Response to Kaprow “Blurring of art and life”

Even though in most of people’s view, the artworks are those stuffs that should only be put in library or museum, the author questioning this statement by providing the example of blushing tooth, an art because of the movement of elbow. According to the author, people always ignore the art in our daily lives. In fact, we could not only simply separate art from life because art occurs everywhere at any time. Everything in our lives can be considered as an art.

This kind of statement reminds me my life and begins to rethink which part of my life can be considered as an art. Then I come to realize the answer is everything. The photo of the people who are waiting for the bus is an art; the birds on the tree can be an art; the rotational movement of wheel of bus is an art… Art is just around us.

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In fact, it is really a big problem for me to find the classroom on the first day because I have no idea that there are classrooms in stadium. I always go to school by bus No.2 because I live in Olentangy Village which is not near campus. I get off at high and 19th then take CLS or CC and get off at the next stop at mason hall every Tuesday and Thursday. Therefore, most of the pictures on my map were taken in high street. During the route to campus, Giant Eagle is a land mark near my apartment. Because I am terrible with directions, I have to take photos of the road sign to remember the road name. I also take pictures of some frequented restaurants such as Sushi Bar and Buffalo Wide Wings. I feel so hungry when I took these pictures because I never have time to eat before class. I also take three pictures of Fisher College of Business since I am a student of Fisher. I took all the pictures by my Canon camera. My personal favorite picture is the brand said 2301 to 2317 because on that photo, only 2317 is clear and that emphasize the most important thing.

Response to “Cardiff, Miller and the Power of Sound”

Cardiff and Miller is a couple of artists who are famous of their work of sound. They use sound to record lives and create several project. For example, they use the sound of station to create one project. When the author was on the iPod walking through the train station, he got so involved and focused on what he was hearing in the iPod speakers and what he was seeing on the screen he thought it was actually real life. Therefore, he even tried to avoid the approaching things on unconscious. That reminds me the world’s first film screening in 1985. When Auguste and Louis Lumière played their shot film of train, most of the audience tried to avoid the coming train. Both of the examples reflect the magic of art.

I really like this article and did not find anything problematic to me.

Response to Hornby “Nipple Jesus”

When Dave first looks the picture of Nipple Jesus, he loves it. However, when he gets closer to it and finds the artwork is made by lots of small nipple pictures, he thinks it is rude for Jesus and totally hates the artwork. But finally, after the whole day, he changes his mind again and considers it is an intelligent way to make the artwork brilliant. He even disappointed when the artwork is destroyed because he seems have fallen in love with the artwork. This kind of change reminds me how one’s opinion can change during the time. Most of the time, we people’s opinion will change because the change of time, emotion, environment and others’ opinion. It is often that we see someone have one hobby but as time goes on, he becomes crazy about another thing and totally forgets his love about the original ones.

One thing that confused me a little bit is people’s strong emotion towards the artwork. A Christian even throws eggs to the picture! All in all, it is only a piece of artwork. No matter what it consist of, the whole picture is still Jesus.

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Asymmetrical Image

Symmetrical Image

Radial Image

Person and their surrounding space

Person up close

An image from the point of view of ant

An image from the point of view of bird

A stable image

An unstable image

My name on campus

Both of the first ten pictures and the second ten pictures are taken in my daily life. I chose the things I like and use materials I want to take those pictures. What makes the second ten pictures different is the last picture that contains my name on campus. In order to make them look unified, I use an photo editing app on my phone to put three pictures together. In addition, the second ten pictures have clear topics and rules to follow. I love the process of the second ten pictures because even though they have some rules to follow, they are more creativity than merely shooting planless. My favorite picture is the radial one in the second set of pictures. I really love it because of the composition. It is a picture of hands of my friends and me. The original theme is to show the rings we bought together but when I looked it once again, I thought it is also a good way to show radial. In addition, another picture I like is the one contains my name. I found my name in Ohio union, in an elevator, and on the wall. I thought it is interesting to find the name in various place in campus and it also is a discovery tour to me because in order to find the letter I want, I have to go to many places.

One day life and Responds to Walker and Barrett articles

My friend Lina came back from Chicago and went to my apartment this morning. It is a box of mooncake she bought in China Town in Chicago.

This is where I live, Olentangy Village.

I love the sky.

This is the sky above the street next to the upper picure. The streets are close to each other but they have totally different sky.

I donot know what is this.

An asian market near my apartment.

The dinner! I am the cook tonight and my friend said they are delicious.

Responds to Walker and Barrett articles

Walker

     What makes me feel interested is that the author said big idea is not always same as the theme and subject matter does not mean big idea. Actually, I always consider theme as the most important role in a work of art because the artists have to follow their theme. But now, I come to realize that there is big ideas that beyond the theme. Big idea is kind of a series of theme. The author used the example of Motherwell's art. The theme of his series is death but the big idea is human emotions. In addition, I think it is easy for us to tell the differences between subject matter and big idea. Subject matter is what the painting seems to talk about but big idea is the things the work really about. For example, if a painting is about sunflower, then sunflower is the subject matter. However, the big idea could be happiness, strength, or anything that reflect the spirit of sunflower.

    I do not find anything difficult or problematic in this article actually.

Barrett

     The description of black Sambo reflects the stereotypes. Because of fears, the racists may create the black images with various violent tools such as guns or knives. The racists may also said black men are good at sports which, on the other hand, imply they are poor in brain. That kind of phenomenon shows envy and jealous. In fact, it is not rare in our daily life. One may give the demagoguery that his colleague or classmate are dangerous to persuade others they are bad only because he feel threatened by their talent.

     One thing that I feel a little confused is the example of Barthes' analysis of the Panzani spaghetti ad. In fact, I could not recognize how this ad reflect the distinction between denotations and connotations. From the article, I know the ad shows the freshness of the products and the Italianicity. Is the freshness means the denotations and Italianicity refers to connotations? I just think it does not illustrate the true meaning detailedly and appropriately.