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Reading 3 - Artists & Photographers

John Pomara combines physical art and digital art to create art pieces which I think is unique. Pomora's artwork consist of artwork that was physically drawn and is modified through digital art or images covered by glitches or smear digital paintings. I really like the way he cover ups images through digital art as it makes the viewer curious of what was the artwork like before it was physically altered by digital art. If this was done physically it would not have come out as clean and is a type of art work with the combination of physacl and digital means.

Sabato Visconti creates artwork by glitching photographs. He uses glitch in a unique way in that instead of simply glitching out the images to make it look old he uses the glitch as a painting where he makes shape or forms of glitched out pixels or modify a part of the image to make it more unique. He also combines images and glitch it out to make it a more unique artwork. I think he is a great artist as he does more than pixelate the picture, makes the images look distinct by combining images and use glitches in unique ways and makes me think of what can I do to use glitch to enhance the image or make a entirely new artwork out of it.

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Final Project

The concept behind this artwork was to make otherwordly environments out of ordinary ones, particularly the sky. The sky is a massive part of what we see in the environment and if there are any changes to the sky it changes how we view the world. I was inspired by photographs taken on other planets and artwork from bejeweled 2 which has surreal artwork of planets appearing in the atmosphere and the atmosphere having a different color. It gives a surreal yet fantastical view of the world.

I created this artwork by putting all three images together and hiding each appropriate image using the layer mask and only revealing the necessary parts. I then created a new layer to color over the images and used the appropriate blending mode to get the desired color effect. I sometimes used the magic wand tool to separate areas and used the paint bucket tool to color over areas or used the paintbrush tool to color the areas by hand.

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Artist Research Paper: Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono was born in 1940 and was part of a wealthy family called the Yasuda family and experienced world war 2 during her childhood in Japan where there were many air raids causing many people to go homeless and go very hungry. After the war, she was musically trained and also knew how to write poems such as waka and Japanese classical theatrical kabuki and was taught in Christianity and Buddhism. In 1952 she enrolled in Gakushuin University in Tokyo and was the first woman admitted to the philosophy program. She left after 2 semesters giving the reason "She felt like a domestic animal being fed information" she would later write in her life "I don't believe in collectivism in art nor in having one direction in anything."(Menand). She would later move to New York City along with her parents in 1953 and studied writing and music at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville but would drop out. In 1956 she would get married to Toshi Ichiyanagi and moved to Manhattan and would make many connections within the art community during the Avant-garde era of New York City. She made friends with John Cage and supported herself by teaching Japanese folk songs and calligraphy. Drawing inspiration from zen Buddhism she would create simple instructional art such as "Painting to Be Stepped On" in 1960 and music Grapefruit in 1964. From 1962 to 1964 she would return to Japan to experience the Avant-Garde movement in Japan and performed several art pieces but the reception was negative and Ono became traumatized from the experience that she checked in to a sanitarium. She also divorce her first husband Ichiyanagi Toshi in 1962 and remarried Anthony Cox in 1964. After she came out of the sanitarium she went back to creating artwork. She made a performance piece called "Cut Piece" (1965) where she sat passively while an audience member used scissors to cut off parts of the dress she wore and was later recognized as a landmark of feminist art because of its connotations of sexual violence (Cunningham). In 1966 she relocated to London and met John Lennon during her stay as well as made several artworks such as "Painting to Hammer a Nail In (No. 9)" and made films with Cox creating films such as "No.4" also known as "Bottoms" (1966). In 1968 Ono and Lennon began cooperating in creating and experimenting with films and recordings such as their Misque-Concrete-based album Unfinished Music No. 1: Two Virgins (1968) with a photo cover of the two of them naked (Cunningham). Ono divorced Anthony Cox on 1969 and remarried John Lennon the same year. Their relationship was unpopular with the public as Yoko Ono was blamed for the disbanding of the Beatles. Despite the negative reception, Ono continued to create artwork such as Fly (1971) and Approximately Infinite Universe (1973) Ono and Lennon gave birth to a son named Sean in 1975 (Cunningham). However, John Lennon was killed by a fan in 1980 by gunshot (Cunningham). Although devastated by the loss of her husband she continued to create artwork such as “Walking on Thin Ice” (1981), Season of Glass (1981), Rising (1995), Between My Head and the Sky (2009), and Isle of Dogs (2018).

