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Rocky Mountain Unicorn 

[jwoodarts]

Doña Sebastiana

Sabrina & Corina by Kali Fajardo-Anstine shares any new viewer what its like from her eyes and others. During the first chapter titled “Sugar Babies” I was quickly drawn in when the young boys accidently dug up some bones near their town. Further long within the chapter, it was Robbie and his visions that drew in my inspiration for this final work. When Robbie was explaining how he wasn’t scared when he discovered the bones but more so scared of the skeleton lady that was at the foot of hid bed one night. His grandmother explained that he might have seen Doña Sebastiana. In other words, lady reaper. I went and did some more research about this lady reaper and found out that  … “She is more a symbol of mortality and penance, a bleak reminder of our fragile and sinful state. The Aztec figure known as the “Lady of the Dead,” presided over such celebrations…”* This lady reaper is known for protection and watches over those who need it. With this notion I wanted to create what I would think Doña Sebastiana would look like. I also wanted to incorporate some natural Colorado elements.

If I were to take more time on this piece, I would mess around some more with watercolor. It is a hard element and I feel like I could have done better for the boarder and her head piece/hair. I also wish my photos would have picked up on the gold highlights more then presenting them in a pale yellow tone. Over all I am pleased with this outcome and Happy to finish strong.

It was an interesting semester, but I am happy to be apart of this class and still be able to see everyone’s work. I hope everyone enjoys their break and stays safe. (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ *:･ﾟ✧ *:･ﾟ✧ *:･ﾟ✧ *:･ﾟ✧

For the artwork I did a mix-media. I used watercolor, ink wash, acrylic paint, and pen ink.

*https://delgadoarts.wordpress.com/2011/08/15/dona-sebastiana-lady-sebastian/#:~:text=She%20is%20an%20unusual%20figure,our%20fragile%20and%20sinful%20state.&text=The%20Aztec%20figure%20known%20as,%2C%E2%80%9D%20presided%20over%20such%20celebrations.

[rockymountainunicorn]

So beautiful!

[kabbott56]

Art Project#4: One minute performance

Artist Statement:

For my one minute performance I struggled coming up with an idea. I thought about creating a short yoga sequence but couldn’t get filming to cooperate. Then I saw my guitar sitting in the corner and was immediatly struck with the idea of playing a one minute snipit of a song. I was a little unsure since I haven’t played for years; however, after practining for an hour or so I performed this short little piece of Come Thou Fount. 

[dunlapel]

4D One Minute Performance

I wasn’t too confident about posting this project if I’m being completely honest. I’ve always had issues with my appearance and sometimes my body just doesn’t look right to me. Sometimes my hands look too big, sometimes my face looks too long, and sometimes everything just looks alien to me. Even with those thoughts I chose to stare at myself in a mirror for this project. I think it’s important to look at yourself and see what your reaction is from time to time. I mean, we’re in this body until the day we die so we might as well live with it right?

[rockymountainunicorn]

Your concept here really resonates with me. I often notice in myself that my internal perception of myself is quite different than the reflection of myself, and that scares me. I love how you have allowed yourself to be vulnerable not only in front of yourself; ourselves being our own worst critics, but also a camera with the intention to allow others to share in those minute expressions of reaction to your reflection. Beautiful! You and your work! 

[raymakesartthings]

I found this project both fun and challenging. As an artist I don’t like to be involved in the viewing of the art, but this was definitely more fun than I expected. I focused on the monotony of the recent few months, and because I work in the service industry I work almost everyday and we’re busier than ever. The last few months it feels like all I do is get up, do school work, go to my job, and then rinse, wash, and repeat. That’s what I wanted to capture in this video. I struggled with portraying night and day because my blinds fail at blocking light in the first place but I think the point gets across. I am not the most confident person, especially in front of a camera so it was cool to push some boundaries with this piece.

[rockymountainunicorn]

This performance is great! I like the repetition and I can relate to that feeling of being almost stuck in the monotonous routine... work, school, eat, sleep, repeat. I think your point is very clear without that distinct portrayal of night from the window. 

[jrv27]

4D Additional One Minute Performance

[jrv27]

4D One Minute Performance

[rockymountainunicorn]

Incredible! Your words! their message! your flow! its a whole package! You seem so comfortable performing your poem! Thank you and please keep making these videos and sharing your thoughts with the world! 

