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Music: Max Richter "On The Nature Of Daylight"

Here is my take on “The Artist Is Always Present”

Music: Max Richter “On The Nature Of Daylight”

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See the artist statement down below.....

First off, Happy Holidays everyone! This project was by far the most challenging. My main premise of the piece was to do the opposite of presenting a physical body or person. The Idea is that the main artist in the piece that is present is always present. The minute details of life is far beyond the complex, and I wanted to credit it to the artist of life Himself. All things in my view were designed and created, much like a painter or sculptor. And the one who has crafted all its complexities is all around but not present in the video. Like the viewer in a potter shop, looking at all the gorgeous works, but the artist is in the background unseen. The idea of the piece was good in my mind, but when it came to practically creating the films and shots, it was a lot more difficult then I anticipated. But I think the message is mysterious enough and not so focused on a human body but rather the wonders of “the potter”.

Another main reason I chose this style and direction was because I did not like the focus of Marina Abramović’s works. I love and respect her work and artistry but I did not like the self-centered focus. So, in essence, this piece is like the opposite of her work, in that I divert the focus on no one, not even myself.

I hope you all have a wonderful and safe Holiday!

Verb Exercise

To Tremble - To Develop - To Glow - To Skip

To Add - To Wrestle - To Learn - To Shelter

To Arrive - To Balance - To Snatch - To Obtain

To Play - To Tumble - To Enjoy - To Request

To Blush - To Slip - To Serve - To Gather

My favorite three are: To Develop, To Shelter, To Glow

(Psst Professor, So sorry. I had troubles uploading this on Thursday)

Reading Response - ‘Artist is Present’

Performance: A Hidden History:

After reading “Performance: A Hidden History” My idea of what art performance means changed drastically from my previous speculation. My understanding of this medium was very clear cut. You get a performance to demonstrate an artwork or art idea and have it been preformed to a set amount of audiences. But reading more about these performance arts, I began to understand the core concepts of what these performances really meant. This form of medium can be translated and used in a variety of ways that capture a mood, thought, idea, or beauty from a different perspective than paintings or a mural. An example that I liked was the Futurist Performances. This artwork was preformed for the audience in a way that many would not consider artistic, this performance invoked a message and call to action. This performance was created for the audience to react to. resulting in riots and movement. This form of performance pushes the boundaries of what artistic performance really looks like and how they reflect life and art in one performance for the audience.

Marina Abramovic The Artist Is Present:

After watching the documentary, I was shocked. The representation of the artist was interesting and unique to the idea of performance art. I have to say I was interested in her modes of art performance, but I did not like it at all really. I understand the idea she was trying to represent and I respect her Motion and acts of artwork. But I did not enjoy the thoughts behind it. Then again, this idea is what made here standout in the performance arts and gained her respect.A very interesting way to express in performance.

4D Art class art project on light, color, shadows, and vanishing. Music: Olafur Arnalds - Agust (Living Room Songs)

Here is my take on Vanishing and Becoming project. It was a lot of fun but also very difficult to get started with. I've read others and understood their frustration on a theme for this challenge. I went with an old retro projector that my family has had for many years and wanted to implement an idea of light and color with the sliding films. The wonderful actor you see here is my baby sister and I felt that it fit well with the theme of memories and passing them on to the younger generations. This project was a lot of fun and even though it's more than a minute, I still wanted to get a full upload of my idea into place. Light and Vanishing reminds me of photos that come into our heads and are gone the next. We can remember one thing and forget it in a few seconds. Same with memories and photos, and that is what I really wanted to alliterate in this project.

4D ART Music Video Exercise

Here is my submission for Music Video Exercise

Reading Response 3

Chapter 6

After reading the chapter on Time and Motion, I found it fascinating how in-depth time and motion congest in an artist's view. Understanding time and motion as a whole is simple enough but to understand them separately and fundamentally, creates a vast new world of how a designer or artist can manipulate and create time and motion. The surface level of motion and time can be explained in visual language quite easily. I can look at an artwork and understand its timing and flow in motion, but once you study these terms separately, a “simple” artwork becomes vastly complex in its design. If I could summarize this chapter with one quote from it, It would be this; “Painters and sculptures recognize that viewers will decide how long they wish to stand in front of an artwork, but artists need to think about how much time their work requires to be comprehended by its viewers.” (120). Because art is a response to work and visual appearance, the efforts and concepts beyond just an image creates a new idea of what an artwork can be. As the artist, the dimension of appreciation and awe is controlled with the ideas of time and motion. You could say that half the art project is creating the work, the other part is creating awe for the viewer.

