How did the content express the source?
The content was very on the point. Every picture expressed the source very well in various different ways. The gallery gradually begins with specific body parts of the human being and slowly becomes full figures.
How would you define the source, how was the content organized?
I would define the source as using body parts to express meaning and beauty
How was this effective, how did it fail?
It did not fail. It was very successful. I understood the source.
What did you find inspiring?
I found the different ways to portray beauty in people was inspiring. It was also interesting because there were different people of all different cultures, shapes, and genders. Each picture was different; yet, because of the subject matter, all the pictures seemed to be part of one source.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Artist's books: MOCA
Video and photography aren't the only forms that visually represent time in the art world. Artist's books are quickly becoming a new way to use time within its content, and process. Artist's books do not often hold a traditional form of a book taken off a shelf; artist's books can take many different shapes and styles. It does not necessarily have to be bound, square, or even contain text. Artist's books are forms in which artist's can make to represent their ideas. Through the act of reading and turning the pages, viewers are able become a participant in this time based art form.
There are many tactics and techniques used to make Artist's books. Depending on the idea, each artist may have a different idea of how to represent their theme through the form of the book. Since Artist's books can take any shape or form, Artist's have a variety of ways to bind, cut, fold, and mold their books. The process of creating the book is also a very important part of the Artist's books. The process and how the book is made is essentially the finished product. Depending on how the artist chooses to make the book, the book will display his/her efforts in the end.
A book holds two forms of time: the reader who holds the present time and the book that holds all present, past, future or even sustained time. So in a sense, books are very much like videography and photography. As the reader is turning the page, he/she is essentially moving the time in the book much like still images move in a movie or a film. The difference between a book and a movie is the participatory aspect of the form. During a movie, the viewer is participating only through viewing the screen. A viewer reading a book however is not only physically connecting with the content but also mentally creating time in a still form.
There are many tactics and techniques used to make Artist's books. Depending on the idea, each artist may have a different idea of how to represent their theme through the form of the book. Since Artist's books can take any shape or form, Artist's have a variety of ways to bind, cut, fold, and mold their books. The process of creating the book is also a very important part of the Artist's books. The process and how the book is made is essentially the finished product. Depending on how the artist chooses to make the book, the book will display his/her efforts in the end.
A book holds two forms of time: the reader who holds the present time and the book that holds all present, past, future or even sustained time. So in a sense, books are very much like videography and photography. As the reader is turning the page, he/she is essentially moving the time in the book much like still images move in a movie or a film. The difference between a book and a movie is the participatory aspect of the form. During a movie, the viewer is participating only through viewing the screen. A viewer reading a book however is not only physically connecting with the content but also mentally creating time in a still form.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Artist Book Source
Body Language
Human beings are very susceptible to body language. We subconsciously are able to read and understand messages of the body. Our bodies relate and react to different environments since it plays a major role in our everyday lives. We use our bodies to relate to other human beings physically, mentally, and emotionally. With or without words, we are able to sense what others may be truly feeling or thinking. Human beings are able to understand different messages based on specific notions people make everyday. For my project, I want to find a way to visually express the language of the human body.
I chose body language as my source because I want to study the difference in people in relation to others and the environment around them. I am interested in the different emotions, gestures, and expressions of human communication. For this project, I want to capture parts of the body that display anticipation, anxiousness, and the feeling of expecting something to arrive. I want the viewer to wonder what is happening, and what is going to happen. This way, the viewer can create his or her own situations by reading the limited information I’ve captured of the human body.
Through my artist’s book, I want my viewer to actively connect physically and mentally with my source. The front of the book will be a photo of empty seats on a train that are divided into three main sections that are going to be further divided into open flaps. Each flap with have an image of a gesture displaying the emotions I’ve mentioned earlier. As the viewer opens the book, he/she will slowly be overwhelmed by the various images of different gestures. The experience is suppose to resemble the same feeling as when one is waiting, and sitting on the train anticipating the different people coming on and off at each station. The more people who come onto the train, the more body language one is surrounded in. The form of the book also gives off an awkward feeling because it turns from a simple looking book to a non-traditional one, and the act of opening a book full of images displaying expression of nervousness may cause the viewer to feel the same way.
