Final Project Process
HUMAN ANIMAL FANZINE
-Introduction: A Chance to see both scenes
-Error Records Interview
-Band spotlight: Weekend Nachos
-Adam DeGross Interview
-Worldwide Band Spotlight: Nasty
-Artist Spot Light: Ram Lowbrow
-Record Reviews
WEEKEND NACHOS INTERVIEW w/ BYRON
How are you today?
Weekend Nachos just released “Still” through Relapse Records. How has the response been for that record so far and how was the release show in Chicago?
You guys just did a run with SPINE off the new record. How did that go?
What are your influences in playing for Weekend Nachos?
What can you say about the interactions you’ve made since stepping into the hardcore/punk scene? What do they do for you as a person?
You guys are set to play Skeletal Lightning Fest here in C-U this upcoming April. It’s been awhile since you guys have been here. What are you expecting?
Describe your perfect UIUC Dining Hall meal.
If you could sum up Weekend Nachos in a sentence, what would it be?
Are you a human animal?
PHOTOGRAPHER INTERVIEW w/ ADAM DEGROSS
Tell us a little bit about yourself?
Why is it important for shows (or anything for that matter) to be documented with a camera?
How would you describe your style?
What is your preferred subject to shoot? Why?
What are you influences as a photographer?
If someone were to say, ‘how could I be the next Adam DeGross?’, what would you say?
INTERVIEW w/ NASTY FROM EUROPE
Where did the name Nasty come from?
How is the scene Europe different from those in the States?
You guys recently got done touring in the US with bands such as CDC and No Zodiac. How did that go and what kind of reaction did you guys get?
How has the reaction been for your latest BDHW release “Love”? Can you tell us more about the track “Look At Me And Fuck You”?
You guys are currently on the Nu Breed tour with Madball, Deez Nuts and Your Demise. How is it touring with the NYHC legends themselves?
What is in the future for Nasty?
If there is one thing you want people to remember about Nasty, what would it be?
ARTIST INTERVIEW w/ RAM LOWBROW
Introduce yourself and what you do.
What themes do you try to capture in the art you create?
What are some of your inspirations as an artist?
Why are bands and anyone in general in need of artists like you and the ones that inspire you?
If someone were to say ‘How can I be the next Ram Lowbrow?’ what would you say?
HUMAN ANIMAL FANZINE
-Introduction: A Chance to see both scenes
-Error Records Interview
-Band spotlight: Weekend Nachos
-Adam DeGross Interview
-Worldwide Band Spotlight: Nasty
-Artist Spot Light: Ram Lowbrow
-Record Reviews
WEEKEND NACHOS INTERVIEW w/ BYRON
How are you today?
Weekend Nachos just released “Still” through Relapse Records. How has the response been for that record so far and how was the release show in Chicago?
You guys just did a run with SPINE off the new record. How did that go?
What are your influences in playing for Weekend Nachos?
What can you say about the interactions you’ve made since stepping into the hardcore/punk scene? What do they do for you as a person?
You guys are set to play Skeletal Lightning Fest here in C-U this upcoming April. It’s been awhile since you guys have been here. What are you expecting?
Describe your perfect UIUC Dining Hall meal.
If you could sum up Weekend Nachos in a sentence, what would it be?
Are you a human animal?
PHOTOGRAPHER INTERVIEW w/ ADAM DEGROSS
Tell us a little bit about yourself?
Why is it important for shows (or anything for that matter) to be documented with a camera?
How would you describe your style?
What is your preferred subject to shoot? Why?
What are you influences as a photographer?
If someone were to say, ‘how could I be the next Adam DeGross?’, what would you say?
INTERVIEW w/ NASTY FROM EUROPE
Where did the name Nasty come from?
How is the scene Europe different from those in the States?
You guys recently got done touring in the US with bands such as CDC and No Zodiac. How did that go and what kind of reaction did you guys get?
How has the reaction been for your latest BDHW release “Love”? Can you tell us more about the track “Look At Me And Fuck You”?
You guys are currently on the Nu Breed tour with Madball, Deez Nuts and Your Demise. How is it touring with the NYHC legends themselves?
What is in the future for Nasty?
