Event 3

Before the class started I spent sometime in Spain and visited Salvador Dali's museum at his home in Figures.  I didn't take any pictures of myself in the pictures but I hope the poor quality of my photo taking capability is proof enough that this did happen.

I was thinking about which Event I went to that I wanted to use for my third event blog.  I chose Dali because of how much he has inspired me to rethink things, as well as his amazing approach to execute these mathematical designs onto the canvas.

This first piece of him painting someone, probably God,  painting the sunrise and sunset is so pleasing.  Nature in general is so beautiful.  The colors the sky makes before the sun rises and falls is always fresh and inspiring.  I think that says a lot about the hopes of an artist.  The Earth is a continuing inspiration, that can we as artists recreate something that inspires in the same way?

 This last piece seems like a trumpet like hammer with a face on it being held by an angelic being preparing to strike something that I didn't get the full picture of.  I think this relates to class, by the beauty of both nature and the unknown coming together.  Most people would say they don't know what angels look like, but there is a common thread of what we create them as.  As well this picture is so weird, but inspiring, and I felt the class fit that mold as well.  There were major moments when things were very weird, but reshaped my thoughts of thinking what can be art, and what is art currently.  I think Salvador Dali does a great job of continuing that thought process.

Event 2

For the second event I found myself at the Fine Arts Senior Exhibit at UCLA.  This show was very eclectic from a watermelon in pantyhose with a keyhole in the center, to a video of people drowning in water.

The first piece by Andrew Cohen titled "Please Take One."  I liked the interactive aspect of this piece.  At the beginning of the show it was a very interesting flower looking design at a very zoomed in viewpoint.  As people participated in the piece it became to slowly fall apart.  I think within the relation of science and art, many understandings of what people held until now are falling apart.  And becoming a new creation, like this piece, which I am not sure if all the parts were taken by participators, or some were left.

 This piece by Sally Ching was a short film titled A Granted Paradise.  It was a silent film going through different points of holding this bird like creation.  It eventually was ripped apart, and there were quick edits of blood, as well as someone coming out of water.  This piece reminded me of the LSD study we did on class.  Some pieces of art are just inspired by weird uncomfortable things that don't make too much sense, but still draw the person into the moment.

The overall exhibit was very strange to me, and I didn't have a great lens to view it from.  But many of the topics we studied in class I felt the same way.  Some art may be weird just to be weird, or be saying something very deep that goes over my head.

Event 1

The first Event I went to was the Digital Arts Senior Exhibit at OTIS.




The entirety of the Exhibit was speaking on people's responses to what is going on in culture today.  People chose different ways to express these experiences.

The first Piece By Jamie Nichols "It All Started With a Chromosome."  The writing at the bottom describes a futuristic time where life on Earth was no longer sustainable.  The only way to survive was to move to Space.  These people called Commonwealth were able to create a synthetic chromosome that was able to live in the harsh environment on Mars.  This relates to our topics in class both in discussing changes in DNA, as well as space exploration.

 Ellen Choi's Five 22 is focused on communication in hidden ways.  These nails are made for people in foreign countries being oppressed by their religious beliefs and the only way to continue them is by communicating nonverbally.  They use the nails and different designs to communicate where they are going and other details.  I felt this related to the topic by there is always room on the nano level.  I know this isn't necessarily nano, but communication on smaller levels that are hidden felt related to the topic at hand.

Overall the exhibit was relating much to modern thought of how technology, the environment, and people being affected and evolving with it is creating a new culture and new place for future generations.  And we are in the middle of its evolution.