26 February 2010
25 February 2010
Secrets Revealed
Welcome to Shana's World, circa 2007... http://strangetea.deviantart.com/ ... there are a few more else where... here's some of the cream...
See you in class, gang! ah-hyuck!
22 February 2010
Crit Schedule
Feb 23
Josh
Mark
Shane
Jessica
Feb 25
Lane
Alex
Harry
Michelle
March 2
Kris
Cassie
Holly
Neil
March 4
Emily
Sean R
Sean C
Patrick
**As always, when you miss class you are responsible to contact me re: any changes or additions to the schedule. Also, please remember you will lose points if the work is not ready to critique before we begin.
21 February 2010
reminder
When you miss class, please remember to write me to be sure to keep up on things you missed, scheduling, etc.
I have begun a blogsite of panels found in Silver Age Batman comics... if not panels then recropping.. also creating digital collages called Mabnat... this is all helped with a library of scanned comics, which I am at liberty to share... it's an endless supply of forgotten stories, images, words... they may come in handy... I'll bring the topic up in class soon.
further investigation: http://rvxen.tumblr.com
check out the site i'm following as well... theirs have given me the format to do such a blog...
Magick Music Box
my housemate found this... press the squares... press spacebar... make music...
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix
a good 45 minutes will pass you by...
http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix
a good 45 minutes will pass you by...
17 February 2010
![[arturos0105.jpg]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLnf2Oid7aA1OPYg1tGqs8pc7f3w4RctzsNHx35HeHIxULCsSK5CCQRynoNUCJdsm_C5G_X_sgANtjLon29Pql0d3J_kwq24AOoVkmNc2E_q5-06uKsp7yFbRv5CpbWS-VESmOPnfKPhrT/s1600/arturos0105.jpg)
http://jancko.blogspot.com/search/label/arturo%27s%20transmutation
Jancko has taken it upon himself to breath new life into copious fried chicken wrappers his friend sheds.
14 February 2010
12 February 2010
Simulacrum Shimulacrum
Hey Everyone, I wanted to place a somewhat more explained version of my thoughts on Simulacrum. Read if you are interested. Post thoughts if you like. Print it out and draw pretty pictures on it and scan it then re-post it if you wish.
I have discussed simulacrum with members of the Intermedia department in the past and have read Baudrillard’s writings before in trying to get a sense of what they are. In speaking With Mr. Neucollins about simulated realities over a few weeks time, he explained his understanding of Baudrillard’s simulacrum intertwined with post-post modern evolution. I agreed with his interpretation that the final stage, the simulacrum, can and does exist self sufficient of any other reality and is defined by the truths that exist within it. The simulacrum is a concept philosophers have sought to define, or at least explain since the beginnings of philosophy itself. Plato and Nietzsche both spoke of separate realities: one true to human senses and another true to only itself. Plato applied the concept to imagery and art, and Nietzsche applied it to conversation and reason. Baudrillard was revolutionary in his interpretation of the simulated world by trying to define steps in the evolution to the simulacrum. Wikipedia actually provides links to the above philosopher’s writings in the second paragraph of this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacrum
What stands out in my mind as a missing element to this evolution is that the path is linear and it ends with the creation of a freestanding entity. This places a simulacrum in the timeline of its creation, but ignores its place in the cycle of all creation. There are many parallels that can be drawn to further illustrate this interpretation of the simulacrum here are two of the most compelling.
Dreams
Perhaps the first simulated reality that humanity comprehends.1 The mind takes a reflection of the world around the body in the form of sensory inputs 2 the nervous system distorts this information into signals the brain can read 3.this information is stored in the brain independent from the sensed world outside the body. 4 when asleep the brain tries to make sense of the information organizing it into patterns that it can use. We often interpret this organization as dreams. This organization is necessary for the mind to function correctly and the images and activities though not linked to the outside world are used as information that governs the person’s activities in the outside world. We all carry a simulacrum within us that is used to interpret information. This is not a perfect analogy, as inputs to the body’s senses during sleep can affect dreams, but it illustrates the cyclical nature of this simulacrum.
Dollhouse
Children often play to start to understand complex human interaction. Dolls often are used to mimic behaviors that they have seen at first, but as more of the children’s personality seeps into the play the dolls become an extension of the child’s creativity. The doll characters evolve to not mimic but to interact with other dolls in a simulacrum. This simulated social interaction is often basis for the child’s social interactions in later development.
With these interpretations of simulacrum in use in everyday life, it is difficult to envision simulacrum as destinations, and easier to see them as necessary tools for understanding. I agree with Baudrillard’s order of steps to the simulacrum. His observations may have been derived from paradigm shifts in media, but his steps to the simulacrum are accurate in a linear fashion. The issue I have with stopping the timeline at the creation of simulacrum is that most of the existence of phenomena is after their creation.
I have discussed simulacrum with members of the Intermedia department in the past and have read Baudrillard’s writings before in trying to get a sense of what they are. In speaking With Mr. Neucollins about simulated realities over a few weeks time, he explained his understanding of Baudrillard’s simulacrum intertwined with post-post modern evolution. I agreed with his interpretation that the final stage, the simulacrum, can and does exist self sufficient of any other reality and is defined by the truths that exist within it. The simulacrum is a concept philosophers have sought to define, or at least explain since the beginnings of philosophy itself. Plato and Nietzsche both spoke of separate realities: one true to human senses and another true to only itself. Plato applied the concept to imagery and art, and Nietzsche applied it to conversation and reason. Baudrillard was revolutionary in his interpretation of the simulated world by trying to define steps in the evolution to the simulacrum. Wikipedia actually provides links to the above philosopher’s writings in the second paragraph of this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulacrum
What stands out in my mind as a missing element to this evolution is that the path is linear and it ends with the creation of a freestanding entity. This places a simulacrum in the timeline of its creation, but ignores its place in the cycle of all creation. There are many parallels that can be drawn to further illustrate this interpretation of the simulacrum here are two of the most compelling.
