MORE DECISIONS

I thought of a presentation form and I remember the comment during last crit.. that I should think of put my work in magazine paper, but I decided to frame it because I was seriously thinking of the appropiate space for this type of work and I thought that framing in as of it would be in a gallary space would be good for this series because I wanted to make a statement that reached "them" people that go to galleries, museums dont have 12hr shifts...

Inspiration for the tittle!!

I came across another artist named Barbara Kruger.. She uses text in her work. The phrases included in her work are usually declarative, and make common use of such pronouns as "you", "I", "we", and "they". The juxtaposition of imagery and text containing criticism of sexism and the circulation of power within cultures is a recurring motif in Kruger's work. The text in her works of the 1980s includes such phrases as "Your comfort is my silence". So, after thinking and thinking I choose US IN THEIR SPACE"

Almost done!!

So, I overload the space with images but in my past work I been told that less is more, so I decides to merge clean, rich, spaces with people that seem to need a place like that be in but clearly not fit in that situation, even do the the space in with the people are in seems apropiate to their necessities.

Decision!!

After looking closely and identifying what I liked in the photmontages.. I thought of creating a series that involved my original idea.. to create not a reverse world but taking people and putting them in spaces that they would dream of being, which is a potitical statement that Im very interested in.

magazines!!

I went shopping for magazines for my project!!! I didn't know were to look so I thought of the liibrary... and it work ou!! I got a list of the local libraries.. and I went to 5 or six of them to get mazines that they might be selling... they have a section were the sell magazines for 10cents , some libraries even have the sorted by topics..

Inspiration

I looke at Hannah Hoch a german artist. Höch was a pioneer of the artform that became known as photomontage.Many of her pieces point out the faults of beauty culture, comparing reality to depictions of the 'neue frau' in magazines. Her works from 1926 to 1935 often depicted same sex couples, and women were once again a central theme in her work from 1963 to 1973. Höch also made strong statements on racial discrimination. Her ideas complemented mine and I felt I could take the photomontage process and began to narrow down the political statement I was trying to convey.

After that...

I thought of a media that could enhance the project idea.. and I thought of photomontage.. I thought of Dada in particular.. I did a little reasearch and read that, its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchistic in nature.Dada activities included public gatherings, demonstrations, and publication of art/literary journals; passionate coverage of art, politics, and culture were topics often discussed in a variety of media. The movement influenced later styles like the avant-garde and downtown music movements, and groups including surrealism, Nouveau réalisme, pop art, Fluxus and punk rock.

Next!!

Here are some photos of how the maquett I created looked like...

Official blogging day!!

I decided to post my process at once because its easier for me to narrate my process afterwards. The original idea was to create a reverse world. I created a maquette which would serve as the stage for the fake world I was trying to create. However, after a few conversations with Kyle we decided that my aproach towards this idea wasn't inovated enought and he made me think of the possobility of narrowing down the idea and think about the media I was chossing and how would that affect and benifit the message.

museum visit!!

Last weekend I went to MOLA museum in long beach. What I caught my attention was the kind of work in the museum, it was divided into 2 sections a gallery with latin American abstract art from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros collecion; and another with projections, photographs and drawings all with a political concept. The abstract work didn't really exited me, it consisted of geometric abstraction. One of the pieces that I found to be the most interesting was a installation by Javier Tellez "la ultima cena" the last supper. Tellez compares institutions to exhibition spaces such as zoo, circus, or museums. The video begins with a wide shot of men eating in a horizontal long table just as the very known epic scene of Jesus and the 12 disciples. A woman singing in the background. The video was done in a mental hospital in Venezuela. It was so moving to me. The woman sings in tongues and spanish she says: "I would sing this song to my mother, in this turbulent reality that I don't know if is real or not, but even if I die to my mother I will sing." It made me think of the sanity of the world, I wished this world was one big mental institution. Is our reality "real"??? is disturbing to think that my reality is molded or altered by who controls me. Who controls me?? I think I do, but I don't think I'm right.. perhaps my family, my friends, my country, my husband, my children??.... so I felt sorry for myself, I was watching a video of a patient in a mental institution that was singing to her mother and what controlled her was her brain nothing else, she was free, thats what I felt from the video, carefree individuals that knew were being film but not really knowing what's going on. I don't often feel like that, I don't feel free in this free country... I envy the reality of the insane.

