twenty five

1. plexi kissing honey
2. plexi spitting out milk onto it
3. gallon challenge
4. sawing cypress
5. shaving face
6. shaving head
7. sandpaper inside clothes
8. shoes on nails
9. pillows filled with red feathers dropping feathers
10. rolling back and forth in honey
11. wear a sweater and snag it through a small corridor of nails
12. paint with horse tail
13. mimic horse
14. paint body as navajo
15. wear sequins and spin
16. run back and forth through room till exhaustion
17. blow bubbles all day
18. hang self on wall for a day (like a painting) not creepy
19. be pushed on wheelchair experience
20. braid my hair into horse hair
21. sit in circle of dirt
22. run with horses
23. bike ride on stairs
24. chew food with mouth open
25. creepy family photo

Monday lecture

The Authorship of Revolution & Mass Communications.

Paris, 1968 by Victoria H.F. Scott

October 31^st, 2011. 6pm.

The lecture on Monday was “The Authorship of Revolution & Mass Communications” by Emory University professor Victoria H.F. Scott. One of the main topics was Cultural Revolution, political revolution, and the difference between the two. “The confusion between culture and politics are what culture revolutions are all about”. She stated that before it became associated with China, Cultural Revolution was mostly in Russia. She mentioned many names of people that contributed to the events of 1968 in Paris, like Alexander Bogdanov, who opposed the government from a Marxist point of view. Even though the protest of 1968 was a political failure, it had an enormous social effect that gave way to anarchy and liberal thoughts. “Revolution is the highest form of creation, the re-creation of the animate matter of the social organism” was a quote she stated. She also talked about the manipulative way of the media and the popular belief that there is such thing as “unmanipulated truth” because there is no unmanipulated writing, filming or broadcasting. However, the important thing is not what is manipulated but who manipulates it, which brings forth the issue of authorship and how all of us as authors are actually manipulators. “The author has now become the producer”, something that was impossible in 1968 mainly because of the technology we now have, and now we face the political effect that this will have in art.

She also talked about how in 1967 the government still controlled what was played on TV and the radio with messages such as “sorry the revolution will not be televised” because “to let people imagine the idea of revolution is to let revolution happen”, and a battle to control what TV played began in 1968.

However, as Jean Baudrillard said, the media was the message because “Not only is their destiny far from revolutionary; the media are not even, somewhere else or potentially, neutral or non-ideological”, therefore, the media does not work as a revolutionary protest.

She also showed a lot of graffiti and posters (“the most revolutionary form of communication during May” because they were unmediated) that were a way for students and protesters to express their opinions about the government. Overall, the lecture was very confusing because she gave unnecessary complicated explanations, used complex words and French names every 5 seconds, and I don’t think anyone understood a lot of the things she said. 

projects for natalie

http://teamgal.com/artworks/880

http://www.theageofmammals.com/secret/readinglist/books.html

final project idea.. were we supposed to post the mashup of 3 different ideas as well?

Anyways for my final project, my idea is to interview and some how get some behind the scenes footage at subway. Subway has basically taken over my life and is the topic of many of my conversations (sadly). My co-workers and I have an infinite amount of stories and complaints that are quite hilarious. And of course people will mention what they do love about working at subway (hahahaha). Each interviewee will remain anonymous by being taped only from the neck down, they will be wearing a subway uniform minus their name tag (i don't want them getting in trouble if this video gets out somewhere). Not sure yet if I'll modify their voices. This is just my basic idea, it will probably evolve once I get going.

Final Project LKSFJLSDKfjsdfadsmreow

So for my final project I'm going to do a collection of mini projects relating to clothing and self. Clothing is an interesting subject because it's such a huge part of culture and labeled as a necessity. I was originally going to do an experiment every day, but now might shorten it to at least four days a week. I'm want to bring attention to clothing and how people react to unusual clothing options, for example wearing mismatching clothing or multiple, unnecessary layers.

ideas for final project

Ideas for final project
1. maybe i could combine #1 and #2 on my list. The animals could be playing with a ball made of many beautiful feathers and focus on the visual organic appeal of the object.
2. i could combine #9, #10 and focus on the concept of people and/or animals in places they wouldn't normally be.
3. i could combine #4, #6, #13, #17, #19 and #22 and focus on the concept of human parts and their functions, including smiling, talking, walking, blinking, kissing, laughing, screaming...
4. i could combine #11 and #12 and focus on the reaction of people when someone does something unexpected and/or unusual.
5. i could combine #16 and #18 and focus on "the passing of time"

Project Ideas

1. spin in a circle for 2 minutes and then run in a line.
2. send my neighbor a letter everyday signed by a secret admirer.
3. instead of speaking, only communicate through drawing for a day.
4. instead of speaking, only communicate through writing for a day.
5. have a funeral for all of the shitty artwork people have made. Invite art majors to join in and bring their unsuccessful work.
6. send a disposable camera to a stranger with instructions to use it up and return it.
7. set out ceramic cups with instructions to use them and pass them on. track them somehow.
8. make a sculpture of my family out of found objects that relate to the family member.
9. make a self portrait out of my favorite foods. eat the entire thing as a performance.
10. make a time capsule. record the making and hiding of it.
11. make a documentary about my friends lives
12. video of bored people.
13. video of angry people.
14. montage of clips from horror movies.
15. montage of clips from a certain type of commercial
16. make a commercial for a made up fantastical product.
17. paint really bad portraits for people.
18. make a cartoon of my day.
19. put strange ads on craigslist and document the replies and present them.
20. recreate stories on video
21. recreate childhood home videos/memories by creating sets and acting them out.
22. recreate family photos using sets that I create. photograph/video tape them.
23. animate a book I like.
24. animate a kids book that I used to like.
25. make a memorial for all of my dead pets.