If there is one thing you want people to remember about Nasty, what would it be?
ARTIST INTERVIEW w/ RAM LOWBROW
Introduce yourself and what you do.
What themes do you try to capture in the art you create?
What are some of your inspirations as an artist?
Why are bands and anyone in general in need of artists like you and the ones that inspire you?
If someone were to say ‘How can I be the next Ram Lowbrow?’ what would you say?
Project 07: Process
After working through a process that Simon Biggs may have taken in his work, I am satisfied with the images I came out with. Even though there is no direct use or meaning for these images, the space and texture created by the scanned image of my passport can be embedded in other works that I do. I was especially satisfied by the scanning of the passport. The eeriness really worked with creating textures that are appealing to me.
After working through a process that Simon Biggs may have taken in his work, I am satisfied with the images I came out with. Even though there is no direct use or meaning for these images, the space and texture created by the scanned image of my passport can be embedded in other works that I do. I was especially satisfied by the scanning of the passport. The eeriness really worked with creating textures that are appealing to me.
Deb Sokolow MFA Studio Lecture Critique - *EXTRA CREDIT*
Deb Sokolow spoke about her experiences in finding herself in the Art World. While Deb was in graduate school, she hit a block and was unsure of what she exactly wanted to do with her work, and how to effectively present it. She spoke about how she took all of her work and wrapped it into a ball with the intention of leaving graduate school. She eventually gained the oppurtunity for a new project: a flow chart on the life of Rocky and Adrian from the movie "Rocky". She started looking into interesting things that are in her life, and creating flow charts on them. For example, the flow chart on the people who live by her. Her lecture ultimately influenced me to work outside of deadlines and expand on the work I do to the best of my ability.
Deb Sokolow spoke about her experiences in finding herself in the Art World. While Deb was in graduate school, she hit a block and was unsure of what she exactly wanted to do with her work, and how to effectively present it. She spoke about how she took all of her work and wrapped it into a ball with the intention of leaving graduate school. She eventually gained the oppurtunity for a new project: a flow chart on the life of Rocky and Adrian from the movie "Rocky". She started looking into interesting things that are in her life, and creating flow charts on them. For example, the flow chart on the people who live by her. Her lecture ultimately influenced me to work outside of deadlines and expand on the work I do to the best of my ability.
Project 06 Process Work
In my project I will manipulate time in certain areas of an image thus skewing the space of the image. Since time exists and flows within space, the two are interrelated, and by manipulating time, one is basically distorting space proportionally. The effects of this relative distortion can vary. Controlling time of a mere object or person may not affect the space they reside in, but to twist the time-stream of a region of space can cause the area itself to wrap. Due to time existing in one space, manipulating it cannot affect another dimension.
How is time and space represented through images in this group of presentations? 8.30.13
Time and space is represented in a variety ways through each presentation. In Graffiti art, space is used in a variety of ways. Whether that be throughout the unconventional canvas of building walls, trains and bridges or a gallery space or mural for a building. Graffiti also be considered time based. When a graffiti artist tags a wall, it is meant to stand the test of time, or until another artist tags over it which interacts time within the art.
The Time is Not Linear presentation made me think about the other ways of how time can be represented, other than linear. Time is abstract, but we all experience it. We're raised to perceive time as linear but there are other possibilities that we can explore.
The "I'm So Angry I Made A Sign" presentation looks at interesting found signs from Occupy Wall Street. The signs and protesters were looking for change within social and economic inequalities. The protesters are applying signs they created to places where people will see them, and hopefully over time to make their point. There is a real use for these signs and how they are represented. The protesters use their physical presence in a space to make change.
Time and space is represented in a variety ways through each presentation. In Graffiti art, space is used in a variety of ways. Whether that be throughout the unconventional canvas of building walls, trains and bridges or a gallery space or mural for a building. Graffiti also be considered time based. When a graffiti artist tags a wall, it is meant to stand the test of time, or until another artist tags over it which interacts time within the art.
The Time is Not Linear presentation made me think about the other ways of how time can be represented, other than linear. Time is abstract, but we all experience it. We're raised to perceive time as linear but there are other possibilities that we can explore.