Mark Bradford

I saw a brief documentary about this artist, he works with collages and installations that deal with economies, migrant communities, or popular appropriation of abandoned public spaces that emerge within a city. A quote I i took from the interview that simply explains the kind of artist he is was " My practice is décollage and collage at the same time. Décollage, I take it away; collage, I immediately add it right back." I enjoyed his explanation of the projects and the way he works. he said his he likes to overwhelm himself with work, to have details that will make him slow down to hear the quite voice in his head, that can be overpowered by the loudness of everything around him. He told a story of his childhood when he would go with his and buy a barbie, ken and take them to school to show his classmates and professor during a "show and tell".. it wasn't correct for a boy to put together these objects it made him realize it was about independence, about doing your own thing. And that’s a state of mind. It’s not an artwork or a book. stay tune I will keep writing about this artist...

what Im doing!!!!

well, Im stuck I'm looking and looking and looking for something to inspire me but nothing is doing the trick.. what is an artist to do??.. I guess it will come to me.

Question

I'm creating a maquette!! But I need plastic toys, (people, houses, trees ect.) if you guys know of places where I but these please reply.. I tryed toy stores, craft stores and even party supply stores.. but no luck. Thank you

Idea for next project

I had a couple of ideas for the final project, but I found a particular one to have the most potential. The concept is basically to construct a exaggerated “reverse world”. What do I mean by this? I want to create a kind of a “big map” in which we see different scenarios, or maybe different scenes. (possibilities: parks, beach, suburbs , nightclubs, wedding receptions, reunions, sport s est. ) I haven’t decided if I want to use people in a collage form or cut outs from magazines. The “reverse world” will basically be a parody of my perspective in how the world is. Some examples of my world are: the beautiful will envy the ugly, the ugly will be the beautiful, heterosexually would be the taboo, the world is made for the physically disable, the weak will be the strong.. est. Let me know if you have any ideas to improve my vision. ..

Kelly Nye (Creme de peche)

Yesterday I went to an conventional opening show by a metal sculpture jewelry MFA candidate at CSULB Max L. Gatov gallery. It was a fashion show... it consisted of felt pieces and metal in unconventional places,( skirts, bra pieces, shoes). It was fun to watch however, the artist didn't post an artist statement, no one seem to notice it... there were wax cupcakes along the run way. I made a relationship between the "junk food" (cupcakes) and the choice of making it a fashion show... maybe a subtle criticism of the irony of cupcakes in a runway where being slim is a "requisite". The felt pieces were worn what seem to me like underwear for 1600 century, the choice for the name of the show was french and the program pamphlet was also in french, it also looked like a menu... well that's it.

Anna Sew Hoy

I saw the weekly speaker again this last Wednesday. She is a contemporary sculptor an works with ordinary objects that are manipulated. She transforms a recognizable object into something new and almost unknowable. There was really nothing exiting about her speaking about the work.

Evaluation

What were your strategies?

The strategy that was most useful to me was to write or sketch any idea that seemed useful or that had potential.

Experimenting with ideas by having as many shots as possible, not having in mind the result.

An initial idea can turned into something completely different, but it’s also important to gradually change directions, and have patience.

What could be better?

Time managing is the best way I can improve my work.

Revising work before submitting.

How can this be improved?

Giving myself deadlines, is the best way to improve the finish product.
Asking other to revise work for me, because we all can omit obvious mistakes.

How do you go about making your art?