[jwoodarts]

Minute Video

https://vimeo.com/478122779

The insight of a minimum waged barista working a mid-shift. The constant repeated motion of making all kinds of drinks. I wanted to show how one job can create a human robot system. Where the workers know where to step, what syrups to use, and have a understanding of what type of drink is needed. Along with that, the workers know where to move when other workers come down the line without saying a word. We have developed a unique relationship to understand each others body language.

Side Note: Will say the divider that is supposed to keep us workers distant, doesn’t work and it sucks. 

[rockymountainunicorn]

I worked in a Starbucks kiosk for a short time awhile back and still have dreams sometimes of repeating the recipes in my head. I remember feeling like a robot. Every drink has it’s own process and the continual repetition of making drinks really builds up a strong muscle memory, like you go into auto-pilot. 

[kiacino]

Art Project 4: One Minute Performance

In honor of the legendary Masters golf tournament, I decided to dedicate this project to the the game of golf. For the first time in history the Masters tournament will be played in the fall instead of it’s usual early April weekend. It is a historical weekend that anyone of the fan of the game looks forward to all year, including me!

Golf is game that requires a great deal from the person playing and can teach you many things of life as well as golf. It is not only a game for guys in goofy pants and a fat ass as Happy Gilmore would suggest. In my years of playing, I can make parallels with personal situations to the game of golf. For instance, I started playing serious golf when I was 25. I was so embarrassed to start and felt I was too old in the game to start playing. I am 31 now and have competed in countless tournaments, religiously playing in leagues and have even made a hole in one! When I contemplated on returning back to school and I was so nervous, I somehow compared it to when I started golf. I was new to that and it took time and practice but the best things in life do. I never found so much solace, frustration, friendship and have found the love of my life in what I have found playing this stupid, addicting game. And now I am finding that same enjoyment and achievement being back in school.

Here is my One Minute Performance of me putting on the practice green this beautiful, fall evening. Much love, friends.

[rockymountainunicorn]

What a beautiful day that was! The sky was so clear and so blue! I love the composition of your video. Your silhouette is so perfectly centered with the horizon line and the green course is a lovely compliment to the blue sky! Thank you for sharing your passion! 

[ejwoj]

Title: Video of me reacting to the video I made for this project.

The making of art is an experimental process. As artists, we constantly test out ideas, mediums, colors, and techniques to get a feel for what works to best to express our intention and… what does not. This project was one such example of this, and an example of how concepts can evolve over time.

Initially, I believed that I had a very solid concept for this project. I created a story board and shot the video. It did not work, but I still believed in the concept and enacted it in a variety of ways in hopes of producing something that would adequately express my initial idea (the clock projected in the background of the video was a leftover of my initial attempts). By this point, I had watched several minutes of video of myself and decided to record myself watching the videos 1) because of the boredom that came with watching bad videos of myself and 2) the intrigue and curiosity about my reaction during this painful viewing session.

Ultimately, I felt that the video of me watching the other video had more to say than the initial video I created for this project.

[rockymountainunicorn]

I love that you had the thought to record your reaction to your own art. We are absolutely are our own worst critics. I also love that your experimentation with your original idea led you to this! Keep trusting the process, might lead you to a new, completely different idea!

[cameroncoyhis]

Art Project 4: Performance Art

I took a couple American Sign Language classes back in high school, so I decided to dedicate this project to the beauty of Sign Language. Sign Language isn’t a very common thing you see on a daily basis. Sometimes at debates or political talks or other types of performances, there is usually a person who is signing what the speaker is saying for those who are hard of hearing at the event.

American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete, natural language that has the same linguistic properties as spoken languages, with grammar that differs from English. ASL is expressed by movements of the hands and face. It is the primary language of many North Americans who are deaf and hard of hearing, and is used by many hearing people as well. I am not deaf or hard of hearing but learning this type of language back in high school was pretty cool because I got to experience what deaf people have to go. If you ever want to learn another language, I would suggest learning Sign Language because this is one that beats all others and a great learning opportunity. As the years go by, I have forgotten how to do most of the signs I learned in those classes but one that stuck around was the alphabet.