The "I'm So Angry I Made A Sign" presentation looks at interesting found signs from Occupy Wall Street. The signs and protesters were looking for change within social and economic inequalities. The protesters are applying signs they created to places where people will see them, and hopefully over time to make their point. There is a real use for these signs and how they are represented. The protesters use their physical presence in a space to make change.
Project 05 Process Work
Charles Manson: The Icon of Evil
Charles Manson, the icon of evil, was born Charles Milles Maddox on November 12th, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year old girl who was both an alcoholic and a prostitute. After a failed marriage on the behalf of his parents, and a short-lived normal “child-hood”, Manson was placed in a boy’s school, where he would find himself running back to his mother who did not want anything to do with him. By age nine, Charles Manson was living on the streets where he would have to get by in life through petty crimes.
At an early age, Charles Manson had added burglary and grand theft auto to his repertoire. In 1954, at age nineteen, Manson was released on parole after an unusual bout of good behavior. The next year, he married Rosalie Willis, a waitress, and they had a son together, Charles Manson Jr. (born March 1956). Even while married, Manson had continued making extra money by stealing cars. In April 1956, he was again sent to prison. After Manson had been in prison for a year, his wife found someone new and divorced Manson in June 1957. In 1958, Manson was released from prison. While out, Manson began pimping, stealing checks from mailboxes, and conned a young woman out of money. He also married again, to a prostitute named Candy Stevens (real name Leona), and fathered a second son, Charles Luther Manson. Manson was again arrested on June 1, 1960 and sent to the McNeil Island Penitentiary off the coast of Washington. His wife soon divorced him.
Manson spent the next six years in prison. It was during this time that he befriended the infamous Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, former member of Ma Barker's gang. After Karpis taught Charles Manson to play the steel guitar, Manson became obsessed with making music. He practiced all the time, wrote dozens of original songs, and started singing. He believed that when he got out of prison, he could be a famous musician.
On March 21, 1967, Manson was once again released from prison. This time he headed to San Francisco where, with a guitar and drugs, he began to get a following. In 1968, he and several followers drove to Southern California. Manson was still hoping for a music career. Through an acquaintance, Manson met and hung out with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys did record one of Manson's songs, which appeared as "Never Learn Not to Love" on the B-side of their 20/20 album. Through Wilson, Manson met Terry Melcher, Doris Day's son. Manson believed Melcher was going to advance his music career but when nothing happened, Manson was very upset. During this time, Charles Manson and some of his followers moved into the Spahn Ranch. Located northwest of San Fernando Valley the Spahn Ranch had been a popular location to film westerns in the 1940s and 1950s. Once Manson and his followers moved in, it became a cult compound for "the Family."
Charles Manson was good at manipulating people. He took pieces from various religions to form his own philosophy. When the Beatles released their White Album in 1968, Manson believed their song "Helter Skelter" predicted an upcoming race war. "Helter Skelter," Manson believed, was going to occur in the summer of 1969 when blacks were going to rise up and slaughter all the white people. He told his followers that they would be saved because they would go underground, literally, by traveling to an underground city of gold located in Death Valley. However, when the Armageddon that Manson had predicted did not occur, he said he and his followers must show the blacks how to do it.
Manson told four of his followers to go to 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles and kill the people inside. This house once belonged to Terry Melcher, the man who had not helped Manson with his music career. However, Melcher no longer lived there; actress Sharon Tate and her husband, director Roman Polanski, had rented the house. On August 9, 1969, four of Manson's followers brutally murdered Tate, her unborn baby, and four others who were visiting her (Polanski was in Europe for work). The following night, Manson's followers brutally killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in their home.
It took the police several months to determine who was responsible. In December 1969, Manson and several of his followers were arrested. The trial began on July 24, 1970. On January 25, Manson was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. On March 29, 1971, Manson was sentenced to death.Manson was reprieved from the death penalty in 1972 when the California Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty. Charles Manson now serves a lifetime sentence and periodically comes up for parole. Though he's been in prison for over three decades, Charles Manson has received more mail than any other prisoner in the U.S. Charles Manson is currently being held in California's Corcoran Prison.
