Architecture Relief

Architecture Relief

I used the influence of Modern architecture and Ancient Asian/Japanese architecture.

Materials: Dried wood glue, paper, foam board, tracing paper, white gesso, black ink, and balsa wood.

Masking Tape Shoes

Masking Tape Shoes

Body Happening FINAL

BODY HAPPENING FINAL PROJECT

Recognizable Glow

This is my glowing body project. I wanted to show the movement of the human body for my body happening project. I was inspired by photographs of human bodies covered in glow paint and glowing clothing. I used glow-in-the-dark paint at first, but the camera did not capture the amazing glow, so I resorted to glow sticks. The glow sticks actually gave a greater outcome than the paint could have. I used the song, Satisfaction, by Benny Benassi because it gave a very 80's techno feel.

PHOTOS OF FINAL OUTCOME

INSPIRATION

I was inspired by these photos of glowing bodies. I managed to capture the colors of the image on the left and the stance and seriousness of the imagine the right.

IN-PROCESS PHOTOS:

Yoko Ono Response

Watching the Yoko video was very interesting.  I felt that sexuality was a main part of the experiment.   I observed that the men tended to cut more intensely than the women.  One of the men cut the majority of her undershirt that covered her bra off, exposing her entire bra.  The women tended to cut small pieces off around her arms.  I noticed her breathing got heavier when she was more exposed.  It was very impressive how Yoko kept a straight face the entire time.  The only time she looked at the person cutting was when two different males cut large pieces off.  She must have felt violated by their control over her exposure.

Touch Reading: ANIMALS

Touch Reading: HAIR

HAIR:

The hair section emphasized the metaphorical meaning of hair.  A woman with firm hair and no "fly-aways," was a put together woman.  A woman with untamed hair meant she was a woman who does not have her life together. These are the two styles. The one on the left is put together, while the one on the right is not put together. 

Animals:

I chose the 3 animals the section talked about the most in detail.  

5 Statements from On Longoing

       The five statements from the book On Longing

jj      1.) "The body is the primary mode of perceiving scale."

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jj    I chose this picture for the quote because it made me think of different body types.  An adult perceives a room much different than a tiny child or baby.

        2.) "Capacity of objects to serve as traces of authentic experience."

ll          I chose a snow globe as the imagery for this quote because the quote made me think about souvenirs and the most common souvenir stereotype is a snow globe.

         3.) "The souvenir reduces the public, the monumental, and the three-dimensional into the miniature, which can be enveloped by the body."

          I thought of a Big Ben souvenir because there is something about having a replica of something so majestic and monumental.  

         

         4.) "Nostalgia cannot be sustained without loss."

2         When I think of nostalgia, I think of my 85 year old Oma (german grandmother) and her Reminisce magazines she gets monthly.  They make her so happy because they show things that she used to do or have as a young girl.

          5.) "To have a souvenir of the exotic, is to possess both a specimen and a trophy."

!            Many people get souvenirs from exotic places, that stand out from their decor in their homes.  It proves they went somewhere interesting.

          

          6.) "The place of origin must remain unavailable in order for desire to be generated." 

         Things like alcohol from other countries are desired because you can usually only easily get them in that country.  Kalik is the beer of the Bahamas and they used to sell it at a few grocery stores in the U.S., but recently, they have not been available anywhere other than the Bahamas.