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TRON Opening Titles

http://work.gmunk.com/#1190820/TRON-Opening-Titles

this is absolutely amazing

Video Art

FINAL!
I made all of these paintings and used my friends iPad for the effects. I took a smart phone with a high quality video camera and video taped the iPad. I created a ghetto tripod to set the smart phone ontop of- a good distance away to get all of the video channels in frame. I then pressed record and took one of my paintings and moved it around behind the ipad to create the moving effect. I made about 20 short videos and uploaded them to final cut. I spent over 48 hours editing this film to how I wanted it. The music is abstract sound effects found on the cass lab computers. I really enjoy the music I added to this- it gives the video a creepy effect and although it is simple, it is my creation and something i am proud of
this is my favorite project I have made thus far and I really hope that it goes well in class :)

lavalamp mascot

For my illustration final we were assigned to create a mascot. at first I wanted to do a dinosaur but I couldn't get it to how I wanted. I was thinking back to last semester in SIM class and remembered learning about lavaliere microphones. They are the type you clip onto your shirt and take with you during presentations. But I never could remember what it was called. I was starring at my lava lamp back at home one day and realized i could use a lava lamp as some sort of connection with the microphone. I drew it up and added a lizard - I planned for the lizard because they are small, agile and can attach themselves to anything. The microphone will have this logo on it in the form of a sticker on the black clip that goes onto a shirt. 

this project was drawn, painted, scanned, and completed in illustrator using a vector and gradient mesh technique

for my grid project I choose a project my mom used to make me do when I was a kid. I was always hyperactive so to calm me down she decided to give me mindless craft projects to do. That I would often start, and not finish because I didn't have the attention span at that time. So anyway, when Santi said grid project I immdietetly thought of the latch hook rug kits that I used to buy, do 1/10th of and not start up again. This time I think It was time to complete one. It took me a while to come up with an idea for a design. I went to micheals to buy a kit with as many colors as possible. My idea was to take the premade set pattern and transform it into my own design using the colors given to me. This was more of a challenge then I originally had thought. Who knew pixelizing and image would be so difficult? Well after about 2 hours in the Cass Lab trying to stretch an image of panda to grid size, I found a template website that helped me out with making a grid.
Choosing the image was the hardest part next to laying it out on the actual grid. I needed to pick an image that I could use all of the colors given to me in the kit. I went with the polariod photograph panda because it seemed like a not so difficult design and fit the color scheme I had.
I spent, over 48 hours doing this project I think
It took me a long time to match up everything correctly. I had to continuously count each square on the grid to make sure my pattern matched accurately to my template. Often times I was off by 1 square or two and would have to take out all the string and re do it. Pain in the ass.
I over all love the finished product of my grid project
It's something I am truly proud of and represents me, because I am- well. Apanda

paul allen

Microsoft and Google- probably the two leading technological websites outside of Apple we have seen thus far- Paul allen who is Microsoft's co-founder writes a novel called Idea Man about his work done at the company. In this he explains how their strategy was to copy Googles ideas. What is the point of copying another companies ideas? I understand that collaboration means two heads are better than one, but I can't believe that the ultimate strategy all along was to straight up copy their ideas. Getting to know your enemy is one thing, keep your enemies closer- but stealing is a bit over the line, Microsoft

Stealing other companies ideas is not going to put you on the fast track to stardom.
Don't get yourself to hyped up for an idea that may not be anything of what the clientele wants.
I think Microsoft definetely has some work to do with the rise of Apple and Google.
They produce good products, but it seems that they are doing the same shit they did years ago when they took the idea from Apples GUI system and made it their own

It seems to me Microsoft needs to get their shit together and make a product that outshines its competitors instead of copy them

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/paul-allen-bill-gates-google_n_850781.html