So, enjoy my one minute performance art of me signing the alphabet in Sign Language and then at the end, I spell my name. 

[rockymountainunicorn]

This is amazing Cameron! Great use of body and language! Your movements were very consistent and concise as a display! It’s a great teaching moment here also! 

[drakekam1]

One Minute:

For my one minute project i felt like I should do something that i am experienced in and can accomplish under one minute. I chose to do a task at my job, Chicken-N-Spice. Being a shift manager i have many duties in the front line and the back line. This task of making our signature and famous chicken cheese fries is done in our back. I cut up the chicken into bite sized chunks and then drizzle our creamy and rich american cheese over the top of the potato wedges. Adding the 2 together topping it off with a cup of jalapeños. This was a very fun project becuase it allows the artist to create something they enjoy and something they know.

[rockymountainunicorn]

I really appreciate that you chose to perform a task you’re familiar with. There is definitely a sense of comfortability in your body and you make those chicken fries sound and look so so good, and I'm vegan! haha 

[mohamedhamid]

Art Project 4

https://youtu.be/UNtlZZ97Xso

 Title: “From 0 to 100″

I had a hard time thinking of an idea for this project but I decided to do a drawing type of video. The video includes 3 of my drawings that I’ve made and it’s supposed to demonstrate a drawing from sketch to final drawing in a instant. I learned this trick from watching some of my favorite artists and they reveal a new drawing sometimes in this way and in my opinion I think it’s a cool transition technique.Characters are from an anime called Demon slayer!

Video was too big so here’s a link.

[rockymountainunicorn]

Very neat idea to display your drawings this way. It was satisfying watching the brush reveal the finished drawing from the beginning sketch. Your drawings are amazing too; very detailed and well rendered! 

[zingartblog]

One Minute Performance

I choose to do a series of photos for this assignment about depression. I think during this time right now a lot of people can relate, and to be totally honest it was kicking my butt this past week. It made it difficult to focus and hard to concentrate on my responsibilities. I admit I was a bit apprehensive to make this happen. I already don’t like being in front of camera and to show myself in setting of vulnerability was nerve wracking. However this exercise actually helped, and served as a bit of an outlet for me. Usually I like to paint or something of that sorts to deal with these things but the motivation has been hard to reach. I choose to use the blue lights to set the mood of sadness. I was in front of my door because those moods make it feel as if I’m trapped in a room. Also the white door served as a nice background. I set up a video camera and started thinking about all the things that have been getting to me. I took screenshots of the more intense moments I was thinking about. Which is what I am presenting to you today. 

[rockymountainunicorn]

This is beautiful! Very brave of you to allow yourself to feel true feelings, to record them and capture the rawness of what depression looks like for you. This is extremely relatable and touching. You are not alone. You are an amazing being! Thank you for sharing yourself with us.

[rockymountainunicorn]

Ariella’s Deep Breaths

Breathing is an involuntary, automatic, and biological response of everyone’s body. One does not survive without it. Time only moves forward. The inhale is only followed by the exhale, in and out, over and over again. Repeating until the end of one’s physical time. Take time to turn this vital bodily function into a voluntary, (say) manual, and controlled internal movement, make it a point of focus, a point of return, a stable base - breathing is our haven to thrive rather than just survive. It is so basic in nature, yet so complex and crucial to one’s health. These are mental health reminders; to inhale the present moment, and exhale to the next present moment. To take a deep breath.

           Randomly over the past couple of weeks I have recorded myself taking a single deep breath, with this performance art project in mind. My lungs are charred with carcinogens from being a former smoker and not leading a healthy youth lifestyle, let alone the pollution and poor air quality we live in. I took for granted my inherent ability to breath, but I choose now to practice breathing deeply, taking control of my body’s health at the basis of my own molecular levels. Through practices such as yoga, meditation, and physical training I am learning to breathe consciously, to use my breath as a tool for recovery, physically and mentally. The Deep Breaths shown in my performance are the ones I took consciously without practice. My reminders that I am completely alive. Some were silly, some felt awkward, some were forced but they all did the same thing for me in those moments. They centered me, and they got me closer to the next present moment.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/erj8tNBB2iQ

[rockymountainunicorn]

[rockymountainunicorn]

To Disperse

[rockymountainunicorn]

To Reveal