One of my favorite artwork from Yoko Ono is "Painting to Hammer a Nail" (1961/1966) because I thought it was a novel concept. Instead of using paint to create a picture, you use a Nail instead. However, this artwork is not created by Yoko Ono herself but instead is created by the participants who are instructed to nail the canvas. It is one of Yoko Ono's instructional art pieces and is common in Yoko Ono's artwork where she instructs the active viewer to do a certain action with the artwork. You could say it is a new way of thinking on how to approach art which is unique to her and also different from how the DADA artists approach their art. Examples are “Painting to be Stepped On” (1960) where the viewer is instructed to step on the artwork to create footprints, “Smoke Painting” (1961) where active viewers are told to hold a lit candle in front of the hole of the canvas, and “Painting to See in the Dark” (1961) where active viewers are told to imagine what the art would look like on the canvas in the darkness (Rothfuss and Curator). Like this Yoko Ono’s art is mostly created by the visitor instead of her and “Painting to Hammer a Nail” follows this pattern. However, what got my interest was the fact that it made me realize that painting is not the only way to create an image. Ink is only one of many options to create an artwork and you can do the same thing through nails theoretically if the artist is skilled enough he or she could make an artwork such as the Mona Lisa through nails and made me realize that Yoko Ono is good at thinking outside the box when it comes to artwork and made me appreciate her as an artist and which is why I like the artwork because it opened my eyes on the possibilities of art.

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Art Tour

I did two virtual art tours for this project. One was "African Cosmologies" and the other was "Public Life: Distance and Diaspora"

The various artwork in African Cosmologies was historical to me. Most of the artwork seems to represent the snip bits of various historical snapshots of the African Diaspora. I got this impression because most of the artwork was black and white and while there was plenty that was colored and was no photos at all, the common theme of these artwork seems to be the history of the African people be it the struggles or celebrations of these people. A series of artwork that stood out to me were artworks of Akinbode Akinbiyi

His artwork seems to take snapshots of people's everyday life on the streets which is the reason I enjoy his artwork. When it comes to the past of the African Diaspora most of the time the artwork concentrates on the struggles of the people, however, Akinbode Akinbiyi concentrates on the day-to-day lives of the people. There are some snapshots of protest but that is only a part of his many snapshots and I enjoy that because I think there are more things that can be said of the African people than just the struggle and suffering they have experienced. I like that his photographs have many perspectives some looking straight forward, some slightly sideways, some in worm's eye view. It shows that there are many things to see in the streets. I think the photography is historical in nature and does a good job of showing us the everyday life of the people within the photograph.

The artworks in Public Life: Distance and Diaspora were political in nature and seem to have many messages about the experiences of black people and nonheterosexual people.

The artwork that pops up to me is "Nuwaubic Connections" an artwork collage of various African kings by Jamal Cyrus. The first impression I had of this artwork was a feeling of pride as it presents various African people who were in a position of power. I later find out that these pictures were painted by black artists to promote alcoholic beverages of budweiser which the project was also the project funded by. I was surprised by the history of the artwork as I didn't know such a product existed as well as the advertisement for said products. I was a little cynical that the creation of the artwork before Jamal Cyrus made a collage of it was to promote alcoholic beverages but was also happy that there was a opportunity to learn african history before the colonial era. I really like how it is a mixture of all kinds of artwork as it gives a feeling that african history is diverse and more than just a history of tribal people. It gives a feeling of a history that is made by many different people from different cultures.

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Reading Response - What is Video Art?

Video art is the use of recorded footage and audio to create artwork. Video art is different from cinema by not necessarily have a story, narrative or any actors beside the artist himself. A good example would "Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii" by Nam June Paik. There are many television within the neon tubes being shaped as the United States and each state contains groups of television that shows footages representing the state. It is a piece of artwork that takes advantage of what a television can do.

Another example is Tony Oursler where he presents a recorded footages uniquely sculpted figures and cutouts and plays video projector on them to create a optical illusion and weird images such as a frog faced human.

Like this video art is new form of artwork that can be used to let artists express themselves.

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BLOG PROMPT #9 - Passage

The idea behind this video represents the passage of time, which is expressed through the hourglass, and the footage of 2 road trips is something I decided to add to make the video more exciting as well as make the hourglasses loss of sand more pronounced.

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Final Project Proposal

For my final project I would like to make images that focuses on the sun, moon, and the sky. An idea that I already have for in image is a sun rays beaming out that covers the sky like the japanese flag.

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BLOG PROMPT #8 - Joiners, Triptych, Grid

The photo was taken in Galaxy Note 9 in natural sunlight setting.

The theme for these photos was the change in small details. I wanted to express the progression of time with few photos. I put the photo order from right to left as I thought that would be the easiest way for the viewer to understand which way is time progressing. I made one obvious change in the photos and another less obvious change as I thought that would be interesting.

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BLOG PROMPT #7 -- GLITCH

Photo Taken in Galaxy Note 9, natural sunlight.

This photo is created through the RGB glitch method. I like the photo as it gives a nostalgic feel as well as old video footage of a dog that has been corrupted. While nostalgic it also feels sad because precious memories are slowly being forgotten.

Photo Taken in Galaxy Note 9, natural sunlight.

This photo is created through the other Glitch method one that uses the magnetic lasso tool. This photo can be described as strange, creepy, or puzzling. The photo gives off a feeling of mystery and a little melancholy like a film noir. The more you look at it you find strange details about the photo.

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Blog Prompt 6 - Photomontage

"The Foggy Mind" - It is an image that represents my distractions and aspirations. I used the moon and the sun to represent the negatives and the positives. The headphone and the computer represents distractions and the dog, notebook, and the buhiddist statue represents aspirations. The TV in the middle represents the mind. It is tainted grey and the screen is showing the grey screen to represents the mind does not have any focus.