Phase 4

After about 4 weeks of riding my longboard around with my face on it,
I think this has seen its last days.
Honestly it's going to be sad to see this project leave but I think its time.
I'm surprised that so many photos managed to stay onto my board even to this day. I ride Sheila every day, so I guess this tells me my rubber cement was doing its job for this project! Right now the board looks even more destroyed since the last time I took photos. The paper is no longer hard, it has become a soft material that is doing wonders for my grip tape [not]
The only super frusterating thing about this project-
when the trucks area started to come apart the faces on the bottom would drag on the ground as I rode- probably not the best for my wheels

the coolest part of the final phase of this project- in the center my face which was behind the seran wrap the entire time is now gone only leaving ripped plastic. I think this is a metaphor for me jumping out of my skin ;) finally I am no longer trapped- or so it seems.
thank GOD classes are over

Phase 3

And so it gets more destroyed. I really enjoy this art project of mine. Dispite all the weird looks I get from people like, what the hell did you do to your board? I really think this is one of the most creative things I've ever come up with thus far in my art career. I expanded my horizons a lot with this project. I like to watch the papers crumble off my board day by day it gets destroyed. Even the best projects can't always be preserved forever :)

Song Recreations

Three songs that have been transformed into different works. Some may say it's plagiarizing but I just think that recreation of a song and making it your own is just using someone's original idea and adding a personal spin on it. As long as the song is clearly remade and the tones are different covering songs is very cool and can help lyrics be heard and felt in different emotional ways from the different song styles.


Discovery- I Want You Back REMAKE

The Jackson Five - I want you Back ORIGINAL

Discovery is an indie electronic band that creates songs using a synthesizer. The words of this song are changed, sped up and slowed down. The pitch of this bands voice is shaky and high compared to the original song. The overall tone of the transformed song is "trippy" and chill. The original song by the Jackson five uses a piano, drums and an electric guitar. The piano is the most definite portion of this song, it creates a happy tone and upbeat feeling. In the song by Discovery a loop machine is used, and not a piano. In the original song it is sung by clearly more then one voice, and in the recreated song there are only two different voices. The recreated song's voices are stretched and sounds are repeated 


hey ya- Outkast ORIGINAL

Hey Ya- Matt Weddle REMAKE






This recreation of the song has one acoustic guitar and one artist. The beat is much slower and the flow and tone of the song is much softer. Words from the refrain 'hey ya' and 'alright' are lengthened into full meters whereas in the original song by Outkast the words are shot, fast, and choppy. In this recreation each word is fully annunciated. In the original song, pianos, drums, horns, and percussion instruments are used.


Sing for the moment - Aerosmith ORIGINAL

Sing for the moment - Eminem REMAKE

The original song is sung by Aerosmith in a jazzy type of tune. The recreated version by Eminem is hiphop and the words are faster. Eminem also changed some of the lyrics in his remake

Leigh Bowery

Leigh Bowery was an openly gay, open minded, beautiful spirit with shocking ideas. He used fashion to emanate his love for the female. He was part of the the club kid generation. They wore outrageous makeup and audacious clothing. He would go to a club dressed up in these outfits to make the biggest impression on the crowd as possible. Standing out was the philosophy of this group. Bowery wanted to be, and loved being noticed by everyone. When he entered the club Taboo people welcomed him with open arms. Using a range of materials to create his fashion clothes he took away the idea of prejudices. Acceptance of the skin you were born into was something he valued. He wanted people to look at him and not judge him for the way he dressed. Hiding himself, he embodied many types of people through his costumes and make up. A prostitute, a drag queen, an indian, whatever he felt that night he wore proudly. All his own designs.  He was practically famous in the scene of night life. He was an 80s fashion designer. He impersonated gods and goddesses, animals, children, women. He had a strong passion for the human body and its form. He liked to wear multiple parts and wanted everyone to accept who they were as a person because everyone is originally different.

Leigh Bowery was infected with HIV and kept it a secret. The disease caused him to form red lesion spots on his neck. To cover them up Leigh put spotted makeup over his face and body to hide the identity of the HIV. In a way, he understood his fate yet was not afraid to show it to the public through art. Yet, in reality no one knew he had the virus but at the same time would proudly wear his spots in the form of art to the public. 

