3.10.08

Wow, Theo Jansen almost scares the crap out of me. His pieces are so lifelike and technologically saavy. It is hard for me to grasp concepts like that, I guess maybe I am just not that type of artist. I find the stamina of these things so interesting...I would be washed away much sooner than they would. The things that humans have learned to do using technology is beyond me...although it is just considered art, I kind of wonder just how far it will go?!?

Its on the way Malena....I prooooomise!!!!!

Site Specific- Rowe

For my site specific project, I decided to make a "spider" web. From artists to children's stories, they have been used to relay messages. These messages can be political, emotional, poetic, etc. Having what seems to be a creative block at the moment, I had a really hard time thinking of something to do. And once I decided on the web, I still had difficulties thinking of what to say in it. It is the end of the semester however and at this point I feel like theres not too much to lose so I might as well suck up. Malena joked about wanting a raise while we were doing evaluations so...why not advertise it, the extra input can't hurt. I wrote "Give Malena a raise." Enough said. I did it in very subtle colors that blend, but when you're close enough you can see the bits of gold that spell out the words. This took much longer to make than I thought, so in theory...I would make many of these and post them up all over the Rowe building because the students and faculty in that particular building would know who I was talking about.
Web of Persuasion
2'x2'
100% cotton twine

Time Project

GOSSIP GIRLS
I took a spin off of the popular game TELEPHONE to show how fast that news travels and how quickly the information can get mixed up. We all know the all to true cliche of how girls are so very gossipy...I chose to comment on a rumor that I recently heard about myself this semester, and I have to say that I was surprisingly intrigued and humored. I took electrical tape to represent the phone cord and connected it to photos of girls on their cell phones, connecting their conversations. I heard this rumor from 6 different girls so there are 6 different comments posted on the doors.
Gossip Girls
3'x18' (flat objects strung on flat surface)
mixed media

http://www.clichesite.com/category_results.asp?which=time
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_whispers

oops..

Though I know this will be graded accordingly, I am missing commentary from class on 2.18 and 1.23, I did not have time before my flight to obtain magazines from you (my fault), but they will be here in the near future for the next grade I guess, sorry.

2.29.08

Zodiac Symbol: Golden Scales
Birth Dates (Tropical): September 23 - October 23
Birth Dates (Sidereal): October 18 - November 16
Birth Dates (Solar): October 31 - November 23
Constellation: Libra
Zodiac Element: Air
Zodiac Quality: Cardinal
Domicile: Venus
Detriment: Mars
Exaltation: Saturn(Modern astrology)
Fall: Sun
Numbers: Five, Seven
Day: Friday

Just some fun facts because I really don't have that many new developments. I would rather educate my reader at this point on Libras rather than bore them with repetative information...hopefully next week I can come with some new and interesting developments.

2.22.08

I am officially bored with this project. Not because the process itself is boring, I was really excited about it...but because I guess I should have picked a different subject or found a better way to approach it. I can't even really find a way to digitally document it, most of it consists of horoscopes that I have found online. I need to get some help and start figuring out a way to put this all together. When you are just reading them for fun and not relying on them to a point for every day, they are fun. When i feel like it is a neccessity to find some sort of importance in them, it gets hard for me to find that and takes away the playfullness of it all.