Sources
Website: http://www.charliemanson.com/
Charles Manson Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Eu_fUjNig
Charles Manson Interview (Present): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFQpblt2yvw
News Article: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/manson/murder_1.html
News Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378178/Charles-Manson-breaks-20-year-silence-40th-anniversary-gruesome-Sharon-Tate-murders.html
Charles Manson, the icon of evil, was born Charles Milles Maddox on November 12th, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year old girl who was both an alcoholic and a prostitute. After a failed marriage on the behalf of his parents, and a short-lived normal “child-hood”, Manson was placed in a boy’s school, where he would find himself running back to his mother who did not want anything to do with him. By age nine, Charles Manson was living on the streets where he would have to get by in life through petty crimes.
At an early age, Charles Manson had added burglary and grand theft auto to his repertoire. In 1954, at age nineteen, Manson was released on parole after an unusual bout of good behavior. The next year, he married Rosalie Willis, a waitress, and they had a son together, Charles Manson Jr. (born March 1956). Even while married, Manson had continued making extra money by stealing cars. In April 1956, he was again sent to prison. After Manson had been in prison for a year, his wife found someone new and divorced Manson in June 1957. In 1958, Manson was released from prison. While out, Manson began pimping, stealing checks from mailboxes, and conned a young woman out of money. He also married again, to a prostitute named Candy Stevens (real name Leona), and fathered a second son, Charles Luther Manson. Manson was again arrested on June 1, 1960 and sent to the McNeil Island Penitentiary off the coast of Washington. His wife soon divorced him.
Manson spent the next six years in prison. It was during this time that he befriended the infamous Alvin "Creepy" Karpis, former member of Ma Barker's gang. After Karpis taught Charles Manson to play the steel guitar, Manson became obsessed with making music. He practiced all the time, wrote dozens of original songs, and started singing. He believed that when he got out of prison, he could be a famous musician.
On March 21, 1967, Manson was once again released from prison. This time he headed to San Francisco where, with a guitar and drugs, he began to get a following. In 1968, he and several followers drove to Southern California. Manson was still hoping for a music career. Through an acquaintance, Manson met and hung out with Dennis Wilson of the Beach Boys. The Beach Boys did record one of Manson's songs, which appeared as "Never Learn Not to Love" on the B-side of their 20/20 album. Through Wilson, Manson met Terry Melcher, Doris Day's son. Manson believed Melcher was going to advance his music career but when nothing happened, Manson was very upset. During this time, Charles Manson and some of his followers moved into the Spahn Ranch. Located northwest of San Fernando Valley the Spahn Ranch had been a popular location to film westerns in the 1940s and 1950s. Once Manson and his followers moved in, it became a cult compound for "the Family."
Charles Manson was good at manipulating people. He took pieces from various religions to form his own philosophy. When the Beatles released their White Album in 1968, Manson believed their song "Helter Skelter" predicted an upcoming race war. "Helter Skelter," Manson believed, was going to occur in the summer of 1969 when blacks were going to rise up and slaughter all the white people. He told his followers that they would be saved because they would go underground, literally, by traveling to an underground city of gold located in Death Valley. However, when the Armageddon that Manson had predicted did not occur, he said he and his followers must show the blacks how to do it.
Manson told four of his followers to go to 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles and kill the people inside. This house once belonged to Terry Melcher, the man who had not helped Manson with his music career. However, Melcher no longer lived there; actress Sharon Tate and her husband, director Roman Polanski, had rented the house. On August 9, 1969, four of Manson's followers brutally murdered Tate, her unborn baby, and four others who were visiting her (Polanski was in Europe for work). The following night, Manson's followers brutally killed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in their home.
It took the police several months to determine who was responsible. In December 1969, Manson and several of his followers were arrested. The trial began on July 24, 1970. On January 25, Manson was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder. On March 29, 1971, Manson was sentenced to death.Manson was reprieved from the death penalty in 1972 when the California Supreme Court outlawed the death penalty. Charles Manson now serves a lifetime sentence and periodically comes up for parole. Though he's been in prison for over three decades, Charles Manson has received more mail than any other prisoner in the U.S. Charles Manson is currently being held in California's Corcoran Prison.
