Silver Car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX5a5zuM5zc

Poster For Com Tech.

 

The Poster was created by me, and in this poster i was trying to keep the theme of

the computer technologies, by trying to do that I decided that it would be best to create

a computer as the main theme for the poster. It would seem as though people are on their 

computer, looking at a poster about computers. People that are into this course should 

become appealed to this poster because it relates to the course a lot.  

Aparde

Created by using water colors and a lot of time as it progressed through the water. the only way possible to achieve the colors from the video was through tinkering through after effects, which was used throughout the entire video. The video was an idea that changed over time but in the end I am glad with the turn out.

Black Squares

  

 ORDER                                                  

  The 4 squares show order because they are all positioned symmetrically which to me shows some sense of order. 

 BOLD
This is bold because three black squares with one in the middle positioned differently shows that this black square is bold and out of place. 

INCREASE
You can see in this photo how the shape
increases from black or white. 

  PLAYFUL
 This photo is upside-down however it is showing playful, you notice this with the decrease in sizes with the black squares, showing a happy mood in sizes.

Tension
Should be self explanatory as to why this
shows tension, you notice this because the black occupies
almost all the space in the square altogether. 

 Congested: The reason why i think this shows congestion is because they are both extremely close to each other, they are creating some form of tension because they are both equal in every way.

Sound of a Gun Shot?

 

Here is my Sound assignment. My intent on this assignment was to capture the sound of a gunshot. The initial sound of a gun is very loud and inside gunpowder is being forced at nearly 4000 rpm, the shattering of glass correlates to the gunpowder because to me, glass has a very unique shape when breaking. This type of action or various things that happen to glass relates to guns. The ground in the picture is the earth tearing away, because a gunshot is so empowered and strong as whole that it should have the potential to break the earths crust, because as humans we have created this machine and  it could potentially tear away at what we live on, whether it is because of war or nuclear activity it is still a weapon.

This is my Photomontage that I have made using Photoshop, it is abased on the song New York, New York.

Photomontage

Photomontage:

The photomontage piece that I have made using Photoshop, is a representation of the song New York, New York, utilizing the choreographed music and words to make an inspiring song is attempted in the photomontage. Taking bits and pieces, such as the main theme of the song, New York, finding out that it was essential to ensure that a city back drop or some area that would best represent New York was incorporated. Another theme of the song was the chorus starting off with waking up in a city that never sleeps, and a place that you would normally wake up would be a bed, so a bed was used in the picture as well. The last major significant theme from the song was when he said, “This...little town.... blues are...melting away” it makes you think that the city itself was actually melting away.

                The song is titled New York, New York; the overall piece has been focused and extracted into a piece that inevitably will relate to New York. Since the song is so centered on how great New York is, why not show it in its greatness by placing it as the center of attention in the photomontage. Having a large picture of the city was essential in order to capture the true essence of what Frank Sinatra was trying to spiel in his song. Overall, he was saying that New York is a big place that proves that you will be somebody if you’re capable of handling it alone. The photo that was chosen in the photomontage is a perfect example of how big and important New York is to people that want to be a part of it.

                The bed that the city is upon is representing waking up and always being in that city, it’s not about being anywhere else, its only about waking up in that city. The only way to truly experience that feeling of wanting to wake up in a city that never sleeps is by being in a bed that has the city in it already. This is why the photomontage consists of the city being on top of a bed, this has to happen because it is the only true way of capturing Frank Sinatra’s meaning of, “wanting to wake up in a city”. The bed is symbolizing what is said over and over again in the song, it is the foundation of the picture and truly hones to the picture.

                The melting away of the city is done because of a line that was found in the chorus, he says, “This...little town.... blues are...melting away”, this part of the chorus allows inquiry to the meaning of it and how it should be portrayed in a photomontage. Taking the city, which is filled with music and essentially small towns would have to represent New York, and these things are melting away. Because they are melting away its only right to portray it as the city itself actually melting, and not just blues or other things with in the city.

                Overall, the photomontage is portraying New York for what it truly is, and because this is his perception of New York, you manage to feel and get a sense of how much he likes this place. He wants to wake up here; the first thing that he sees is New York, and how he sees it melting away before his eyes.  The photomontage truly captures New York as best it can; it shows you how New York would be in the eyes of Frank Sinatra, and because it is his song you get a true understanding of how important it is to him.

Lyrics to New York, New York....Photomontage.

Theme from new York new York
Frank Sinatra

Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York

These vagabond shoes
Are longing to stray
Right through the very heart of it
New York, New York

Bridge 1:
I wanna wake up in the city
That doesn't sleep
And find I'm king of the hill
Top of the heap

This little town blues
Are melting away
I'll make a brand new start of it
In old new York

If I can make it there,
I'll make it anywhere
It's up to you,
New York, new York

Bridge 2:
New York, new York
I wanna wake up in the city
That never sleeps
And find I'm a number one,
Top of the list,
King of the hill, a number one...

