I also really liked the first few pieces on his website that were paintings with many different colors and flow. I liked the way he would swirl the colors together but still make the piece to appear clean and like there are boundaries to prevent all the colors from blending together. It was interesting to see how the swirls that he made all over looked kind of like little eyeballs when I looked a second time. I felt like with a lot of his work I would see more the second time looking back than I initially would since he seemed to put a great amount of thought into all of his art.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Mark J Stock
I really enjoyed looking through the artwork of Mark J Stock. When going through his work I noticed that he had descriptions of what the artworks were representing. In his piece " There is no Cheese" you initially would not think that this is supposed to have any deeper meaning. It just looks like a something zoomed in on a grey type of texture with alot of detail. In his description he actually says that the work depicts an imaginary terrain that represents the measurements of "MRna" expressions in the brains of multiple different lab rats. Once I knew this about the piece I respected it alot more and couldn't stop looking at it and all the little details that were actually depicting brain activity.
I also really liked the first few pieces on his website that were paintings with many different colors and flow. I liked the way he would swirl the colors together but still make the piece to appear clean and like there are boundaries to prevent all the colors from blending together. It was interesting to see how the swirls that he made all over looked kind of like little eyeballs when I looked a second time. I felt like with a lot of his work I would see more the second time looking back than I initially would since he seemed to put a great amount of thought into all of his art.
I also really liked the first few pieces on his website that were paintings with many different colors and flow. I liked the way he would swirl the colors together but still make the piece to appear clean and like there are boundaries to prevent all the colors from blending together. It was interesting to see how the swirls that he made all over looked kind of like little eyeballs when I looked a second time. I felt like with a lot of his work I would see more the second time looking back than I initially would since he seemed to put a great amount of thought into all of his art.
OTR radio show- Adventures of Horatio Hornblower
The radio show that I chose to watch was called Adventures of Horatio Hornblower. This radio series was about a fictional Napoleon war era navy officer and explores the missions and problems that he faces in his travels out at sea.
The first thing I noticed as I started to listen where the cheesy and annoying sound effects that were being used. A loud. ear piercing whistle was the first thing I heard (to mimic some type of bomb dropping). It was interesting to see what they had to resort to back then for sound effects while they were sometimes improvising live during the show. I also found it interesting how the voice that was narrating the radio show sounded so familiar. It sounded like the classic radio voice that I always hear something from back in that time period is being played. The show only lasted about 20 minutes, and I was confused on what was going on most of the time since I just picked a random episode ( Chasing the Papillion) and it looks like the episodes went along with a story in order, so you would need to watch all of them to get a better understanding of the full story.
The first thing I noticed as I started to listen where the cheesy and annoying sound effects that were being used. A loud. ear piercing whistle was the first thing I heard (to mimic some type of bomb dropping). It was interesting to see what they had to resort to back then for sound effects while they were sometimes improvising live during the show. I also found it interesting how the voice that was narrating the radio show sounded so familiar. It sounded like the classic radio voice that I always hear something from back in that time period is being played. The show only lasted about 20 minutes, and I was confused on what was going on most of the time since I just picked a random episode ( Chasing the Papillion) and it looks like the episodes went along with a story in order, so you would need to watch all of them to get a better understanding of the full story.
The Great Train Robbery
I found this movie to be very different from movies that I am used to watching. When I first started watching I immediately noticed that it was going to be a western type of movie that I have seen from time to time on TV on at weird hours. I noticed while watching it that the shots were alot different than ones that are used in modern movies today. The fact that there was no sound in the movie made me pay more attention to the way it was shot and the different forms of cinematography used. The black and white also made it a bit more bland, so you really were focused on the acting aspect. I relied on the actors actions and ways the were interacting with the camera to get a better understanding of what exactly was going on.
Stop Motion
There were many interesting stop motion links posted on the class website. My favorite one was under the Stop Motion #2 link, and it was a 3d voodoo themed piece. I enjoyed it because it was very crazy and abstract. The main character in it that looked like the voodoo baby was very interesting and the graphics that he used for the 3d were very clean and polished. I also liked the fine details in the hand with the painted nails in the middle of the piece because it gives us another view point from a human and not just the voodoo dolls running around.
Vernacular vs. Pictorial
Vernacular: Photos of everyday life.
Pictorial: lack sharp focus, some visible brush strokes, other colors besides black and white.
Pictorial: lack sharp focus, some visible brush strokes, other colors besides black and white.
Abe Morell
These are some of Abe Morells photographs. I like the way that he decides to do most of his work in black and white. The high contrast in the pictures give them a very strong impression and allows them to make more of a statement. My favorite one is the one where he captures the reflection of the city skyline on the window. Its amazing to see the line of symmetry and how a new object is formed by the two mirrored images.
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