Seminar II: New Media

(You knew everyone would pick her work as it's the most extensive and coherent) What I liked/Disliked: I enjoyed the fact that the 50 minute film had a backbone to it. What I mean when I say this is that most conceptual artists fall flat for me. It's all about the random idea they came up with and they tend not to execute it to the best of their ability. This film had a concreteness to it. It had a clear message, with small little vignettes spurring off of it. It was constructed more like a diary-esque novel than it was a from the mouth telling. At first, I didn't like it much, but then when I saw some of her photos, and began to pick up on Moyra's own quirkiness, I enjoyed it. I saw the repetition, I saw her obsessive nature (yet she detested that scheduled behavior in her psychoanalyst), I saw the multiples, and I realized that it's all connected and works as a cohesive body. I loved the way she showed how time passed within her Long Life Cool White exhibit. The ...

I enjoyed this chapter overall, as I agree that people need to empathize with others more. I may swear like a sailor, but I still try to include other people and be 'emotionally intelligent'. It's important, really. Not because it will help me get ahead, but because common courtesy and respect make the world a better place. Doing something nice, even just smiling at someone, will brighten up their day. And they might smile at someone else, so that makes the world a better place. Wow I feel like a giant hippie. :) I feel almost as though this book wants to stroke my ego too much. I'm a woman, and because of this, I generally empathize more than the males that I know, simply because of my gender. I'm an artist (or at least I'm trying to be), so I am generally more right-brained than I am left brained (but I like to think I have a happy balance).... so...Pink just keeps trying to stroke my ego. Stroke the ego of all the people who empathize and use their right brai...

Symphony I adored this chapter, simply put. This is my favorite, I think, out of all of them. This is where I got the idea for the metaphor list. I think symbols are vital in art making, and metaphors are symbol creators. One thing standing for another. I loved his description of his portrait progression. I use symbols in all my drawings that aren't for school. I tend to want to draw what I think it should be, not what they are. When I'm not observing some one or some thing while I draw, I create a stylized, idealized version of it. I have to work on firming up my realistic drawing skills, even if it bores the ever loving crap out of me. This chapter was just...great. Great. Simply great. I even made a metaphor (sortof) list with the help of some friends! All the world's a stage. The apple of my eye. I don't feel rooted. Women are the devil. Men are assholes religion is a disease wearing your heart on your sleeve painful truths thoughts in chaos You are what you eat On ...

SAM EASTERSON Did the presentation hold your attention?: Yes very much so. I loved the videos so insanely much. The site was simple, the presenters talked clearly, and it was quick and painless. I would have liked the site to be more visually invested, but I don't think I can really say something like that (I'm way too deep into the web design world). I also really liked our discussion at the end of the presentation. If you can't question the work and explore it's validity, then it isn't really deep enough to be considered art. If you can't have an inner and outer dialog about the piece, be it conceptual, visual, symbolic, etc, then...what are you looking at? Do you have a clear understanding of the artist’s work from the presentation?: Yes. He shows the point of view of various animals. He shows them almost like he's doing a character study on a person. I adore his work. As Meredith said "It's conservation work, but also artwork. His purpo...

ASPECT PROJECT still needs more info/images and such.

Again, I read ahead. I want to get most of it done so that I don't lose sleep and get weak. I'm still pretty sick, so I have to take it easy. I really enjoyed this chapter. I think that this is really where the book picks up. Stories are insanely important when it comes to art. Pieces of artwork are their own little stories--their own little narratives in themselves. It's true what he said about paying attention to the narrative more than the facts. I entirely paid more attention to that little story! And when we retell things, we normally have to put them into context and give a story. I always have to explain myself this way, or I confuse myself and the person I'm explaining whatever I'm saying to. It was a short and concise chapter, and I didn't feel that there was any unnecessary tongue waggling. He was pretty dead on with his ideas, in my honest opinion. THIS END PART IS WAY BETTER, GUYS.

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