This...little town.... blues
Are...melting away,
I gotta make a brand new start of it
In old New York

And if I can make it there,
I'm gonna make it anywhere
It's up to you,
New York, New York...
New York.

Critique....1. Lorna Simpson (Untitled (2 Necklines)

Stefan Miller

Title: “Untitled (2 Necklines)”

Artist: Lorna Simpson

Date: 1989

Site: http://www.thecityreview.com/lsimpson.html

                In this photograph I see two necklines, hence the name. The words condescending through the middle give meaning to the two adjacent pictures. Surround, ring, lasso, noose, eye, areola, halo, cuffs, collar, loop (colored in black) and feel the ground sliding from under you (colored in red) give true meaning towards the photographs. The first woman in the circle is positioned as if she is leaned or disturbed, it almost looks as if her feelings have been obstruct, as if she wants to feel sad about something. Her lips give off a bad vibe, in no ways does she appear to be happy, and she is emotionless. The picture is giving off a reflection as if it was intended, almost as if you are supposed to see through her. The picture on the right is not the same as the other, her lips are calm, and her blouse is put on to its utmost potential. Nothing about her is wrong, she looks relaxed. They are both wearing a white blouse, and they are both in geometric circular frames side by side with words in the middle.

                There are two geometric shapes, the pictures are in circular frames, and the words are in rectangles. The shades contrast with the vivid red that is put at the bottom (middle).  The Dominance found in this piece are the textual writing that have related meaning to the picture, they dominate because they give more potential than the pictures itself. The photograph is symmetrical with two shapes on either side that are of the same shape and size as well as the words that descend from top to bottom. The picture also provides harmony and unity, because of the subtle use of geometry and color, they are positioned in such a way that it appeals to the audience.

                To me, this art work appears to be interpreting African-American women, and the hardships that are faced with being one. The letters tell us about the pictures and how they correspond. The clothes that the lady in the first photograph is the same, but the positioning of the clothes has no similarities, the blouse is slowly falling off, giving a sense that someone is doing this to her. Her emotions are in no way happy, she is putting me in a position that makes me want to know more about her situation.

The word “surround”, could mean what is around them, they could be surrounded by good or bad, in my opinion I would have to notion that the photo on the left is bad, and the photo on the right is good. The photo on the right gives off a vibe that her surroundings are perfect and that nothing can get in her way, although she is dressed the exact same way as the other; she is presented in such a way that makes her impervious.

Her lips appear to be smirking as if she’s done well or as if she’s gotten rid of her bad surroundings. The word “ring”, could mean a marriage, symbolizing her spouse.

To me the picture looks like a before and after, seeing as her posture and her expression has changed, and the words that are written could mean what has changed now that she is happy. I am interpreting this photograph as a change for the better, because before she was broken down, her clothes were not on properly, her face was disturbed. Her image had a reflection as if she was being barricaded and stuck; she was trapped in this world. The second image to me looks as if she got out, there is no reflection her clothes are the same but they’re adjusted.

The artists view on the world from this picture is that women are trapped in certain relationships that they cannot get out of, they are helpless without hope. The words that she used are “feel the ground sliding from under you”, this could mean that she is finally able to let go and become free. The artist believes that women are bound by something, and in this picture this women is getting freed, and her ground is falling beneath her because she no longer needs to walk on it. The artist expresses her content with letters and pictures, two forms of art that better describes her depiction of African-American Women.

“Lorna Simpson, one of the foremost figures in conceptual photography and installation art, began to exhibit in the early 1980s while in graduate school at the University of California in San Diego. Her early works question the authority of photographs as bearers of factual truth, attacking, in particular, stereotypes attached to African American females.

In the late 1980s, Simpson concentrated increasingly on text-image interventions and serial imagery. Untitled (2 Necklines) is exemplary of this period. Two identical black-and-white photographs of a woman, shown from her lower chin and mouth to her breast bone, hang in matching black circular frames on either side of a vertical column of black-and-white plaques. All but one of these plaques bear a single word—ring, surround, lasso, noose, eye, areola, halo, cuffs, collar, loop. These references to encirclement combined with the round shape of the photograph evoke the menace of lynching. The final textual panel, larger than the rest, makes this threat explicit; set against a blood-red background, the white words read, “feel the ground sliding from under you.” Manipulating language and form, Simpson subverts the serene beauty of these photographs and converts aesthetic seduction into a compelling picture of aggression and victimization.”

The artist’s intent was to show seduction and the way that she interpreted this was through a variety of conceptual art, she used writing and pictures. My thoughts have not changed, seeing as my thoughts on the art were the same as the artist’s intent.

I have learned that looking closely and fining change in such simple art is excruciatingly important, having that keen eye and being able to interpret what the artist is saying allows me to understand more. Lorna used words in her photograph without these words it would have made it harder to understand the meaning but, at the same time the different emotions on her face and the posture told me just as much.