Greta's Blog

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Barcelona tiles

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consuming

food

drink 

music

and life 

[sweetsnailprincess-blog]

Simple, but very well done! The use of color in this video as well as your choice of background is amazing and made it very beautiful to watch. I can’t tell you how many people I see on campus doing just this every day, myself included. It’s as though we take in so many experiences, sounds, foods, etc. on a daily basis that the experiences have to get bigger and more exciting in order for us to really notice them. Your video really made me think about enjoying the little things. Love it!

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Project 5 Performance Art

For my project I chose the subject of the Palm Oil industry and the environmental disaster the industry is causing to the Indonesian forests, the people, and endangered species such as the orangutan.  While a major reason these fires are burning is due to poor government regulations and profit, consumer cultures also play a part in the supply and demand of palm oil, which according to WWF is the most widely consumed vegetable oil across the planet.  According to this article on The Guardian this disaster has been labeled a “crime against humanity.”  Go here for a list of products that contain palm oil and go here to learn more about the endangered wildlife such as orangutans who now are threatened even more so by poachers due to the loss of their home. For my project I photoshopped an image of an orangutan and her baby onto an image of a forest and taped them to a wooden frame.  Behind the image is a bottle of vegetable oil with a label I printed for palm oil taped over it.  My friend drew a dollar sign on the back of my hand to represent that this “crime against humanity” is for profit and symbolizes the “hand” that is causing massive deforestation, people dying and becoming sick from the carbon monoxide, orangutans dying and fleeing their habitat, and massive areas of pristine forests being unnecessarily burned down for the sake of profit.  As the image burns away, just like in real life, what’s left behind is a material which we consume in food and use in our products, like soap and lipstick, multiple times a day without realizing the destruction we are all, in some way small or large, participating in.

[sweetsnailprincess-blog]

Very powerful piece. I love the way you used fire to transform the picture into a product. I can also relate to the palm oil problem because I know how difficult it is to find products without palm oil, even in stores like whole foods. I wasn’t aware of the problem until a few years ago, when I found a bottle of lotion that boasted it was palm-oil free and would give 10% of their earnings to support orangutans. Ever since when I read “palm oil” on an ingredients label it’s like a little red flag goes up. I liked that I understood what was going on here even before reading your description, and your use of objects to portray your message. Great work!

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The theme: The Body, Play, Risk, Failure, Identity. 

I very much liked this theme. 

Body- I wanted to engage my entire body, and not just a monologue, or something simple.

Play - This was the easy part, i spend most of my day goofing around and not really taking much seriously. 

Risk and Failure - I feel like these two go hand in hand, without the option of failure, there is no risk. 

Identity - Could i figure out how someone confronts something uncomfortable head on? 

I was originally going to try and do a piece attempting to piss some people off, but i really needed to pass all my classes this semester, and suspension was definitely not a good idea. Some people thought the idea of a random pillow fight was great, others just looked at me with a blank face, and one guy even threw the pillow back at me and got angry. 

That guy needs a life. 

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Haha this is great that kid is in one of my classes!

[sweetsnailprincess-blog]

I love this!

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“#Mephobia, which is the fear of becoming so awesome that the human race can’t handle it and everybody dies.”

Hey all, Sara here. I had a hard time trying to come up with a piece I would like to perform, as I’ve never really acted out anything since high school. This semester has been a bit tougher on me overall, as I’m trying to jump deeper into the art world as a newbie, while also being a new transfer student and juggling the expectations of University life. I managed to find some inspiration thanks to one particular individual.

Have you ever run into someone that is really full of themselves and think’s they’re the best thing ever? Well, it may or may not be their fault…apparently there is a phobia (Mephobia) where they believe themselves to be so awesome that they fear others can’t handle their talent. I’m not 100% sure whether this is anything more than an internet meme, but I’ve felt recently I may have actually met someone that…acts like they have it. I feel a lot of stress from said person sometimes, and so have others. I wanted to convey my feelings about said person, and other people I have met in my life, and how ridiculous they look to other people. I also enjoyed making this piece, as I love comedy. I hope you guys enjoy it!

[sweetsnailprincess-blog]

This made me laugh! I think we all know people like that. I think I’m like that on the inside sometimes, but I try reeeally hard not to let it out X) anyway, I get really stressed out from people who act like they know everything as well. I loved the expressions of the people who you interacted with. Lots of fun!

