Presentation

Don Ritter
Rafel Lozano-Hemmer

For this presentation we chose to work with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Don Ritter. Both artists were chosen because they both use digital media and interactive technology. They incorporate the audience into their artworks by having them manipulate the effects. Therefore, the theme of the presentation is human interaction and behavior using digital interactive technology.

The educational value of this exhibit is very beneficial. Both artists use technology that is advancing by the minute and has played an important role in the art world, because of some controversial issues. The artists that we chose to display just go to show that technology is a very powerful medium and it helps to keep the art world alive as technology progresses.

The workload was divided fifty/fifty and split the work evenly. The easiest way to divide the work was to choose two artists that would work well with each other then do independent research, later meet up and combine it and do extra necessary research.

Artist Book

For my artist book i decided to do a series of the colors of the rainbow. Later, I did some research about each color and what type of feeling they represent. I used photoshop and illustrator to manipulate the colors of the images used and the type of text used to represent the word. After, my original plan was to make into an accordion book, however some technical difficulties got in the way. Overall, I really liked my concept of the book but the outcome wasn't exactly what I wanted.

Self Portrait 2

This just a crazy picture of myself, which I alternated using Adobe Illustrator. This project was an outcome of me experimenting with illustrator and I am very happy with the outcome. It shows another side of me that many people get to see at first.

Self Portrait 1

This is my first self portrait all done on photoshop. Every single image or object has a significant meaning, because it represents something about me. First off the hand drawing represents my hand as a Fine Arts major. The tattoo gun, I've always liked tattoos and hope someday I will learn; right next to that is the logo LA Ink one of my favorite shows and I am a big fan of Kat Von D. The camera is the same as the one I have, I am also a photography minor. There are some bands and music artists listed those are selected ones just to show the wide range of music genres I listen to, its also an outlook of my personality, I am very open minded. I enjoy sports such as soccer and baseball, hence the soccer ball and NY Yankees logo. I also have a passion for cars and am a big VW fan and I also have a vw gti. I play guitar and used to have a fender, although my skills aren't good. The Guatemalan flag, which is where my family is from. Last, but not least the background color is my favorite!!

Trip to Whitney

The trip to Whitney, was quite interesting. Some pieces I really enjoyed, others didn't find them much art, and others were amusing. The pieces I found most appealing were the instillation videos and the interactive ones. For example, Nina Berman's artwork on the effects of the war was very personal and gives a harsh impact to the audience. As opposed to Martin Kersels' work who has an interesting concept, however, it doesn' t catch much of my interest as Berman's. Overall the Bienniel was fun and entertaining also very diverse.

Midterm Project 2

With this image I wanted to do something playful, similar to the first. I wanted to make an impossible situation or scenario and captured through an image.
The process was a little complicated, the main task was being able to place the characters correctly, also getting the shadows and highlights in match with the setting.
I really like this picture I find it humorous and whimsical.

Midterm Project

Most things are possible using photo shop, I decided I wanted to create an image that people would be freaked out by. Just as others do when they see images of Big Foot, and so forth. With this image I wanted to recreate that feeling, so I came up with the idea of an alien invasion.
The procedure wasn't too complicated the main work I had to focus on was getting the right saturation of the colors right.
Overall I like the outcome of the project I believe it was successful.

Image Alteration: Before & After

This is the original picture, before it was enhance.


This is the after picture, where I enhanced it making it look clearer and not over exposed.

4 artists

Gregrory Crewdson's artworks are very playful and add this surreal effect using realistic objects and people. The settings for some of his pieces come from a room found inside a home which makes it personal however it seems exploited by showing it to the audience. Teun Hocks gives the same type of effect as Crewdson's work, using strange juxtapositions in his work and making it surreal. I enjoy Cindy Sherman's work, she poses in her own artwork as a self portrait but not as herself rather than different roles of women. It is interesting seeing how the same person can have different identities. Jeff Wall's work is interesting, it seems like the characters are from a different era and they are staged in a bizarre way. They seem off but very appealing to the mind, as if the audience is attracted to it because they want to figure out what the work is about.
All four artist give this whimsical and surreal effect to the audience which makes it more alluring to the eye.

Composite Project 1

This is the first project where we composite 2 pictures into one.

Week 2: 30min Painting

This is my 30 minute painting. I was inspired by the making of a tie dye shirt.

Week 2: Blog 2 Artist talk

The art show Inherited Traits presented work from Nina Katchadourian and Heidi Kumao was entertaining and focused on the idea of "family." Nina Katchadourian presented three artworks and the one that stood out the most for me was Genealogy of the Supermarket, which is a wall instillation with 90 framed photographs. Katchadourian explained that the main focus of the artwork is that consumers have created a personal connection with these iconic figures that are used on the labels. She presented this point of view by having a large wall with photographs spread out properly, creating a family tree that just about everyone in the audience can relate to. It certainly questions our process of buying food. As for Heidi Kumao, the artwork I found most appealing is Transplant; the video installation is beautifully tied up with the DVD player, projector, the bell jar, and paper id tag. Kumao layered her ideas of the Japanese Americans during WWII and the experience they went through by being forced to create gardens. The different elements certainly create an attraction from the audience and an emotional depiction.
Overall the show and artist talk was entertaining and the artwork presented certainly gave the audience a chance of their own interpretation and clear connection to the artist and artwork.

Week 2: Blog 1

This picture was taken at an outdoor gallery called Grounds for Sculpture. The sculpture is connected by points and creates a beautiful 3d effect. This artwork is an example of an active plane and passive point.