Interesting: today we received our mail art from the other 2D class. I thought it was really interesting how they posed their questions to us and the way they created mail for someone they have never met.
Learned: I learned more about scanning and was able to upload my covers and sketches almost completely by myself. I also really like learning how to use the india ink. I really like doing work in black and white and I usually use a sharpie, I am excited to now use the india ink instead.
Ideas:Today's class made me want to use india ink in my projects, I also like the idea of mail art, and want to send this to someone completely random to see if they reply. I'm also excited to expand on my mural ideas and am looking forward to making a professional version of it for next week.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Mexican Mural Movement Response
Five Essential Elements of the Mexican Mural Movement:
1. Jose Vasconcelos thought that public art would help educate and excite the public and get them to support the new government. The movement was states sponsored so they had the money to do it and the support of their country.
2. Artists collaborated to make cultural murals about their shared heritage, trying to get the Mexican people to get involved in the development of their new nation. Many artists gathered to take part.
3. Many of the artists showed nationalism in their art by incorporating Mexican hero’s and people, and pre-Hispanic types of art. They also incorporated European modernism.
4. They brought together many art movements in their murals like the Italian Renaissance, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Postimpressionism, and Surrealism. They also incorporated the ideas of Marx and Lenin.
5. The formation of the Union of Technical Workers, Painters, and Sculptures and “A Declaration of Social, Political, and Aesthetic Principles” defined the movement and defined it as a public, ideologically driven, didactic art.
The murals talked about in the Mexican Murals reading made me want to consider basing one of my mural ideas on something political, or at least something that would make people think. I don’t think our mural has to be controversial, I just want our mural to make people stop and feel the urge to figure out what our mural is saying, not just see some pretty spray paint and keep on walking. This is what the Mexican muralists were doing. Rivera made people upset and made them want to figure out what he was thinking with the mural he started for Rockefeller Jr. Our mural is not going to be as widely seen as his because it is on the back of a building in Syracuse but that just means we need to make it that much more memorable to make viewers come to it, rather than it be conveniently place for the viewer.
1. Jose Vasconcelos thought that public art would help educate and excite the public and get them to support the new government. The movement was states sponsored so they had the money to do it and the support of their country.
2. Artists collaborated to make cultural murals about their shared heritage, trying to get the Mexican people to get involved in the development of their new nation. Many artists gathered to take part.
3. Many of the artists showed nationalism in their art by incorporating Mexican hero’s and people, and pre-Hispanic types of art. They also incorporated European modernism.
4. They brought together many art movements in their murals like the Italian Renaissance, Cubism, Futurism, Expressionism, Postimpressionism, and Surrealism. They also incorporated the ideas of Marx and Lenin.
5. The formation of the Union of Technical Workers, Painters, and Sculptures and “A Declaration of Social, Political, and Aesthetic Principles” defined the movement and defined it as a public, ideologically driven, didactic art.
The murals talked about in the Mexican Murals reading made me want to consider basing one of my mural ideas on something political, or at least something that would make people think. I don’t think our mural has to be controversial, I just want our mural to make people stop and feel the urge to figure out what our mural is saying, not just see some pretty spray paint and keep on walking. This is what the Mexican muralists were doing. Rivera made people upset and made them want to figure out what he was thinking with the mural he started for Rockefeller Jr. Our mural is not going to be as widely seen as his because it is on the back of a building in Syracuse but that just means we need to make it that much more memorable to make viewers come to it, rather than it be conveniently place for the viewer.
2/16/10 Response
Interesting:
When looking at the mural examples during class, one that really stuck out to me was the mural with the spilt can of paint that seeps out to cover the parking lot and some of the cars. I really liked this because it looked so realistic. When I picture murals in my head I never think of a mural where the things in it look photorealistic. It seems like many things are generalized or done with a look that is more like animation. I also like how he took the mural past the wall and incorporated not just the parking lot below but the cars in it.
Learned:
Something I think will be extremely helpful in my future that we learned about this week was how to document out work. I’m not great with photography so the demo using the light was really informative to me.
Ideas:
Learning more about Photoshop in last class and with the Amalgamation project made me want to work more with Photoshop. I know there is still a lot I need to learn about Photoshop but the practice has help, and I intend to practice more because as I learn more about Photoshop I enjoy using it more. My new Photoshop knowledge has given me ideas on how to incorporate it into other projects or to use it in times where I might have resorted to other methods.
When looking at the mural examples during class, one that really stuck out to me was the mural with the spilt can of paint that seeps out to cover the parking lot and some of the cars. I really liked this because it looked so realistic. When I picture murals in my head I never think of a mural where the things in it look photorealistic. It seems like many things are generalized or done with a look that is more like animation. I also like how he took the mural past the wall and incorporated not just the parking lot below but the cars in it.
Learned:
Something I think will be extremely helpful in my future that we learned about this week was how to document out work. I’m not great with photography so the demo using the light was really informative to me.
