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Marc Arthur, Wandering in Ypsilanti (2020) Ypsilanti, Michigan

I thought that this work was interesting. It was creating during the covid isolation period in response to skeptics of science. It was based on a book about the doctor who cured tuberculosis, and the skeptics that confronted him.

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I found the work of Valie Export to be really interesting. In this image, she encourages individuals to reach behind the curtain to touch her breasts. This is to expose people to a real woman's body as opposed to the idealized version.

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Ana Mendieta

Untitled (from the Silueta series), 1973-1977 MCA Chicago

I appreciate the work of Ana Mendieta because of how she uses the human body to imprint herself into the landscapes of her environment. It is interesting to learn about her history of displacement and to see how this influences her work.

Service with a Smile

https://youtu.be/BE85GseZEfw

Project 4 Service with a Smile artist statement

have worked in the service industry for 6 years. Every day, I wear a smile on my face that grows weaker. Although this industry has provided me with the opportunity to make a livable wage in a very expensive state, it tests me. We have all heard the motto “the customer is always right”. While this might be a great motto to keep customers coming back to your place of work, it perpetuates a very negative part of this service driven country. The customer is not always right, and in fact, the customer is very often incorrect. Businesses, and in particular-restaurants allow, and often-unintentionally-encourage, behavior that is abusive to its workers. To create an environment where the mindset is “the more unpleasant you are, the more you get special treatment”, is to tell your workers that they are not valuable. The mental health, and emotional well-being of restaurant staff is often the last of the priorities to corporate leaders. It is unethical to allow the staff that supports a business to become a punching bag for customers who have discovered a secret…that they can get what they want with the perfect combination of condescension, threats, and demands. It is time for businesses to put their employees first. Every day, employees can decide to show up and do their best, or they can choose to show up and give a small percentage of their efforts. They can choose to go the extra mile to help, or they can show up for you only when required. They can promote your company outside of the work place, or they can speak about the injustices they face every day. I believe that the business model for putting employees first; should be the standard as opposed to the exception.

Film Response 4

I have seen this documentary before, and it is astonishing every time. I think it is so telling of the world that we live in and it sends an important message. We have not evolved as people, as much as some think. Look at how easily people can fall into behaviors that perpetuate such inhumane parts of our past, present and unfortunately part of our future. The cage was not questioned by many, and the satirical portrayal of these people was accepted. They became a spectacle so easily, and people fell right into it. This isn’t about tricking the public, it is about uncovering a truth that the public would typically like to deny. The world does not like to think that we are still racist, however this video uncovered a startling collection of evidence to prove otherwise. Paying for a dance, paying for a story, paying to see genitalia of the “other” is clear and emphatic evidence that we are not living in a society that is invulnerable to injustice and mistreatment. Look at the crowds of people who accepted human beings in a cage. Not only was it accepted, but people actually paid money to be documented with this cage and kept the memento of this spectacle. The stereotypes that the masses believe were pushed about as far as they could go in this performance. The masses still accepted them as truth.

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This is an interview with an artist Mike Kelley. I though he was really interesting. He would post fake flyers around college campuses advertising lectures. When students would show up they would instead, engage in a performance! I thought this was a really interesting idea.

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I found a performance artist named Vladimir Havlik. He created this very funky dancing performance. I really liked the faint shadow of the other person dancing, and it made me curious as to what it represented!

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Site Specific Situation

This is my site specific performance. Just a disclaimer, my cameraman didn't record me, he accidentally just took pictures. So I will give a quick explanation until I have time to go a re-shoot. Basically, I paced in front of this house for a really long time. 1/3 of the way through, I took my shoes off, and 2/3 of the way through I took my socks off as well. More info in my artist statement! :)

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This is an artist names Guillermo Gomez-Pena. This work is called othering and belonging. The words he used are powerful and the use of the megaphone is really powerful.

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Artist Statement 3

Growth is uncomfortable. In this work, I examined the process meaningful reflections during the time of personal growth. There is a neighborhood near to where I live that is also in a period of transition. I found this place to be perfect for my project. I have spent many hours watching this space develop. What was once rolling hills, overlooking the city… grass, and pockets of dirt, is now in transformation. This space will soon house families, people, couples, in all stages of life. I spent much time there as a teenager thinking. I thought about the possibilities of my life. I thought about college, relationships, friendships and family. At the time, the space held nothing but possibility. As I grow older, I have begun to build. I have invested in an education, career and focused in on family and friends that elevate my life. Yet I am still in transition. Much like the house behind me in the video, I still can (and will) shift and change so much. Yet I have taken scary steps to start building a future. I wanted to show the discomfort and intimacy of reflecting on these decisions. As I pace back and forth in front of the house, I loose layers on my feet. I become more intimately connected to the space. I also become increasingly uncomfortable. This discomfort allows me to understand the ground upon which I stand in a more intimate way- similarly to the intimate and honest reflection upon the foundation of my life. It is uncomfortable, yet it brings me closer to who I am, the choices I have made and the future I am building.

Reading Response

A work that is site specific is a work that is dealing with the environment it is in directly. This environment will contribute-to, if not, lead the concept of the work. You would not be able to perform the particular work in a different location without the meaning changing significantly.

1. The characteristics are both physical-such as “length, depth, height, texture, and shape of walls and rooms; scale and proportion of plazas, buildings, or parks; existing conditions of lighting, ventilation, traffic patterns; distinctive topographical features” (pg11). Then we look to the context of the space. What it’s social, cultural, historical or personal significance.

I think the only way that you can find a “wrong” site for a performance is if there is a significant and unintentional disconnect between the content of your work and the space it is in. In particular, if you are performing in a space that you are assuming has a particular kind of history and in reality is has a different significance, you would lose the impact of the work.

I thought this was a really interesting documentary. I found this group of collaborative artists really inspiring. I also really appreciated the concept behind their name. To seek out a reaction that isn’t of admiration, wonder, curiosity, but instead to seek out nausea is cool! I thought their works were really moving. In particular I loved the collaborative mural.

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This is an artist named Karen Finley. She is a spoken word performance artist. The emotion in her voice and the repetition of phrasing and voice fluctuation was really captivating to me!

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PINK de Thierry is a intervention based-meta-performance artist. This is a work called At Home, apart of her man, women, child series. These works explored humanity's cultural transference. She was interested in what was passed down from parent to child, and the impact of this transfer.

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