Wednesday

In our era of such advance technology, our ways of communicating our thoughts and ideas are heightened and easily shown to everyone in the world. Networks such as Blogger and Facebook, make things so easy for us to express ourselves, and the fact that we add video clips, images, and pretty much anything else we wanted, makes it that much more effective. This whole "friend" system furthers that point as messages that start with one set of people and location could be completely different within a short amount of time. It really is interesting to find out how to complete strangers could be connected to each other without really knowing it. Everything is laid out for us, all we have to do is write our opinions and anyone can see or read it. Whether this is used properly and to its maximum effect is completely up to us.
For example i could post my artwork in such networks, and people could see it and talk about it, but it is up to me what networks i post them on and who i want to send them to.
Themes such as personal identity and personal space can easily be applied and carried out because, a physical presence is not required. All someone has to do is photoshop images and create a story to be a completely different person. and personal space can be easily invaded through advertisements and spam.

tuesday

One of my favorite presentations was the crocodile hunter performance, on ucsb life. I thought it was really well planed out and surprisingly relevant to the way college students live their lives here. Hiding in the bushes was really professionaly done, and really comedic on different situations. The accent was dead on which made everything in the video fall right into place and work effectively.

One of my least favorite ones would have to be the one about the Christian girl. i still think that the idea was great and well said, but i felt that as for the video presentation went, i thought it could use some revision. I think it was the lighting that really through me off, I felt like it really affected the way her documentation was portrayed.

Monday

The final was kind of difficult sometimes. i completely blancke out on the artist's names, but i felt like i was able to write about what they were about. as for the presentations, I thought they were really enjoyable, watching what other sections were up this whole time. i really like the follow the leader video, I thought it was well planed out and really funny. I also wanted to apologize for my handwriting, having pens taped on to my fingers really made it difficult to write legibly. however it was interesting taking a final in such a non-serious way.

Sunday Alternate persona

For my alternate identity, i decided to modify my hand so that it could function as drawing/doodling utencils. i spend most of the time in the painting studio so i wanted to play with the idea of being able to paint with my fingers. I really like to doodle and i figured I would experiment with different things like paint brushes, chalk, sharpies, and pens.  At first it seemed like alot of fun, but after a while my fingers started cramping up and loosing blood circulation as i tried to do everyday things. luckily i spend most of my time at the studio so it wasn't too bad, and at times worked to my advantage...painting was pretty interesting, and fun trying to paint with brushes taped to my fingers. i then moved on to some chalk, then some sharpies and pens. I ended up doodling on different objects and surfaces. The responses i got from people were minimal, i just got some stares but nothing to crazy.

Artist!

If i wanted to be an artist i would probably choose Gabriela... from the band "Rodrigo y Gabriela". They're not really that well known, but I've always wanted to play guitar the way Gabriela does. i love guitar and I've been playing for about 6 years now, so every time i see a new style or technique i want to learn it. and every time i see the music videos, im amazed at how great she plays and gets every rhythm, and beat playing so harmonically to the rest of the instruments. And i just really like how she plays the guitar with different hand techniques that creates percussion along with melody.

Vilain!

I think i would choose to be Bowser from super Mario. I mean...he's a dragon. how awesome is that! plus he has all those goombas and turtles as henchmen, who would do anything for him, even walk back and forth all day until Mario touches them...e,very loyal and determined. I would love to have turtles, they're so cute. It would be awesome to have people do my homework and read my boring art history reader and then write those 3 pager responses on them.

I not much of a villain, nor do i really want to be i dont want to spend my awesome powers worrying about how i can take over the world or destroy other people, it sounds hard and not as exciting.

Thursday Hero!

If u had to pick a specific super hero i would want to be Superman. He can do anything! and it works out well because there is no Kryptonite lying around in the real world, so no weaknesses. being able to shoot lasers from my eyes would definitely come in handy when i want to kill a spider. And being able to fly would make my transportation to and from the art studio to my apartment so much more convenient.

If i could be any super hero i want to be i would really like to be able to be one with powers to turn back time. i think its ridiculous how fast time goes by, and sometimes i just don't have enough of it. it's stressful and there's nothing i could do about it now, i think being able to back in time to fix things or just have some time to do the things i want to do, would be pretty nifty.

wednesday

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Tuesday

Jammin

friday

The Nexus
http://oraleguey7.blogspot.com/2011/04/dont-read-yet.html

Personal Space
http://oraleguey7.blogspot.com/2011/04/disturbing-peace.html

Act of kindness
http://oraleguey7.blogspot.com/2011/04/friday.html

Confessions
http://oraleguey7.blogspot.com/2011/05/week-doc.html

Pun
http://oraleguey7.blogspot.com/2011/05/pun.html

Sequence
http://oraleguey7.blogspot.com/2011/05/blog-post.html

Pun

Here's my pun, i decided to do a "couch potato". i made the couch out of cardboard and newspaper mache. and i just used two ordinary potatoes to complete the piece.