Ideas:
Learning more about Photoshop in last class and with the Amalgamation project made me want to work more with Photoshop. I know there is still a lot I need to learn about Photoshop but the practice has help, and I intend to practice more because as I learn more about Photoshop I enjoy using it more. My new Photoshop knowledge has given me ideas on how to incorporate it into other projects or to use it in times where I might have resorted to other methods.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
2/9/10 response
In today's class I got to see nine interesting covers for sketchbook, it was cool to see all of the different ways people conveyed the ideas of covering a book. The most interesting cover was Meghan's purse sketchbook. It was different from anyone else's in class and she used materials and techniques that no one else did so it was really interesting to see such a different approach to the assignment. I also like Cristi's idea of using a shoe to show a cover becuase of the many ways shoes cover, feet, ground, and time. Her idea of covering was my favorite.
Today I learned more about using photoshop. I have used it before but I do not know much at all about it, so it was great to learn how to use it to make a amalgamations. I also learned how to use pixolou to find more pictures for the amalgamation project, when I ran out of images on google. I think pixolou will come in handy often when google, and flicker do not have many.
The surface pattern Cristi used for the inside of her book and on the outside of her cover beneath the shoe gave me the idea that I would like to try to design something like that or uses some cool pattern in a future project. Using flicker was also helpful for giving me ideas for pictures and concepts to use in my amalgamation, its a great place to search for pictures and develop ideas.
Today I learned more about using photoshop. I have used it before but I do not know much at all about it, so it was great to learn how to use it to make a amalgamations. I also learned how to use pixolou to find more pictures for the amalgamation project, when I ran out of images on google. I think pixolou will come in handy often when google, and flicker do not have many.
The surface pattern Cristi used for the inside of her book and on the outside of her cover beneath the shoe gave me the idea that I would like to try to design something like that or uses some cool pattern in a future project. Using flicker was also helpful for giving me ideas for pictures and concepts to use in my amalgamation, its a great place to search for pictures and develop ideas.
Top Five Amalgamation Ideas
STOPLIGHT: the thing that I like about the stoplight idea is that the stop light will always show the red green and yellow in the same order because that is the universal way they are show. The edges maybe a little blurry because some are shaped differently, but the background will be completely different because they will all be set in different places, so it will be interesting to have it go from clear to a little blurry to very blurry.
WOMEN'S MAGAZINE COVERS: women's magazines will be interesting because there always a close up of a women on the cover. I don't know if I should stick to one magazine so the title stays the same and the women changes or use different women magzines so both the women and titles change. The women being more blurry than the titles.
WELCOME TO _____ SIGNS: This would be cool because the welcome to would remain pretty clear, but the town title would change, and the backgrounds would all change drastically.
BOSTON GLOBE: Im from Boston and my dad reads the paper everyday so I'm used to seeing it all of the time, I think it would be interesting to see the title stay the same as the stories around it change.
FAMOUS PEOPLE ON THE RED CARPET: I really like award shows like the Oscars and the Grammys and watching the red carpet as everyone arrives in their dresses, I thought it would be cool because the red carpet and the background would remain similar as the women and their dress change, with the ghost of a womanly figure remaining.
WOMEN'S MAGAZINE COVERS: women's magazines will be interesting because there always a close up of a women on the cover. I don't know if I should stick to one magazine so the title stays the same and the women changes or use different women magzines so both the women and titles change. The women being more blurry than the titles.
WELCOME TO _____ SIGNS: This would be cool because the welcome to would remain pretty clear, but the town title would change, and the backgrounds would all change drastically.
BOSTON GLOBE: Im from Boston and my dad reads the paper everyday so I'm used to seeing it all of the time, I think it would be interesting to see the title stay the same as the stories around it change.
FAMOUS PEOPLE ON THE RED CARPET: I really like award shows like the Oscars and the Grammys and watching the red carpet as everyone arrives in their dresses, I thought it would be cool because the red carpet and the background would remain similar as the women and their dress change, with the ghost of a womanly figure remaining.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Response to One and Three Chairs based on Plato
1. There are three chairs in Kosuth's artwork. These three chairs are just shown from different viewpoints. There is the chair in reality done by the maker of the chair. A chair is shown front on in an imitation of a chair that was in reality done by the maker of the chair. A chair is shown front on in an imitations of a chair that was in reality. Their third chair is a noun and an interpretation of a chair. All three pieces are chairs but the 3D chair is the only one seen in reality.
2. Plato would consider the middle wooden chair the real chair. He talks about beds and tables being in reality and those who paint them imitating the real chair and just making an appearance. Plato would consider the wooden chair to have been created and made. He would have said the photograph of the chair is done as an imitation of the wooden chair, ad i believe he would have said the definition was an interpretation of the "real" wooden chair.
2. Plato would consider the middle wooden chair the real chair. He talks about beds and tables being in reality and those who paint them imitating the real chair and just making an appearance. Plato would consider the wooden chair to have been created and made. He would have said the photograph of the chair is done as an imitation of the wooden chair, ad i believe he would have said the definition was an interpretation of the "real" wooden chair.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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