Art in the News

For my art in the news project I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I saw the 3D hologram video and it almost seemed too cool to be real so I decided to try it myself. I cut up a plastic q-tip box into trapezoids and taped them together. Then I found hologram videos on youtube and played them. The class thought the holograms were very cool. I also showed a bunch of my friends and family. Some of them begged me to make them their very own hologram! Next I want to use maya to make my own video to use with my holligram player.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YWTtCsvgvg

Glow in the Dark Trees

Glow in the dark trees is the most perfect combination. I love things that glow in the dark and I love trees. I think it is a great idea to use glow in the dark trees instead of streetlights. This article makes me think of the glow in the dark rabbit. Imagine if scientists made a whole town of stuff that glows in the dark. I have to imagine if both trees and bunnies can glow in the dark humans can to. I hope there is a glow in the dark human in my lifetime.

Light Bending Dance

I think the light bending dance is effective because a proper interaction between a natural human and technology can be beautiful. In this case instead of distracting from the dancer, the technological aspects added to how the dancer was moving. The technology emphasized her strengths and did a good job hiding her weaknesses. I think technology without personal interaction is missing something. No matter how amazing technology becomes it can never fully replace human art.

Code Bending Super Mario

 I would like to tell you I understand the article on code bending super mario but its way over my head. I wish it wasn't because I think coding is a really cool concept. I did some very basic coding in beginning digital arts. I think I will likely be doing more in Advanced digital arts. I think coding is an especially import skill in this era because so much of a humans everyday life revolves around his or her computer. Almost everything we look at all day long has been previously coded. I hope to someday create an ap and I need coding ability to do that.

Devo

I used to not know who DEVO was but last semester my intro to sound image an motion teacher had a really weird obsession with the band. He always made us edit video of them. I can't say I particularly like DEVO but they are interesting mostly because they are really weird and move in awkward ways. Satisfaction is the only song by DEVO that I know.

Icona Pop I Love It

I personally find the Song "I love it" to be kind of annoying. I always changed the radio station when it came on in the car. I like that it is about girl empowerment but I feel like the line "I crashed my car into a bridge" is a bit extreme. I think that line may promote suicidal ideations and actions in teens. It is sad that a pop stars words can have some much influence on the youth, but that is just the truth of how things work today.

Tomorrowland

The Tomorrowland Festival looks amazing. I think the amount of people in the crowd might give me anxiety. I hope to someday perform at an event like this, but the catch is that I will be in the air above all the people doing circus apparatuses. That would be my dream. I think next year I might go to Tortuga get which is similar but has country music instead. Tomorrowland really doesn't miss anything between the fireworks, lasers, and lights!

Yves Klein

Yves Klein's work is interesting because it says a lot without actually saying anything at all. He use's abstract art to play with the human perception. I have to imagine that he know the mind immediately sees unknown objects in sexual ways. With just ink blots in contrast with the background he forms shapes that can be inferenced to be a woman's naked body. I like that the work makes you think without bluntly telling you what you should be thinking about. He very subtly gets his message across.

Speedy Graphito

Im not sure what I think of Speed Graphito's art as a whole, but I definitely like his Mona Lisa made of spray cans. The reason I think it appeals to me is not because the finished product is beautiful, but because the process was beautiful. Each one of those spray cans was used to make a previous art, and although one could consider them useless, he brings them together to produce a final art form. The coolest part it that he had to use each and every spray can or they wouldn't have the color stained on all their tops. I've seen another pixelated Mona Lisa recently but I can remember where.

Andy Warhol's Forgotten Floppy Disk Art

Andy Warhol's lost art makes me very nervous about the way society produces art today. I think that in 100 years all of what we are producing right now will be on some sort of unreadable file due the the extremely quick progression of technology. Just as the computer Andy worked on is a Dinosaur now, are computers will soon be dinosaurs too. We may not be able to go back to less advanced technologies to recover lost work. Hard copies of work are dangerous because they can get accidentally destroyed by water, fires, or people, however, digital copies of things can be lost in the multitude of files or locked away by the changing times. I wonder what else was produced on the same computers that Andy used that no one else bothered to recover.