Projections Vanishing and Becoming

I have to admit, I had a very difficult time following and understanding this article by Sean Cubitt. Please take what I say about this article with a grain of salt. I don't even fully understand what I am talking about from even my own opinion. I guess art is not only complex but its also vastly connected with our understanding of who we are. This article surmises that projections and in some cases light and shadows are, in essence, the first medium of art before painting and drawing. Cubitt goes on to explain that light and projection becomes our depiction of importance. A visual encampment of what that object/person is. As such using light and projection as a medium. The concept of what it is becomes the same effects of it being the paintbrush or charcoal. Without going into too many details, Cubitt ties in these projections as realms and concepts in philosophy. Showcasing the many ways that light is not only a ‘reflection but also a refraction of reality’. And in many cases, these ideas tie in on what we call art today (in a deeper theoretical outlook). Apart from this very basic understanding of what Cubitt was speaking of, the rest of the text becomes a blur to me.

Loop__(Forever)

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For this Gif series, I used video footage of Space Engine. A space program that realistically renders the universe.

Artist Statement

This was a lot of fun to create and also quite challenging. These footages are usually rendered in 4k. But due to the fun and interesting nature of gifs, they have been compressed from over 300mb to less than 12ish. The poem was from an old hymn, and fit very well with the complexity of the universe to unfathomable perspectives of life and eternity. Overall, I am well pleased with the outcome of quality and duration. even though it would have been nice to see it in 4k.

Gif Exercise 1

This was from a snit-bit from my favorite animator. I love the way he makes the facial movement match with the mood and humor.

Reading Resonce #2

Have to redo the Articles provided on animated gifs and their culture. I would have never have known how deep this little rabbit hole goes. I've always seen gifts and I don't remember the first time seeing one, but it's very crazy to believe that it has such a deep history and unique place in the art world. When reading about the museum that sells animated gifs I was stunned. I would have never have guessed that people could sell animated gifts for very large sums of money. I don't think I can ever see animated gifs the same way, and that is a very good thing. It's so easy to see an animated gif and think there is little of it or just apply it to a meme or funny joke. But most of these animated gifts are truly works of art that people have put time and effort to create and now that I see it in that perspective it changes what art is in the sense of the internet.

very nice use of paintbrushes/style. Gives a very happy warm glow.

Very Nice and nostalgic vaporwave work. love the static overlay with a smooth framerate of motion.

Intense energy and motion. very cool.

Amazing Explosion! The framerate of this gif is remarkable.

Very good classic. love the loop!

eerie and mysterious.

Amazing transition and flow.

High energy hands! very nice and colorful.

Very unique and creative mashup!

Amazing animation! love the static and movement.

gabbyfederico-2

Project 1: selections

So I’m really into environmental things and problems that we face today, (such as my last post with plastic pollution.) And I decided I wanted to keep the chain going. In my archive I choose to pick pictures of people walking with their phones. And as far as environmental images go, I choose to use images that speak volume to how are World is being destroyed or societal issues that we keep ignoring. Things such as climate change, poaching, factories, farming, homeless, deforestation, pollution, and of course the Amazon fires. I know this is such a political topic but I feel that these issues are way to big and we can’t ignore them anymore.

The overall story implies that we are all to distracted by social media that we don’t take the time to see the damage or issues in our world, and instead turn a blind eye to what’s around us. To make this project part of postmodern I decided to collage/ layer social media apps that I feel we are all familiar with. My project has a little bit of irony and a story behind it. Movement and motion is implied with the people walking. While implied time is embedded in the background images, due to the environment changing in each picture.

I hope you guys like it! And I would love to know how you interpreted everything!

ginnyelise-blog

I really like this concept, and I think your message was pretty clearly conveyed.

denyaodn

Love the emotions of the piece! the fun colors of the notifications among the dark and destroyed earth really spills the guts out of this message.

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Project 1: Selections (Series of 10) Artist Statement

For this project, I chose to work from a set of photos that I took at a local DIY show recently. It was the first time I had picked up my DSLR in about 6 months, so a lot of the shots were very experimental and just me reacquainting myself with the camera. I ended up with about 350 photos, and initially deleted half. Then when I was reading about this project and starting to play around with the pictures, I realized that a lot of the “bad” shots would be great for background and for showing motion. (Thank you, recycle bin). I’m happy with how most of these turned out, though I could keep editing and nitpicking them endlessly. This is my first time using Photoshop so that has been an adventure all its own, but I’m excited to get a hang of it and continue doing projects like this one. I’ll be posting them to social media and tagging all the bands, so hopefully they are of some use to someone. I hope that viewers get a sense of the almost chaotic yet ethereal feeling of being at a live show—all the people in constant motion, the colored lights swirling, the music penetrating the air…

ssummers2-blog

Love these collages! The colors are warm and inviting, and make you feel like you are there with them, jamming out.

denyaodn

Very unique use of action, love the colors and flow of the piece!

