Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Flying By
This GIF file will hopefully work in comparison to the one in my "portfolio" post if not, please check it out on my deviantart thing at: http://vonabisz.deviantart.com/art/Flying-By-146215436
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Portfolio
These are all the final projects from this class.
1. In class sculpture project, "have you seen this person"
Just as a reminder of my thought process I put in my explanation for this project. My final piece for Project 1 turned out to be a comment on the objects made in the sculpture. I was interested in the fact that most of the choices made are very culture typical. It makes me wonder what the sculpture would look like if it was made by a completely different culture. Maybe not necessarily by a culture outside of the US (even though that of course would be interesting to see) but what about a different generation. Is that a different culture? Or do they just see it differently. I think it is interesting that the objects/foods that were chosen could potentially define someone in that culture, it sounds bland but the typical american hot dog, cookie, corn, apple, car (and even a donut which was not in my final piece) are things that to me come to mind when thinking of US culture. I hope this makes some kind of sense.
2. Text, "Bumper-stickers"
Well I was thinking about making bumper sticker statements! Another idea that I have played around with is IGNORANCE. I have done another piece about it in the past and decided to think about it again! This is how the questions were inspired.
3. Wallpaper
4. Book, "Then-Now, Now-Then"
The inspiration for this book can best be explained by the first page of the book, it talks about how much really changes overtime and if that means our perception of cultures do not change either. The book compares parts of Egypt from when I went this summer to when my Grandfather went many years ago.
5. Layers, "Flying by"
The layers project went through many phases, I decided to settle on a something new for me, an animated GIF file. I wanted to experiment with the type of file and see if it would work. My intensions were to show many different women and their identity flying by. I think that as time goes by and cultures mesh and people become more "normal" our identities are fading and essentially flying back to were you have to look very closely and carefully to see them properly.
1. In class sculpture project, "have you seen this person"
Just as a reminder of my thought process I put in my explanation for this project. My final piece for Project 1 turned out to be a comment on the objects made in the sculpture. I was interested in the fact that most of the choices made are very culture typical. It makes me wonder what the sculpture would look like if it was made by a completely different culture. Maybe not necessarily by a culture outside of the US (even though that of course would be interesting to see) but what about a different generation. Is that a different culture? Or do they just see it differently. I think it is interesting that the objects/foods that were chosen could potentially define someone in that culture, it sounds bland but the typical american hot dog, cookie, corn, apple, car (and even a donut which was not in my final piece) are things that to me come to mind when thinking of US culture. I hope this makes some kind of sense.
2. Text, "Bumper-stickers"
Well I was thinking about making bumper sticker statements! Another idea that I have played around with is IGNORANCE. I have done another piece about it in the past and decided to think about it again! This is how the questions were inspired.
3. Wallpaper
4. Book, "Then-Now, Now-Then"
The inspiration for this book can best be explained by the first page of the book, it talks about how much really changes overtime and if that means our perception of cultures do not change either. The book compares parts of Egypt from when I went this summer to when my Grandfather went many years ago.
5. Layers, "Flying by"
The layers project went through many phases, I decided to settle on a something new for me, an animated GIF file. I wanted to experiment with the type of file and see if it would work. My intensions were to show many different women and their identity flying by. I think that as time goes by and cultures mesh and people become more "normal" our identities are fading and essentially flying back to were you have to look very closely and carefully to see them properly.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Artist Statement
This is the artist statement we had to write for senior seminar and I figured since I have a blog I might as well post it right!? Well let me know what you think and if it makes sense! I realize it needs some work and will probably be ever changing....cause I have trouble making up my mind on these things... but its a pretty good representation on how I feel... I think.... feedback is appreciated!
In my work I aim to both expose and criticizes culture. I am inspired by the opportunity I have had to not only live in multiple different cultures but also to see the world and experience other ways of life. This has led me to believe that the key to understanding those who live around us is to examine the culture from which they came. Since very few cultures have escaped the effects of globalization each individual culture tends to have an effect on others. We live in a global world but we have an ignorance of other cultures that causes contemporary problems. Therefore my images intend to show and teach about other ways of life.
