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Project #5

This project was really hard for me. I couldn’t seem to find inspiration at all. I ended up decided to take “getting pretty for others” to a literal form. I feel this class has really pulled me out of my comfort zone artistically. Which is great because that’s really the only way to grow is by challenging yourself to do things that are a little scary at times. I recently moved to NYC so I thought the perfect place for a lot of people to witness this would be on the subway. I hate a lot of direct attention on me so it was another scary thing for me to do. The whole was through 2 stops which each is about 2 min. So approx. 4 min total.I decided not having a mirror would add to the performance. I chose to it this way is because most people don’t actually see themselves when they are doing this. They see how fashion models or celebrities are, and they try to copy that unrealistic standard of beauty. They don’t see their own beauty. After stabbing myself in the eye a couple of times this is the results.

Before:

After:

Stabbing myself in the eye (during):

Ex #5 Verb List

Reading and Response #5

Ever since modern art took off in the early 20thcentury artists were trying to break the mold of traditional art. They wanted to challenge the idea of what “good” art is. This brought on a wide variety of styles. Performance art is just one of those new ways of expressing what art is. It completely breaks the standards that traditional art had created. One historic performance I think of is Hugo Ball’s performance of Reading the Sound Poem “Karawane” in 1916. Dadaists were not as worried about making something aesthetic and tangible. It took artists out of their studio, and into the public eye. This has a lot of benefits. Not only does it challenge the artist to create a different process, but it completely changes the experience for the viewer. The artist has to consider how to record or document the piece whether that be video or photographs. Since it isn’t something that can be exactly replicated again it makes the original performance special. Which can be intriguing for the viewer or audience. It can have a bigger and longer last impact on the viewer. Even if they don’t understand it there’s a good chance they won’t forget it.

I’ve actually already watched “The Artist is Present”. I watched it again because it’s a fantastic movie. I cry every time. It really helped me understand performance art. Before I really thought it was quite strange. Marina Abramovic explains about how that specific style of art really concerns the moment. It will never happen again exactly the same so it’s all about the time if the actual piece. Which makes sense as to why she discusses with the other artists at her home about how important being in that exact moment means so much. She does this again with her actual piece “The Artist is Present”. This time though she does it with the audience. When they decide to sit down with her they are forced into slowing down a just being in that moment with Marina. A lot of people got emotional. I think this is maybe because they carry so much pain with them and are so busy with life they don’t deal with it. When they stop it just comes out. Klaus Biesenbach discusses how she seduces and makes people fall in love with her. I believe this also to be true. I mean I fell for her also.

Project #4

This project was really difficult for me. I’ve never used Adobe Premier so I’m happy with what I did. Sorry for returning to such a negative theme again with addiction. I call it “Cycle”.

Exercise #4: Music Video Remix.

I used the audio from Griz’s “Fall In Love Too Fast”, and found an adorable video of young love.

Reading #4

Motion, time, and the illusion of both can be a hard thing to create, but every artist needs to take it into consideration with the project that they are making. In Sean Cubitt’s “Vanishing and Becoming” he focuses on the idea of projections and actual motion. Time has to be taken into consideration with this of course too. I like how he started the reading off with the Greek and Buddist stories of how art was created. It made a visual stepping stone into what he would follow with. In the end, he concluded that both stories agree that art lies in projected light. He also talks about creating an illusion of three dimensions by using dual vanishing points within the image. He even says it can make a type of “mind ray” when turned into parodies on television. He believes we are only at the beginning of completely understanding projection.

In Chapter 6 Time and Motion it speaks more on the construction of these two ideas. When it comes to time the artist needs to consider time period, actual time, and tempo. Actual time is the duration of the piece. Tempo being the speed at which one views the piece. An example would be in marketing you want something that will leave a lasting impression very quickly. Which is why red and yellow are used a lot to grab attention. Motion can also be something added. You could do a sculpture that has actual parts that physically move. Or you could create implied motion. That can be created by many elements and principles, line, color, rhythm, etc. When it comes to photography there are ways of creating motion there. You could blur the image by moving while taking the image or adjust the apertures to create a similar effect. These can also translate to recorded motion too. When dealing with four-dimensional art these can very important to things to consider in creating a great piece.

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Module 3 - The Loop - Forever

Art - Nature and Life

Artist Statement to follow.

#art1531 #art4d #msudenver

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Project #3 (The Loop) Girl Glovers of Colorado: Theia Pt. 2 (7/10)

(Click to watch full length videos!)

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Mundane Repetition

I wanted to come up with a GIF series by manipulating what GIFs do best, repeat. However, i didn’t want the GIF to repeat in the normal way, I wanted to find items that seemed as if they were on a forever loop. Take the mundane things out of life and make it so they never stop doing what they are doing. It was difficult finding things that moved in a steady motion and did not vary too much in action. I tried to make each GIF as seamless as possible in order to really play with the forever loop. Some were harder than others, animals are especially difficult! I worked with a humming bird, a squirrel, and some more. Even though they repeat the same motion over and over, each time was a little different from the first causing a clear stop in the video. Enjoy!

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10 gifs - Internet; Social Networks

Project #3 : The Loop (Forever)

My last couple of projects were pretty serious so I decided to do something more fun. The first day of Spring was not too long ago and Spring Break flew by too quickly. So here’s to Spring.

Exercise #3 Repost

Ok, I think I got it figured out. There shouldn’t be a lag in between each loop now. I also cropped it down to take out the odd “Fairly Creative” that was hanging out in the video from before.

Exercise #3