Artist Statement

I chose this archive because I love the vintage black and white film texture and errire atmosphere of these images. The thought of this selection and moment in time was to demonstrate the power and raw intent of these weapons. The flow of this piece was to demonstrate (like they did in the recordings) what potential we have to harm others. This project was challenging to get to. I could not think of any movement without some keyframes or animations. but after watching the aricve of the past nuclear test sites and experiments; that I found my click.

“Our Home”

(Project 1)

For this project, I used a video of a nuclear blast from ‘Operation Teapot 1955′. In which I took every frame of a nuclear attack on a test house to remind us of its devastating power.

-Link to higher resolution (Tumblr dose not like this aspect ratio)

https://ibb.co/0Z5gG5t

Disappearing Act

I think the images speak for themselves. I tried to take away the main focus of the picture. But I think I only created a deeper cut to a wound already made. I don’t think these pictures lost any value, I think they only pierce at the heart.

‘Postmodernism’

Is a lens and a direct response to the modernist era of thought and philosophy. After the enlightenment era, the ideas of institutions and forward thinkers leading humanity and society to its highest Philosophical/Political lengths became the modern era of thought.‘Postmodernism’ is a complete rejection of the modern era of thought and philosophy. It sets out to create a lens to which to see the world through the lens of philosophy,ethics, humanities, etc. And to question authorities and institutional concepts in modern society. Postmodernism is here to stay and effects many modes of philosophy, entertainment, media and even politics. We can see postmodernist in visual context as well. In many forms of Art, we can see how postmodernism affects the very fundamentals of art and art’s “modern” terminology. Many artists use the concepts of postmodernism to clear a direct attack to the “normal’ ideals of society and authority. Art of this era (post-modernist) has endless possibility of context and ideas. To create art that goes beyond the bounds of what modern society classifies as art. These art works affect many ways of thinking and understanding life. Many artists use these ideas to further unhinged the viewer to see the world through a different lens. To make one question their identity and very being.

1. Escaping the confines of museums

“Shuttlecocks” by Claes Oldenburg - 1994

2. Collapsing boundaries between "high" and "low"

“Micheal Jackson and Bubbles” - 1998 (Porcelain)

3. Rejecting originality

“Lawdy Mama” - 1969 by Barkley L. Hendricks (Oil and gold leaf on canvas)

4. Jouissance

“Dancing Building” by Vlado Milunić, Frank Gehry 1996

5. Working collaboratively

Loures, Portugal, Dec 2015 by L7m & Ram_Lisbon.

6. Appropriating

“Marilyn” by Andy Warhol -1967

7. Simulating

“I Mirror” by Tigran Tsitoghdzyan - 2018 (Oil on canvas)

8. Hybridizing

“To be carried away by the current, to be dissolved by the other” By Sangeeta Sandrasegar 2014 (Fiber glass)

9. Mixing media

“Stop Side Early Winter Glut” - By Robert Rauschenberg - 1987 (Metal and objects)

10. Layering

“Hypothetical Therapy” by Rachel Hecker - 1996

11. Mixing codes

“servin with a smile” by Micheal Ray Charles - 1994 (Acrylic latex and copper penny on paper)

12. Re-contextualizing

“Eclipse Woman” by Masami Teraoka - 1992 (Watercolor on paper)

13. Confronting the gaze

“Untitled Film Still #2″ by Cindy Sherman - 1977

14. Facing the abject

“Any Road” by Timothy Robert Smith - 2013 (Oil on canvas)

15. Constructing Identities

“Primal Chant” by Micheal Reeder

16. Using narratives

“New York, New York“ by Norman Parkinson - 1950 (Gelatin silver print)

17. Creating metaphors

“Trompe -L Oeil painting on a security fence in the west banks“ by Banksy 2005

18. Irony, parody, and dissonance

“Mona Liesel (Vin Diesel after La Ginoconda)“ by Unknown

“Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry”

Never Sorry takes us through an emotional ride through the world of Chinese censorship and How one artist bravely challenges to show the public what needs to be exposed in the country. He's been captured and beaten, told to be shut off and to be silent in his mind. But he never lost sight of what the public needed, and with the help of the internet, he can use a medium to exploit and to unveil deep social and political corruption.

Locked up like an animal, his own sanctuary is monitored and surveillance day by day. He spoke out of the censorship and reveled deep secrets of the children killed by the Sichuan earthquake. This artist truly defined the mark of greatness. How one man can show the worlds emotions through art and its message.

Ai Weiwei used the act of destroying ancient neolithic vases to show how these ‘deconstructions’ happens day to day in the unseen. The idea of destroying the old world to rebuild a new one was Ai Weiwei’s message. This message echos on from the history of China and her struggles even to this day.

Never Sorry is an amazing outlook on Ai Weiwei’s message and outcry. I loved this film and its deep notions of censorship and the fight for public information. And how we have that same power through media and the internet.

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