My website is parading an American fastfood restaurant, Arby's.
In an imagining situation, Arby's comes to Korea in order to Americanize Korean food in a realistic and creative manner.
http://www.smcm.edu/users/skim/KoreA/Mainpage_Home.html
Monday, May 7, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Fereshteh Toosi's Talk
Fereshteh Toosi
March. 20 St.Mary's college
Fereshteh's art session was fun and interesting. Especially I liked the "Saddam's birthday" movie piece for the 5th anniversary of Iraq and the US war. I couldn't not just laugh at her art, it was more than art. I never thought that art can make differences in a human society. But, her piece actually make us not only to enjoy the beauty of the piece, but also think about our society and ourselves. Apparently the artist planned it with that purpose, but my impression from the piece is that she is not pushing but letting us to think about it again.
As she inroduced, Sol Lewitt said, "The idea is that makes art." I think I can understand at least a little bit, in the present point. Fereshteh also mentioned about new media artists. Its principles are interactivity, algorithmic processes, networking, and reproduction, while conceptual works and earth works are process-oriented.
New media allows us a lot of possibilities in doing art. We can more freely express our ideas and also communicate with our audience. Art is not anymore one-way produced, but also multi-way produced and accepted between the artists, audience, and it will inspire the whole society to be changed. We should do more art, then.
March. 20 St.Mary's college
Fereshteh's art session was fun and interesting. Especially I liked the "Saddam's birthday" movie piece for the 5th anniversary of Iraq and the US war. I couldn't not just laugh at her art, it was more than art. I never thought that art can make differences in a human society. But, her piece actually make us not only to enjoy the beauty of the piece, but also think about our society and ourselves. Apparently the artist planned it with that purpose, but my impression from the piece is that she is not pushing but letting us to think about it again.
As she inroduced, Sol Lewitt said, "The idea is that makes art." I think I can understand at least a little bit, in the present point. Fereshteh also mentioned about new media artists. Its principles are interactivity, algorithmic processes, networking, and reproduction, while conceptual works and earth works are process-oriented.
New media allows us a lot of possibilities in doing art. We can more freely express our ideas and also communicate with our audience. Art is not anymore one-way produced, but also multi-way produced and accepted between the artists, audience, and it will inspire the whole society to be changed. We should do more art, then.
Chris Coleman's Talk - Incident Report
Chris Coleman's Talk
March 7. St.Mary's college
His session was quite interesting. He showed some of his video clips and graphics and three dimensional objects. Particularly, I liked his first smoke coming out from factories. The repetition and changes of the patterns of smoke reminded me of breathing the smoke of cigarettes in and out, and it sounded like an unknown creature's breathing. He explained that this piece represents the dispersing hope rather than producing or sucking in, even though the whole scene looked so much polluted, and it also represents never-ending deluge, controlled breathing, and complicit in the process. Actually he didn't have to explain fully because it limits the audience's chances to think about the art piece. They will just accept the artist's ideas but not think about it after then.
He also said art should be criticized and also giving questions to audience. But finally the last action is upon the audience. Sometimes, it's hard to discover what an art work means to us without basic information about it. Well, I'm not sure we can just put art in a box like that.
March 7. St.Mary's college
His session was quite interesting. He showed some of his video clips and graphics and three dimensional objects. Particularly, I liked his first smoke coming out from factories. The repetition and changes of the patterns of smoke reminded me of breathing the smoke of cigarettes in and out, and it sounded like an unknown creature's breathing. He explained that this piece represents the dispersing hope rather than producing or sucking in, even though the whole scene looked so much polluted, and it also represents never-ending deluge, controlled breathing, and complicit in the process. Actually he didn't have to explain fully because it limits the audience's chances to think about the art piece. They will just accept the artist's ideas but not think about it after then.
He also said art should be criticized and also giving questions to audience. But finally the last action is upon the audience. Sometimes, it's hard to discover what an art work means to us without basic information about it. Well, I'm not sure we can just put art in a box like that.
John Baldessary's Talk
John Baldessary
2/7/'07 St.Mary's college
John Baldessary's art session was interesting and relative to what we have learned - Dadaism and conceptual art. He showed a video clips of the back of the trucks passing by Los Angeles. It represents the movie culture in Los Angeles, and it comes to me as realism art of California. He also mentioned that in L.A. art is used as social and political aspects by showing or using the way of breaking rules. If you believe the concept of art, then the piece will be art, but if you don't believe it, then it's not art. This gives me a strong impact because the whole concept of the art is totally relying on the audience.
