Meaning MakersJan. 28&30

This week we discussed a formula that opened up my eyes to new ways view works of art. It was interesting on Monday when we got to see everyones interpretation of the colection assignment. Everyone interpreted it in a different way. Today was very interesting, we viewed one of Melana's pieces,a nd I found it very interesting to analyze her piece from our own perspectives, and not til the end of class did we find out what the true meaning of her piece was. I enjoyed breaking the piece down and analyzing its meaning. I like the idea of artists being "meaning makers" because in retrospec thats exactly what we are doing when making works of art. We want to bring accross a certain meaning to our audiences.

Transforming Things into Other Things

wrapped-my mattress is wrapped with sheets

luminous-my best friend

gnarly- the hair within my brush

edible- yogurt

wicked- my aviator sunglasses

was alive- my birthday flower

unexpected sound- loudest alarm clock ever!

could spill- water bottle

smell- room mate's foot

fleeting and temporal- my dreams

astonishing-coffee, and its effects

scattered-m&m's

transformed by wind- blue ribbon

soft- brown pillow

buried- my socks under comforter

cold- statistics can be cold hearted

distasteful- dirty sponge

stretched- rubber band

smeared-lip gloss on wall

awkward- my bra

6 feet- my bed

I thought to do my material invention purely from things found in my dorm room, and i could not believe the many weird and freakish things that I found in the process. I used my bed to collaborate all of the elements. I had trouble transforming some of the stuff into other stuff, I felt like the majority of my project was kind of boring and too literal. Everything is easy to understand yet that made it not as interesting in a sense, so i sat back and thought of some things i could do to mix it u a bit. Thins was also hard for me, I think I executed the project well, but I'm not very happy with the creative factor, I would have liked it to be less literal and more thought provoking. Overall i enjoyed collecting different things and incorporating them all together. I took the space on my bed, and created the feeling of chaos! I used the comforter to my advantage. My sleeping space which is normally a place of relaxation and calmness was turned completely around into total craziness.

McColl Center Jan. 14&16

I like how this class is very open and discussion is so easy in class. I felt like today I could voice my opinion in and open free of judgement environment. I thought it was interesting to disect ideas and learn more about classmates ideas and how if everyine is from say me. It really demonstrates how diverse our brains are form eachother.

I had a lot of fun at the McColl center this week. I had already seen it hat exhibit with Kristen Rothrock, but is was fun to look at another time and in another prospective. I enjoyed being able to see the studios, and learn more about he center and residency. My favorite piece was the one with all the label with misconceptions stitched on them. I love how simple the appearance is, but there is SO much more meaning behind it. All the way down to the cheap candy dishes symbolising pedestals. It was overall enjoyable experience.

Accumulation Project

I think project sounds very interesting! I'm excited to see the outcome. My idea is to collect "thoughts" still in the workings, but i want to get people's in the moment thoughts. I might just keep sticky notes with me at all times and randomly ask people to write down what they are thinking about at the moment. I was somewhat inspired by Shan Raoufi. He collected opinions although, his was opinions about him. I want mine to b completely open to whatever poeple are thinking.

I also liked Michael Anderson's idea of collecting ad posters. I would love to have all those vintage and random posters.

first reading

The reading opened up my eyes to new ideas, and ways to find my inspiration. I mainly like to take my hobbies and passions that i do outside of art and bring those into my pieces. My work shows my passion; my main passion is horses and show jumping. I enjoy receiving my inspiration from the connection between horse and rider. But the reading showed me many other ways to find inspiration. I think that listening to my music would be good for me, because my music brings out emotion which would come through in my work.

I have a good grasp of who I am and who I want to be as a person, yet who I am as an artist has yet to be found. I have yet to establish a specific style of my own. I find it kind of hard to do when in foundation class our assignments call of an assigned style. I mean, I know that we can still show who we are though, which I try to do but it is harder than it seems.

I enjoy using words to express my emotions, and I know that, that seems like the easy way out. I want to be a graphic designer within an advertising agency. I love the use of facial expression, and I love photography. So like I said my mission would be to sell the product, and create easy to understand layouts. I looking forward to my future, it have endless possibilities.

1st day review Jan. 7&9

No class Monday
Wed: Well, this class is going to be very challenging, yet fun at the same time. From what I have gathered this class description this class will be very open to my ideas. This is EXCITING yet extremely intimidating! I like have room for my thoughts and ideas to come into play within a class, but it appears that this class will mostly be based on that. I have just gotten so used to being told what to do, the freedom is intimidating. I'm up for the challenge though, and I think I will enjoy this overall experience, and I think that it can only enhance my knowledge int he art world.