8/27/14
Response to Kathryn Weir's "Aesthetics Of inclusion"
This article's main idea was modern art and its inclusive/exclusive properties as they have come about through political and economic influences of the past. Modern art’s influences on social and ecological policy, as well as various other associations and influences. This article, however, was esoteric in its use of artists to illustrate the various associations made in the article. The artists mentioned oftentimes had no example of their work in the article, and thus the information was lost on myself. Armando Andrade Tudela was the most interesting artist mentioned, due to his juxtaposition of the minimalist art made in America years earlier, to the art Peruvian truck drivers adorn their vehicles with. He was curious about how different art movements emerged in different locations at different times, and what brought them on. Rivane Neuenschwander's study of cultural appropriation happening through businesses, such as the Bahamas bar, also seemed like it was something that should not have been so cursory. However, the article bounced around from different ideas and artists to rapidly that it was hard to follow, and very disjointed.
9/8/14
A response to the fluxes movement presentation
The guest speaker today posed many question concerning the fluxes movement, such as the question of "is performance art okay, if it is negatively emotionally triggering?" and "IS the performer objectified?" I personally found the idea of the objectified performer very interesting, as it is a phenomena that does not happen only in performance art, but in musical performance as well. People tend to objectify performers and treat them as either idols or as objects beneath them. I find this thought very interesting and provoking. The guest speaker also discussed Benjamin Patterson's "Constellations" which looked very random and abstract but apparently had some sort of purpose that was not visible to me. It was thought provoking, but I wish that there would have been more example works, as she was an interesting speaker.
A response to the fluxes movement presentation
The guest speaker today posed many question concerning the fluxes movement, such as the question of "is performance art okay, if it is negatively emotionally triggering?" and "IS the performer objectified?" I personally found the idea of the objectified performer very interesting, as it is a phenomena that does not happen only in performance art, but in musical performance as well. People tend to objectify performers and treat them as either idols or as objects beneath them. I find this thought very interesting and provoking. The guest speaker also discussed Benjamin Patterson's "Constellations" which looked very random and abstract but apparently had some sort of purpose that was not visible to me. It was thought provoking, but I wish that there would have been more example works, as she was an interesting speaker.
9/15/14
A response to Miwon Kwon
MIwon Kwon's article's crux is that the 60's and 70's non-material art was an attempt to complicate the current market based system of exchange. She the attempts to explain the dynamic created by this new exchange. I am very glad that she mentioned the ping pond as well, as I wished to see that in person. This article was interesting, citing the artist as a giver, and the audience as the receiver. She then questions the nature of giving, and says that keeping a gift is more of a burden than reciprocating, citing a specific exhibition where one could take the art, but it was promptly thrown out by most. In truth I dont really know how to respond to this article because my personal experience with immaterial art is almost non existent, and I could only accept this as fact with no other source to draw on to challenge it.
A response to Miwon Kwon
MIwon Kwon's article's crux is that the 60's and 70's non-material art was an attempt to complicate the current market based system of exchange. She the attempts to explain the dynamic created by this new exchange. I am very glad that she mentioned the ping pond as well, as I wished to see that in person. This article was interesting, citing the artist as a giver, and the audience as the receiver. She then questions the nature of giving, and says that keeping a gift is more of a burden than reciprocating, citing a specific exhibition where one could take the art, but it was promptly thrown out by most. In truth I dont really know how to respond to this article because my personal experience with immaterial art is almost non existent, and I could only accept this as fact with no other source to draw on to challenge it.
9/22/14
A response to Jori Finkel's "The Happenings are Happening Again"
Jori Finkel's article highlights the work of Allan Koprow, and how it is being recreated and repurposed in the art world today. It was very interesting to see performance art meant by Allan Kaprow to be performed outside, and to be brief ephemeral and everyday experiences, turned into films and museum pieces.
A response to Jori Finkel's "The Happenings are Happening Again"
Jori Finkel's article highlights the work of Allan Koprow, and how it is being recreated and repurposed in the art world today. It was very interesting to see performance art meant by Allan Kaprow to be performed outside, and to be brief ephemeral and everyday experiences, turned into films and museum pieces.
9/24/14
A response to John Cage and the day's sound activities
The reading about john Cage was very interesting, he had ideas about music that varied greatly from the normal, and appreciated individual sounds for what they were and not what they conveyed. His compositions that we listened to today sounded very strange, eclectic, and irregular. There was no apparent flow to the first composition, though the second seemed very focused on the varying range of bongos. Actually recording and making our own sound compositions is truly frustrating, the software is free but not user friendly. I am not looking forward to stretching 30 seconds of sound into three times that.
A response to John Cage and the day's sound activities
The reading about john Cage was very interesting, he had ideas about music that varied greatly from the normal, and appreciated individual sounds for what they were and not what they conveyed. His compositions that we listened to today sounded very strange, eclectic, and irregular. There was no apparent flow to the first composition, though the second seemed very focused on the varying range of bongos. Actually recording and making our own sound compositions is truly frustrating, the software is free but not user friendly. I am not looking forward to stretching 30 seconds of sound into three times that.