Nowadays more and more, language and materialism are engaged with pop art. The words, reorganization and desensation are getting popular in art. Language is no longer only a device to communicate but can be an artistic device, which is a fascinating idea for me. No matter a list of the words, or just some random characters, makes sense or not, the language itself can be art.
I used to think that art is something we draw, make, hear, touch or show, but also our daily item, not only material stuff but also language, custom, tradition or folk culture, and so on, everything can be art. This was a eye-widening information. Everything can be art - I like that!
2/7/'07 St.Mary's college
John Baldessary's art session was interesting and relative to what we have learned - Dadaism and conceptual art. He showed a video clips of the back of the trucks passing by Los Angeles. It represents the movie culture in Los Angeles, and it comes to me as realism art of California. He also mentioned that in L.A. art is used as social and political aspects by showing or using the way of breaking rules. If you believe the concept of art, then the piece will be art, but if you don't believe it, then it's not art. This gives me a strong impact because the whole concept of the art is totally relying on the audience.
Nowadays more and more, language and materialism are engaged with pop art. The words, reorganization and desensation are getting popular in art. Language is no longer only a device to communicate but can be an artistic device, which is a fascinating idea for me. No matter a list of the words, or just some random characters, makes sense or not, the language itself can be art.
I used to think that art is something we draw, make, hear, touch or show, but also our daily item, not only material stuff but also language, custom, tradition or folk culture, and so on, everything can be art. This was a eye-widening information. Everything can be art - I like that!
Reynold Bailey's Talk
Perception-Guided Image Editing
by Reynold Bailey (Fed.1.)
Reynold Bailey's talk was interesting. It seemed more like a scientist's talk but there was also some that we artists can imply on our art work. His talk was about human visual system and visual acuity in relating to digital imaging art. By studying the human visual system, we can develop the way we express ourselves in art as well as control the visual images better.
One striking thing that I have learned from his lecture is that the human eyes receive only 2% of vision field. What we believe we see is made by our memory form previous input images. Therefore we only actually look at 2 percent of what we are seeing, but our brain makes the whole vision field in order to articulate all body function better. And this illusion makes us to see moving images, such as movies and some art works that uses this human visual perception.
He also talked about an interesting technology, eye-tracker. Basically the idea is that the maker actually force the audience to violated to change the gazing factors as well as to be blind. It was interesting but I'm not quite sure if artists should be allowed to have this control power towards its audience.
by Reynold Bailey (Fed.1.)
Reynold Bailey's talk was interesting. It seemed more like a scientist's talk but there was also some that we artists can imply on our art work. His talk was about human visual system and visual acuity in relating to digital imaging art. By studying the human visual system, we can develop the way we express ourselves in art as well as control the visual images better.
One striking thing that I have learned from his lecture is that the human eyes receive only 2% of vision field. What we believe we see is made by our memory form previous input images. Therefore we only actually look at 2 percent of what we are seeing, but our brain makes the whole vision field in order to articulate all body function better. And this illusion makes us to see moving images, such as movies and some art works that uses this human visual perception.
He also talked about an interesting technology, eye-tracker. Basically the idea is that the maker actually force the audience to violated to change the gazing factors as well as to be blind. It was interesting but I'm not quite sure if artists should be allowed to have this control power towards its audience.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Monday, April 16, 2007
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Internet Art Assignment (2)
My second idea for this assignmet is about Korean food culture.
I may put some information about its origin, stories, medical facts, how to eat,
how to cook, what you need, how spicy and etc.
And also, I think it will make it comical if I put some weird Korean food in foreigner's view, such as jellyfish salad, alive oxtopus sasimi, and dogmeat soup.
The purpose of my website is to expand comprehension of cultural divirsity and to explore other cultures' exciting characteristics in the era of Globalization.
Websites
- Zenkimchi.com ; 15 Strangest Foods
(sweet potato ice-cream)
- The delicious life
- egForums : Why can't Korean food become mainstream?, Kimchi for the masses?
- The secret of Korean food
- Korean cuisine: Wikipedia
- Korean food
- Koreainfogate : recipes
- visitKorea.co.kr
I may put some information about its origin, stories, medical facts, how to eat,
how to cook, what you need, how spicy and etc.
And also, I think it will make it comical if I put some weird Korean food in foreigner's view, such as jellyfish salad, alive oxtopus sasimi, and dogmeat soup.
The purpose of my website is to expand comprehension of cultural divirsity and to explore other cultures' exciting characteristics in the era of Globalization.
Websites
- Zenkimchi.com ; 15 Strangest Foods
(sweet potato ice-cream)
- The delicious life
- egForums : Why can't Korean food become mainstream?, Kimchi for the masses?
