Final Project

For the final I completed an installation piece centralized around a charcoal drawing, as stipulated in my proposal.

 

In progress:

 

Presentation in class:

 

After getting home from class, I decided to take additional documentation:

 

Self critique:

For this project I really enjoyed being able to work with a medium that I really liked – charcoal. I came up with the idea of “The Oracle” about a year ago, and I had been wanting to create a charcoal drawing with it for a long time, so I was excited for this project. Seeing into the future is going to reveal both life and death, and I wanted to incorporate both aspects of that. The flowers were a symbol of beauty and life, whereas the Wolf Spider specimen was a symbol of grotesqueness and death. The feather was used as a reference to my love for nature, and something that is important to me. I am very happy with the outcome of this project, but I wish I had more time, and could have executed it in a more polished fashion to the class.

Installation Project

Ideation:

for the beginning stages of this project I didn’t really know what I wanted to do. I thought back to previous assignments in other classes and remembered a cast of myself that I made. I really liked how it came out and decided I should do it again, but on a smaller scale.  I had a couple of drawings, but ended up accidentally throwing them away, however, I truly didn’t need to look at them because I altered so many things while making the actual sculpture.

 

This project contains elements of nature, one of my main muses. I wanted the viewer to actually stop and take time to smell and appreciate this beautiful planet we are living on. I also really liked the idea of a portal, a look (and smell) into another world. This piece was very fun and experimental, and though I struggled fleshing out an idea, I am happy with how it turned out.

In class exercise: Space Map

Reading #5

Is smell fundamentally different from other forms of art, in the way that they appeal to the senses? Is it different because it’s not a lasting interaction between the viewer and the piece?

Video Project

In class assignment:

Process and Ideation: I was very excited when I received my prompt for this project which was “natural”.  I really enjoy all elements of the the natural world, and it’s the thing that influences my art the most. I have also been making videos, in a very basic sense for about three years, so I tried a program that would render the best results. I had a lot of fun both filming and editing for this project. I used my brother’s Sony DSLR, and a JVC brand handheld camera. I used Final Cut Pro to edit the video.

 

Self Critique:

I was really looking forward to this project, and really wanted to push myself. Before this I had not used a DSLR to film footage nor had I ever formally edited it, but I was pleased how it turned out. My prompt was ‘natural’ so I decided to focus on one of my passions, which is exploring and being in nature. I wanted to represent the word in its most basic form, and use elements of photography and cinematography while doing so. I really used this as an opportunity to familiarize myself with the medium in the formal sense, and I think I achieved that. I am very pleased with the visuals, but I wish I would have thought and understood the part that the audio played in the final product better. I believe this was a successful piece and I look forward to bettering my skills in this medium.

Self Critique: Performance

Performing live is very difficult and nerve racking, but I hope I’m able to pull it off. I wanted to do something that was fun and light hearted just for the sake of fun, and I believe I was able to achieve that. I didn’t really choreograph it because I wanted it to be genuine and I hope I don’t laugh during it, but if I do, It’s not that big of a deal. Since I struggled with this prompt, I am proud of myself for coming up with something that I’m semi comfortable with, where I can have fun and encourage the people around me to do the same.

Project Ideation: Performance

The process for this project was a bit of a struggle, but I’m very happy with where it has ended up. As I was thinking of what I wanted to communicate, I thought of performances (in the non traditional sense) that I liked, and one stood out in particular- the theatrics of Drag Queens and lip syncing. It’s hilarious, and people enjoying themselves just for the sake of being happy is something that has become far too rare. Although it’s good to have profound works of art, one of my absolute favorite aspects of creating is enjoying doing it. I also really enjoy making people laugh, so this lead to me deciding to do a lip sync…while popping balloons with glitter. Flamboyance for flamboyance’s sake.

In Class Exercise- Project Two

To explore possible ideas for performance, I went to the science building and just wandered around with no real goal. Once I found myself in a familiar setting with people I knew, I went into the lab where I prepared a project for my entomology project.

Reading- Week 3

In reference to this video 

In the video the artist describes sound as being “freeing” and free. As performance art gains more recognition  as an art form, is it possible to find it getting increasingly more restrictive?

Looking at this entire video as an art piece, was it counterproductive to add a closing song to the last 2 minutes of the video? The entire video was about how a deaf woman can allow herself to perceive sound and how her art is meant to communicate that with a massive audience, yet 2 minutes of a ten minute video features her doing that performance art with music dubbed over it.

Self Critique – Project One

I was pleased with how the final product came out in essence and in physicality. Eventually I would like to name it but as of right now, I can’t think of a proper title for it. I found it very challenging to work with aluminum, and the way that I acquired the aluminum was equally as challenging. For this project I had to think differently in order to make certain aspects work, such as creating something in different pieces rather than creating someone as a whole all at once. I wanted to communicate the seriousness of neglectful actions, and how ultimately something much larger is put into play because of a lack either understanding or respect for this Earth and the people that share it. I believe I was successful in communicating this idea, though I do wish I would have been able to spend more time experimenting with the materials as to render its form better.