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A response to Brett and the documentary presentation:
Brett presented us with a variety of documentary clips and used them to illustrate various techniques and points involved with documentary film. For example, he showed us Four More Years a student/activist documentary about the republican national convention in the 1970's and about Nixon's second term. This was an early point of amateur film making and had the interesting technique of showing the film makers and camera men as part of the shots. Other documentaries showed techniques and aspects of film such as; reenactments, special fx, historical footage, b roll, and the various ways to capture these. Over all it was interesting, though I have never been partial to film making. However this did lend to the pool of ideas circulating around our own upcoming project. Though we had already planned our film, there re interesting filming techniques I now know of to add to them.
Brett presented us with a variety of documentary clips and used them to illustrate various techniques and points involved with documentary film. For example, he showed us Four More Years a student/activist documentary about the republican national convention in the 1970's and about Nixon's second term. This was an early point of amateur film making and had the interesting technique of showing the film makers and camera men as part of the shots. Other documentaries showed techniques and aspects of film such as; reenactments, special fx, historical footage, b roll, and the various ways to capture these. Over all it was interesting, though I have never been partial to film making. However this did lend to the pool of ideas circulating around our own upcoming project. Though we had already planned our film, there re interesting filming techniques I now know of to add to them.
Movie reviews from a grandma:
- when we were kings, A movie about the blacks coming to popularity, through sports and music. 4 stars. I remember that and dont remember it happening that way.
- Crooked Arrows, A film about lacrosse and Indian casinos as well as internal tribal struggle. 3 stars. I don’t much care for the subject matter.
- City of God, A film about the ethnics in a city of Brazil. 3.5 stars. I don't understand why movies are so violent these days, and I am not part of the audience.
Labor
My personal experience with labor is varied. As a student I pay to labor, working at a loss in hopes that the experience pays off. As a temp at a printing company I experienced the tedium of lower class jobs. As a gardener, I experienced the feeling of hard labor. And in the food service industry I've been lucky enough to rise from food runner, to barback, to de facto bartender, and actually enjoy my job. Labor is defined as many things but overall it is the sacrifice of ones time, specifically leisure time, for money/some other desired good.
My personal experience with labor is varied. As a student I pay to labor, working at a loss in hopes that the experience pays off. As a temp at a printing company I experienced the tedium of lower class jobs. As a gardener, I experienced the feeling of hard labor. And in the food service industry I've been lucky enough to rise from food runner, to barback, to de facto bartender, and actually enjoy my job. Labor is defined as many things but overall it is the sacrifice of ones time, specifically leisure time, for money/some other desired good.
Alfred Gell response
This article was particularly interesting for Alfred Gell's comparison/analysis of cultural aesthetics and how they are valued in the art world . His viewing of art, particularly "indigenous" art through an anthropological lens, although not an original premise, was interesting for its statement of us recognizing indigenous objects as art by "our art world" even though the producers f this art did not consider the objects to be so. It was also interesting to see that from his own social scientific standpoint that anything could be an art object indigenous to a culture.
This article was particularly interesting for Alfred Gell's comparison/analysis of cultural aesthetics and how they are valued in the art world . His viewing of art, particularly "indigenous" art through an anthropological lens, although not an original premise, was interesting for its statement of us recognizing indigenous objects as art by "our art world" even though the producers f this art did not consider the objects to be so. It was also interesting to see that from his own social scientific standpoint that anything could be an art object indigenous to a culture.
Labor and Wage Essay
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A forced opinion
I thoroughly enjoyed the Occupy Alcatraz movement of the Native Americans. They are fully within their rights a the native occupants of this land to demonstrate an act of retaliation against the long standing ethnocentric government that displaced them. The U.S. government is a a paragon to inaction as far as fixing past transgressions goes. Congress is a paragon to inaction as an institution. These remnants of a once prominent and prosperous society are justified in their actions.
I hope their movement continues and goes even further. They should reclaim the vast expanses of empty land that exist among the western states.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Occupy Alcatraz movement of the Native Americans. They are fully within their rights a the native occupants of this land to demonstrate an act of retaliation against the long standing ethnocentric government that displaced them. The U.S. government is a a paragon to inaction as far as fixing past transgressions goes. Congress is a paragon to inaction as an institution. These remnants of a once prominent and prosperous society are justified in their actions.
I hope their movement continues and goes even further. They should reclaim the vast expanses of empty land that exist among the western states.
A response to "Obama Calls for Net Neutrality.." on Democracynow.org
I chose this article because Net Neutrality is something I feel very strongly about. After reading this article it i good to know that as a citizen with this inclination that the president holds a similar stance. The protection of information is discussed and the person interviewed, Steven Renderos, is very knowledgeable and raises interesting points. He also mentions a Senator idiotically comparing Net Neutrality to Obamacare,
I chose this article because Net Neutrality is something I feel very strongly about. After reading this article it i good to know that as a citizen with this inclination that the president holds a similar stance. The protection of information is discussed and the person interviewed, Steven Renderos, is very knowledgeable and raises interesting points. He also mentions a Senator idiotically comparing Net Neutrality to Obamacare,
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