Car and House Ads

I posted the two advertisments that I created in the Johnson Center of George Mason University.

Proactiv

I posted my Proactiv advertisement that I created in the Johnson Center of George Mason University.

Relationship Amplifier

Max Lawrence has a device that he calls the "relationship amplifier." He bases it off the electronic principle of a Darlington Pair. Lawrence's theory says "the relationship amplifier is based on the principle that a pair of people can amplify each other's strengths, weaknesses, and in some cases, create a net result much greater - as if created out of nothing - than the product of the pair by themselves."

I'm still not positive what the "relationship amplifier" is; however, it's theory sounds like it makes sense. Sometimes people's chemistry together brings out the best in both of them and their relationship grows very strong because of that strong bond they have. Together, they are individually stronger people, rather than when they aren't together they aren't as strong of people individually.

The Yes Men

The Yes Men are a group of activists who practice "identity correction." They pretend to be spokesmen of prominent organizations and powerful people. They are also known for making fake websites that are similar to the ones they want to spoof.

What The Yes Men do is very different. It is definitely something out of the ordinary and it can be interesting to see how people react to what this group does and says.

Public Access Art TV Show Day

Ceci Moss said announced that she will be posting videos that are lively, fun and subversive. She is getting these videos from many different art-related public access TV shows from within the last 30 years. Artists are able to use public access television to experiment and allow them to respond to the conventions within the media itself.


I think this is a great idea; especially for artists. It gives things a new perspective as well as bring a new community of people together.

Again and Again

Brian Droitcour explains his concept of "the loop" through the use of this photo. He says that "the loop is the unsteady cornerstone of contemporary technology, both a basic structure of computer code and the physical shape of reels of film and tape that continue to inform conceptual understanding of digital media." He also described the metaphoric meaning of the loop.

I did not understand his explanation of the loop; however, when he started talkng about its metaphoric meaning of "time," I felt as though I had a clearer understanding of it. I do not see the correlation between this photo and his explanataion.

Dancing Machines: An Interview with Natalie Bookchin

Natalie Bookchin took video clips of different people dancing alone in their room to different types of music. She then put them all together and incorporated them into one video. Her main purpose was to see the relationship from all the different types of dance and how globalization played in with this idea. Other factors that became relevant were the way the different forms of dance were visualized and the way people perceived them.

Personally, I thought this idea was very interesting. I love dance, in any form, and feel that comparing different types from different people can be very interesting. In the photos that are shown in this picture, the three girls are all doing the same exact move but are facing a different way. They are all in their room; however, they are in very different environments due to their location, music choice, and culture. I can really relate to this piece.

Driving Through Iceland

This is a piece of work that won the challenge to create the best piece of artwork using Processing in 200 characters or less. It was created by dotlassie and is entitled, "Driving through Iceland." It is an interactive piece that looks like a road that you control or drive on by moving the mouse. You can go faster or slower by moving the mouse up or down.

I think this piece is very interesting and I love that it is interactive. It shows how control is pretty much everything in most situations. If you go to fast, it is easy to lose control. Sometimes when you go slow, and take things one step at a time, you end up going farther in life and doing things the right way.

I’ll Be Your Mirror: Candice Breitz at the Toronto Film Festival

Candice Breitz focused on Robert Rauchenberg's work for her current exhibition. The theme was about twins and their ties with each other. Robert placed an ad on Craigslist to interview them and ended up putting their photos on matching monitors that were sitting right beside each other. He interviewed them each separately asking them almost the same questions. After both interviews, he altered their words and discussions in a way that would bring out the similarities and differences between the two of them. He did this with other sets of twins also.

In my opinion, I think the idea of researching more about twins is good. However, altering conversations to make things seem like something they are not is wrong and misleading. Twins are people and should be treated like everyone else. There is no harm in showing more interest in them as long as it is done in an appropriate and fair way.

Project #1

For my first series of photos, I chose to use the same picture of a mother and daughter for all three of the photos. In the first photo, I decided to cut out the girl and replace her with her writing what she said about her mother. I feel like taking her out is showing how a mom and their teenage daughter often fight a lot and disagree on many things. It shows her absent mind in the situation and how her mother could basically be talking to a wall. In the second photo I chose to take the mother out and replace her with what she was saying to her daughter. I felt that this symbolized her absense in the daughters mind because everything she said was being ignored. In the third photo I took them both out to show that they were each in their own world. I replaced them with the writings that they were saying to each other; however, this time it was a line from each of them to show that their words clashed and weren't communicated properly to each other.

In the second series of photos, I chose to take pictures of traffic on the road and delete the lines on the road. I did this to symbolize that sometimes in life, we don't always have guidance; however, we use knowledge from our past experiences to guide us without having things written for us all the time.

Louise Lawler

Louise Lawler is known for photographing different pieces of artwork as they are displayed. In this photograph, she showed how a piece of work by Warhol was displayed over a television set in a living room that is also surrounded by different modern art pieces. Her purpose is to show how "the installation of artwork is never neutral." This was dicussed in Jerry Saltz's article entitled, "The Art World's Space Invader."

When I first looked at this picture, I didn't really notice the piece by Warhol. The modern art popped out at me first and then the fact that the room looked split. It wasn't until I read the article that I realized that the focus was on the "random" Warhol artwork that was displayed on the wall. After I saw that, I saw things differently. People have very different interpretations of things when they are first looked at. I saw a connection between this and my personality. I do not only have one style. I like a variety of things and sometimes I like to mix them together. The only particular reason that the art on the left stood out to me more was mainly because of its color.


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