I create two separate types of images. One kind is the traditional photograph that is a presentation of other cultures. My other images show an interplay between multiple photographs, or photographs and text. The text I use enforces the viewer to receive a clear understanding of my message. The phrases I use are rarely ambiguous. I chose photography because I use it as a form of documentation. But documentation is not my art, rather the photograph combined with the concept is my art.
The process in which I create such images includes a range of different techniques. It usually begins with the photographing of landscapes, monuments, and the people of a culture in their natural environments. My photographic process could best be described as guerilla art. I use this form because the camera changes the way I am viewed, when the people I photograph see the camera they associate me with the ignorant tourist when rather I am trying to authentically present their way of life. I proceed with the documenting my experience in text and converse with people about their particular lifestyle as much as possible. This gives me the ability to learn as much as possible about a culture and helps me build an understanding of its reasoning. Because I can use this secretive form of guerilla photography and have the opportunity to see so many different cultures my images can introduce new ideas and concepts to people who would not have the chance to see them. I believe that if you have the ability to know something and do not want to know, that is ignorance. Some people justify their ignorance with the excuse of not having the ability or opportunity to see and experience something. My goal is to minimize that inability and to show my personal experience in hope that it sparks people’s interest in other cultures of this world as well as understanding the hypocrisies of their own world.
In my work I aim to both expose and criticizes culture. I am inspired by the opportunity I have had to not only live in multiple different cultures but also to see the world and experience other ways of life. This has led me to believe that the key to understanding those who live around us is to examine the culture from which they came. Since very few cultures have escaped the effects of globalization each individual culture tends to have an effect on others. We live in a global world but we have an ignorance of other cultures that causes contemporary problems. Therefore my images intend to show and teach about other ways of life.
I create two separate types of images. One kind is the traditional photograph that is a presentation of other cultures. My other images show an interplay between multiple photographs, or photographs and text. The text I use enforces the viewer to receive a clear understanding of my message. The phrases I use are rarely ambiguous. I chose photography because I use it as a form of documentation. But documentation is not my art, rather the photograph combined with the concept is my art.
The process in which I create such images includes a range of different techniques. It usually begins with the photographing of landscapes, monuments, and the people of a culture in their natural environments. My photographic process could best be described as guerilla art. I use this form because the camera changes the way I am viewed, when the people I photograph see the camera they associate me with the ignorant tourist when rather I am trying to authentically present their way of life. I proceed with the documenting my experience in text and converse with people about their particular lifestyle as much as possible. This gives me the ability to learn as much as possible about a culture and helps me build an understanding of its reasoning. Because I can use this secretive form of guerilla photography and have the opportunity to see so many different cultures my images can introduce new ideas and concepts to people who would not have the chance to see them. I believe that if you have the ability to know something and do not want to know, that is ignorance. Some people justify their ignorance with the excuse of not having the ability or opportunity to see and experience something. My goal is to minimize that inability and to show my personal experience in hope that it sparks people’s interest in other cultures of this world as well as understanding the hypocrisies of their own world.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Books books books! Time time time!
Once again a list of ideas!!
1. Continue with the bumper stickers-- If i made each page of a book its own image of a bumper sticker on the car it would be viewed differently then if it was on the wall and would therfore not have to be as big because books are usually viewed from closer up. I would make the format something smaller like 4x4 or 5x5. They would be viewed individually so each statement would get consideration but they would still be viewed as a series because of the book format.
2. Book comparing cultures-- Inspired by a book i have comparing New York and Frankfurt... I like the format it uses, here is a picture of the cover!
I would replace the cities with two cultures that I have images from I could chose between, China, Egypt, Africa, or Argentina vs. the US or Germany
3. I could also use a similar format to compare the changes or lack of changes there are in one culture through out time... I have images from my trip to Egypt this summer and also went through a few of my grandfathers dias he took in 1983 and 1990.
