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D7 - Remix Culture

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The freedom in internet culture is having the resources to produce anything you want but with the fear of getting cancelled for accidentally copying the same concept as someone else. Parallel thinking and replication has happened all throughout art history, but on the Internet everyone has a voice and everyone has receipts. It is very looked down upon if someone has “stolen” someone else’s artwork. While blatant reposting of one’s work without crediting the artist is obviously awful, gathering inspiration from other artists or having similarities in concept or technique is not. 

As for copyright, I feel as though the current laws on it are fair. Artists should definitely be paid for every use of their song/work, especially if one can potentially profit off of the use of their song/work. 

I have chosen a musical mash up of the songs Clint Eastwood - Gorillaz and Drive Slow - Kanye. I have always felt that they had similar beats and melodic hooks (another example of how replication of art is inevitable), so I decided to mash them together. 

I put the two songs in a mash up machine. The result turned out to be creepy and jarring, but I liked it. I wish they mashed it in a way that it flowed a little more pleasing to the ear, but I like how unsettling it is as both songs go, as the kids say it, “hard”. 

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C7 - Artist Conversation

The artist in this gallery, located in the Dutzi room, is Kristy Still. She is an undergrad student working towards her BFA at CSULB.

This artist conversation is an absolute delight to write as Kristy is a close friend of mine. I actually helped her scout the locations of these pictures. I think she did a wonderful job at depicting her siblings (fun fact, she is the youngest of 10!). Her use of posturing and setting changes the tone of each picture.

I love how she used self protraiture as her method of making this series. This is meant to be a very personal project to her as these are her depictions of her memories of what she thought her siblings are like. Some of these memories are false, some may be true! As a psychology major that knows the fickleness of accuracy in memory, this was a great nod to the fact that memories are unreliable but still valid in experience.

I got to see her parents view the gallery, and they played a little game to see if her parents can identify which one of her siblings she was depicting in each picture. They got all of them right! Great testament to how well of a job Kristy did on this gallery.

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Art & Life - Final Paper

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C6 - Artist Conversation

The artist in this gallery, located in the Gatov room, is Vanessa Perez. She is an undergrad student working towards her BFA at CSULB. Her ultimate goal is to be able to publish her own children’s books.

Her art is very adorable! Children would enjoy her illustrations very much. Her characters are unique and fun, and her use of scenery is dreamy. I enjoy her lack of hard lines, making the pieces have a softer touch.

My favorite piece of this gallery is the picture above. I love seeing the inner mechanisms of things, so seeing her outline rough draft of the treehouse boat was very pleasant to see. I would love to see the rough drafts of the other pieces as well if possible.

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D6 Storytelling

PIC 1: The first words I exchanged and heard my first day in the mental hospital and drawings from the other patients

PIC 2: Talking to the other patients and drawings from those patients

PIC 3: My second day in the hospital. The girl I was friends with got two shots to her ass for being disobedient.

PIC 4: Another girl that was so happy that another “normal” girl was in the hospital with her gave me her phone number (scribbled out). She never contacted me again after the hospital.

PIC 5: My second hospitalization, 2 years later. My relapse.

PIC 6: But I really hope.

This story is very near and dear to me, obviously. I struggled with severe depression for many years. My parents didn’t understand the severity of it until I was hospitalized for the first time. When I went in journal in hand, I wanted to show how the people in the hospital weren’t “crazy”. Or that I, a “normal” person in society, was just as crazy as they were. And that depression or any mental illness is not something that can be cured once, it’s a recurring thing prevalent in many people’s lives like mine. I hope I did well, it was a very raw and honest journaling of the words of other patients and my own experience. The image that is the best is the last two pictures showing my relapse. Mental health is a continuous journey not just a “one and done thing”. I think every picture is important in this set, as it’s quoting the diversity of the patients that resided at the hospital. I wouldn’t do anything different next time, I appreciate how raw I made this. Other photo stories I might like to tell is the after effects of persistently and consistently utilizing mental health treatment. That there is, in fact, hope.

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C5- Artist Conversation

The artist in this gallery, which is located in the Werby room, is Chris Suarez. He is an undergrad student at CSULB working to achieve a MFA.

It’s fascinating how he created these beautiful pieces of work based off of his walks through his hometown, Long Beach. They are meant to be a depiction of the fences he would remember passing by.

Using interesting geometric patterns, it’s clear to see he uses this series to showcase a small piece of home for him. I love the variation of colors he uses in the ceramics. The chains he uses to hang his pieces also add to the urbanness of his series.

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D5 Architecture and Urban Planning

The wedge I decided to redesign is the USU wedge. The only thing I have done is put a medium sized gnome statue in the wedge. I fully believe this would deter many students from crossing this wedge, and the students it doesn’t deter deserve to use the wedge if they are willing to put that much effort into manuvering over the gnome. The trade offs would be the fact that a gnome statue would be ugly and a huge eyesore. I’m firm in this decision though, as it would effectively address the problem. I feel as though future students would be baffled and confused as to why this decision was made.