Sources
Website: http://www.charliemanson.com/
Charles Manson Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2Eu_fUjNig
Charles Manson Interview (Present): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFQpblt2yvw
News Article: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/manson/murder_1.html
News Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1378178/Charles-Manson-breaks-20-year-silence-40th-anniversary-gruesome-Sharon-Tate-murders.html
Project 05 Process Response - 10.28.13
This project was enjoyable because we had more options than usual on how to execute it. I was also able to explore something I only knew so much about, and the topic I researched was very interesting to me, which ultimately motivated creativity in this project. After doing the process of researching, creating a story board, story line and then fleshing out the piece, researching new topics in my work is something I am inclined to do.
This project was enjoyable because we had more options than usual on how to execute it. I was also able to explore something I only knew so much about, and the topic I researched was very interesting to me, which ultimately motivated creativity in this project. After doing the process of researching, creating a story board, story line and then fleshing out the piece, researching new topics in my work is something I am inclined to do.
Vectors Project Research - 10.23.13
I researched the Virtual Tourism project. The idea of the project is to display a virtual tour where tourists can view the sites before they actually go there. Many times we have pre-conceived notions of what some places will be like, and this project takes the virtual world and real world and combines them together to help enforce this. The scholar takes historical figures and sites and manifests them into a digital interface to display information on a specific tourist site.
I researched the Virtual Tourism project. The idea of the project is to display a virtual tour where tourists can view the sites before they actually go there. Many times we have pre-conceived notions of what some places will be like, and this project takes the virtual world and real world and combines them together to help enforce this. The scholar takes historical figures and sites and manifests them into a digital interface to display information on a specific tourist site.
Response to Gabriel Orozco in conversation with Benjamin H.D Buchloh
As an artist, I think it is vital to take influence from artists that interest you. The amount of influence you take can dictate the amount of originality of the work and I think that can be positive or negative depending on the intention. Appropriating others work has been done many times before, and there is a fine line between taking two images and making your own, and taking these images to construct a whole new idea.
As an artist, I think it is vital to take influence from artists that interest you. The amount of influence you take can dictate the amount of originality of the work and I think that can be positive or negative depending on the intention. Appropriating others work has been done many times before, and there is a fine line between taking two images and making your own, and taking these images to construct a whole new idea.
How can your art engage an audience to think about culture, social groups, or historical events?
To have my audience engage in thinking about culture, social groups, or historical events in my art, I can embed different hierarchies of symbolism pertaining to the particular culture, group or event. It is also possible to have other unrelated symbols that connect with one another to form a greater central idea about the culture, group or event.
To have my audience engage in thinking about culture, social groups, or historical events in my art, I can embed different hierarchies of symbolism pertaining to the particular culture, group or event. It is also possible to have other unrelated symbols that connect with one another to form a greater central idea about the culture, group or event.
Project Four
Dataset: My Top Ten Favorite Bands
Query: What is my personal connection with these bands?
Sub Query 1: Have I seen the band?
Sub Query 2: Have any of my bands played with the band?
Sub Query 3: Am I friends with the band?
Sub Query 4: Have I been on tour with the band?
Sub Query 5: Have I been listening to the band for more than five or so years?
Dataset: My Top Ten Favorite Bands
Query: What is my personal connection with these bands?
Sub Query 1: Have I seen the band?
Sub Query 2: Have any of my bands played with the band?
Sub Query 3: Am I friends with the band?
Sub Query 4: Have I been on tour with the band?
Sub Query 5: Have I been listening to the band for more than five or so years?
Project Three Process Documentation
I set up the “Be Yourself” cards at the Krannert Art Museum. I am a security guard at the Krannert, which helped me reach the resources I needed to install these at the front desk. The main reason why I chose to install the cards at the museum is because I was able to monitor and record peoples reaction to the cards while I was working. Another reason is that there are so many people that pass by there on a daily basis. In the lobby of the Krannert there is the entrance to the Museum, the entrance to the Espresso Royale Café, as well as the entrance to a lecture hall.
In order to install the cards at the front desk, I got in touch with the head director of the museum, Kathleen, who works in the upstairs offices. Kathleen kindly allowed me to install the cards at the front desk and during my next shift I was able to install and monitor peoples reactions to the cards.
