Collective Identity
Being at the art show for hours and hours on end, i was able to really dig deep in a lot of peoples panels. I was able to really spend most of my time going piece by piece of my neighbors work. Just walking around and around, i was able to recognize the diversity of everyones work. Even though we all had the same projects, each person added their own pinch of personality, making each students work entirely different. In one body, the art show became one giant art piece. From above you can see the people walking, the colors, and the noise, creating one art project overall.
Surveillance Conceptual Piece
If i was granted access to the school’s camera system as a means of making an artistic piece, i would use my power to send people to each camera, and have them perform some odd act repeatedly for the duration of the surveillance, to focus on people’s reactions. It could be a dance, or a design, or just standing in the view finder. Many things can be done that way, and if i had access to the cameras for an art project, it would be revolutionary. People also tend to act much more candidly when they are not aware that they are being watched, so another goal would be to catch people out of their element, acting as they would when no one is watching. Take whats there and then play with it.
Art Room Surveillance Log 1: Monday 4/19/10
I have a solid plan of what my new film is going to be about. I am really exited to see how this will turn out. Today is my first day of filming and everyone s acting the way they normally do. I hope i will be able to get this finished with all my other school work smacking me in the face. I think i should be able to do it. So day one, with 7 minutes of footage, of people doing art. Sweet.
Art Room Surveillance Log 2: Monday 4/20/10
So its day two and everything is going according to plan. Everything is normal and people are acting the same, bored. I like how i am going to capture the difference in attitude after i change things up a bit. Again, more 10 minutes of footage, of people doing art. Sweet.
Art Room Surveillance Log 3: Monday 4/22/10
So i had to skip a day by accident, but in theory its still Day 3. It is hard to write about new things when everything is looking the same. I just heard about this “Go Green” nationwide film contest. I am totally going to do it. Even though it will probably interfere with this project. We will see how i deal with both. I am starting to re-think this project. But its too late i have to keep going.
Art Room Surveillance Log 4: Monday 4/23/10
Day four and i just want these boring days to END. I just want to get to the fun part! I have an idea for my go green video. Im really exited about it. Day five is tomorrow. Finally.
Art Room Surveillance Log 5: Monday 4/25/10
Its day five and im really exited to capture everyones reactions tomorrow. I am still contemplating how i am going to finish this. Hopefully everything goes smoothly. If i were to back out now i wouldnt even know what to do instead of the film.
Art Room Surveillance Prompt
What are the ethical differences (if any) between the surveillance of objects/property and living subjects?
The ethical differences between the objects and the living subjects is that the objects have one attitude and one way of being. They will be the same way the last time you observed them. There is no change in attitude, movement, ability, or life. You will see the same thing every time you look at them. The living subjects will always have a different attitude day by day. That way you will be able to really observe the way they react to different situations happening at that time.
Surveillance Log #1
Day One:
What was going through my mind on the first day:
- Oil Pastels = not Caleb’s favorite art tool
- I draw like a 6 year old.
- I do like charcoal…………
- Will get the charcoal done in two days…
- But the oil pastels……..
- Will I get an A on this project?
- Am i really that good at still life’s?
- Am i drawing what I see? Or drawing what i want to see?
Surveillance Log #2
What was going through my mind on the second day:
- Already got one charcoal done.
- Should i have used sepia?
- I still dont like still life.
- Am i good at still life?
- Mr. Miller is getting mad at me because i cant focus.
- Got two charcoal pieces done.
- I am “working” hard.
Surveillance Log #3
- I am finally getting into this project
- My work is starting to turn out
- I have two done so far, and the third one is already bugging me.
- I am getting better with pastels
- I am beginning to become an artist
Surveillance Log #4
- My third piece is coming.
- I want to tear my lungs out
- I am very sick
- I have a fever
- I feel terrible
- Time to do art
- This still life stuff is getting to me
Surveillance Log #5
- Finally finished
- Time to look at everyone elses
- I am pretty proud of my work
- Thinking about my final project
- Film?
- …Film
- Art is hard
Surveillance Promt
I think that truth or fact of surveillance is highlighted through the interpretation of the artist. If the artist wants to reflect truth or fact in his or her work, then truth or fact is revealed. The surveilled is fact. It is a fact that they are being watched and that they are actual things. The surveilled create their own truth. They take what they are looking at and use it to however they want to. They develop their own truth.
Game Reflection
The two games i chose for my text diptychs were Name That Tune and Kick The Can. These two games influenced my childhood very much because i played these games with almost everybody. I played it with my friends, my brothers, and my parents.
Name that Tune is when a group of people are in the car and the radio is on *scan*. Who ever names the song and the artist first gets a point, and the radio keeps scanning so new songs come. The game is fun and intense. The way i showed that game through art was i used music notes as my text and scattered them around the piece, varying in size and length.
Kick the can was a popular neighborhood game. We would play it all the time next to hide and seek, capture the flag, castles, etc. The way i created the game into an art piece was i painted a soda can and gave it a ’3d’ look to it. I then wrote the rules to the game on the can and painted different letters and numbers around it.