--The main question here is how to get the dias into digital form and still keeping most of the quality.
4. Museum collection-- Inspired by the moma collection book I have
--because of my obsession with cultures I have started a collection of what seem like random things that all are from different parts of the world i could photograph these and present them as museum pieces, which i guess they kind of could be the anja museum of culture hehe! I think i would use a simple format like the one in the moma book because the objects are the important thing and then put a short desription to to some of them. This is what the moma book looks like:
5. Every trip i go on i take a daily journal so I can make my travel journal into a presentable book, i could use China, Egypt, or the Kilimanjaro trip (Tanzania, Africa)
Right now I think I am leaning towards idea 2, 3, or 4.....I really cant decide and feel like doing them all.....time is a serious problem!!!!!!
1. Continue with the bumper stickers-- If i made each page of a book its own image of a bumper sticker on the car it would be viewed differently then if it was on the wall and would therfore not have to be as big because books are usually viewed from closer up. I would make the format something smaller like 4x4 or 5x5. They would be viewed individually so each statement would get consideration but they would still be viewed as a series because of the book format.
2. Book comparing cultures-- Inspired by a book i have comparing New York and Frankfurt... I like the format it uses, here is a picture of the cover!
I would replace the cities with two cultures that I have images from I could chose between, China, Egypt, Africa, or Argentina vs. the US or Germany
3. I could also use a similar format to compare the changes or lack of changes there are in one culture through out time... I have images from my trip to Egypt this summer and also went through a few of my grandfathers dias he took in 1983 and 1990.
--The main question here is how to get the dias into digital form and still keeping most of the quality.
4. Museum collection-- Inspired by the moma collection book I have
--because of my obsession with cultures I have started a collection of what seem like random things that all are from different parts of the world i could photograph these and present them as museum pieces, which i guess they kind of could be the anja museum of culture hehe! I think i would use a simple format like the one in the moma book because the objects are the important thing and then put a short desription to to some of them. This is what the moma book looks like:
5. Every trip i go on i take a daily journal so I can make my travel journal into a presentable book, i could use China, Egypt, or the Kilimanjaro trip (Tanzania, Africa)
Right now I think I am leaning towards idea 2, 3, or 4.....I really cant decide and feel like doing them all.....time is a serious problem!!!!!!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Yet another idea i forgot to post!
So I have another idea that came about with the help of miss Robin! (Thank you Robin)
Well I was thinking about making bumper sticker statements! Another idea that I have played around with is IGNORANCE. I have done another piece about it in the past and decided to think about it again!
so...
Ignorance--Bumper sticker statement examples inspired by real life questions...(that's what makes it worse!!!)
1) " Do you have indoor plumbing (in germany)" (colours: Red and brown)
2) "Do you drive cars (in germany)" (colours: navy and gray)
3) "Do you have coloured TV?" (colours: black and white)
4) "So, are you a Nazi?" (colours black, red, and yellow)
5) " You're a communist right?" (colours: Red and white)
6) "Have you been to Oktober Fest?" (colours: Blue and white) (not sure about this one)
7) " Germany has a dictator right?" (colours: Red and black) (not sure about colours for this one)
The idea Robin had was to make these "bumper stickers" into magnets and photograph them on car bumpers...I like that idea!
Well I was thinking about making bumper sticker statements! Another idea that I have played around with is IGNORANCE. I have done another piece about it in the past and decided to think about it again!
so...
Ignorance--Bumper sticker statement examples inspired by real life questions...(that's what makes it worse!!!)