- The secret of Korean food
- Korean cuisine: Wikipedia
- Korean food
- Koreainfogate : recipes
- visitKorea.co.kr
Internet Art Assignment (1)
My first idea for the Internet Art Assignment is about Korea tour.
As a Korean, I know that Korean movie industry has been getting popular.
I think it is significant to use this development of entertainment industry of Korea as new tourism resource. In order to make the website comical and unexpectedly interesting,
I can put some of interesting pictures from Korean movies which were filmed in places that are introduced in my website.
-Korean Movie: Korea Tourism Orgainzation
As a Korean, I know that Korean movie industry has been getting popular.
I think it is significant to use this development of entertainment industry of Korea as new tourism resource. In order to make the website comical and unexpectedly interesting,
I can put some of interesting pictures from Korean movies which were filmed in places that are introduced in my website.
-Korean Movie: Korea Tourism Orgainzation
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
Postcard Proposal
I chose Billie Holiday and Edgar Allen Poe as my prominent Maryland residents. The relationship that I want to draw from them was about their similar ability of inspiring other people. Even though they were born in different times, both left huge influences to the next generation. As an American poet, short story writer, critic, essayist, and playwright Billie Holiday led the American Romantic Movement. As well as, Billie Holiday is well known for her greatest jazz voice in the history.
My postcards are designed for campaigning the month of art in St.Mary college of Maryland. I seek to promote the beauty of not only visible works, for example, short stories of Edgar Allen Poe, but also audible works, such as jazz music of Billie Holiday. These people are quite outstanding in the art field. In my first draft, you can see an image of saxophone and paws of cats scattered on the background which is a night view in front of Montgomery Hall in SMCM. On the right corner of the front page, there is a website address written in a certain font. On the back page, we can also see the beautiful sun setting image with the paws.
My second postcard looks more like an educational purposed postcard. I try to make it seem still at the same time, comforting and clear with its purpose. The relationship that Holiday and Poe had together would be cooperating relations. I will scan images of real books of Edgar Allen Poe, and also I can put my pictures that I take at SMCM. I hope my projects are clearer in showing the purpose of the postcards.
Thursday, March 1, 2007
Photoshop Project_"Caution Ghost"
My first photoshop project -- Caution Contest
It was for beginners, and there was a frame picture that all the contesters are supposed to use.
At first I didn't read the instruction, so in result, I had to do it again.
Read rules first! And then start working! >_<;;
My work is about a ghost town.
As you can see the girl in front of four ghosts is about to be transformed into water.
I also put two chicks on one of ghosts' shoulder so that it could be humorous, not only terrifying.
I hope to hear your comments!!
Thanks~!!
[Before]
[After]
It was for beginners, and there was a frame picture that all the contesters are supposed to use.
At first I didn't read the instruction, so in result, I had to do it again.
Read rules first! And then start working! >_<;;
My work is about a ghost town.
As you can see the girl in front of four ghosts is about to be transformed into water.
I also put two chicks on one of ghosts' shoulder so that it could be humorous, not only terrifying.
I hope to hear your comments!!
Thanks~!!
[Before]
[After]
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Monday, February 26, 2007
Reading: "The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysion"
The Burroughs's article about "cut-up" was quite interesting, but at the same time
it is true that the idea of "cut-up" is still experimental.
By cut-up, we can create new work, regardless of any form of works, such as poem, novels,
photographs, drawings, paintings, sound, and so on.
I found Burroughs trying hard to prove his point about "cut-up" method.
He quatates a number of different people, such as poet Tristan Tzara, mathematician John von Neumann, writer and novelist Italo Calvino, particularly writer and painter Brian Gysin.
As Burroughs says, "cut-ups are for everyone. Anybody can make cut-ups."
I also agree with him that cut-ups could produce a creative way in the unconscious state of the method user. However, if everyone the same method too often, then people are not going to try to use their own ways, but become to be dependant on spontanity.
Although we all can make cut-ups, it doesn't much help us to be artistic ultimately.
Brion Gysin
William Burroughs
John von Neumann
Surrealist
Italo Calvino
it is true that the idea of "cut-up" is still experimental.
By cut-up, we can create new work, regardless of any form of works, such as poem, novels,
photographs, drawings, paintings, sound, and so on.
I found Burroughs trying hard to prove his point about "cut-up" method.
He quatates a number of different people, such as poet Tristan Tzara, mathematician John von Neumann, writer and novelist Italo Calvino, particularly writer and painter Brian Gysin.
