Kaprow The Blurring of Art and Life

              Kaprow's piece The Blurring of Art and Life was so fascinating to me. The way that the different art forms were introduced and exemplified really brought clarity to me. It is not so much the piece of work that's displayed in a gallery it is the piece of work and the story behind it. Real life scenarios for example Kaprow and the toothbrush; it wasn't so much the the toothbrush and just brushing your teeth. It was the real life action that triggered the 5 senses which truly made it live art.
             In my opinion there was nothing wrong with this piece of writing. Kaprow did an great job demonstrating art and life, he says "An artist concerned with lifelike art is an artist who does and does not make art" (222). This really shows me that it's not about captivating an object that people will understand, it's about creating the unthinkable that may be ignored in everyday life.

map project

My morning route to school begins with my cup of coffee that I drink on my drive here, while blasting my radio to my favortie country music . On my journey I take Dublin Rd. which consists of a school zone and several school buses that slow down my travels. After Dublin Rd. I take Riverside to Lane Ave. and on Lane there is quite a bit of construction which leads to another slow down in my travels, several days Lane Ave. has actually been shut down completely forcing me to change  my route through neighborhoods to make it to west campus. Once I park at west campus I catch a bus sometimes waiting several minutes for them to arrive, riding the bus is often difficult because it is very crowded causing me to stand trying to hold onto the pole to stabilize myself with one hand while holding my coffee, phone, and keys in the other hand, this provides quite a challenge. I end my bus route when I get to Woodhayes Dr. which sometimes can be complicated as well, depending on where I am smashed in the bus it takes me time to get to the door and sometimes the bus driver starts to leave so I have to yell at them. I walk around towards the left of the stadium to get to our classroom gate door as the girls cross country team runs past me almost trampling me. Once I get to the door I walk up the stairs where I then go to the classroom, sit down and enjoy the rest of my coffee and wait for class to start.                                                                                             

Cardiff, Miller and the Power of Sound

             This article was very interesting to me. I thought it was amazing how some people who really are at peace can get so engrossed with a sound or sounds that they can forget where they are. For example when the author was on the iPod walking through the train station he got so involved and so focused to what he was hearing in the iPod speakers and what he was seeing on the screen he thought it was actually real life. Also, when they were at the "Forest" he said that once the real life weather started happening he was so used to the noises around he couldn't tell what was real or fake. This was just so fascinating because I guess I have never really paid any attention to all the noises and sounds I encounter in my everyday life unless they annoy me.
            I really liked reading this article, I didn't find anything that I thought was really problematic. The only thing I questioned was at the end, when the author was talking about "The Forty-Part Motet" and how a man ran away crying and a girl was swaying back and forth. When he asked the woman she said some people had no peace; so I was curious as to what this meant. If it just meant they were annoyed by the sound and it took over their minds or what the problem was?

Hornby Nipple Jesus

       After reading "Nipple Jesus", it was clear that their were only a few purposes to this story. The main purpose I felt to be the mosaic of the piece, the fine detail that onlookers must really observe and examine; the tiny pitures innertwined with one large beautiful piece of artwork. I believe this is story was pretty much telling people to study a piece of artwork in a gallary, look at the fine print, ask questions to yourself and make up an explanation like Dave did. Another purpose I feel this story had, was that it's clear everyone has their own opinion that is was art provides. Art allows viewers to see what they want, to fuel their creativity and their emotions. It is clear that a true artist knows this, which is why it was Martha's intention all along to to fuel the emotions of her viewers in hopes of violent reactions.
       This story was interesting to me, I have to say I did think it was problematic in the beginning for me because I think making a picture like that is just unacceptable no matter what religion you are. But after further reading into the story and seeing the actual motive behind Martha's artwork it was kind of understandable and a little less offensive. If I were to see a piece of artwork like this in my life time I would be upset, I would think of this story in hopes it would make things better; but I would never trash the picture just never revisit that gallary I would be to offended.

Micro- Assignment

Asymmetrical

Ants Point of View

                                                                     Symmetric

                                                                          Stable
                       

                                                                        Unstable

                                                                             Radial

                                                                   Birds Point of View

                                                            Name on Campus

                                                 Person and Their Surrounding Space

                                                         Person Up Close


Questions:

       There was quite a big difference between taking the first 10 pictures and then taking these 10 pictures.  The difference was that with the first set of pictures I just took pictures of what I felt like with no real meaning behind them, just what I personally liked. With the second set of pictures I really had to think, I had to make sure I was captivating what we were assigned to take pictures of while trying to make them as creative as I could. The only things that were really the same in taking the pictures is that I used the same camera and I enjoyed taking the pictures. The process that was most enjoyable to me was probably the first set of pictures, I was able to captivate things as I wanted to not in a certain form.  Out of both sets of pictures I love the elephant, the crown, and the deer head. I loved the elephant because it looks so realistic and I have grown up with animal decorations all my life. I love the crown because it just has that rustic royalty appearance, which I think is interesting. Lastly, I love love love the deer head because that has been on the wall in my family room my whole life, and I have never seen it from the angle of the picture it's just humorous to me. 

Walker & Barrett

       In Barrett's article, it was interesting to see how artists can market different interests by intertwining connotations and denotaions in their artwork. I loved the discussion about Michael Ray Charles. He used his artwork to illustrate the racism era to express his feelings to the world. Rather than stating how he felt about racism and all of the controversy he could have caused, he spoke with his paintings. His paintings inspired and touched the souls of many, making him a memorable artist.
      I did not find anything problematic in this article, there was just a small thing that bothered me. Into the reading, the Rolling Stone cover with Destiny's Child was being examined; it was baffling to me how it was explained that even though the girls were artists it would only be assumed to prepare their readers for sex, based on the magazine cover title "booty camp". It's understandable that every reader would have their own opinion, but I don't think it gives anyone the right to put a label on something based on a picture.
    In Walker's article, it was all about how that "big idea" is what every artist needs to fuel their productivity. It was interesting to read the about how its easy to get confused between the big idea and the subject; but the subject was merely the topic and the big idea is the concept. This article depicts the importance of the big idea, and how one artists big idea is different than the next creating a great contrast. For example, I liked how artist Deborah Butterfield always loved horses and her big idea was to create horses even though she was afraid; but she did it and she succeeded.
    Overall, I thought this article was very interesting. The only thing that I found problematic was how towards the end the reading became sort of jumbled and confusing to follow. Walker kept discussing student assignments and teaching, I was unsure of what I was supposed to be comprehending while I was reading an assignment listing and problems.

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