Xerox Project

I decided for this project to scan whatever I could at the library and to create different monster like puppets with different arrangements of body parts and objects. I cut out and glued each peace to thick neon paper to add some color to the vast array of black and gray.  I then glued pieces together and used beads as a handle so the finished project could hang. There are 4 versions of the monsters (seen above) and each is unique in its own way. I really enjoyed this project once I went ahead and did it, but I'm a procrastinator so I didn't leave myself much time to complete it. I think it came out pretty well, just wish I could have created a better way of hanging it/displaying it.

Grid Art Project

These beads created my impressionist sunset. By lining them all up vertically and horizontally I created this grid art. Blues, greens and silvers were used for the ocean and reds, purples and golds for the sky.

Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou, done in 1929 was quite interesting. The beginning with the slicing open of the eyeball (donkey's eye) seemed gross but held so much power being something that doesn't come up in film often. The clever use of transistions allowed this silent film to leave a powerful memory. Everything seemed a bit chaotic and unworldly. The ants in the hand, the dead donkey, the boy being killed. It was all random and not put in film before. I dont know what else to say about this film, it was just so random and at times disturbing.

Marcel Duchamp Mona Lisa

This recreation of Leonardo De Vinci's Mona Lisa was done in 1919 by Marcel Duchamp. By adding facial hair and labeling it after translation"her ass is on fire" Duchamp gave Mona Lisa, and women as a whole new freedom. Not only was it different then what was done in art in the past but it was the end of WWI and it was a point in history where women were coming into their own. Throughout the war the women held the fort and worked while their husbands and brothers were gone at war. So, when the men returned, if they did at all, the women had experienced something that they werent going to let go of. Mona Lisa, a portrait of a woman with a very deceiving look upon her face; you can't tell if she's happy or sad. You just don't know what she is thinking. By Duchamp adding some elements it really hides her identity and what she stands for. I think this gives women power and a slight rising in status. She has more freedom, the freedom to do whatever and think whatever she likes.

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Singin' in the Rain

In the 1950's when Singin' in the Rain came out, music and color were just new additions to film. The song was a happy song and reflected on the simple pleasures of life. Films were a huge part of entertainment at this time and many people enjoyed going and seeing them. In 1971 A Clockwork Orange came out. This film was about the end of civilization where laws and order werent being followed. Sex, drugs and crime were popular in this film as well as in civilization. The sexual revolution of the '60's led up to why this film was the way it was. With this and the rise in different forms of music and drug use, Singin' in the Rain was not so much about the simple happy things in life. When the man sings this in A Clockwork Orange he's taking advantage of a woman. He's swinging her around, tieing her up and touching her inappropriately. He plans to rape and kill her. The difference between the 1950's and the 1970's was because of what went on in between. Between the casual sex, the drug use, and the different forms of music people were acting and entertaining themselves in new ways.

First thoughts of ART 211..

Welcome to my blog for ART 211. I'm a senior at the University of Tampa and I'll be graduating with an Ad/PR major and communications minor in May! I'm originally from California but I quickly moved and grew up in Western Mass. I decided to go to Florida for something new, originally pursuing a marine biology major. Not too sure what I'm going to do when I graduate, just that I want to make it back to California. I'd like working in the design/creative side of advertising but what really interests me is scuba diving. :)

This course on first sitting seems to be something new. I haven't had many art classes @ UT, but this one definitely seems unconventional. I'm excited to explore new ways of art and the shift art has taken from portraits or still life paintings. The professor is also quite unique; I've heard good and interesting things so I'm also excited to have him as a professor for my last semester here at the university.

The following posts will relate to my journey through ART 211: Art & Technology. Comments are always welcome! :)