Human beings are very susceptible to body language. We subconsciously are able to read and understand messages of the body. Our bodies relate and react to different environments since it plays a major role in our everyday lives. We use our bodies to relate to other human beings physically, mentally, and emotionally. With or without words, we are able to sense what others may be truly feeling or thinking. Human beings are able to understand different messages based on specific notions people make everyday. For my project, I want to find a way to visually express the language of the human body.
I chose body language as my source because I want to study the difference in people in relation to others and the environment around them. I am interested in the different emotions, gestures, and expressions of human communication. For this project, I want to capture parts of the body that display anticipation, anxiousness, and the feeling of expecting something to arrive. I want the viewer to wonder what is happening, and what is going to happen. This way, the viewer can create his or her own situations by reading the limited information I’ve captured of the human body.
Through my artist’s book, I want my viewer to actively connect physically and mentally with my source. The front of the book will be a photo of empty seats on a train that are divided into three main sections that are going to be further divided into open flaps. Each flap with have an image of a gesture displaying the emotions I’ve mentioned earlier. As the viewer opens the book, he/she will slowly be overwhelmed by the various images of different gestures. The experience is suppose to resemble the same feeling as when one is waiting, and sitting on the train anticipating the different people coming on and off at each station. The more people who come onto the train, the more body language one is surrounded in. The form of the book also gives off an awkward feeling because it turns from a simple looking book to a non-traditional one, and the act of opening a book full of images displaying expression of nervousness may cause the viewer to feel the same way.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Source
Body Language
Human beings are very susceptible to body language. We subconsciously are able to read and understand messages of the body. Our bodies relate and react to different environments since it plays a major role in our everyday lives. We use our bodies to relate to other human beings physically, mentally, and emotionally. With or without words, we are able to sense what others may be truly feeling or thinking. Human beings are able to understand different messages based on specific notions people make everyday. For my project, I want to find a way to visually express the language of the human body.
I chose body language as my source because I want to study the difference in people in relation to others and the environment around them. I am interested in the different emotions, gestures, and expressions of human communication. For this project, I want to capture parts of the body that display anticipation, anxiousness, and the feeling of expecting something to arrive. I want the viewer to wonder what is happening, and what is going to happen. This way, the viewer can create his or her own situations by reading the limited information I’ve captured of the human body.
Human beings are very susceptible to body language. We subconsciously are able to read and understand messages of the body. Our bodies relate and react to different environments since it plays a major role in our everyday lives. We use our bodies to relate to other human beings physically, mentally, and emotionally. With or without words, we are able to sense what others may be truly feeling or thinking. Human beings are able to understand different messages based on specific notions people make everyday. For my project, I want to find a way to visually express the language of the human body.
I chose body language as my source because I want to study the difference in people in relation to others and the environment around them. I am interested in the different emotions, gestures, and expressions of human communication. For this project, I want to capture parts of the body that display anticipation, anxiousness, and the feeling of expecting something to arrive. I want the viewer to wonder what is happening, and what is going to happen. This way, the viewer can create his or her own situations by reading the limited information I’ve captured of the human body.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
3 Artists
Nacho Lopez (1923-1986)
Nacho Lopez was a famous mexican photojournalist. Lopez's photography focused on social and political issues of Mexico city. His photos represented the everyday life of the Mexican people. He studied at the Institute de Artes y Ciencias Cinematograficas with Manuel Alvarez Bravo. He published many of his works in magazines such as Manana, Hoy, Siempre, and Unomasuno. Later on in his life, he also became a news cameraman and made documentary films. Lopez also started photo essays, one of which involves a man carrying a naked mannequin of a woman around Mexico city.
Man and Police in Police...
Lopez, Nacho
1954
"Pachuco" or Gigolo in...
Lopez, Nacho
1954
Patricia Masse. "López, Nacho." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. 6 Feb. 2009.
Women in Supermarket,...
