Monday, October 31, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
My animation!
I made myself a youtube account and made this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMzQpxpVBxk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMzQpxpVBxk
Interesting way of putting things
http://infosthetics.com/archives/2011/10/revealing_the_facebook_social_graph_in_physical_reality.html
I thought this was pretty interesting. I use facebook at least 25 hours a day, so this relates to me. It's a neat interactive map out of how connected people are to each other over facebook. I would wanna stand on this just to see how well the sixth degree of separation works. Everybody knows everybody else SOMEHOW.
I thought this was pretty interesting. I use facebook at least 25 hours a day, so this relates to me. It's a neat interactive map out of how connected people are to each other over facebook. I would wanna stand on this just to see how well the sixth degree of separation works. Everybody knows everybody else SOMEHOW.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Denis Darzacq
Q: Construction of meaning: Describe, location (actual) and (social), the age, expression of the body (look for information in reference to the country where the photos where taken), light, etc, and articulate the meaning that you think this series has.
Well, the first thing I did when I looked through the pictures was notice that all of the people in the photos were young, probably in their twenties, and that they were all in a supermarket. The actual location, obviously, is a supermarket. The social location I can guess is one of order and structure, and probably a bit of stress. When ever I think of the super market, I'm reminded of my mom saying "no you don't need those put those back in the right place" or "get off of there you'll break it" or "don't run, this isn't a place where you're supposed to run". There are a lot of rules in supermarkets. This idea is supported by what the artist wrote at the end of the series, about how his pictures are of how the body defies all of these social norms, or at least is able to if it allows itself to. This supermarket was probably set in france, where the artist is from. I can't find any clues in any of the pictures that would suggest otherwise.
What I get from the position of the bodies and their age is a sense of rebellion against social norms. Yes, there are a lot of rules and regulations in a supermarket, like how you're supposed to act and how important it is that you act "normally", because of your community watching you, but these kids in these photos are basically throwing up a big "so what? I don't care." The reason that they're flying might be because they're breaking ALL of the social, and physical norms, like gravity.
Well, the first thing I did when I looked through the pictures was notice that all of the people in the photos were young, probably in their twenties, and that they were all in a supermarket. The actual location, obviously, is a supermarket. The social location I can guess is one of order and structure, and probably a bit of stress. When ever I think of the super market, I'm reminded of my mom saying "no you don't need those put those back in the right place" or "get off of there you'll break it" or "don't run, this isn't a place where you're supposed to run". There are a lot of rules in supermarkets. This idea is supported by what the artist wrote at the end of the series, about how his pictures are of how the body defies all of these social norms, or at least is able to if it allows itself to. This supermarket was probably set in france, where the artist is from. I can't find any clues in any of the pictures that would suggest otherwise.
What I get from the position of the bodies and their age is a sense of rebellion against social norms. Yes, there are a lot of rules and regulations in a supermarket, like how you're supposed to act and how important it is that you act "normally", because of your community watching you, but these kids in these photos are basically throwing up a big "so what? I don't care." The reason that they're flying might be because they're breaking ALL of the social, and physical norms, like gravity.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Teun Hocks
Q: Could describe how Teun Hocks makes his photos? How may this be linked to the history of his country Holland?
I'm pretty sure Teun uses a camera, photo reference, and photoshop to put together his pieces. I also think that he uses reference and ideas from fairy tails originating in holland, like the image of him all tied up on the ground, which reminds me of gullavers travels, where all the little people tie him up.
I'm pretty sure Teun uses a camera, photo reference, and photoshop to put together his pieces. I also think that he uses reference and ideas from fairy tails originating in holland, like the image of him all tied up on the ground, which reminds me of gullavers travels, where all the little people tie him up.
Erik Johansson
Q: What do you think are the concerns about the environment and landscape in his work? Do you see the influences of Magritte and Escher in his work? Name examples.
The first thing I see when I look at these are a very strong reference to M.C. Escher, with the distorted perspectives and mix-matched things. I especially see this in the image of the roads with the cars on it going upside up and upside down. I had to look up who Magritte was, but I also found reference there in the image with the fish with the island on its back.
I see concern for the environment in this in the way that in all of the pictures, it seems that humans are the ones doing something to the land. In the image with the house that was cut in half by scissors cutting up the land, you realize that the woman in the house has a face on that looks like she's saying "Hey, where did my scissors go?" And in the image of the woman carrying the cloth that is becoming a road across a field, she is actively spreading infrastructure across nature, leaving humans mark on the land.
The first thing I see when I look at these are a very strong reference to M.C. Escher, with the distorted perspectives and mix-matched things. I especially see this in the image of the roads with the cars on it going upside up and upside down. I had to look up who Magritte was, but I also found reference there in the image with the fish with the island on its back.
I see concern for the environment in this in the way that in all of the pictures, it seems that humans are the ones doing something to the land. In the image with the house that was cut in half by scissors cutting up the land, you realize that the woman in the house has a face on that looks like she's saying "Hey, where did my scissors go?" And in the image of the woman carrying the cloth that is becoming a road across a field, she is actively spreading infrastructure across nature, leaving humans mark on the land.
Map project!
Hello hello! I wasn't in class last wednesday, I had a fever and I figured that I shouldn't share that with the class. But I did finish my map project in a way! Mostly anyway. I tried to incorporate new software that I didn't know how to use yet, and I couldn't get it to work. I downloaded lightbox2 and watched a million tutorials and everything, but nope. But anyway, here's my map.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/mapprojec.jpg/
The colored areas are the places I know, and the grey areas are the places that blur in my memory. Here are some of the photos I took and wanted to make into buttons on the map, but couldn't.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/dsc00825b.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/192/dsc00826fa.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/dsc00827rr.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/dsc00828z.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/dsc00829h.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/dsc00830cl.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/dsc00831c.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/412/dsc00832mc.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/20/dsc00833qe.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/dsc00834lr.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/443/dsc00835iqg.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/dsc00837p.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/dsc00838xf.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/dsc00839j.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/dsc00840c.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/580/dsc00842n.jpg/
I don't know if this will work or not, but I think you can view all of these photos as a slideshow here.
http://img811.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=dsc00825b.jpg
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/269/mapprojec.jpg/
The colored areas are the places I know, and the grey areas are the places that blur in my memory. Here are some of the photos I took and wanted to make into buttons on the map, but couldn't.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/811/dsc00825b.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/192/dsc00826fa.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/17/dsc00827rr.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/713/dsc00828z.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/441/dsc00829h.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/28/dsc00830cl.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/dsc00831c.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/412/dsc00832mc.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/20/dsc00833qe.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/dsc00834lr.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/443/dsc00835iqg.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/dsc00837p.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/dsc00838xf.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/51/dsc00839j.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/440/dsc00840c.jpg/
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/580/dsc00842n.jpg/
I don't know if this will work or not, but I think you can view all of these photos as a slideshow here.
http://img811.imageshack.us/slideshow/webplayer.php?id=dsc00825b.jpg
Monday, October 3, 2011
Psycho Geography
Here we go! This is the map of my small neighborhood where I grew up. I know every rock and tree in this place, but I couldn't for the life of me tell you any more street names.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/dorothys030.jpg/
Also, my meaning for intertexuality would be: The way newer literature shapes the way we understand old literature, or how cultural context effects the way things in the past when there was a different context are seen.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/11/dorothys030.jpg/
Also, my meaning for intertexuality would be: The way newer literature shapes the way we understand old literature, or how cultural context effects the way things in the past when there was a different context are seen.
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