Those were my two games and how i used the rules and attributes to them, to create my two art pieces.
Game Promt
The two games i chose that impacted the most during my childhood where: Name that Tune and Kick the Can. They impacted my childhood because they were the two games that would constantly be played. Name that Tune in the car, and kick the can outside with friends. Hide and seek was another, but i felt like these two were the most substantial.
Card Reflection
One of my values in life is to be authentic in whatever i do. I hold a firm belief in keeping ones self and ones own lifestyle. Through this project, i have been able to grow in my authenticity by leraning more about my cultural, familial, stereotypical, “other”, and heroic identities. I am now able to see myself in a new way and i am able to see my culture grow.
My goals are simple. I would like to be close to my identities and never leave them. they are important to me, and it is important to me to express it. I would also want to grow in my identities by becoming mor of myself and less of other people.
My solution is that ones identity is ones life, and if one chooses to ignore their cultures call to them, then they are ignoring life itself. My identity is my life. I run on my culture, i run on my family’s love, i run on stereotypes against me, i run on my “other” view, and i thrive on my heroes.
Heroic Identity 10.23.09
Prompt: What defines a hero and what is heroic about you currently, or what heroic qualities would you hope to develop as you age.
What do I think makes a hero a hero? I believe there are 3 things that make someone a hero. Conviction, dedication, and compassion. A person who has a strong belief in something or a hard conviction, to me reflects a hero. This means that this person cannot be shaken or taken over by that thing. I know many people who really hold true to their convictions, so much that they have lost friends or many possessions.
A person with dedication does not stop what he or she is doing until that thing is finished. I have a problem with finishing things I have started, but a real hero thinks over what is before him or her and decides if he will finish it, and if he thinks he can, he will do it and finish it right.
A person with compassion for others forgives and doesn’t regret it. Compassion is very important because in order to get compassion from others, you must give it first. Those who don’t forgive others will end up friendless in the future. Not only friendless, but also lifeless.
I do not I am heroic. I lack in every way I define being a hero. I am not saying I totally lack conviction, dedication, or compassion, but I do lack in them. I am constantly reminded about these traits from many people including my family and friends.
That is what I think defines a hero.
“Other” Identity 10.13.09
Prompt: In what ways or situations do I find myself treated as an “Other”?
I have always felt being on “other” when forced or asked to do something I don’t want to do. My family is very religious and my brothers are very happy followers of God. Trying hard to be like them, I would do things that they would do in front of people at church or teen events, like singing or playing instruments, or leading lessons even. I have always felt distant and not wanted from many people. After years of posing as a Christian and wearing the “Lombardi good boy” mask, different situations transpired that made me think of what I really wanted to do. Being different is one of the greatest feelings someone who has been filling in shoes all their life. I have built the skills and desired a life apart from my brothers. As much as I love them, being able to hear people say, “No, your different.” makes me feel independent and prosperous. Posing as someone else or having a lifestyle not my own, is what puts me where I feel like an “other”. I rarely feel that way anymore because I don’t have to worry about how much more I have to reflect my brothers. I can be myself.
Stereotypical Identity 10.1.09
Prompt: What is your perception of how you are perceived by others?
MISSING
Familial Identity 9.18.09
Prompt: How are you positioned within your family dynamic and how does that influence your identity?
I have always had a hard time filling in the shoes left for me by my brothers, They are very accomplished and very respected. They are also very religious and strong in their faith. Throughtout my teen years, i have experience tremendous pressure from my family members and my peers to be like them or do what they did. I have learned nowadays that i can be my own person and do what i want to do because i want to do it, not because my brothers have in the past. I love my brothers very much, but i have begun to be become my own person.
I ave been brought up in a strong Christian family. It has always been taught to me to stay away from bad thigns and to be a light. My brothers started to get really serious in their faith when they both started high school, and that really influenced me to be strong thast way too. Throughout the past 2 & a half years, i have tried this way of life that my borthers have been living. For that time ive seen that i have pushed really hard to be that kind of person but have failed at it. It is hard abandoning or pushing away somthing that you have grown up with.
My family is the kind of family with support for one anther in every way possible. They will be behind you full force with any decision you make. I have declared my independence from this Christian hold, and they have supported that. I feel great everyday, but i know that it will be waiting for me down the road.
Cultural Identity 9.10.09
Prompt: How do you define culture and how does culture define you?
Culture to me is a person’s way of life, either in the future or the past. Shaped by their family and or surroundings. Someone’s culture should be more precious to them then money or possessions. Your culture is your life, the way you life, is your culture. I believe the culture of a town or city is the people, the music, or the scenery. Without culture in your life, you are nothing.
Culture can transform you, build you up, or take you down. The culture a child was raised around will be that child’s culture, for the rest of their lives. I think culture can be split up in six different sub-definitions: language, arts, thoughts, spirituality, social activity, and interaction. They all work hand in hand to define culture. My culture is defined by family and relationships.
IM NOT DONE