While I had my shift at the front desk, I had a hand full of mixed reactions. Some people asked me if the “Be Yourself” was an exhibit in the Museum. Others would look at it, ask me about it, and I would simply tell them to do what it says and then they would take it. A few co-workers saw me installing the cards on the desk, and I would tell them the concept of the project. One co-worker said she would use it as a bookmark, which was cool to me. Others would be too busy to stop and look at the desk, and would go on with their day.
I set up the “Be Yourself” cards at the Krannert Art Museum. I am a security guard at the Krannert, which helped me reach the resources I needed to install these at the front desk. The main reason why I chose to install the cards at the museum is because I was able to monitor and record peoples reaction to the cards while I was working. Another reason is that there are so many people that pass by there on a daily basis. In the lobby of the Krannert there is the entrance to the Museum, the entrance to the Espresso Royale Café, as well as the entrance to a lecture hall.
In order to install the cards at the front desk, I got in touch with the head director of the museum, Kathleen, who works in the upstairs offices. Kathleen kindly allowed me to install the cards at the front desk and during my next shift I was able to install and monitor peoples reactions to the cards.
While I had my shift at the front desk, I had a hand full of mixed reactions. Some people asked me if the “Be Yourself” was an exhibit in the Museum. Others would look at it, ask me about it, and I would simply tell them to do what it says and then they would take it. A few co-workers saw me installing the cards on the desk, and I would tell them the concept of the project. One co-worker said she would use it as a bookmark, which was cool to me. Others would be too busy to stop and look at the desk, and would go on with their day.
Project Three - Step Two: Part Two
-Who ideally should view or interact with this sign?
Anyone and Everyone. Also, those looking to find themselves here at UIUC.
-What my intentions for creating this sign?
To encourage everyone how to simply do what they are set out to do: Be Themselves and not anyone else.
-What material should this sign be make of?
Luster print paper.
-Who ideally should view or interact with this sign?
Anyone and Everyone. Also, those looking to find themselves here at UIUC.
-What my intentions for creating this sign?
To encourage everyone how to simply do what they are set out to do: Be Themselves and not anyone else.
-What material should this sign be make of?
Luster print paper.
Response to Kara Walker - 9.30.13
What processes did Kara Walker use to convey her ideas?
Kara Walker utilizes techniques and a variety of medias ranging from painting and drawings, text images, videos and performance and so on. It seems as if her most popular work is the cut paper silhouettes on the wall that each tell a story with every silhouette and projection. Walker uses the technique of drawing a sketch of bodies and then cutting them out. Walker then pastes them in a variety of settings to tell the story that the viewer can interact with.
What processes did Kara Walker use to convey her ideas?
Kara Walker utilizes techniques and a variety of medias ranging from painting and drawings, text images, videos and performance and so on. It seems as if her most popular work is the cut paper silhouettes on the wall that each tell a story with every silhouette and projection. Walker uses the technique of drawing a sketch of bodies and then cutting them out. Walker then pastes them in a variety of settings to tell the story that the viewer can interact with.
Project Three: Step Two
Project Two: Step Two - Jonestown Massacre
"Syria: Mass Executions" and Reading - 9.16.2024
The screening of "Syria: Mass Executions" shed some light on the aftermath of Syrian government attacks on Al Bayda and what type of situation our country is getting involved in. Many innocent people died in Al Bayda because of the government and the clips shown in the screening give a better idea of what actually happened in Syria and to what extent the disaster has gone. There may be some people who are completely oblivious to what is going on in Syria and what the United State's involvement is in the situation. It is imperative to be aware of such events, because it can directly affect any of us.
The response of these events may vary depending on your relation to the event. People grief and/or mourn to face reality of the tragedies and tribulations that come their way. Grief is a certain feeling in response to a loss and mourning is the process and actions taken to deal with the loss. Grief is within the self and mourning is a displayed action. It is acceptable to grief in any situation such as this one, but if we never leave this stage, there will be no forward progress as there would be in the actions taken in the mourning stage.
