Here's some interesting Internet art that I made for my final project.
The allure of mixed, brightly-colored fabrics hanging on a wall in the Church Fine Arts building draws your attention from down the hall. What creations live inside this mysterious gallery? I investigate.
Today I lived in a miniature box. What were you doing?
The BBC documentary, HyperNormalisation (2016), created by filmmaker Adam Curtis seeks to answer the question: at what point did the reality of society, as we knew it in its 'authentic' or pure form, become replaced with a fabricated reality of confusion and unfathomable outcomes? How did we get to where we are today; in a world where it is possible for characters like Donald Trump to become the elected Leader of the Free World, or where tragedies like the suicide bombings in Paris or the chaos that was Brexit could become so commonplace that many have ceased to question why these things are even happening.
Today I watched an intimate screening of Lo and Behold by the legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog. Following the screening, students were given a chance to ask a panel of talented and knowledgable professors from the University questions about the topics covered in the film.
Would you attend a party where your DJ performs live, but is potentially over thousands of miles away? I will explore this question and more in this experimental Skype-based art performance.
The question and resulting definition of what constitutes as "performance art" cannot easily be explained in a single sentence. The conversation surrounding the topic goes deep, and as the essay "What is Performance Art" by Amanda Coogan (2011) points out, there’s more to performance art than what meets the eye. The essay touches upon the key components of performance art, its history, the ties (or disassociations) it has compared to theatre, the versatility of performance art to exist outside of museums and galleries, the types of performance art that exists, the technologies that can be involved, whether performance art must be live or not, and ultimately the relation performance art has with the audience.
Never did I think in a million years that I would find myself cutting into, bending, and otherwise warping perfectly good vinyl records in the name of art. However, that is exactly what was required of us for our latest assignment inspired by artist and composer Christian Marclay.
Today we had a chance to meet and hear a lecture by the talented visiting artist Krista Franklin.
Those crosses on the side of the road are hard to miss. You drive by them every day on your way to work or school and, while you wait for the traffic light to turn green, you can't help but to think about the tragic day that lead to when those crosses were erected. The questions begin. What happened here? Who was involved? Who was at fault? Why did this happen? Could I have done something to help? These questions mostly go unanswered as the traffic ahead of you begins to move. The car behind you honks and you're forced to move on. What if you could have been there when those tragedies occurred? Would these questions finally have some answers?