Leigh Bowery was also a performance artist. He studied fashion at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology fLeigh Bowery 

http://www.leighbowery.net/xtravaganza/articles.php?lng=en&pg=74

Performance Art

Final Performance art. For this project I chose to make a suit of glow sticks and walk around ybor city. I interacted and danced with people I did not know and made a definite impression on those who saw me. I was embarrassed at first, but after a while I ran with my idea and had fun with it. Overall I think this was a cool project. This was my first time audio editing songs to create a mixed version. I chose songs from DeadMau5 and Pitbull to create the remix. This was the most difficult part of the operation, I spent a lot of time mixing and choosing different songs to use. Overall I am happy with the result of the song, even though it is choppy, I enjoyed the effect I created to the video. I wore rave gloves for my tie to technology. People really enjoyed seeing me light up, including the drag queen who told me to come back next Thursday when it was 18+ in the bar. This was a learning experience at its best.

Illustrated Me :)

Shpongle Bot Rendered in Maya

Shpongle Shack art

The painting pallet of Shpongling :)

 This is an ode to Lizzi Giller and Margot Parsons, ah remember the days in high school driving in your car, Margot, listening to Sublime.

 Beautiful art done by Kaitlin Murray, it us made using liquid paints on a transparency of a fish. Placed over a foil sheet for optimum reflections :)

A list of quotes from the Shpongle Shack created by Justin Cacuchon, Kaitlin Murray and me.

Diego the Dinosaur, created by Margot Parsons and I for Ultra Music festival 2011. Diego's tail is proudly is attached to a children's red light saber [that doesn't light up, how lame] by neon orange duct tape. He was carried around on March 27th, my birthday as a second pinata animal [with the first being the infamous Tiki from Bonnaroo]

The Shpongle Bot

Science fiction project for my Illustration class
Meet- The Shpongle bot.
Inspired by the great band, Shpongle

These are my preliminary drawings for my 3D assignment. I will create a 3D model of the Shpongle bot in Maya 2011 (:

phase 2

So I've been riding Sheila around for about 2 weeks now since the project. and surprisingly, mostly all of the photos have stayed glued on my board ;) The most I get is a bunch of weird looks from people asking me what the hell is on my longboard, and i simply reply- my face. Its for a project. Although Sheila is now a work of art, I feel she has increased awesomeness. I really like riding her around with my face on it, as awkward as it is stepping on myself. Anyway it seems to be unravelling pretty well. I'll upload other photos as phase 3 rolls around in another few weeks :). My board definetely grabs a lot of attention, its interesting to tell people the story- Lots think its even pretty cool ;)

Joseph Beuys

Joseph Bueys used a lot of different materials to create his artwork such as food, fabric, animal fat, honey and bees wax. He studied sculpture at Düsseldorf Academy of Art and graduated in 1952. He used war as an inspiration for his art work to respond to the current events going on around him. Eventually, he met up with video artist Nam June Paik and joined a performance group called Fluxus. The group performed concerts and it were these that Beuys used as inspiration for his performance and installation art. 

He planned a project in Baltimore called the Tree Partnership Project. A project to plant 500 trees. He focused on energy conservation and global awareness in Carol Park, Patterson Park, UMBC, and Wymen Park Dell. This was an ongoing project first started by a sculpture called 7000 Oaks.

He did a titled project 30 Oaks which is a concert of performance artists and local Baltimore musicians. This art work was only meant to be performed at this space. He wanted to create a strong human relation with the forest and greenery around the performers. There was singers, dancers, sculptures, artists and dreamers participating in this project. 

One performance art included > How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare. In this performance Beuys sat in a corner of a gallery and held a dead rat in his arms for the duration of the time. He carried the dead bunny around like it was very special to him. He spoke to it and treated it gently. Holding a dead hare was trying to create a radical statement on society. Sometimes people need to let go of the idea of something or someone being there all the time. Sometimes you have to give up things that you don't want too. But carrying around it's memory is just a lie to yourself that what you desire is coming back. In my life, the hardest thing to do is let go. That is what I take from this piece without reading a prior description explaining Bueys' true motives.

