Monday, April 18, 2016
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
Saturday, April 9, 2016
Project 4 Plan/Proposal
(My proposal is pretty similar to my brainstorming because I stuck with the same ideas.)
I have three ideas for my performance piece. My first idea is inspired by one of Marina Abramovic's pieces. I would wear shorts and a tank top and have a table (or something) next to me with markers. People can come and write whatever they want on my arms and legs. I would do this for about half an hour and see who actually comes to do it. It would be testing if people would want to participate in a sort of weird idea. I think some people would do it but I have no real idea if I would be covered in words at the end of it or just have a few scattered around. I would have my camera filming on a tripod the whole time and I would do minimal editing. But I do think I might want to trim some time so the whole video only showed when people were actually interacting with me. I would probably perform in either Turlington or the Plaza of the Americas where there is a lot of people. My second idea would be to trap myself in a small box for about an hour or so. The concept of doing this would be to show how small I feel I am when I'm really overwhelmed and how I kind of hold myself in and don't let anyone know whats going on in my head. I keep most of my feelings to myself and this small space would represent that. It would also challenge my body to stay in such an uncomfortable position and make me have to adjust to such an area. There might be a little more editing because I don't want it to be a boring video. This would also be a little ore of a personal project which isn't really something I've done before openly. My third idea would be to again enclose myself in a space but it would be a little longer and also include my cat Goose. I would try to show how my frustration really comes out when I get overwhelmed because I know that he'd be unhappy with being stuck in a space for a while. It would be interesting to see the contrast of our reactions because I'd be annoyed with him and he'd be annoyed with the space. Again my camera would be filming on a tripod so the angle might be weird but it would get more of a sense of the small area. I'd work with my cat to see how long he'd be able to stay for the final duration. This would really test my limits and just thinking about it makes me know it'd be pretty hard to do. Two of my ideas are sort of similar to the other, but I think it's because I'd rather do something on my own then in public as I'm a pretty shy person. For example I don't think I would participate if I saw some girl asking people to write words on her. But I think that would just be interesting to see how people are different. I think at this point I'm most interested in doing my third idea because I think it would be the most interesting having an animal included (I've also not included a cat in any of my projects this semester and I almost always have one project have cats included!!) Editing is going to be something I will decide more on after I think because I don't want to trim the video too much but I also don't really want to have an hour long video.
I have three ideas for my performance piece. My first idea is inspired by one of Marina Abramovic's pieces. I would wear shorts and a tank top and have a table (or something) next to me with markers. People can come and write whatever they want on my arms and legs. I would do this for about half an hour and see who actually comes to do it. It would be testing if people would want to participate in a sort of weird idea. I think some people would do it but I have no real idea if I would be covered in words at the end of it or just have a few scattered around. I would have my camera filming on a tripod the whole time and I would do minimal editing. But I do think I might want to trim some time so the whole video only showed when people were actually interacting with me. I would probably perform in either Turlington or the Plaza of the Americas where there is a lot of people. My second idea would be to trap myself in a small box for about an hour or so. The concept of doing this would be to show how small I feel I am when I'm really overwhelmed and how I kind of hold myself in and don't let anyone know whats going on in my head. I keep most of my feelings to myself and this small space would represent that. It would also challenge my body to stay in such an uncomfortable position and make me have to adjust to such an area. There might be a little more editing because I don't want it to be a boring video. This would also be a little ore of a personal project which isn't really something I've done before openly. My third idea would be to again enclose myself in a space but it would be a little longer and also include my cat Goose. I would try to show how my frustration really comes out when I get overwhelmed because I know that he'd be unhappy with being stuck in a space for a while. It would be interesting to see the contrast of our reactions because I'd be annoyed with him and he'd be annoyed with the space. Again my camera would be filming on a tripod so the angle might be weird but it would get more of a sense of the small area. I'd work with my cat to see how long he'd be able to stay for the final duration. This would really test my limits and just thinking about it makes me know it'd be pretty hard to do. Two of my ideas are sort of similar to the other, but I think it's because I'd rather do something on my own then in public as I'm a pretty shy person. For example I don't think I would participate if I saw some girl asking people to write words on her. But I think that would just be interesting to see how people are different. I think at this point I'm most interested in doing my third idea because I think it would be the most interesting having an animal included (I've also not included a cat in any of my projects this semester and I almost always have one project have cats included!!) Editing is going to be something I will decide more on after I think because I don't want to trim the video too much but I also don't really want to have an hour long video.
Thursday, April 7, 2016
Project 4 Brainstorming
For this project, I'm really not sure what I'm going to be doing as I've never done any sort of performance piece before. I don't think I really want to do something in public. What we have seen in class has made me think of doing something that really challenges myself, my mind, and my body. I think I might try to do something that takes a long time and see how it affects how I feel physically and mentally. One idea I've come up with is being trapped in some sort of small space. Sometimes I feel really constricted with what's going on and overwhelmed with things and I just feel very small when I think of myself compared to others. Some sort of video of myself trapped in a box or something would demonstrate this feeling, and over time it would probably wear me down a lot. I'd want to do something like this because it's a more personal idea and my projects so far haven't really dealt with my own emotions as clearly as they could of. Another idea I had came from seeing one of Marina's projects where she let the public do whatever they wanted to her. Even though I wouldn't necessarily want to do something in public, I was thinking that I could stand somewhere popular and let people who walk by write down any word they think of on my arms or legs (I'd wear like a t-shirt and shorts.) I think this idea would get a pretty interesting view of what people are thinking because there are so many words and there would probably be a lot of variety in what people would write. It would also raise the question of if people would actually do it because I know I probably wouldn't. Another idea I have is a little less serious and more funny. I think I really like this idea of sitting in a small room and filming myself trying to stay serious and calm with my cat in the room with me. My cat is extremely loud and can be really annoying so it would be a test to how long I can actually deal with it. It would definitely test my limits. I'd also like to see how my cat would react to being stuck in a room with me for however long. I don't think it would end up being a long time.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Art Which Can't Be Art by Allen Kaprow Reading Response
I have never thought so much about brushing my teeth. I honestly always do it in a rush because I'm either in a rush to go to bed because I'm so tired or I'm in a rush to get out of the house because I'm going to be late. Thinking about all the different movements Kaprow brought up makes you really think about how complex the body really is and how it's connected to the mind. In terms of the question of what really is art.. it's hard to describe. Because like he mentions in art history there has been a shift in looking more towards realism and everyday life as time has gone on. But there's also the argument of how just portraying modern objects in a gallery and labeling it as art doesn't really serve a good position in the art world and to casual viewers. Art needs to have more of a personal or emotional connection and a deeper meaning than just simply portraying something newer. It seems sort of an insult to artists to take the creativity out of art and put something together and having viewers look at it and try to figure out the meaning when there wasn't really one in the first place. There doesn't need to always be an audience. A person brushing their teeth in the bathroom alone can really appreciate the beauty that goes into simple everyday events.
Tuesday, March 22, 2016
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