1) " Do you have indoor plumbing (in germany)" (colours: Red and brown)
2) "Do you drive cars (in germany)" (colours: navy and gray)
3) "Do you have coloured TV?" (colours: black and white)
4) "So, are you a Nazi?" (colours black, red, and yellow)
5) " You're a communist right?" (colours: Red and white)
6) "Have you been to Oktober Fest?" (colours: Blue and white) (not sure about this one)
7) " Germany has a dictator right?" (colours: Red and black) (not sure about colours for this one)
The idea Robin had was to make these "bumper stickers" into magnets and photograph them on car bumpers...I like that idea!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Artists working with text, CY TWOMBLY (sorry i might ramble a little)
This summer in Germany i went to the new art museum in Munich (The Brandhorst collection) (it is a fantastic museum by the way i spent many many many hours there and could have been there longer) and became strangely obsessed with Cy Twombly. I had seen his work before in the Menil Collection in Houston and liked it but was never as drawn to it as I was in Munich. Well I have now seen the two largest collections of Twombly and love it!!!! Anyway....back to the whole text thing... Twombly uses a calligraphic or graffiti style in his art. It seems like just random marks on a canvas or paper (which is why i was at first not as interested) but when looking closer and knowing the background of each piece he makes the weight of the lines and the randomness mean something. He somehow makes his marks more or less tense and frantic and sometimes even calm. Most of his works allude to some classical subject or a time in history. My favourite (once again nothing to do with text...oh well) is in the Brandhosrt collection, it is about a sea battle, when you really look at it you can really see it! his gestural makes (kinda like swirls) remind of a stream of consciousness.... just on going thought. He is really an amazing artist.....! For images from the entire Brandhorst collection aand of course Twombly images to check out....
http://www.museum-brandhorst.de/ (sorry its in german....let me know if you need help)
http://www.museum-brandhorst.de/ (sorry its in german....let me know if you need help)
Text, text, text
Just some ideas, (still in written format....)
1) Culture (just cause I have to entertain this idea like always =))--
-Me, you, us, them
-Identity, what makes someone them? What makes them different then us? What makes you different then me?
-Maybe just focus on us and them?
-us-many similar people
-them-many different people
HEAD-SHOTS FOR TEXT?
2) Talk is trash--I realize this might be a little overused but I was inspired by the UD field hockey team who seem to be amazing at talking about them but never doing anything about it....maybe i don't know......
-text forms trash can!
3) Keine Panik!--This means don't panic in German. This came from the idea that we seem to be a culture (with this i mean the entire western world not just the US like i was talking about in the last project) that is always in panic when something happens. Maybe that is the way we have created the culture and maybe that isn't the right approach....isn't that what the captain of a sinking ship always says...."EVERYBODY DON'T PANIC!!!!" Maybe he is right ya know?
These ideas are obviously all very rudimentary and I don't really know if I'm happy with any of them so I have a lot of thinking left to do.
1) Culture (just cause I have to entertain this idea like always =))--
-Me, you, us, them
-Identity, what makes someone them? What makes them different then us? What makes you different then me?
-Maybe just focus on us and them?
-us-many similar people
-them-many different people
HEAD-SHOTS FOR TEXT?
2) Talk is trash--I realize this might be a little overused but I was inspired by the UD field hockey team who seem to be amazing at talking about them but never doing anything about it....maybe i don't know......
-text forms trash can!
3) Keine Panik!--This means don't panic in German. This came from the idea that we seem to be a culture (with this i mean the entire western world not just the US like i was talking about in the last project) that is always in panic when something happens. Maybe that is the way we have created the culture and maybe that isn't the right approach....isn't that what the captain of a sinking ship always says...."EVERYBODY DON'T PANIC!!!!" Maybe he is right ya know?
These ideas are obviously all very rudimentary and I don't really know if I'm happy with any of them so I have a lot of thinking left to do.
Have you seen this person?
My final piece for Project 1 turned out to be a comment on the objects made in the sculpture. I was interested in the fact that most of the choices made are very culture typical. It makes me wonder what the sculpture would look like if it was made by a completely different culture. Maybe not necessarily by a culture outside of the US (even though that of course would be interesting to see) but what about a different generation. Is that a different culture? Or do they just see it differently. I think it is interesting that the objects/foods that were chosen could potentially define someone in that culture, it sounds bland but the typical american hot dog, cookie, corn, apple, car (and even a donut which was not in my final piece) are things that to me come to mind when thinking of US culture. I hope this makes some kind of sense.
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