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C4 - Artist Conversation

The artist in this gallery, showcased in the Axelrad room, is Christine Nguyen. She is a graduate alumni of CSULB with a BFA from CSULB and an MFA from UCI. She is an accomplished artist with multiple exhibits, some noteable exhibits being at Huntington Beach Art Center and Glendale Community College.

She gathers her inspiration scientific depictions of nature. This is clear to see in her pictures that visibly reflect what one would see under a microscope. Her work is absolutely vibrant, showing the life in the kelp.

I am baffled that this is a photography series. There has to be a mix of digital art in this as there are deer in the picture. Overall beautiful and a refreshing take on nature art.

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I sit quietly by the door waiting for mom and dad

While 오빠 cries on the floor

He’s terrified that they’ll never come back

But I, being the sensible child that I am, know that they will

Because they had just bought a folding screen

That they had to come back for

It cost $1000 afterall

The screen is bright red

With cranes and pine trees meticulously embroidered into it

I run my fingers through the threads

And wonder how something could be so beautiful

My mother grabs my arm

Stares down into my skin

And sighs

Because I am not beautiful

I am not brightly colored

Like this folding screen

Instead I am dark

The sun has kissed me more times than 엄마 ever would

I tattooed cranes and reds all over my spine when I was 18

My father did not talk to me for a week

My back aches

D4 Student Choice

I wanted to do an angsty piece that expressed my childhood and my relationship with my Asian parents. Asians are not very good at showing love in a warm way, they express love through quieter ways but I did not know this until I grew much older. I chose writing because I love piecing words together in a way that can create pictures. I am not sure if I was successful. This poem means quite a lot to me. It’s a very vulnerable glimpse into my childhood, and I’m glad I was able to compose it in a way that reflected myself well.

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C3 - Artist Conversation

The artist of this gallery, at the Gatov exhibit, is Mirabel Wigon. She is a CSULB student pursuing her MFA. The central theme of this gallery is “Time”.

Her works challenge one’s general perceptions of everyday living in a surrealist sense. I love the attention to detail, not to mention the distortion of detail, in every one of her oil paintings. Her color schemes are interesting, complementing bright colors in a way that diminishes the boldness of those colors.

It’s clear she gathers inspiration from her surroundings, but most importantly the passage of time in a single setting. It is as if you can see the picture move in motion the way she paints these pictures. Very beautifully done.

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D3 Speech Actions

I chose photography because I think it’s a medium that showcases the narrative of how easy it is to manipulate a seeming reality. This piece I like to call is “Possession”. I think I was successful in conveying the theme of how crude and terrifying possessiveness can be. My art expressed this very well. I wouldn’t do anything different with this.

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C2 - Artist Discussion

The artist of this gallery, which was at the Dutzi room, is Hanjialin Bao, a CSULB digital artist. The themes of this gallery reflect her upbringing as a Chinese American.

Her major visual influences are the traditional art (both performative and visual) and clothing she grew up with. But with this gallery, she throws a twist in the technique she utilizes in her drawing, using a more American style of artwork when depicting traditionally Chinese themes.

Her use of colors is quite dynamic and very colorful. The facial expressions of her characters are expression, contrary to usual art drawn in the traditional Chinese art style. I loved this fusion as an Asian American, as it shows how distinct Asian American culture is from Asian culture without forgetting the history of our background.

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D2 Zines

My goal in this zine was to make me feel better about being a weak scrub. I did not explore identity, this was just a little zine to make me giggle. I wanted to make a silly nonsense zine and I’m very happy with how it came out. I wouldn’t do anything different the next time because this was done in a fun reckless manner. Something I’d like to explore in a future zine is “Things I Probably Cannot Take In A Fight”.

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C1 Artist Conversation

The artist of this gallery, located in Max Gatov Gallery East, is Jillian Thompson. She is a CSULB art student currently working towards her MFA (Master of Fine Arts). The theme she loves to explore most in art is African-American culture, reflecting a personal upbringing she grew up with.

I absolutely love her utilization of different materials in her art pieces. From what I saw, she uses hair, fabric, spray paint, chains, etc. My favorite piece was the curtain of braided hair.

According to the artist, her works explore what she thinks it means to be a woman of color. She also incorporates references to hip hop culture, as this musical genre is significant in african american heritage. Living in a society that teaches people of color to assimilate, this was a refreshing gallery to view as it represented a woman proud of her cultural background and the nuances in growing up African American.

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D1 Finger Painting

This experience was so fun! It brought me back to a very childlike place with a more mature perspective. It was quite easier! I loved moving with the painting and having the absolute freedom to do what I wanted. I loved not having a subject to stick to where I would normally obsess over perfecting, I got to just focus on the color and dynamics of the pictures. Compared to the other paintings I’ve seen, this is absolutely awful but still fun to do! A personal pleasure.

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