Final Art Piece

For my Final Art Piece, I wanted to experiment with what happens when you face two computers together and record off of when. What happens is it creates a double window and the picture inside of the picture lags. It is slower then what is really happening. This was a very difficult project for me so I made it into something I was curious about.

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I tried again because I am having such difficulty with this project! This one is about how women portray themselves. There are so many pressures for them to be everything but themselves, and I think the most important thing for you to do is to be yourself! Enjoy!

Xerox Project

I used my body parts to create a scene you would see for thanksgiving. On a day you are giving thanks, you take the life of something so innocent. This was one of the coolest projects I have ever done!

Highlike.org

Highlike.org is one of the most exquisite sights I have ever visited. Some of the pieces that are advertised her are magnificent. Some of the projects require so much detail, that it had to of taken the artists a while to design these pieces. It seems like this website has both of the extremes. Some of the pieces looks like they are so in depth and have such immense detail, while others seem like they don't have as much. The piece that I like the most is shown below. I just think it is so realistic, and interesting. I mean how often do you see what looks like a real human hanging from the ceiling. I wonder what inspired the artist to come up with such a different and unique idea. That has to make you think about what makes any artist come up with their artwork. The stories behind some of those pieces would be so amazing. You would be stuck there all day and all night just listening to the artists talk. To pick the brain of some of these artists would be so interesting. 

Beyonce- Girl Power

I think that Beyonce should be added to the list of girl power. She is one of the most noted music artist in the industry today. She is seen as an empowering figure, and a role model for young girls all over the world. They even have young girls that worship her like she is a god. Its crazy how many people look up to her. I think that she should be added to the category because of the role that she portrays to women. Before she married Jay-Z she had the I don't need a man to be successful attitude, and I think that appeals to many girls. She made her own future by hard work, and dedication, before she got married. I think that is true girl power. When you find someone that is so set on their goals and their future and doesn't ned anyone to support them; they are making their own dreams come true. She really inspires many people and in a good way. She doesn't have a stick thin body, she has curves, and she is confident. Another thing that is great about her is her confidence level. She never seems self conscious and always seems confident. She keeps her head held up high no matter what and seems to not care what people think about her. And I think that is what true girl power is.

Sheryl Oring

Sheryl Oring is a performance artist that started an  "I Wish to Say…" campaign, typing letters to the president. This is a traveling  public art project where she sits down dressed up as a typist back in the olden days and listens to what people have to say and types it up on her type writer. Many people take time out of their day to express their issues towards the president with her, while she types it up on her typewriter. I think this is one of the coolest performance art pieces that I have ever seen. When I was doing my performance art piece for my class, i was considering going off of something like that with Oring and my inspirations. I think these are the type of performance art pieces that people enjoy seeing and taking part in. I know I would. If I saw a performance art piece like this I would love to take part in it. Seeing something like this as I was walking down the street would really surprise and intrigue me, like I'm sure that it does to many others.

Butoh

Butoh is one of the most interesting forms of dance that I have ever seen. It is a for of Japanese dance theatre that encompasses a range of different activities, techniques and motivations for dance, performance, or movement. The costumes that they were when they do these dances are just incredible. They are so intricate and precisely made for every single dance. Also the way that the dancers move is so thought out and precise. Each dancer knows exactly what they are doing. Its so interesting to watch, because they aren't just dancing they are telling a story. These dances are to show the pain and suffering the Japanese suffered after the bombings in Japan. Since it is showing such pain the dancers are supposed to move slow and precise, while making unfathomable body gestures, which most are low to the ground. This is exploring a new way of dancing by breaking traditions.

 

John Cage

John Cage is best known for his works with music. He was an American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist. He was a pioneer of the non-standard use of musical instruments, indeterminacy in music, and electroacoustic music. People say that he was one of the most influential composers on the twentieth century. He used objects to preform live for people. These performances were related to performance art, and Dada. He would alter the instruments that he would play. For example he changed the way a piano he was playing sounded by putting screws in where the music would play. This would alter the sound, and change it into something else. He called it the prepared piano. He is best known thought for Sonatas and Interludes. Cage was influenced by East and South Asian cultures. Unlike his teachers Henry Cowell and Arnold Schoenberg, who got their inspiration from their radical innovations in music. John Cage would describe music to you as "a purposeless play" which is "an affirmation of life – not an attempt to bring order out of chaos nor to suggest improvements in creation, but simply a way of waking up to the very life we're living".


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