Dreams
Perhaps the first simulated reality that humanity comprehends.1 The mind takes a reflection of the world around the body in the form of sensory inputs 2 the nervous system distorts this information into signals the brain can read 3.this information is stored in the brain independent from the sensed world outside the body. 4 when asleep the brain tries to make sense of the information organizing it into patterns that it can use. We often interpret this organization as dreams. This organization is necessary for the mind to function correctly and the images and activities though not linked to the outside world are used as information that governs the person’s activities in the outside world. We all carry a simulacrum within us that is used to interpret information. This is not a perfect analogy, as inputs to the body’s senses during sleep can affect dreams, but it illustrates the cyclical nature of this simulacrum.
Dollhouse
Children often play to start to understand complex human interaction. Dolls often are used to mimic behaviors that they have seen at first, but as more of the children’s personality seeps into the play the dolls become an extension of the child’s creativity. The doll characters evolve to not mimic but to interact with other dolls in a simulacrum. This simulated social interaction is often basis for the child’s social interactions in later development.
With these interpretations of simulacrum in use in everyday life, it is difficult to envision simulacrum as destinations, and easier to see them as necessary tools for understanding. I agree with Baudrillard’s order of steps to the simulacrum. His observations may have been derived from paradigm shifts in media, but his steps to the simulacrum are accurate in a linear fashion. The issue I have with stopping the timeline at the creation of simulacrum is that most of the existence of phenomena is after their creation.
10 February 2010
09 February 2010
All hail another amazing mosaic by artist Jason Mecier, who gathered up armfuls of trash and created Lady Gaga's likeness -- right down the hair bow made of hair -- out of a dismembered Kermit doll, Hello Kitty scraps, poker chips (get it?!), broken sunglasses, playing cards, spare pens and pencils, straws, and lots of other crap that may be taking up space in the bottom of your purse.
The result is a visual wonder (and a tribute to recycling!) that pays tribute to Lady Gaga and makes a valid argument for hoarding.
Check out Jason Mecier's Mariah made of makeup, his Michael Jason made of pills (gulp!), and his awesome mosaic of Pink.
http://www.jasonmecier.com/title.html
06 February 2010
HOT lunch
http://fedupwithschoollunch.blogspot.com/
A public school teacher is in the process of chronicling her self-appointed task of eating public school lunch for one school year.
04 February 2010
Tehching Hsieh
Tehching Hsieh’s performance art in the 1970s and ’80s, the stuff of legend, is getting new appreciation from mainstream museums.
Marisa Olson | Visiting artist at Intermedia later this term!
Marisa Olson: Whew! AgeLink
to Facebook event page for upcoming performance at P.S. 122 in New
York.
excerpt from invitation: "Marisa
Olson is an admitted internet junky and a serious bookworm. This
performance is both a product and a trace of her research into fluke
epistemologies, the vernacular of digital visual culture, and the
intersecting histories of science and superstition, new ageism and
DIY/homebrew computing culture."
Marisa will be visiting Intermedia\SAAH\U Iowa\Iowa in early April.
02 February 2010
Revised Course Outline (subject to change)
Week One
January 19: Introductions, syllabus discussion, overview of class
Assign: artist presentations, sign up for blog.
January 21: Postmodernism-reading discussion:"Simulacra and Simulation" by Jean Baudrillard
"The Medium is the Message" by Marshall McLuhan
Week Two
Jan 26: 5 Artist presentations
Jan 28: 5 Artist presentations
Week Three
Feb 2: 4 Artist presentations. Assign Project 1.
Feb 4: Slide show and lecture
Week Four
Feb 9: Reading: Abstraction and Complexity by Lev Manovich. "Making Art Out of an Encounter" (posted on class blog and ICON)
Feb 11: Studio/Lab Time. Katie at CAA Conference.
Week Five
Feb 16: Screening: Our Daily Bread
Feb 18: Reading: from Participation
Week Six
Feb 23: Critiques Project 1
Feb 25: Critiques Project 1
Week Seven
March 2: Critiques Project 1
March 4: Finish critiques Project 1. Lecture and slide-show
Week Eight
March 9: Reading: from Relational Aesthetics. Discussion.
March 11: Brainstorming for project 2. In-class exercise.
Week Nine
March 16: Spring break
March 18: Spring break
Week Ten
March 23: Individual consultations/Studio time for group 2
March 25: Individual consultations/Studio time for group 1
Week Eleven
March 30: Trip to Special Collections & University Archive
April 1: Professional development talk: Artist statements, CVs, etc.
**April 2**Install group show!
Week Twelve
April 6: Critiques Project 2
April 8: Critiques Project 2
Reception: TBA
**April 9** Take down group show
Week Thirteen
April 13: Critiques Project 2
April 15: Critiques Project 2
Week Fourteen
April 20: Screening. Reading: TBA
April 22: Studio/Lab Time
Week Fifteen
April 27: Critiques Project 3
April 29: Critiques Project 3
Week Sixteen
May 4: Critiques Project 3
May 6: Critiques Project 3. Final Portfolios due.
01 February 2010
American Justice
Hey guys, sorry this took so long but here it is! I finally figured out how to upload my video documentary to the blog so hope you like it!
Alex
American Justice
Alex
American Justice
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