Scott Blake is a very creative guy. I love having to tilt my head and squint in order to see the overall piece. I think he is interesting but he doesn't give himself enough credit. Some people sale there artwork for 1 million dollars and it can totally be abstract. Others like himself sell his huge pieces for up to a measly 100 dollars. One of my favorite things is that these barcodes can be scanned because they came from real albums that is just crazy.
These actual picture is not too extraordinary it is how the picture is made that makes it so good. I think that Blake is a great artist and his work is good. I think that I would consider his work multimedia. A phone that everyone has can scan this and have music play. COOL!
Vaneeesa Blaylock did this piece in second life to represent uniqueness and individuality. This piece called "I Rez Therefore I am" consists of 25 silent female avatars wearing identical shoes and their own body shape. The avatars start off motionless and grey but they slowly materialize with skins. When the avatars are grey it is amazing how similar they look but when they start to come through you can tell how different they are.
This looks similar to some of the other artists work like 1000 naked women. I like the idea that we can be similar if people choose to classify us as a whole but also you can see that we are individuals and we should not be classified as a whole. Even though yes they are all females the inside counts, that is what matters. We all have different personalities and that should be how we are classified not by our body shapes.
Harold Cohen created Aaron. I like to consider Aaron the art piece and also he is doing art. Or actually Harold is programing Aaron to do art. I just am so easily fascinated by how machines do what they do. We can program them to do just about anything which is really cool and kind of scary too.
I like the idea that Harold does not want to program to much into Aaron. I guess he wants Aaron to "have a mind of his own." Which is interesting because he is not a human or even living for that matter so he can't have a mind of his own can he? Can you program something to have a mind of its own? Interesting. This piece above is one of Aaron's pieces that is well known. It is very elementary, very simple but I enjoy looking at it. Its very colorful and vibrant and looks well done.
This is by far my favorite piece by Masaki Fulihata. It is such a great concept. Someone walking into a room while photos are being taken. Its is very true that you are unable to see your self in that many views, especially at one time. All these different views give you the opportunity to see your self in a different perspective. To see your self as other people see you.
I would love to go into this room so that I can have the chance to see myself the way that others see me. If only it could tell you what other people think of you. Now that would be cool. I am not the type of person to care what people think of me but it is still interesting to know what they think of me even if it doesn't effect me.
So... I wanted to do a series for this project. I know that we had to do four avatars and I was unsure what I wanted to do. I decided to do me as a child, me as me now, me as an adult, and me as an old lady. The first one shown above is funny to me. I was always teased about having a huge forehead when I was younger so I tried to emphasize that in this avatar.
I tried to get a mirror but its difficult to really mold an avatar to look like you. This was the best that I could do. It was interesting to see what my avatar looks like. I did this one first so I actually got a lot better towards my old lady Me.
This is older me, adult me. I put on a little bit more make up and my hair is darker and yet a little shorter. I am not sure if I did that because I want my hair shorter or just because I think it might be shorter in the future.
I liked doing grandma me the most. I am not sure why it was weird trying to guess what I am going to look like. I kept the main features the same but just got a little bit more more wrinkles and gray hair. This avatar, second like project was fun. I did not get totally into like some people but I can see how it can happen. It is so "realistic."
First off something I thought was cool was that her name is not really Piplotti it is actually Elizabeth Charlotte. She got her name from her childhood name Lotti and her favorite kids character Pippi. Interesting. Pippi was a character that was definitely out of the ordinary which reflects Piplotti completely.
Some facts about her. She was born in Switzerland. She was a member of Les Reines which is shown in some of her work. She and her group are featured in her videos. She has a common law husband and a son named HImalaya (interesting name). She directed a movie in 2009 called Pepperminta. She currently lives in Zurich and Los Angeles.
Her work focuses and explores female sexuality and media culture. She tends to merge visions of fantasy with everyday life. You can definitely see this in every one of her pieces. In her work she shows not necessarily women but things that can represent women or that symbolize women, such as flowers. Not flowers for beauty but flowers and their reproduction ways and the way that they look resemble female parts. Her media is definitely mixed and intertwined with reality but also fantasy. You can see all the colors in her work mixed in with everyday life. It is an interesting contrast because I think it works. I think it works with her message that she is trying to show. She is a video artists but that it is not the only work that she does. Her are some images of her work other than her video art.
Contemplating the Void (2010)
Partit amistos- sentiments electronics (2010)
I was looking at some of her work and I guess I would describe her as sort of abstract. But I also would say she's not abstract at all, because abstract , to me, is something that you just do, something that does not have any reason or rhyme but is done through expression of the artist. I would also argue that All artists express themselves. So what I am trying to say is that all abstract art is expression but not all expression is abstract art. Back to Piplotti Rist. Her work may seem abstract and yet its means so much. I think that there is rhyme and reason to every single one of her pieces. Some reasons are harder to find in certain pieces and in others its really easy. For example the piece that I am about to show you, that was done in 2003, is called I Want to See How You See. Okay I know that we all saw this video before but I want to reshow you the video and I want you to keep an open mind. Listen to the words that she says, they are my favorite part. “I see. You see. I see you seeing. You see me seeing. I want to show what I see. You want to show what you see. Nirvana in the rose garden”.
Yes, at first glance it looks like Piplotti is on an acid trip but if you look closer I think what she is trying to say is basically look or view things in different perspectives. Don't be so narrow minded like every other person on this world. Many people look at something and just see it, they don't analyze and see a deeper meaning. Different perspectives can be very powerful. Seeing something through someone else's eyes. Being in someone else's shoes. We should all be more open mined. We should all see something in a different perspective and I think that is what she tries to say in most of her videos.
I have been looking at a lot of these artists and their work and when I pulled up Rauschenberg I smiled. I am really not sure why but I really enjoy looking at his work. When I normally think of collages I think about random things put next to each other. And normally I think that collages are just a mess, well kinda. This is just that, it is a bunch of random things put together. But it is so much more than that. This piece is amazing, its hard to describe.
I keep staring at this picture trying to describe it but its difficult. I enjoy looking at it though. I can stare at it and still have no idea what he is trying to say. I see half of the piece dark and somewhat morbid but not really, they are just buildings. The other half is bright and colorful and happy. I love the balance it is great. I know this is not really a thoughtful two paragraphs but overall i just liked this piece very much.
