work?

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Project #3:

After reading the Vanishing and Becoming all I could think about is sunrise and sunset and how things vanish and become present when the sun comes up.  I took more of an abstract approach to this by creating my own video of a practice golf ball to symbolize the sun.  I also added a more abstract color filter to the video to solidify the vanishing and becoming of different shapes on the ball.  Throughout making this video I tried to add more fading in and out of both the music and video to help in transforming the object as well as the other shapes in the ball.  Throughout the different filters and the video different shapes start to vanish and become which is what was inspired by reading Vanishing and Becoming by Sean Cubitt.

[mokenjirip]

Super into the filter. I used Premiere and didn’t know about filters :). I like the approach.

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

I really like the colors, and love how you used the sun to represent vanishing and becoming. Great Job!

[mokenjirip]

Project 3 

This piece is inspired by from “Still Men Out There” created by Bjorn Melhus. The piece is actually a sensory piece, those with synesthesia might get a kick out of it, but since it’s a rarity to find another with this phenomena, I hope you can enjoy it for what it is. Imagine what it feels like to experience red on you skin as it flashes, or the oranges and blues. The colors chosen were colors I “see” with the music. The shapes chosen were also in the reflection of my mind. I noticed while I was creating it, I used many contrasting colors I wouldn’t have normally composed together in a piece.

The story about the portraitist engaging Buddha in Sean Cubitt’s reading is basically the foundational element running this project. We started with an exercise crafting snippets of already created videos on top of an audio layer to gleam a new vantage point. This piece shows only light, color, shadows, shape, and movement “vanishing and becoming”.

With the Buddha story, the artist has to paint the reflection instead of the actual person. How does light interact with sound? What does it look like? What are we really seeing when viewing video? What if video was not involved but just the pictures in our minds? Is this not light then too?

Yes, I used the Lion King’s “Circle of Life”. I couldn’t think of anything more corny for Vanishing and Becoming :).

I used Adobe Animate to create the visuals and an edited down version of the song I found on youtube which I trimmed in Premiere.

Somehow when exporting the vid it starts to repeat itself but actually works. Miracles do happen.

[morgangracelove-blog]

Really cool concept. It seems like it was a lot of work.

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

This is really cool, love the song in the background I think it goes really well with your video, amazing job! Love how the songs beats fit in with the shapes and colors, and how the video is organized. 

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Project 3

For this project I decided to use pictures and burn them. The idea behind this was to show that many things could just disappear with little effort, that everything sometimes is an illusion something we create in order to survive. This should be significant because it shows how with a little fire, the paper burns and the ink melts, and then a little water will wash everything away. It is a way of showing that is it possible to have a clean slate and start over, that if you dare you could re-use the paper and print a new picture out, with a towel you can take all the ink off. Things I would do differently, would be to let it burn longer, but I was really afraid that the wind would blow it away, and I didn’t want to cause a fire. I would also light another match so it could burn faster and fit in the time of the video.

My songs know what you did in the dark by Fall Out Boys 

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Project #4: To Erase

For my final project I wanted to use mirrors as a form of looking into yourself, in a physical manner but also mentally. The idea is that what you see sometimes is not the real you, because others have instilled this idea in your head of what you should be. To hide the mirror and erase what society has brought upon you (like for this video, make up) and see the real you is something everyone should step back and do once in a while. Even for myself making this, putting on the amount of make up I did is not something I am used to, and I couldn’t wait to take it off to be honest. 

So while the basic idea of this video is that your looks don’t define you, it is more so a point to prove that who you are is what you want to be, whatever can make you smile. There have been a few times in my life where I wanted to erase who I was because of something I wasn’t proud of. Luckily, you can usually erase those moments are still be you inside. Kind of like the idea that everyone has skeletons in the closet/no one is perfect. The point of revealing myself in the mirror bare faced is to express that that is the way I’d prefer to be to the world. The story could mean something else to someone different. This type of example has been shown in many ways and I appreciate that because it helps people see it. 

I wanted to erase what was expected of me and show who I really am. 

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Love this, I think the message you are conveying is great, and you did an amazing job showing that, thank you for sharing! 