In his piece Infiltration Homogen für Konzertflügel (Homogenous Infiltration for Grand Piano), 1966 Beuys covered a piano in felt fabric to hide the musical instruments true purpose and sound. He used a thick covering to show that the object has been taken away it's original use. This is no longer a piano, but a wrapped object that underneath could only appear to be one. I believe Beuys was following Marcell Duchamp's Dada ideas for the de-contextualizatoin of this object.  

http://feltworks.wordpress.com/2010/04/22/joseph-beuys-felt-metaphors/

http://www.walkerart.org/archive/2/A84369EE5A576E446161.htm

Marcel Duchamp - Rotary Glass Plates, 1920

Marcel Duchamp created Rotary Glass Plates in 1920 as part of the DaDa movement. He used ready made objects and transformed them into a working machine. This machine consisted of five glass pieces attached to a horizontal spinning metal pole. The pole cuts through the center of the glass and the glass sheets increase in size from front to back. On each piece of glass the front has curved black lines on the sides in a spiral design. When the machine moves fast, the glass spins with the metal pole. Images of a moving spiral can be seen when the glass plates spin fast. This kind of creates a stroboscopic effect much like the work of (  ), the dream machine. Each piece of glass was mathematically configured as well as the base pieces of wood and spinning metal pole. The lines on the sides of each glass are carefully measured and sized with equal distances from each other.according to the Yale Art University website "eCatalogue" "Rotary Glass Plates was the first actual machine that Duchamp made in his quest for a new world that would no longer separate art from idea." 

this sculpture was innovative, interesting, and functional. It creates an optical illusion of black and white full spirals.

Orlan

Orlan was a bit of a nutcase. She loved the female body and learning the limitations of what she could alter on her own face. She performed plastic surgeries live to be taped and photographed. She wore awkward bright color clothing when she was being operated on. The surgeons themselves also wore ridiculous attire during this process. It was an act. She expiremented with black and white self portrait photography. She was the model for 80 percent of her work. She optimized on transformation of the human body and digital face modification. What if you could be someone not yourself? She implanted bumps on the sides of her forehead to create the look of horns. She wears bright colors and is a strong feminist . 

In one piece she held in front of her a image of a naked body that covered her torso. Her head was held over the top. To the wood, someone could insert a coin and receive a kiss. The coin would drop down a pathway into a holder at the bottom of her torso.

She was bold, influential and downright out of her mind. Also, without a fear of needles or pain, clearly because she performed every surgery fully awake.

One of the most shocking images from Orlan's website is in her plastic surgery triptych series. In this series three images are placed next to each other horizontally in which the two images on the right and left are the same rectangle size and there is a photo in the center, with a smaller width but a different image. On the duplicated photo is an image of her face looking to the right, laying on her back holding a devils staff. The staff she is holding cuts through a sculpture of a human skull.  The photos are in color with four mini, white, outlined square boxes in each corner. The central photo is black and white. It looks to be a glamour shot of her face in bandages after the completion of a plastic surgery. The photo has an odd subject matter and is shocking because it is not the most pleasant thing to look at. It has a dark tone and the amber and red coloring give the photo an uncomfortable feeling. Also, it is important to note the face in each different photograph is highly over exposed

In this piece Orlan is dressed like a Biblical "Mary" from the Bible. Now, I don't know anything really about the Bible- so chances are it's not really Marry that she looks like. I could just be making that up, however, Orlan is dressed in long colored fabrics with a head piece and cape that remind me of something I would see in a children's Bible story class. Except there is nothing Biblical about this photo. She is clearly standing on a thick metal pole used for holding up a car in the center of a garage. How classy? In fact, she is even more out of place because her dress style makes me think she needs to be in a marble atrium or something. Anyway, she is standing in a pedestal in the center of a garage. A dirty place meant for holding the outdoor machines like lawn mowers and garden tools. It's also a very cold place at night. This is an interesting piece because she is suspended in the air above the concrete floor like she is a goddess. There is also smoke coming up from ... whatever that pole is, which makes it odd like she is some sort of genie.