The joys of shopping

Final walmart video for my last project. This was a fun one!

Projet de la finale!

For my final project I plan to take pictures for a stop motion animation of going to places I am used to going to or that I enjoy going to. Ever since the first stop motion I have loved the idea of making videos that way. Plus it is a great way to show an average every day kind of process that I am involved in. That is the main reason why I am interested in this subject. So, I will make a video using stop motion to capture the time that is involved in an average thing. It represents the time I spend doing things whether they are or are not a good use of time. I would like to also take this video and brake it up into 4 sections and play them to make it all the more interesting.

A life of public humiliation

My performance piece includes pictures of myself during and after having an epileptic seizure. These pictures are taken from my sculpture art class in the mornings. This particular seizure activity took place on Tuesday May 15th. My main reason for doing this as my performance piece is to show people what its like to have a seizure and give them an outlook as to what I deal with on a day to day basis, (although this does no justice). Also, I wanted these spells captured in attempt to show people the humiliation that comes with having epilepsy and the fact that the convulsions can happen anywhere around anyone. It was a hard project to do because of the fact that I never know when these seizures are going to happen, so it was hard to get the camera in time to capture. My project was public in the art room. The students in my art class are used to seeing my spells so they no longer see it as a huge thing, but when I am somewhere else like a restaurant for instance, I tend to get remarks from children who do not know what is happening, and people sometimes panic and ask if i need medical attention. Ambulances are often called when in public.

Performing art

 The idea i have for my performance art piece has a lot to do with my daily life. Some people might look at it as crazy, others may see it as brilliant. I plan to have family and friends record me as I have seizures. I purposefully plan to work myself up and go out into public and have a seizure. The reason why I chose to do this for my performance piece is because it is so personal and emotional for me. It is going to be called "a life of public humiliation". I also hope to have other peoples reactions as they see me laying on the ground. In a way, I want to show through my art how my medical condition interferes with art itself. Never have I seen one of my own spells, but hopefully it will be a learning experience.

Mansfield Cemetary

place of choice

For my abstracting place assignment I have chosen to use a tattoo shop in the mansfield area. Being someone who has tattoos and piercings myself, I feel as though this will be an interesting and even a learning process for me to use this particular place. Tattoo parlors are very laid back, chaotic, and completely consumed by the creative artists that work there. I would have to say this is my main reason for choosing a parlor from the get go. Who knows, while working on this project for art 208, i might even acquire another tattoo or piercing of my own =)

George rush

My description of the Darker with The Day exhibition. April 9th was the day I went to see this exhibition of these gray scale paintings of windows. The paintings were focused on the windows themselves, not the objects in which you see through the windows. They were made with simple detail, but in a way that makes the piece look like it has grave detail. All of the window pieces were hung on the walls in separate areas to help create the illusion that they are window panes. Some of the pieces did have other objects in the picture but still focused on the window itself. The fact that the space between the pieces is as large as it is forces the viewer to really look at the surroundings and how it plays into the exhibition. The idea displayed within these pieces is to look at the window itself and what it means to focus on something that is usually just the look- through. This also shows how time is intertwined with the idea of the work. the time is clearly represented to me by the slight changes in a few of the pieces and the cast overs of shadow in the pieces. I would like to know "what exactly he was thinking when deciding to make his show about the window panes and represented time for the exhibition?" What type of emotional connection does he have to his paintings and their meaning? And does he still feel about the work as he did when starting it?