I rely heavily in social and political aspects. I observe and question everything. When I feel that an idea can turn into a potential conceptual art piece I elaborate from that point. I like to make the viewer aware, I’m not interested in my art to entertain or to please or for it to be eerie, I’m conscious that my art can provoke any of the above, but my interest is primarily social awareness. (to make the viewer think)

I always construct my work from a conceptual idea, and subsequently I think of a creative way of transmitting that into an art piece.

Im so tired of furlough days. We have to come up with a better idea to fix the budget crisis!! it's not fair

I saw another guess artist speaker this week and she was Jenny Schmid. She mention her influences and inspirations which are history, century and midevil art and gender roles. She is very ironic and humorous in her work. She mainly works in print making but also does installation work. I liked her approach on gender roles, and serious issues with dark humor . Issues like anorexia, and self-image. She let us see that series " The down fall of the young girls" That was my favor series.

Mark Allen

I saw last weeks speaker her in school. he is Mark Allen His concepts are mainly to allow people to interact with the work and to learn, or do, or listen to what they ask for, or want. He is concerned with questions like “How can sculpture and performance affect the viewer in a deep, personal way?
He is a very entertaining speaker, and enthusiastic about what he has created, and his believes. I feel he is genuinely interested in the people and their concerns of their relationship with art. I like the concept of his institution, I think is compassionate and it targets specially young artist as myself with new ideas and anxiety of learning about the world.

This work made me think of ideas for my next project ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szyZXfq8Z7A
last night I was eating chinese from china express. It make think of Zhang Huan a chinese performance artist that I recently learned about. He is a performer that is usually naked during his performances because thats the most pure way of comunicating with the world. he has a very "quite" way of performing incorporating the Buddhist ideology.

"Ex-boyfriends"

This is a series about portraying the essence of the individuals. These men happen to my ex-boyfriends.





      

Last saturday I went to "sound walk" in downtown long beach.This is an annual series of installation shows both indoor and outdoor by local and international artists.  This is the 6^th annual sound walk. My favorite one was performance artist Michael Mufson and composer Ellen Weller that explored with acoustic to electronic sound interfaces. It was a very moving performance that relied on the most part in improvisation. I watch her for about 10 min. and during this time the performer was crying hysterically, trying to open up the floor and pounding on the carpet/floor. It was moving, I was able to feel her pain through her performance and the sound of the acoustic/electronic music was passionate and dark. I wish I had a photo/video of her but my phone died. I did posted some of the work by other artists there.

Today was my first day shooting for the "uncanny" project. It was a little frustrating because I went to IKEA to photograph room displays and people would come out in almost all of the shots. All I can say is "Thank God for Digital" I would of waisted lots of film today. But I spoke to the manager and he told me I could and do my shot after hour... so I arrange with him to go back on sunday wish me luck!

Project Description Form

Project Name:

Uncanny

Project Description:

Photograph room displays in department stores and also real rooms in homes that have similar aesthetics. Produce them as diptychs. No human presence.

 Conceptual Concerns:

This project pretends to point-out the way society is predisposed. The “set-up” spaces cripple the ability of human creative input. Having in mind that the display rooms would never be a habitat for humans, and having the real rooms simulate the “fake rooms” create a bazaar atmosphere, by dehumanizing the space.  

 Technical Skills Covered

Digital can give a perspective of fakeness, coldness during the post-production of the project. This would benefit the goal of the project.

 Formal Guidelines:

Digital prints, the size is 16 x 16 mounted in white. Four diptychs. The due date would be October 13.

 Artistic References

Patti Oleon, Karl Marx

 Readings

Communist Manifesto 

 

Grade

The goal of the project is to make the viewer conscience of the absurdity that the similarity of the fake and the real brings.  

 Goals List

-Visiting department stores and photograph specifically room displays and rooms at homes.

-The concept is the observation of pre-fabricated displays, their influence in American homes, and the ridiculousness of their similarity.

-4 digital diptych prints 16x16 on white mounting board.