As Burroughs says, "cut-ups are for everyone. Anybody can make cut-ups."
I also agree with him that cut-ups could produce a creative way in the unconscious state of the method user. However, if everyone the same method too often, then people are not going to try to use their own ways, but become to be dependant on spontanity.
Although we all can make cut-ups, it doesn't much help us to be artistic ultimately.
Brion Gysin
William Burroughs
John von Neumann
Surrealist
Italo Calvino
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
George Grosz "Der Sträfling" & "Der wildgewordene Spiesser Heartfield "
George Grosz
born 1893 Berlin, Germany
died 1959 Berlin, Germany
"Der Sträfling" Monteur John Heartfield nach Franz Jungs Versuchihn auf die Beine zu stellen ("The Convict" Monteur John Heartfield after Franz Jung's Attempt to Get Him Up on His Feet) (also known as The Engineer Heartfield), 1920 watercolor and pencil on paper with photomontage
This appealing piece of Grosz uses the technique of photomontage on the normal watercolor painting. Frankly my first impression came from the funny face of the person in the work. He looks serious in uniforms, but attaching some other materials on his shoulder and arm parts of the uniforms symbolises the imperfect authority and power of the forces.
More importantly, on his right side of the back, some kind of metal device photograph is attached. It looks like a hug medal for the respectable generals, but it is a metal mass, which I sorrowfully couldn't recognize what it is. I think that it illustrates the unrealistic reason of the armed forces, and furthermore unnecessary war.
The entire atmosphere is made by the dark color. Bluish dark colors has a cold feeling which human eyes have a problem as they send visual signal to the brain. On other hand, red color in the center of the work makes easier to send the signals and to memorize the visual message. It practically helps us to focus on the center of this work.
George Grosz and John Heartfield
German, 1893–1959; German, 1891–1968
Der wildgewordene Spiesser Heartfield (Elektro-mechan. Tatlin-Plastik)
(The Middle-Class Philistine Heartfield Gone Wild [Electro-Mechanical Tatlin Sculpture])
The technique of this piece using is called assemblage. The upper part of this three-dimensional work is formed with a mannequin, an electronic lamp, a gun, a knife, a fork, a letter C and the like. They seem attached in a chaotic way without a rule, but I think the artist must have made it with a purpose.
The first thing that dragged my intention was the tall chair that the mannequin is stepping on and the mannequin without arms, head and a leg. The tall chair emphasizes on the shortages of the mannequin. And the fork and knife are everyday object for civilized human beings. If we consider the letter C as a symbol of a language, the lamp as electricity, the mannequin as people, and the gun as a social, political and traditional force, it is easy to assume the topic of this art work.
Sarcastically the artists convey the meaningless and hollow notion of civilization and materialism with the number on the chest part. Nowadays, more and more people are not recognized by their names but by the numbers. The number 27 on the chest is showing this bitter social fact.
Grosz was a communist and dadaist. In order to understand Grosz's work, I had to understand what Dadaism is and what it seeks for. According to Wikipedia, my favorite encyclopedia site, Dada is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during
WWI and peaked from 1916 to 1920.
As I looked through the list of dadaist artists' techniques, works and bibliographies, I found myself liking photomontage most. Maybe it was because it has the most familiar artistic look that I'm used to. The notion of Dadaism is fascinating.
"The normal state of man is Dada."
- First International Dada Fair poster, 1919
"One can shout out through refuse."
- Kurt Schwitters, 1919
"Dada has never claimed to have anything to do with art."
- Max Ernst, 1920
Dada is not art, but at the same time, it is. I know I sound confusing, however, when we look closely at the concept of art, we might be able to get closer to the actual definition of art.
died 1959 Berlin, Germany
"Der Sträfling" Monteur John Heartfield nach Franz Jungs Versuchihn auf die Beine zu stellen ("The Convict" Monteur John Heartfield after Franz Jung's Attempt to Get Him Up on His Feet) (also known as The Engineer Heartfield), 1920 watercolor and pencil on paper with photomontage
This appealing piece of Grosz uses the technique of photomontage on the normal watercolor painting. Frankly my first impression came from the funny face of the person in the work. He looks serious in uniforms, but attaching some other materials on his shoulder and arm parts of the uniforms symbolises the imperfect authority and power of the forces.
More importantly, on his right side of the back, some kind of metal device photograph is attached. It looks like a hug medal for the respectable generals, but it is a metal mass, which I sorrowfully couldn't recognize what it is. I think that it illustrates the unrealistic reason of the armed forces, and furthermore unnecessary war.