The screening of "Syria: Mass Executions" shed some light on the aftermath of Syrian government attacks on Al Bayda and what type of situation our country is getting involved in. Many innocent people died in Al Bayda because of the government and the clips shown in the screening give a better idea of what actually happened in Syria and to what extent the disaster has gone. There may be some people who are completely oblivious to what is going on in Syria and what the United State's involvement is in the situation. It is imperative to be aware of such events, because it can directly affect any of us.
The response of these events may vary depending on your relation to the event. People grief and/or mourn to face reality of the tragedies and tribulations that come their way. Grief is a certain feeling in response to a loss and mourning is the process and actions taken to deal with the loss. Grief is within the self and mourning is a displayed action. It is acceptable to grief in any situation such as this one, but if we never leave this stage, there will be no forward progress as there would be in the actions taken in the mourning stage.
Project02 - Step 2 - 9.16.13
Project Two: Step One - 9.11.2013
Semiotics of the Self: Sources - 9.9.13
The artwork for the discography of D.C. straightedge hardcore punk band "Minor Threat" influenced my Semiotics of the Self project by giving me ideas of to portray my characteristics by the way I situate myself in the composition.
Balanced, Rhythmic, Curious, Distant, Imperfect, Networked, Persistent, Self-Dependent, Punctual, Self-Disciplined, Visionary
Response to "What is an Image?" - 8.4.13
W.J.T. Mitchell goes in depth about what images consist of. The article did not spell out what an image actually is because the word "Image" is a broad enough term. Images can be broken down into five main areas: Graphic, Optical, Perceptual, Mental and Verbal. After narrowing Imagery into main components, Imagery can also be organized into smaller sub categories. Each area comes up with imagery to serve a certain intellectual discipline. Graphic imagery are considered to be historic, optical imagery to physics, mental imagery to psychologists, verbal imagery to a literary critic and I believe perceptual imagery is a balance of all imagery our brain can produce. It is critical that each imagery serves a varied purpose whether that be in your conscious or subconscious.
Iconography/Semiotics - 7.28.13
Why do symbols and iconography have a substantial amount of power and influence in culture? Give an example of the transformation.
Symbols and iconography are a simple way of communicating messages in a larger context. Iconography lets other cultures get an understanding of the information a particular culture or party is trying to portray. Ultimately other cultures will catch on, and will be influenced in a variety of ways. An example of the transformation is the Swastika. The Swastika has been used interchangeably between cultures for over 3,000 years. China, Japan, India and Southern Europe have used this symbol through different names to represent life, sun, power, strength and good luck. By the end of the nineteenth century the Swastika became a common symbol of German nationalism due to it's Germanic/Aryan history. In 1920, the Swastika was used as an insignia and flag for the Nazi Party.
Why do symbols and iconography have a substantial amount of power and influence in culture? Give an example of the transformation.
Symbols and iconography are a simple way of communicating messages in a larger context. Iconography lets other cultures get an understanding of the information a particular culture or party is trying to portray. Ultimately other cultures will catch on, and will be influenced in a variety of ways. An example of the transformation is the Swastika. The Swastika has been used interchangeably between cultures for over 3,000 years. China, Japan, India and Southern Europe have used this symbol through different names to represent life, sun, power, strength and good luck. By the end of the nineteenth century the Swastika became a common symbol of German nationalism due to it's Germanic/Aryan history. In 1920, the Swastika was used as an insignia and flag for the Nazi Party.
Response to TED Talk - 7.26.13
The talk with Taryn Simons included many astonishing stories. The chapter that intrigued me the most was the orphanage chapter. Every chapter talked about a certain bloodline and the families connection to one another. The orphans on the other hand do not have a bloodline and have nowhere to go once there time at the orphanage is up. Taryn Simons' process of creating these archives seemed very difficult and time consuming. She must have had to track down each family and gather the information, and then make conclusions in between each archive.
The talk with Taryn Simons included many astonishing stories. The chapter that intrigued me the most was the orphanage chapter. Every chapter talked about a certain bloodline and the families connection to one another. The orphans on the other hand do not have a bloodline and have nowhere to go once there time at the orphanage is up. Taryn Simons' process of creating these archives seemed very difficult and time consuming. She must have had to track down each family and gather the information, and then make conclusions in between each archive.