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Project 5: Concealer

I am very self conscious about my skin. I have keratosis pilaris, or “chicken skin,” meaning that my arms are covered in tiny bumps (it looks like I constantly have goosebumps) and I have red blotches on my face. It’s pretty common and not serious medically, in fact I’m grateful it’s not worse, but nevertheless I don’t like to be seen without makeup and I prefer long sleeves to short. Concealer has been a part of my identity since puberty and for all of my young adult life. It’s gotten to the point where it’s become an obsession of mine to find the perfect concealers, skin creams, and skin pills in order to make the blotches go away. They aren’t as bad as they used to be, but they’re my least favorite part about myself. And yes, I’m wearing concealer in this video. I don’t go out without wearing it or at least bringing it with me. I’m trying to wear less, and maybe one day I’ll be confident enough to go without it, but it’s become so deeply ingrained into my routine that I don’t feel fully awake without it. I suppose if I had any intention in making this video, it’s to let people with insecurities like mine know that they’re not alone, because sometimes I just feel ashamed of myself for being so reliant on the stuff and I single myself out. I don’t want other people to single themselves out. We all have insecurities and habits to break.

[sweetsnailprincess-blog]

Artist is Present

A day late, Sorry! Also I have only gotten through the first half of the documentary. I’ll try and post more when I finish it. This has been quite a week!

Anyway, I suppose the part of this documentary that has left the most impression on me so far was the show in which Marina let the audience interact with her with a variety of objects, including a gun, and do as they please. That took a lot of courage, and I really respect her for that. I suppose that piece was important to me because I have noticed a lot of artists who focus on shock methods but who don’t interact with their audience. Marina  invited negative and/or positive reactions to be taken out on her own body. That took some serious guts, and I really respect her for it.

I have noticed among art lovers and artists alike that often pieces of performance art come into question. A lot of people have a very defined idea of art, and trust me I am no exception. I tend to think of myself as an art snob and I’ve never really been one for shock art. For instance, I once saw in a museum a ball of found clothes suspended on a string, and I still do not think of it as art. Maybe I’m being closed-minded or maybe I’m right, but in the end it doesn’t matter. The best part about art for me is that it is so personal that one person doesn’t HAVE to like every piece of art ever made or even recognize it as such. Everyone is bound to find artwork that they love and artwork that they hate, and I think that that is a healthy relationship to have with the art world. 

[sweetsnailprincess-blog]

Reading Response 5

Performance art is something I have always loved. I love plays, musicals, dances, and the Mummenchantz. While reading this article, I thought about Mummenchantz a lot. Their artwork is a little tricky to find because they generally preferred not to be filmed, but it’s really worth looking for. Each piece is not very long, usually involves a few actors, and lots of props. Another form of performance art that I love comes from watching drag shows. I love Rupaul’s drag race and find it incredible that people can become living art. My Dad once said of plays that there is a level of audience/cast interaction that really makes the work come to life in a way that a movie doesn’t, and I agree. With performance art, of any type, I also love the fact that the actors/artists/dancers are there to hear the immediate feedback of their work: the applause. I like to think that if I yell out, “that was beautiful, you were incredible!” that even if the actors don’t respond to me, they’ll hear what I said and take it to heart. In that way, maybe I can give back some of the joy they gave me.

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@sweetsnailprincess what a lovely bean :-)

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You’re b-e-a-n-utiful! See what I did there XP

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Verb List

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To(o) crazy is great. Also loved to shampoo. I like the way you think :)

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Verb drawings

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This really happened

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This really happened

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Verb drawings

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My Twenty Verbs

I was inspired by the list (let me know if I accidentally overlapped any of its words) But mostly these are just words I like: To heat To decorate To prime To browse To conceal To blush To have To hold To blend To forget To color To slink To fray To count To clean To melt To favor To endeavor To maneuver To pretend

[sweetsnailprincess-blog]

Project 4: Sewing

I made this as a backup video in case I couldn’t get the other one working. It’s an oldish video of me sewing while pretending to be angry. I was inspired by reading about using video to alter time through speeding up/ slowing down. I added upbeat music to contrast with my slow movements. I also used the “cartoon” effect for the video to bring out the contrasting lights and darks. I added upbeat music to contrast with the slower pace. I like how my expressions look urgent and frustrated despite my moving slowly.

Hopefully I’ll get the other video working so I can upload that one, too!

[leyorio-deactivated20170725]

why do I want and crave other humans so much yet I am so afraid of them there’s nothing I want more then someone to hug me or call me on the phone but I reject all intimacy, acts of kindness are taken with caution and affection makes me cringe