The entire atmosphere is made by the dark color. Bluish dark colors has a cold feeling which human eyes have a problem as they send visual signal to the brain. On other hand, red color in the center of the work makes easier to send the signals and to memorize the visual message. It practically helps us to focus on the center of this work.
George Grosz and John HeartfieldGerman, 1893–1959; German, 1891–1968
Der wildgewordene Spiesser Heartfield (Elektro-mechan. Tatlin-Plastik)
(The Middle-Class Philistine Heartfield Gone Wild [Electro-Mechanical Tatlin Sculpture])
The technique of this piece using is called assemblage. The upper part of this three-dimensional work is formed with a mannequin, an electronic lamp, a gun, a knife, a fork, a letter C and the like. They seem attached in a chaotic way without a rule, but I think the artist must have made it with a purpose.
The first thing that dragged my intention was the tall chair that the mannequin is stepping on and the mannequin without arms, head and a leg. The tall chair emphasizes on the shortages of the mannequin. And the fork and knife are everyday object for civilized human beings. If we consider the letter C as a symbol of a language, the lamp as electricity, the mannequin as people, and the gun as a social, political and traditional force, it is easy to assume the topic of this art work.
Sarcastically the artists convey the meaningless and hollow notion of civilization and materialism with the number on the chest part. Nowadays, more and more people are not recognized by their names but by the numbers. The number 27 on the chest is showing this bitter social fact.
Grosz was a communist and dadaist. In order to understand Grosz's work, I had to understand what Dadaism is and what it seeks for. According to Wikipedia, my favorite encyclopedia site, Dada is a cultural movement that began in neutral Zürich, Switzerland, during
WWI and peaked from 1916 to 1920.
As I looked through the list of dadaist artists' techniques, works and bibliographies, I found myself liking photomontage most. Maybe it was because it has the most familiar artistic look that I'm used to. The notion of Dadaism is fascinating.
"The normal state of man is Dada."
- First International Dada Fair poster, 1919
"One can shout out through refuse."
- Kurt Schwitters, 1919
"Dada has never claimed to have anything to do with art."
- Max Ernst, 1920
Dada is not art, but at the same time, it is. I know I sound confusing, however, when we look closely at the concept of art, we might be able to get closer to the actual definition of art.
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
My Journey - ART sound project
My train trip _ from Chicago to Los Angeles
My motivation for making this sound project of the train trip is based on my traveling experience from last winter break when I went to Chicago to LA by train all by myself.
I wanted to record this experience in a form of art what I heard from the train and how I felt from different places. It was interesting to realize that in the train car is almost every kind of sound that you can hear from the earth.
Sound credits (according to time order) :
Car
Train bell
This is Chicago
Door closing
Footsteps
Noisy on the train
Train sound
Announcement
Eating an apple (recorded by Shinae Kim):
DSCN0002
WAV file
Toilet flash (recorded by Shinae Kim):
DSCN0008
WAV file
Snoring 1
Snoring 2
Let’s go home.
Footsteps
Arrived in L.A.
My motivation for making this sound project of the train trip is based on my traveling experience from last winter break when I went to Chicago to LA by train all by myself.
I wanted to record this experience in a form of art what I heard from the train and how I felt from different places. It was interesting to realize that in the train car is almost every kind of sound that you can hear from the earth.
Sound credits (according to time order) :
Car
dude3966 (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=191680)
Cars.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=29558)
Train bell
Corsica_S (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=7037)
STE-013 train and bell.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=28777)
This is Chicago
By fonogeno (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=5190)
this is chicago.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20145)
Door closing
doors closing 03.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20143)
Footsteps
bondegi (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=235387)
substep.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=30203)
Noisy on the train
Heigh-hoo (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=21830)
ueno_station.aiff (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=29657)
Train sound
Heigh-hoo (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=21830)
tin_sign.aiff (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=29984)
Announcement
lonemonk (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=230160)
ViaRail_Announcement.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=30168)
Eating an apple (recorded by Shinae Kim):
DSCN0002
WAV file
Toilet flash (recorded by Shinae Kim):
DSCN0008
WAV file
Snoring 1
linako (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=63088)
sleepsnort.aif (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=17483)
Snoring 2
jppi_Stu (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=56518)
snoring_sample.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=16755)
Let’s go home.
let go home.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20144)
Footsteps
bondegi (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=235387)
substep.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=30203)
Arrived in L.A.
Police sirens.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=24347)Heigh-hoo (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=21830)
tin_sign.aiff (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=29984)
Monday, February 5, 2007
Visual Perception and Imaging
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Perception-Guided Image Editing
Reynold Bailey, Washington University in St. Louis
Practically, the lecture was focusing on the human eye
more than image editing that what I expected to learn from it.
