the german language kezbord is kinda wierd, the z and y are switched, right now i am too tired to care.

Actuallz right now i am in the librarz at duisberg essen universitz, the building is so huge, at a glance it looks a little like a project building in St. Louis. (fzi the campus's buildings are colorcoded, the librarz it red. which is remisnescent of saint Louis, is it the cardinals?)


sarah nicholls and i were seat row partners from denver to frankfurt.

PostModern Art

1. Post Modern art creates a dialogue between the artist and the artwork. The audience should be able to "get" something from the art. Post modern art represents post world war two art that gives a voice to the "other" in society.
2. Feminist art is postmodern because it provides an alternate point of view. Feminist art strives to represents the female within her culture and society.
3.Cindy Sherman is a post modern artist because she changes herself to fit into different characters which gives the audience an opportunity to connect the artist with her chosen character. The audience is left with questions guided by Sherman, or maybe the audiance has answered thier own questions through her art.
4. Miki Rokurda is an artists that documents her days through color. In my project I want to document events and days with color, texture and pattern.

1. Formalist art exists solely as art, not as social, or cultural documentation. Formalist art can be recognized by the elemental connections between different parts of a composition. Formalism can be personally appreciated based on taste. the viewer gains meaning in the art through their own interpretation. Formalism deals with the organization of visual art with the non visual arts, such as music and dance. Colors can act as bridge between the arts, philosophical ideologies and visual art
2. My definition of formalism is best displayed through Piet Mondrian's art. Mondrian's work creates a platonic space in which the viewer can engage in the artwork while contemplating nonobjective thought.
3. Kandinsky's art is devoid of obvious subject matter but is ruled by rhythm and color placement. Formalism allows an artist to create without the constraints of a defined subject matter. Kandinsky's art creates a place to explore the meaning of visual rhythm.
4. David Tang takes small drawings that he scans changes and then recreates into a large scale environmental works. With the New Mexico project I intend to transform small/and medium sized drawings into public works..

project

this is a website for a guerrilla knit group

http://deputy-dog.com/2008/11/urban-knitting-worlds-most-inoffensive.html

the pictures are stellar.


Scanning and turning knitted pieces in street stickers would be a great way to incorporate softness into my plan. I really like the way the trees were wrapped, but using generically sized pieces which could be applied to all sorts of surfaces.

Outdoor project

Regeneration

I thought of what could be a catalyst for regrowth, duh, band-aids. I was thinking about regeneration as a healer, physically and emotionally. I remember when I was little I would look for a small scratches on my hands or legs so i could beg for a fancy ban

idea #1
I was trying to figure out how to create drawings that can be displayed outside. Online I found a company that takes a Jpg image turns them into street stickers. I want to take drawn and manipulated band-aids and turn them into street decals. Utilize window space with window decals. Anne Pearce told me about an printmaker that does a lot of window decals, Adriane Herman, her work is pretty inspirational. What led me to knitted graphiti was figuring out how to create gurilla art that is non invasive. Depending on the space, machine knitted texutres and patterns could be attaced to all sorts of surfaces. I want to plan something that is inviting, where there is a balance between plastic and soft.

My scanner needs a new driver so i'll upload pictures later.

Expressionism and Cognitivism

1. Expressionism is the display of an emotion through visual art, music, or dance. Expressionism strives to invoke the same feeling within the audience. Cognitivism theorizes that art is a way to express specific the specific human condition. Cognitivism portrays the unique view point of an artist, that without the artwork the idea would be lost. The goal of expressionism is to allow the viewer to feel the emotion of the artist, while cognitivism invites the viewer to see thier world in a different light.

2. According to Tolstoy art is the communication between an artist and thier audience. The honest and emotional process that the artist goes through is then translated to the audience. Art should be a reflection of one's own culture.

3. The role of the viewer within Collingwood's theory is two part. One, the viewer is actually apart of the art, and the art is actually the expirence that the viewer gains through interacting with the artwork. Second the viewer is to inspire the artist to protray an emotion, which they will understand together.

4. Kiki Smith and Louise Bourgeois use metaphor as a way to direct the viewer through the artwork. In Bourgeois's large installations the viewer must find the metaphor to be informed by the art. Much of Smith's artwork is concerned with a perception held by the viewer that is altered after viewer her art. Both Bourgeois and Smith utilize common place images, saying or familiar things that are arranged to allow their own perspective to be displayed.

5. I found Anne Beck on the drawing center website, in her work there is a lot of collage. Beck's art is layered in an interesting way which allows the viewer to cleanly dissect the layers. I'm interested in experimenting with cut out, collage, and copied images.

Realism

1. Realistic art can be defined by the representation, or depiction of something tangible. Emotions and objects are equally tangible.
2. Plato defines art as something that promotes a higher society. Plato would consider good art to be representative of the ideal nature. Although, he would have sought to ban art because of its emotional value which inhibited logical reasoning, he would only categorize stoic art as appropriate art.
3.Plato would find value through Jeff Koons work as an international cultural arts embassodor for his work between France and The United States. France and The United States have a long tradition of the trade of momuental types of work, e.g. The Statue of Liberty. It seems naive to use the same ancient criteria of judgment of what Plato called Techne, to assume his opinion of Koons artwork. Koons approach to the actual work in creating art is an ageless tradition of craftspeople creating a monument to their culture. The definition of ideal in ancient times no longer has the same criteria as it has today. If Plato were alive he would appreciate the redefination of perfection through Koon's work.

4.Aristotle considered art to be valuable to society for many reasons, innately because it celebrated the beauty of nature. Perhaps Aristotle felt that everything could be seen as beautiful, yet it was ultimately the artist that could alter nature to be even more pleasing to the eye. There are two categories to Aristotle's definition of art, which above all is beautiful. Beauty that can be experienced, such as sex, or something beautiful that is honored, like our new president.

5. How is obscene defined? Obscene in my own definition includes something that is oppressive or unwanted by one or more participating party. Obscene art would include child pornography and the documentation of such. A painting of poop is not contradiction of art, although kinda gross, it isn't hurting anyone.

6. The vivid display sexuality which may not be appropriate for all people is not more obscene than the a display of violence. The description of wealth, violence, sickness, and poverty is important to the human condition. An ostrich head in the sand creates inappropriate isolation. The portrayal of sex is much less obscene, sex often is the action of love, pleasure or both.

7. Michelle Forsyth uses small groupings of shaped pieces of paper pinned to the wall to create an image. Michelle uses flowers and cute colors to create wonderful boquets that all together that create an image of a grotesque injury. The contrast between gentle and a wound is an appealing tension that forces the mind to see the pain of the subject as an individual. News image media often separates the viewer from the reality of the subject.

In the next assignment I want to use little shapes that are interesting individually, but as a group they tell a story.

http://www.michelleforsyth.com/