The Google cube music video

The google cube music video has a lot of future potential. I think people will enjoy that they can create their own musical and visual journey by mixing and matching sides of the cube. I also think somebody will be famous someday for mixing and matching the cube to make artists say or do funny or inappropriate things. The cube could be used as interaction between DJ and consumers at clubs or it could even be used as a kids toy. Im not sure which route the cube will take but I'm sure we haven't seen the last of it.

Facial Mapping

I had never seen facial mapping before this class. I think the idea will eventually be highly used. I really liked when the women in the face mapping video turned into a robot. and the projection on her face was dark. I also thought it was cool when light blue eyes were projected onto her. I bet she was actually closing her eyes. This video reminded me of the tattoo projection video we saw in  class where the tattoos moved and changed. I think tattoo projection will also be functional and not just an art form. Tattoo artists will project the tattoo a person want onto their skin and trace it.

Ice Hockey Projection

Video art is a really cool medium. I like the projection that did on the ice hockey rink because it had good movement and depth. Even though we all know the ice rink is flat on the bottom, the video make it appear to protrude both inward and outward. I think it was also effective when they used video of moving substances such as water to make the ice come to life. I think they could add to the idea by having people on the ice interact with the video displays.

Oprah's Flash Mob

I can't believe the shear size of the flashmob at the black eyed peas concert. I don't think there has ever been a bigger flash mob. I have to image it took a ton of practice to get all those people to do the right thing at the right time. I thought it was really funny how excited Oprah was about the flash mob taking a video on her super old phone! Im sad because I feel like flash mobs aren't as cool anymore because people just expect them now.

Banksy

I am a big fan of Banksy's art. I think street art is important because it is a way to see the the truth behind a population. Street art is the one place where things aren't sugarcoated. Street art in the most pure and honest form of art. I hope someday to make street art but I'm not sure I want to get caught! I think for now I will just stick to appreciating it. I think there should be walls in cities designated to legal street art. Street art gives a city character.

Girl Dancing on Butter

The first things that come to mind I think of our Art and Tech class is the girl dancing on butter. That was literally the funniest thing I have ever seen. I feel really bad that she took it so seriously! I really really contemplated doing my personal performance art on a variation of the butter dance. Looking back I wish I did gymnastics in butter or Danced on butter while my friends threw tomatoes at me. I hope that someday in my future I get the opportunity to dance on butter. I will take it very seriously.

1984: Dawn of the Mac

As I sit here using my beautiful macbook computer it is interesting to think about how much Macs have changed and how influential they have been on society. I personally am a Big believer in apple products because they are easy to use and are good quality. Knock on wood I have yet to break an iPhone and I drop them all the time, therefore I think those who break them are idiots for not protecting them with a case. I am also extremely obsessed with my computer, I'm not typically a material girl but between the elegant, clean look and the perfect functionality I just couldn't ask for better. I think apple is my favorite company.

Portraits Made Using People as Pixels

This type of art is really inspiring. I would love to keep looking at more work done by Craig Alan. I think it was very creative of him to use people as a piece of his art. Typically when people are in artwork they are the center of attention, however Craig shows us that when people come together they can make something bigger than themselves. I couldn't imagine orchestrating all those people. I could imagine it would be very frustrating. I think part of the reason the images are so unique is because there is so much curiosity as to how he got all the people in the exact place they needed to be.

Nintendo History

Its so interesting that nintendo didn't start off as a video game company. Im surprised they didn't continue to make the playing cards to compete with Pokemon cards and Yugio cards. Both the card games were very successful during my childhood. Im glad Nintendo wasn't super successful at the start because if they were they may never have come up with some of the amazing things we have today. My brothers were always obsessed with nintendo. I am in love with wii. My friends and I have spent countless hours throwing bananas at each other in Mario Cart. I feel like nintendo has been one brand that truly shaped my childhood.