Still it is true that the knowledge about human eye system and its functions is helpful
to do art, especially to edit images.
Reynold talked about our two visual sub-systems:
Peripheral vision subsystem and Foveal vision system.
The first system has low visual acuity but fast and sensitive, and the later system has high vsivual acuity but slower. It was interesting for me because before I heard his lecture I did not know visual acuity actually affect how fast our human eyes accept the visual signals.
Since most of art works deal with visions - things that we can see through our eyes - it is important to acknowledge the different results you can make from varying your visual acuity.
One physical fact that surprised me was that things we believe we see every moments
when we open our eyes to receive visual signals
are just occupied only 2 percent of the vision field.
The rest 98 percent of the vision field that we see is just a production of your memory from your brain. It was important for implying in the field of image manucripition.
For example, in non perspective cues, like color and luminance, you can control the audience.
It is inaccurate to say you can "control" the audience, but it is true that you can change what they feel about it.
Perception-Guided Image Editing
Reynold Bailey, Washington University in St. Louis
Practically, the lecture was focusing on the human eye
more than image editing that what I expected to learn from it.
Still it is true that the knowledge about human eye system and its functions is helpful
to do art, especially to edit images.
Reynold talked about our two visual sub-systems:
Peripheral vision subsystem and Foveal vision system.
The first system has low visual acuity but fast and sensitive, and the later system has high vsivual acuity but slower. It was interesting for me because before I heard his lecture I did not know visual acuity actually affect how fast our human eyes accept the visual signals.
Since most of art works deal with visions - things that we can see through our eyes - it is important to acknowledge the different results you can make from varying your visual acuity.
One physical fact that surprised me was that things we believe we see every moments
when we open our eyes to receive visual signals
are just occupied only 2 percent of the vision field.
The rest 98 percent of the vision field that we see is just a production of your memory from your brain. It was important for implying in the field of image manucripition.
For example, in non perspective cues, like color and luminance, you can control the audience.
It is inaccurate to say you can "control" the audience, but it is true that you can change what they feel about it.
Thursday, February 1, 2007
Janet Cardiff sound file
Janet CardiffA Canadian installation artist.
Her audio project for Whitechapel Gallery in London
was an interesting work for me.
This work was audio-based, called "audio walk."
I have never heard that this kind of audio art work exists.
As we see from the picture on the left side, in her gallery at London there was no visible image around the hall, but long chairs and bunch of standing speakers on the same height as the audience.
What you are asked to do is just to listen to the audio and follow where Cardiff is taking us to.
The foreground of her audio would be the sound of footsteps and her voice.
They were the loudest, clearest, and the least reverberating sound. Her whispering voice keeps her flat tone, but these two sounds lead the whole audio walk.
The sound of dogs barking, accordion, helicopter passing by and guy speaking to her would belong to the middle ground. And the background sound would be sound of see waves, birds singing, water, and stepping on dried leaves. These sounds have less volume, compared to the foreground and they do not demand what to do to audience, which means it has less importance than the foreground sounds. What the audience needs to concentrate is not the sound of waves, or birds but, the voice of the woman who is speaking to the audience who are supposed to imagine themselves following her.
I was surprised by realisingthe demanding force in her work.
Unconsciously, as we listen to her work, we can find ourselves doing what her voice is
telling us to do. That helps to prove the possibility that artists and audience can interact together. Art becomes more interactive.
Her flat tone voice keeps telling us what we are about to do, like-
"Let's walk to the garden...
try walk to the sound of my footsteps so that
we can stay together... I want to bring you here...
keep walking... Let's continue...
stop... listen... close your eyes, trust me... "
But also, I think showing no visible image but only letting people to listen to her audio
has a strong positive influence, which makes the audience enable to choose what they want to
see, not the artist shows. Although she is a stranger for us, but by listening to her voice and her private detail stories, such as about her grandmother, things that she hears, smells, sees on the path as she walks and her kiss near the sea shore, we feel closer to the artist.
My link
baby_guy.mp3
I found some audio files from a website. This file is a mixture of
baby laughing and guy sneezing sound files.
I think they go in a fuuny way.
I hope you enjoy~ ^^
Credits:
January 25, 2007
I found some audio files from a website. This file is a mixture of
baby laughing and guy sneezing sound files.
I think they go in a fuuny way.