Lopez, Nacho
c.1955
Raphael Soyer
Raphael Soyer was a painter who focused on social realism. Soyer studied painting in New York at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design. He also studied at the Educational Alliance Art School. Soyer was particularly interested in common everyday life. He drew attention to the working class, and the poor. Soyer emigrated with his family from Russia to New York. At one point, he focused his art on his Jewish family's middle class lifestyle. He also does paintings of men and women in deep thought in giant crowds or parties.
Susan T. Goodman. "Soyer." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. 6 Feb. 2009.
City Park
Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
c.1934
Office girls
Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987.
1936.
Cafeteria
Raphael Soyer
1937
William Gedney(1932-1989)
William Gedney was a fanouse photographer who photographed all over the United States, India, and Europe. He captured the life of the everyday person from a working coal miner to a hipper to hindu worshippers performing sacred rituals. He was simply interested in the lives of everyday people and the different characteristics of them that made them who they were at that moment.
"William Gedney Photographs and Writings." William Gedney Photographs and Writings. 1 Feb. 2008. Duke University. 6 Feb. 2009.
San Francisco, 1967 ...
William Gedney
1967
New York City, 1967 ...
William Gedney
1967
Kentucky, 1964
William Gedney
1964
Nacho Lopez was a famous mexican photojournalist. Lopez's photography focused on social and political issues of Mexico city. His photos represented the everyday life of the Mexican people. He studied at the Institute de Artes y Ciencias Cinematograficas with Manuel Alvarez Bravo. He published many of his works in magazines such as Manana, Hoy, Siempre, and Unomasuno. Later on in his life, he also became a news cameraman and made documentary films. Lopez also started photo essays, one of which involves a man carrying a naked mannequin of a woman around Mexico city.
Man and Police in Police...
Lopez, Nacho
1954
"Pachuco" or Gigolo in...
Lopez, Nacho
1954
Patricia Masse. "López, Nacho." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. 6 Feb. 2009
Women in Supermarket,...
Lopez, Nacho
c.1955
Raphael Soyer
Raphael Soyer was a painter who focused on social realism. Soyer studied painting in New York at Cooper Union and the National Academy of Design. He also studied at the Educational Alliance Art School. Soyer was particularly interested in common everyday life. He drew attention to the working class, and the poor. Soyer emigrated with his family from Russia to New York. At one point, he focused his art on his Jewish family's middle class lifestyle. He also does paintings of men and women in deep thought in giant crowds or parties.
Susan T. Goodman. "Soyer." Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. 6 Feb. 2009
City Park
Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
c.1934
Office girls
Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987.
1936.
Cafeteria
Raphael Soyer
1937
William Gedney(1932-1989)
William Gedney was a fanouse photographer who photographed all over the United States, India, and Europe. He captured the life of the everyday person from a working coal miner to a hipper to hindu worshippers performing sacred rituals. He was simply interested in the lives of everyday people and the different characteristics of them that made them who they were at that moment.
"William Gedney Photographs and Writings." William Gedney Photographs and Writings. 1 Feb. 2008. Duke University. 6 Feb. 2009
San Francisco, 1967 ...
William Gedney
1967
New York City, 1967 ...
William Gedney
1967
Kentucky, 1964
William Gedney
1964
Body Language
Human beings are very susceptible to body language. We subconsciously are able to read and understand messages of the body. Body language plays a major role in our everyday lives. Our bodies relate and react to different environments. We use our bodies to relate to other human beings physically, mentally, and emotionally. With or without words, we are able to sense what others may be truly feeling or thinking. Bodies do not lie and every human being is able to understand different messages based on specific notions of the body. For my project, I want to find a way to visually express the language of the human body.
I chose body language as my source because I want to study the difference in people in relation to others and the environment around them. I am interested in the different emotions, gestures, and expressions of human communication. However, I only want to focus on the body and how people use their bodies to express their true meanings.
I chose body language as my source because I want to study the difference in people in relation to others and the environment around them. I am interested in the different emotions, gestures, and expressions of human communication. However, I only want to focus on the body and how people use their bodies to express their true meanings.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