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Exercise 4- Line Drawings

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Exercise 4

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Reading 4- Marina Abramovic

After watching the film and seeing Marina Abramovic work her exposition, I found it just magnificent. Her exposition at the MOMA: The Artist is Present was magnificent. Her pieces were powerful, the way she was able for months to sit in front of individuals and treat them as individuals, and it must have been exhausting. How much raw emotion her pieces showed, and just the amount of work put in each piece. I really enjoyed this film, and would have enjoyed the exposition.

[andrewbissell]

Project 4 First, my performance has to do with preparation. From laying, for the most part, the materials I would use within the performance space, to having to utilize them in certain ways and in a certain order. I also wanted to focus on the idea of caring for something fragile. In this case, a piece of tempered glass. Had I just set the glass on the ground or not put cardboard in front of the pallet so that an errant nail or some other debris could impact the glass, the breaking would been an accident. I wanted to meticulously clean the piece of glass. I also deliberately wanted to have to exit the performance space to gather additional materials to be able to clean the piece of glass before the end, to draw on resources outside of the performance space. The end is then about taking steps that completely counteract the preceding actions, as in shattering the glass after having handled it carefully and cleaning it. I would say then that overall the piece is about waste. Wasted time, wasted energy, wasted potential, wasted work. But, I obviously knew while planning, arranging, and staging this performance that what would happen when I hit the glass with the sledgehammer was nearly certain. So, was it a success?

[ecastelart]

Wow! This is mind blowing and so awesome! I think this was a complete success you owned your space and I felt your actions were clear and full of intent. I was listening to this with headphones and the sound was so cool it was crisp but quiet and slowly built up to a massive climax! Really excellent!

[mountainorbit-blog]

Love this! love that you cleaned the glass! It’s sorrowful and successful at the same time.

[therealsyntax-deactivated201808]

I agree! This was really cool! The sound is what made this even better but the message is great!

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Absolutely love this. What a great idea. The sound of the glass shattering in itself hurts, but what is great is leading up to that you never expect it to be that way. Very powerful, love your message!

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Vanishing and Becoming?

Exercise 3 

Video/Film by Brett Vercoe, Music by Antico: Silenzio D’Amuri

For this exercise I chose this video of Humpback Whales by Brett Vercoe, whales vanish and come back, it is very hard to get an encounter with them like they did. The song I chose is by Lucilla Galeazzi, Marco Beasley, Christina Pluhar, Antico: Silenzio D’Amuri. I thought the song was a good choice, as the whales look like they could be dancing, and I felt it went well with the mood of the video. 

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Project #2

Movie 1

Movie 2

For this project I chose two different movies that I really enjoy, both are French films, for this I wanted to show the expressions of people during various acts and situations. For example the last one, it is after he has taken a shot of this very nasty alcohol, while his wife has just passed out. The first movie is Taxi (1-4), the scenes represent the absurdity of these cops, and the crazy things they do. This should be significant because most of them are basic human reactions, its a daily life event with which we pay little attention to, as well as the absurdities like the flying cars, and the ninja scene of the movie. Although I doubt a lot of us jump into a trash collector from a highway, but I thought the scene was funny and the GIF made me laugh. For this project the hardest thing was trying to slow down the gifs, they are much faster on Tumblr then on Photoshop, and I couldn’t figure out how to change them. My original thought was one movie, but I couldn’t find enough clips that I would have liked to use for these. 

[chataigneprsfr-blog]

Ne Nous Fachons Pas

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GIFs

When reading about GIF’s I was so amazed at how old the concept is, how it has evolved into a more video dimension, how it originated and how it developed was so intriguing to me, I had absolutely no idea. 

What I found fascinating was how an Internet video/GIF is sold, how it can stay online but the physical object of it is a USB drive, how much people are willing to pay for that specific piece. I thought the twohundredfiftysixcolors by Eric Fleischauer & Jason Lazarus is super interesting, the concept and the video in itself. I was confused at first because I thought the video was loading slowly, but it was actually part of the piece. 

Another thing mentioned a couple times where how much gifs are being used not just on social media but for example in the context of the fashion world, where they are used to tell stories.