I hope you enjoy~ ^^
Credits:
January 25, 2007
By Anton (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=58)
man cleaning nose.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=347) By nicStage (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=1198) stevenClayLaughLoop2.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=1792)By WIM (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=22241) sd_boyshout08 imfinethankyouandyou.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=26163)
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Proposal for Audio Assinment
Title - US train trip
I'd like to recall the past winter break when I had train trip
from Chicago to LA, and from there to Washington DC.
The beginning and ending will be covered with some sound of
train station and some other sounds from the actual train.
I remember few nights I had to move the seat because a guy
sitting behind me was snoring so loudly, based on my own experience
I'll collect sound related to that and edit them.
Also Chicago, LA and DC are distinctively big cities in the US.
I'm expecting to find out some more interesting sounds that can make us to assume like,
"Aha! This sound should have come from ___!!''
But now I'm still collecting these things, I don't know what they would be about yet.
The basic structure of my audio project will be;
-http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
-http://214spring.blogspot.com/
I'd like to recall the past winter break when I had train trip
from Chicago to LA, and from there to Washington DC.
The beginning and ending will be covered with some sound of
train station and some other sounds from the actual train.
I remember few nights I had to move the seat because a guy
sitting behind me was snoring so loudly, based on my own experience
I'll collect sound related to that and edit them.
Also Chicago, LA and DC are distinctively big cities in the US.
I'm expecting to find out some more interesting sounds that can make us to assume like,
"Aha! This sound should have come from ___!!''
But now I'm still collecting these things, I don't know what they would be about yet.
The basic structure of my audio project will be;
- Wind
- Chicago Union Station
- Train sound/ sound from inside of the train - such as, snoring guys, laughing kids, radio announcements
- People chatting/reading books
- LA Union Station
- Hollywood/beaches/
- Spanish talking/Chinese/Korean
- Police car siren sound
- Cars/Metro/Tax/
- LA Union Station
- Sound in the train-movie, songs, chatting, coughing, sneezing, snoring, foot steps
- Washington DC Union Station
- Wind
-http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
-http://214spring.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Lance Winn's Talk
Lance Winn
29 January, Library 321
Lance Winn from University of Delaware works through drawing, performance/video, installation, an recently robotics, to explore the types of distortion that happen when we traslate and reproduce information.
I liked that scattered letters, no matter it has a meaning or not, could be art.
Feeling of Dadaism, I realized that the current of modern art is getting to cover the broader part of our life. Winn also showed some of his video clips. I remeber one of them, which was filmimg of smoke coming in and out consistantly from factory chimneys, like breating animals.
In somehow, the video reminded me of smoking people who smoke cigarrette and unconsciously breathe the chemicals into their vernarable organs. And also it seemed to me the art work try to warn us the hidden danger of air pollution that we produce everyday.
http://www.udel.edu/art/winn/
29 January, Library 321
Lance Winn from University of Delaware works through drawing, performance/video, installation, an recently robotics, to explore the types of distortion that happen when we traslate and reproduce information.
I liked that scattered letters, no matter it has a meaning or not, could be art.
Feeling of Dadaism, I realized that the current of modern art is getting to cover the broader part of our life. Winn also showed some of his video clips. I remeber one of them, which was filmimg of smoke coming in and out consistantly from factory chimneys, like breating animals.
In somehow, the video reminded me of smoking people who smoke cigarrette and unconsciously breathe the chemicals into their vernarable organs. And also it seemed to me the art work try to warn us the hidden danger of air pollution that we produce everyday.
http://www.udel.edu/art/winn/
American Visionary Art Museum in BaltimoreThe Walters Art Museum
Last Saturday, January 27 I went toThe Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, MD.
The art works in the museum were so great.
I liked the diversity and the range of the collections,
spanning some 55 centuries from ancient Egyptian art to late 19th century European paintings and decorative objects.
Before I entered the museum, the first thing that I noticed was
the big sign written "Admission Free,"
and also even from the pamphlet it was stressed.
Some museums are free admission for everyone,
like The Walthers Art Museum, but some are not.
How do these can exist? What is the difference between
two museums? What makes them to charge the admission fee?
In a confusion, these questions kept popping up in head.
As it says from the first reading "The Use of the Forms,"
we are so sensitive at the production of capital which is so called 'art.'
It was a sorry experience from the Walthers Art museum.
[picture-At the Café- source from : The Walters Art Museum website]
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Melissa Dean's Art Gallery
I get so impressed every time I go to an art gallery . The title of Melissa's gallery in St.Mary's college was 'Consumed.' I was wondering how she will take us to her world.
There were several of her print art works in Montgomery Hall. It was interesting to attend the artist's talk because I have never had an opportunity to listen to any artist about their works before.
