FINAL DAY OF CLASS...

This week actually has been very busy with Art. I had the video art to do the take home test and study for all my other finals. This entire semester has been very stressful i'm looking forward to a nice three month break (sort of). I'll be taking summer class the first half but after that i'm free as a bird i can't wait for that. I'm going to NYC for a few days which will be areally fun. I hope everyone has a good summer and i had fun with everyone in class

to see a larger video go to youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wLw7jRoRio

MUSIC VIDEOS...

So i'm still a little confused. There really is a fine line between what is art and what isn't art. Everyone's opinion of art is different. With that said it's hard to tell sometimes if a music video is in fact art or just a commercial piece of work. There are times i thought the work we saw in class wasn' t really art and other times when i thought work i've seen was more like art. I guess art is really in the eyes of the viewer

Wow I'm really bad at this...

So I realized today that i'm horrible at blogging... i just can't seem to remember to sign on and post and when i do remember to i never seem to have anything to write. After seeing Sarah's performance piece i downloaded basically all of the John Mayer CD... i really liked the song gravity and then i just went into a downloading frenzie.. PARTY IN THE PARK was really good; a lot better than i thought it would be. I mean i should have been home studying for my mgt test which is on tuesday but i guess that's fine I'll just be pulling an all nighter tomorrow night i guess. I was suppose to be trying to start working out more but it seems like i get bogged down with all this school work.. I'mr eally looking forward for the summer, I'm taking a few summer classes (sculpture is one of them, which i'm really exicted about) but it shouldn't be that bad... My first summer in Tampa we'll see how it goes... I'm excited to start watching more Video art. It makes me think what isn't art these days. When driving around i've noticed a lot more things that could be art that i would have never thought about before this class.

I Really REALLY enjoyed doing the performance art. I hope everyone liked it

I really liked the performance Art a lot... it was really interesting to see what people where doing. Some people were a bit extreme and did things i personally would never do (like get plastic surgery in front of everyone. I also don't beleive that piercing your body is art, i believe it is a way to express yourself however it should not be confused with art.

Xerox Project... I Call it my self portrait. i put a lot of thought into this project. i only used certain pieces of myself (feet, arms hand, face, ears, etc.) almost complete but missing a few parts (torso, neck, etc.) it to symbolize that my life isn't finished in a sense. that there is much more of it to see and accomplish. I made my eyes of of egg shells so they would be 3D. I wanted that to show that i see everything and everything sees me for who i am. i wrapped my eyes in my palm print to show the individualness of myself. i really liked how this project came out

FINALLY the grid art

Fluxus is a loose international group of artists who championed a radical erosion of the boundaries of art, bringing aspects of creative practice outside of the institution and into the everyday. This movement radically changed the evolution of art into what it is today. Without these extremist so break out of the standards, we'd all still be coloring inside the lines. Joseph Beuys (May 12, 1921 – January 23, 1986) was a German artist who came to prominence in the 1960s. He became extremely important when it came to the fluxus movement. As well as his famous performances, Beuys produced sculptures, environments, vitrines, 450 prints and posters, and thousands of drawings. Beuys was an extremist who pushed the envelope and did things never done before. Like seen below he covered a piano and other things around the house with felt and called it art.

His work influence modern artists. One actually covered the water around islands with pink felt as well.

Bauhaus is probably my favorite era. Not only was it influenced by DaDa, but it also produced some of the greatest architecture (and furniture) of all time. I love the modern look of furniture and buildings. At home my house is filled with Bauhaus inspired furniture. Bauhan literally means "to build." They integrated art with design and technology. One day i hope i can have a very "bauhaus" looking place to house for myself.

RUPAUL'S Show

RuPaul's Drag Race was a very interesting show. I've actually seen sceenes of this show before when flipping through the channels.

This show uses much of the same technology that opera used years ago (including make-up, props for each challenge, outfits, and personal style.

Throughout the show, the women participate in challenges that portray glamour, heart, and attitude. In episode 3, the contestants had to take on the persona of Opera. I thought the turn-out was very interesting. It's very hard to embody someone else's personality. It's not just about make-up and appearance. You have to find a voice and attitude unlike your own. That is what performance art is all about. Also, the contestants on this show use their body as a piece of art and they are creating something great.

