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My project is based on body language. I watched an interesting talk about how body language can not only change others’ perceptions of a person, but can also change a perception of one;s self. Studies have shown that if a person makes themselves look “bigger”, by standing tall, making themselves take up more space, etc., they gradually will become more confident.

I am an extremely shy and anxious person, and I always have been. Lately, I;ve been trying to work on my body language and making myself look “bigger” to increase confidence.

Before a big job interview, I had a friend of mine tell me “look in the mirror and make yourself look big”, so I did. It still feels silly to do this but I find that it does help, and is creating better habits, so that when I go out, I stand up straight and look up instead of down.

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Artist Present. Drawings Can Dance Too.

I always thought of abstract expressionism as a dance. Once I saw old video where Pollock throws paint on canvas. Spectacular, but not enough. I felt a need for music in order for the piece to be completed.

Now, I’m not Pollock, though I tried to accomplish the same idea of catching a momentum, living it with all the senses and finally capturing the mystic dance of a brush.

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Your project makes me want to try this. I love making art out of random lines, like scribbling or painting and then see what comes out to play, but I’ve never thought of trying to do that to music in this way. Great idea!

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It would be interesting to do this with a group if people. Give them their own canvas and see how each person responds to the music.

After several attempts, I was finally able to post this video. I’m definitely not completely satisfied with how it turned out and I will be editing it and changing it, but overall I really enjoyed doing this project and I learned a lot. I have never used premiere before and I found it to be a really fun and useful program.

For this project, I wanted to experiment with creative lighting. I thought that candles and fire going out were great examples of vanishing and becoming, so I focused on that. I kept the room completely dark and used candles as my only form of lighting. I also experimented with blending clips and opacity, because I love those effects. For the audio, I wrote a short piece of music on my guitar that expressed the mood I am attempting to convey. I plan on learning much more about editing, because I feel that with more knowledge I could create a much more consistent and visually pleasing work of art.

For my project, I decided to focus on happiness and love. I have been extremely stressed out recently with work and school, and I think during times of stress, I tend to think in a more negative way. I wanted to create a series of GIFS that inspire positivity and happiness, so I picked videos that make me particularly happy to create GIFS out of. I am happy with the way they turned out, and I’m happy that creating this project was a positive experience.

I did struggle with a few things, particularly making the GIFS a good size and editing them so they didn’t look super pixelated. That’s still something I need to do a lot of work on, but I am excited to continue learning. Also, my GIFS are all separated in pairs because it wouldn’t let me create a larger file.

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Reading Response:GIF

With the rapid advancement in technology has come a change in the perceived definition of art, as well as what it means to be an artist. I think it is fascinating how much technology and art have changed. What I find really interesting is that in a way, the involvement of technology in art has made art accessible to a more broad variety of people. What makes it more accessible is that anyone can make it, provided they have access to a computer of some sort. People are constantly reblogging GIFS and creating GIFS, and GIFS have become an extremely important part of today’s pop culture. I thought the story about the exhibit of gifs was interesting because it combined contemporary art with the average person who uses the internet. I honestly had never taken the time to think about the gif as a form of art, and now I can understand why it is actually incredibly important in the evolution of modern art.

I love the color in this one

i like this on a lot. GIFS of drawings are my favorite.

This one just makes me happy, and I love that it is a drawing

I just really love this because it is subtle and there is only one thing moving. it’s nice to look at and makes the photo more interesting.

I just love GIFs of cats, and I thought this one was especially cute.

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