As I listened to Dean, I understood her work concept better and the explanation actually made me more interested in her works.
Creatively she used the image of camera in order to show our visual culture. The objects that she used were not a rare or new items, but day-to-day objects that we normally live with, use constantly without noticing the beauty of them. Dean did not created the beauty, but did investigate it and renovate it with a value that she wanted to put into it. I liked her attempts and ingenious ideas.
Listening to the 20th cnetury
"DJ Food - Raiding the 20th Century" is an amazing
piece of the sound mixing art.
Until I listened to this, I have never thought that
sound mixing itself could be a form of art.
I don't know others but I have a tendency to regard
art is to be seen but not to be heard, or
sound is just an additional element for visible art works,
except master pieces of music.
As I listened to this work I could not only stop nodding
my head according to the rhythm,
shaking my feet, but also thinking about
what this mixture of various kinds of sound, such as
instrumental and digital sound, pop songs, raps, parts
of speeches, and advertisements, is trying to tell us,
and what the artist wants to represent through this work.
The artist, Strictly Kev, uses an interesting method to tell his opinion
by repeating some words, such as 'liberty,' adding some funny lines,
for example 'sorry for interrupting you, but we are short of time,'
'John is not crazy.' His work is inspiring me and changed my
typical mind about art. And also starting with the 20th Century Fox
theme intro and ending with its outro is relevant to prove his
main theme "Everything Has To End..."
piece of the sound mixing art.
Until I listened to this, I have never thought that
sound mixing itself could be a form of art.
I don't know others but I have a tendency to regard
art is to be seen but not to be heard, or
sound is just an additional element for visible art works,
except master pieces of music.
As I listened to this work I could not only stop nodding
my head according to the rhythm,
shaking my feet, but also thinking about
what this mixture of various kinds of sound, such as
instrumental and digital sound, pop songs, raps, parts
of speeches, and advertisements, is trying to tell us,
and what the artist wants to represent through this work.
The artist, Strictly Kev, uses an interesting method to tell his opinion
by repeating some words, such as 'liberty,' adding some funny lines,
for example 'sorry for interrupting you, but we are short of time,'
'John is not crazy.' His work is inspiring me and changed my
typical mind about art. And also starting with the 20th Century Fox
theme intro and ending with its outro is relevant to prove his
main theme "Everything Has To End..."
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Links for "The Use of Forms"
Mike Kelley - Garbage Drawing
For me as an Asian, this was the first thing that drag my interest in the article.
I couldn't bear without figuring out what it is.
So I browsed the web and found some information.
His works has pretty deep meaning in it.
The article says that "the ensemble blends heterogeneous aesthetic universes..."
From the picture I can find what it means.
It was a fresh attempt to blend all these universe particles in a religious statue.
For me as an Asian, this was the first thing that drag my interest in the article.
I couldn't bear without figuring out what it is.
So I browsed the web and found some information.
His works has pretty deep meaning in it.
The article says that "the ensemble blends heterogeneous aesthetic universes..."
From the picture I can find what it means.
It was a fresh attempt to blend all these universe particles in a religious statue.
terms from " The Use of Forms"
Since I am not very used to artistic terms and the names of artists,
especially contemporary art terms made me search Internet to figure out
what the article is talking about and who they are.
Here I brought some of important terms to help to understand better:
especially contemporary art terms made me search Internet to figure out
what the article is talking about and who they are.
Here I brought some of important terms to help to understand better:
A response of "The Use of Forms"
The article "The User of Forms" was interesting to read.
It was about the contemporary movement of the modern art and its state.
I liked that the article uses a lot of evidences by telling us
a number of artists and their work world.
Especially, the article does not only deal with art itself, but also
music, technology and politics in the relevant perspective.
As one being interested in art and music,
and also I realized that it is already true that there is not very big gap between
consumers and producers. I found the link and connection from them as myself could be
a consumer and also a producer by using a form.
More and more I can find the state of the present art even around me.Althoguht free market does not sound possible but
we can find them from the huge market of information in Internet.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
My first link of Mexican super heros
This is my link to Dulce Pinzon.
This page is talking about the Mexican immigrant in US who work in hard conditions
for very low wages to send it for the family in Mexico.
There are some pictures of these workers in hero costume.
These Mexican workers are symbolized as heroes and heroins
in a sarcastic way.
This page is talking about the Mexican immigrant in US who work in hard conditions
for very low wages to send it for the family in Mexico.
There are some pictures of these workers in hero costume.
These Mexican workers are symbolized as heroes and heroins
in a sarcastic way.
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