The Long Awaited Post

Well its been quit some time since my last post, i've been so busy and the thought of blogging slipped my mind. Spring break is over. I had a great spring break, i stayed in tampa for the big 21st birthday. We went out to a few different places. I thought it was going to feel so different being 21; in actuality it doesn't. I've always been going to the places i can legally go now; the only difference is that i dont have to worry whether or not i'll be able to get in. Anyways enough about that. I've been brainstorming of what i want to do for the grid project and i think i finally have my concept. i wont ruin the surprise but it should come out nicely (lets hope). Also the speakers we've had come in have been amazing. Christina Hung's use of bacteria was amazing; who would have thought of using living items in their art. The saying Art can be anything really is true. I really enjoyed Cynthia Lawson's work with animation and having a flat picture seem three dimensial. I showed her work to my aunt, who's an artist and she loved it. Bruce Wands was also a very creative artist i enjoyed his work.

Well here is my flipbook... when i uploaded the pictures i did them backwards by mistake. This project was a lot harder than i thought. My vision of what i wanted it to kept changing. It's basically a person trying to find who they are; in the end he does just that.

Computers anywhere!!!!

So the article that professor sent us was VERY VERY interesting... A computer anywhere you go basically. Our technology is always improving; honestly i sort of imagined this could be the next generation. This possibility makes the computer a part of all of us. It allows us to incorporate the internet to literally everything we do. It can even take pictures by just framing what you want to capture with your hands. That could change the way the art world creates photos for ever.

However, the feature of bringing up words about a new person you may meet is kind of sketchy. I would not want someone to be able to that easily search everything about me on the internet. atleast make it a little difficult to creep on someone that much you know... haha

Is that Opera i hear at ABERCROMBIE...

So i went into work the other day and to my surprise we finally got a new soundtrackfor the month. oh, i work at abercrombie in case you didn't know. The songs all seemed traditional abercrombie until about an hour or so into my shift, i heard something that sounded extremely similar to the opera's we listen to in class. I'm not sure the exact opera it was but i'm sure it was definately opera; it sounded something that Beethoven has written. It intrigued me, the one place i never thought i'd hear any form of older music at Abercrombie of all places, i guess i get surprised every day.

It's Everywhere,

the one place i never thought i would hear opera is the super bowl... boy was i wrong, one of the commercials music was one of the opera he listen to in class. I've been paying closer attention to music movies and tv shows seeing if there are hints of the past in the present.

Opera... who knew it started everything

Well, to start i never thought that i would say i enjoyed watching operas. After class i thought to myself, wow that was actually really interesting. Mozart composed amazing shows. I'm actually going to watch one for fun on my own.

When thinking about technology i've always only thought of computers, cell phones, high-tech equipment. Boy was i wrong. i never thought that things we take for granted today were huge technological advances in the past. The use of fireworks and pulley systems made operas possible and amazing. It makes me wonder on day in the future will people think our computers, our light shows, our music and videos, our tv quality is unsophisticated and something of the past. What could people do to improve everything we have. i'd love to be able to see 100 years into the future and just see the way the arts have changed.

The First time is always the Hardest...




Well classes finally start. I was enjoying the month off from school; I worked a lot and relaxed. Last semester was exhausting, I'm glad it's finally over. When I went to create this blog I realized that I've had an account since 2007 surprisingly; I didn't even know it. Nevertheless I did some reformatting and I was set to go.

I'll start by telling everyone a little bit about myself. I came from the northeast like probably more than half of the students at UT; specifically I'm from a small town in Rhode Island (just outside of the city). Rhode Island's great, its only a few hours away from NYC and less than an hour away from Boston (when you want that big city feeling) the beach is only 30 minutes away, and you get to know people from all over the state (seeing that it is so small). I'm 100% Italian and proud of it. I'm currently a junior, however trying to graduate early so I've been pretty busy the last few semesters. I've been an accounting major since the start of college and love it.

Surprisingly, I'm excited for this semester to start. I'm getting into really upper level classes with my major. I'm glad I'm taking an art class, I've always enjoyed art. My aunt's an artist so she use to sign me up for any class she could think of. I enjoyed almost all of them but got away from it in high school. When i first walked into the class I was overwhelmed, but taking some time to reflect it shouldnt be to bad. It will be a lot of work but I believe i'll enjoy it a lot.