I used satureation for the moon and hue for the computer. I cut out various images by using the quick selection tool and blacked out the parts I want to hide. I used the grey layer to color the TV grey and recolored other images that I wanted to have color for.

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Blog Prompt 5 - A New Thing

I layered the picture of the moon on top of the toilet and then use the selection tool to select the are I wanted to show and hide the rest of the picture of the moon to get this image.

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Reading 2 - DADA & Photomontage

What is DADA?

DADA is anti-establishment, anti-art, anti-money, anti-war, and anti-everything while also not. DADA has no meaning while also containing meaning. It is the type of artwork that work against traditional art such as the "Mona Lisa" by calling a toilet a work of art. A stick figure with a scribbled head would be good DADA art, unlike traditional art where you have to draw realistic human proportions to be called good art in the traditional world.

What was at the core of DADA artists beliefs or motivations?

The core of DADA beliefs was to express their horrors and frustration towards world war I and the bourgeoisie who caused the war. It was a movement meant to go against the establishment as they were the ones who caused such a terrible war.

How did they express these ideas?

The artists within the movement did this by breaking all the rules within traditional art or doing the opposite of what would be considered good art at the time. They would combine two random objects and call it art or pick up something from the street and call it art. A good example would be Hannah Höch, Cut with the Kitchen Knife where she cut out images with a kitchen knife and put them all together as one image.

How do you see DADA's influence today?

I see DADA's influence today in modern art where normally you would expect fully detailed art such as the "Mona Lisa" or statues such as "The Thinker" instead you would get a drawing with parallel lines with different colors or a giant metal ball and call it art. This is thanks to the DADA movement and a good example is Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" where he presented a toilet as artwork and made people rethink what is considered art and that influence is alive today with modern art.

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Reading 1 - Nature of Photographs- S. Shore

How does a physical print differ from a virtual one? Does viewing photos online change the experience, the meaning?

Physical prints differ from virtual ones by imprinting an image on a static singular object. In contrast, a virtual one can be imprinted on a number of different objects such as a computer or a mobile phone. Since there are differences in screen size of computers and mobile phones this would mean that the same image might give a different experience depending on what type of machine the image is imprinted on, unlike a physical print which will only be on a singular physical object and would most likely give similar viewing experience to different people.

How important do you think paying attention, actually seeing, your surroundings is to phorography/art?  How do you see?

I think it is very important because it allows you to see things you have not paid attention to before, it allows you to appreciate the surroundings that you never have before, and also makes an excellent picture as it captures the moment-to-moment brief time that passes that nobody pays attention to but gives a sense of connection that this is the world we live in or appreciation that this type of place exists in our world.

How  does what is in the frame - or out- affect the descriptive qualities?

It affects a lot of the descriptive quality because the meaning of the image or the understanding of what is going on from the image can change depending on what is in and out of the frame for example say there is an image of a man running to the finish line with a few people behind him. People would assume this image is a race and the man is having a victorious moment. Then comes a new image where a lion is chasing these people running towards the finish line as the lion. The whole context of the image changes from a racing competition to a running for survival, a victorious image to a tragic image. Having something in or out of the frame can change the meaning of the image.

Shore spoke of the "visual relationships" and "filling the picture with attention." How might taking this approach challenge or change your photography? Do you agree - or disagree -  with this approach?

I think an approach or challenge would greatly improve my photography skills as it allows me to see things interconnected with each other and allow me to see things in more detail and take pictures with more information in them. It reminds me of the Buddhist saying that everything is interconnected and could help me be more compassionate with my surroundings. I highly agree with this approach.

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BLOG PROMPT EX - Editing

I used my pet dog's color to color the room I also made the room brighter by adjusting the shadow and highlighting in Bridge.

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BLOG PROMPT 4 - Visualizing Identity

All pictures were taken in Galaxy Note 9 in Sunlight setting.

The image on the left is how I would like to be which is organized, clear, clean, and a person who follows the example of the Buddha.

The image on the left is how I feel about my self which is disorganized, plenty of distraction and unable to see the kind of person I am clearly with plenty of stuff obstructing the mirror.

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BLOG PROMPT 3 - Composition.

All pictures were taken in Galaxy Note 9.

The 1st puicture is a four corners picture and is taken in sun light setting at 7:25pm.

The 2nd picture is a Divided picture and was taken in a sunlight setting at 8:54pm.

The 3rd and 4th picture are photographs of the same subject matter taken at 7:26pm at sunlight setting.

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BLOG PROMPT 2 - Scavenger Hunt

All pictures were taken by Galaxy note 9.

#1 Texture is taken in room light.

#2 Lines is taken in sunlight.

#3 Patterns/Repetition is taken in sunlight.

#4 Worms eye view is taken in night but the sun was still able to provide a light source for the picture.

#5 Geometry/Shapes was taken in room light.

#6 Color was taken in room light