Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Blog #23
Pick any three works by any of the photographers/artists listed on the assignment sheet. Describe how you would recreate/remake/reinterpret a work of theirs "in your own way". How would you use their work as inspiration for your own projects? For this prompt you should describe three different corresponding recreations that derive from three different works.
Grégoire Alexandre –I like the cleanness of his images. I have always wanted to shoot off confetti in a photo so I was attached to #41. Also the bold and bright single color in both the red and the blue image on page 46 are amazing. His work seems a bit commercial but there seems to be a personal level that I find intriguing. I also like how in some of his images he includes the photo set into his scene so as to take out any level of illusion.
I found the From Keetra website interesting. I like the idea of creating posters and using words in images to get a message across. It would be interesting to combine the posters with photography.
The Work of Luke Best is creative and playful, especially the image on the water with the large moon where the woman at the end of the dock is smoking a cigarette. That small detail gives the image a more intimate feel. I would like to experiment with making this sort of cutout collage approach to a painting and photographing a certain scene., possibly by first taking the photograph and then recreating it in cutouts from various paper sources.
Grégoire Alexandre –I like the cleanness of his images. I have always wanted to shoot off confetti in a photo so I was attached to #41. Also the bold and bright single color in both the red and the blue image on page 46 are amazing. His work seems a bit commercial but there seems to be a personal level that I find intriguing. I also like how in some of his images he includes the photo set into his scene so as to take out any level of illusion.
I found the From Keetra website interesting. I like the idea of creating posters and using words in images to get a message across. It would be interesting to combine the posters with photography.
The Work of Luke Best is creative and playful, especially the image on the water with the large moon where the woman at the end of the dock is smoking a cigarette. That small detail gives the image a more intimate feel. I would like to experiment with making this sort of cutout collage approach to a painting and photographing a certain scene., possibly by first taking the photograph and then recreating it in cutouts from various paper sources.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Monday, November 8, 2010
Blog Prompt #21
1. In what ways do you “construct” your identity? In what ways do you “perform” in your daily life?
I think everyone “constructs” his or her identity to some aspect. We have an image of who we think we are or who we want to be and then often go about acting in that way. I suppose I “perform” by being a student in class or when I do various other societal roles. In a way when I go out with friends everyone seems to be performing in a way.
2. Describe some ways in which your personal culture and social environments are “constructed”.
Advertisements and mass culture create a social construct of the norms that are expected and how individuals are expected to act. This is done with clothing and make up as well as objects that are considered “cool” at the time.
3. Describe some ways in which your physical environment/space is “constructed”.
Everything from interior design to organization is a way of constructing physical environment or space. My house for example reflects my personality in that I constructed the way things in the house are laid out and what the objects are.
4. In your daily life, what would you consider to be “real” and what would you consider to be “constructed/fabricated”?
I try to be as real as possible with everything in my life. I suppose a lot of the energy I put into certain things is not to the fullest of my capability and therefore is not fully what I consider to be “real.”
I think everyone “constructs” his or her identity to some aspect. We have an image of who we think we are or who we want to be and then often go about acting in that way. I suppose I “perform” by being a student in class or when I do various other societal roles. In a way when I go out with friends everyone seems to be performing in a way.
2. Describe some ways in which your personal culture and social environments are “constructed”.
Advertisements and mass culture create a social construct of the norms that are expected and how individuals are expected to act. This is done with clothing and make up as well as objects that are considered “cool” at the time.
3. Describe some ways in which your physical environment/space is “constructed”.
Everything from interior design to organization is a way of constructing physical environment or space. My house for example reflects my personality in that I constructed the way things in the house are laid out and what the objects are.
4. In your daily life, what would you consider to be “real” and what would you consider to be “constructed/fabricated”?
I try to be as real as possible with everything in my life. I suppose a lot of the energy I put into certain things is not to the fullest of my capability and therefore is not fully what I consider to be “real.”
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Draft: Dada
*** I didn't have enough time to shoot this after doing the burning so this image is shot from my phone!! (final result will be much different, most likely a burnt print that is bordered with the burnt film when mounted.
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