Confessions Assigment

One of the confessions that I would like to execute would be that I love to listen to the Jonas Brothers or any type of Disney Music. This is hard for me because people don’t know this about me only my family and this would be a big confession. I would this project by expressing in a way how I love listening to this artists as well as many other Disney artist. I still don’t know how im going to express that and in what way.

Another confession of mine is that I love to sing in the car. Many people think its weird and when people look at me, they give me weird look. I don’t mind it because when I’m jamming out in my car, I start singing to whatever is on the radio. I do this because no one can hear me and judge my voice. I know people make comments about me but the truth is that I don’t care. To express this as an experiment, I would show why I love to sing in the car and other ways I still haven’t thought about.

My last confession is that I love to watch Spanish soap operas. This is a hard to say to my peers because mostly when people think about who watches them, they mostly say women. That is another comment I don’t care about either. I love to watch them because they provide me with some good entertainment. I would recommend more people to start watching them because they have amazing storylines and are fun to watch them. I don’t know how I would do this project but I like how we get to discuss it with our groups to think about plans and how to make these possible.

Comics Response: Chs 3 and 4

The main point the author makes in chapter 3 was to help us understand the meaning of scene changes in comics. The scenes in comics help us see what is happening in the story. The author also talks about how our mind can figure out a particular situation even when it is still. We can figure out what is missing or what comes next. We make a picture come alive in our mind. This is very true because when I see a missing piece of some sort of shape, I can easily see what the shape would be or what comes next after a movie like the credits. Most comic artists use the method of Action to Action in their work. This means that they show pure action and little talking. Mostly this method is used with superhero comics books where most of the time they are saving lives and fighting crime. The author also talks about how a big story and be cut down to a smaller one and still have the same message. This is true because in most stories, some of the information is useless and not connected with the main message. Overall this chapter gave me a better understanding of scenes change and their meaning.                                            The main point of Chapter 4 is to show us how time is embedded within a comic and what it tells us about the story. The author talks about how size and space between panels tell time. If the panel is long then we know the time within that panels is long too. The space also tells us the amount of time passed. If the space is long, then quite some time has passed between the two scenes. This is amazing because I never knew this about the scenes within a comic. The author also mentions how we can see the past and future in a single page of comics. This is true because if we stopped reading in the middle and look back, we see the past, and if we see to the end, we see the future. He also mentions how motion got put in to comics by a series of lines. This section reminds me of my photo class back in high school were our teacher showed us to make motion appear in a photograph. He showed us his techniques and we had to go out and put them to the test. I had successful photographs. Overall this chapter was fascinating because it showed me how time is shown in comics.

My work document: Week 2

This week’s art work was to alter and everyday action to a different environment. When the assignment was given out, me and my TA brainstormed about possible solutions. Then we got it. My experiment was that I would take the experience of having a home dinner at a fast food restaurant. I went to Kmart and bought a dinner plate, a fork, and a cup and took them to Jack in the Box. When I got my order I out my food on my plate and put my drink in my cup. It looked like I was having a fancy dinner at a fast food place. The people who were also eating at Jack in the Box looked at me in a funny way and were laughing and giggling. Why were they laughing? It turns out that society has its rules and manners on how to eat at a fast food restaurant. You must eat with your hands, use not utensils, and be messy. I was doing the exact opposite. I must admit that I felt weird eating like this but I just wanted to see what peoples reactions were. They were exactly what I had imagined they were. From this experiment, I got an understanding at what the proper rules are for eating at a fast food restaurant.

Art Show: Week 2

The art show that I attended this week was located at Pollock Theater. The artist that came was Dr. Patricia MacCormack. She currently works at Anglia University in the UK. Her work mainly focuses on expressing lesbian and gay work. The first pieces of work that she presented were about the idea of Mucosal Monsters. This topic was really interesting because she talked about how society has their view on a monster and what it must look like. She showed various photos of monsters and some from videos. She talked about a movie in which a girl made love to a monster. This shows that the girl didn’t care about what is on the outside, but that the true feelings are what matter. Dr. Patricia MacCormack went on to show more slides about monsters. When the art show came to a conclusion, questions were asked. One that stood out to me was that if she made art work of her own. She said yes and also mentioned that she has book which indicates she is also a writer. From this art show, I learned about how society has their views on monsters and what they must look like in order to fall under that category.

Reading Response: Marcel Duchamp

This weeks reading was based on the famous artist Marcel Dumchamp. Marcel Duchamp grew up in Europe and later came to the United States to promote his artwork. From the reading, I realized that most of his work was about the Modern Era.Marcel Dumchamp’s work came from within him and he didn’t care what people thought about it. One piece that brought anger to many people was a painting he made about a naked lady walking down some stairs. To me, I thought the visitors were taking it too far to get mad. I wouldn’t have been mad for such amazing art work.  I really admire the way Marcel Duchamp’s art work was all original and that he never copied anyone else’s ideas. This reading also disappointed me because I read that Marcel Duchamp gave up art for chess. This brought up a lot of questions like “was he happy being an artist?” and “why chess?”. Also the way he made a second identity to hide from problems he had. This made me think that he couldn’t stand up for himself and had to hide from the rest of society.                                                                                                                  Marcel Duchamp was a successful artist and his work is featured in many museums. Even though he had personal problems like having two wives, he still came out on top and didn’t let criticism slow him down. This is why I admire the work of Marcel Duchamp.

Non-Art Object as Art

A non-art object that I see as art is my ipod touch. I see this as a work of art because it was created to fascinate the world and how people see it. When society first became aware of the ipod, they were amazed by what some little object can do. I also think of it as art because whenever someone looks at a sculpture or painting, they evaluate it and study it to get its full meaning and that is what I do with my ipod. I study it to see which new features it has. For me the ipod is a great piece of art because it was meant to be enjoyed by everyone out there.                                                                                                        The Mona Lisa is one of the most famous paintings of all time. I like how she is very suspicious looking. Whenever people talk about this painting, they always mention her smile. Society has always debated what she was smiling about. For me, I believe she has a secret to hide and that you can see that secret in her eyes. Like great art, The Mona Lisa is a fascinating piece because it just has to many mysteries and brings up a lot of questions. I would love to one day see the actual painting to I can study it more clearly. I believe both of these pieces are considered art.

Dinner Plate Introduced in Fast Food Restaurant

My experiment was to alter the everyday home dinner to a fast food restaurant. The everyday home dinner is composed of a dinner plate with a spoon/fork and a cup. At a fast food restaurant, everybody eats with their hands and there are no formal plates. My experiment was to take the home dinner experience to the fast food place. I bought some a plate with fork and cup and went to Jack in the Box to eat. When I got my order I placed all my food on my plate and drink on my cup. It looked really weird because everyone around me was eating with their hands and drinking from a straw. My understanding of a fast food restaurant is a place where you can eat informally and use no utensils. The people around me would just look at me in a weird way and giggle behind my back. This helped me understand better that Jack in the Box was meant as a fast food place where if you eat with a dinner plate and cup, the rest of the people within  that environment are going to make comments about what I’m doing an maybe laugh and giggle because I look silly.