Thursday

the flash mobs today were fun. My favorite one would have to be the Duck Duck Goose one, just because I haven't played a game like that in so long. I also thought that it was even more entertaining playing out in the middle of the bike loop, it was the weirdest place to decide to play that game. And even though I was the first one to get tagged i could tell people were having fun running around in circles, and in wet grass which was even harder.
I also enjoyed the gun one that we did in the ucen. i think it was probably the must successful of all the one we did throughout the day. people infiltrated the ucen so well and blended in so well that even i was surprised when it was time to pull out our guns.

Wednesday.

Tuesday

Classes are slowly killing me, I underestimated the workload this quarter, but i am doing my best to stay on top of it. overall it could have been worse, i still have a firm grasp on most things and I seem to balance everything out so that i make sure to have things done when they need to be. I am currently taking an art history 146k European Architecture, and i have to say that having that class at 8am does not help my attention span. I am also taking intermediate Painting, which is also a lot of work, but also a lot of fun. i enjoy doing different projects and I'm excited for all of my finish products. I am also taking advance Painting, Its one of my favorite classes because I can paint anything i want, and seeing my own ideas develop the way they are is very exciting. Painting does take a lot of my time but i really enjoy it and i wanted to take advantage of my last quarter here, since i wont have these opportunities later.

Monday

Lecture was entertaining as always, i always think they are very interesting. i really enjoyed the comic themed lecture, and how Kip elaborated on how they are more than what they seem to be. I think that artists like Bill Waterson are amazing for trying to stay true to their principles, especially in our society today, in which everything revolves around money and marketing. I also believe that basing stories on real experiencing is even more powerful than fiction because the way it is created has more feeling and a deeper/ personal thought process. I think about the work I do, and I realize that I enjoy things a lot more when they are things that I hold to be special to me.

saturday

Prop 1
I kind of wanted to go back to my idea of disturbing people at the library. Im really interested on how creeped out people would get, and what they are willing to do to get rid of me. I was thinking of not just limiting myself to the library but all over campus.
Prop 2
I also thought about following people and serenading them, with my guitar I would be dressed up ofcourse. If I were being seranted I would probably feel extremely ackward, which is my goal for this project.
Prop 3
I was watching gramma’s boy the other day and I thought it was funny when one of the guys believed that he could become invisible by trying to blend in with the wall, so I thought It would be interesting to see if I could do the same and see how many people would notice me, as I try to creep around campus.

Friday

I’m definitely interested in flash mobs. I think it would be interesting to see how the public would react to whatever we do. Where we would do it, is also important on how much of a reaction we were to get. I think it would be cool if we were to do something inside the Ucen, perhaps in the food court or the bookstore where all those gauchos roam, maybe even the library would be a good idea for a location, although I don’t know if people will appreciate us interrupting their youtube videos.
As for what we do, I think it would be interesting to have a crapload of our phones going off, probably playing the same tone or song, kind of like those annoying ads you can’t turn off in the internet.

Thursday

Not too long ago I saw Insidious at the movies with my friends. Its started out promising it really got me a little shaken up but it turned out kind of lame in my opinion. Anyways despite its failure to frightened me, I still thought its composition was very interesting. Some of the imagery was very impressive and the colors on part of it really fit the mood and the theme of the movie. Everything would suddenly become dark and strange and some stills could really play off to be independent pictures.
I also thought that it was trying to go back into the style of older horror films in which things seem very cheesy and cliché. But I think it was a good imitation of that old style, by watching this film you could really compare how much our scare tolerance and culture has changed. It can also be blamed on how far our technology has advanced; it allows us to explore different effects that make the viewer react in different ways.

wednesday

Tuesday

Everyone’s quick little presentations were really enjoyable. Because there were no restrictions on what we could do, everyone’s narrative was really different. But I would have to say that the one that I really enjoyed was Erika’s documentary about being half cat, half human. It was so funny and entertaining, I was made really well. Its composition was really great as well; it had a good balance with comic effect and the main idea. It was very creative in the way that such a story was put into a real life concept, and the way it really portrayed to being an interview that you would find on TV. I also enjoyed Alex’s work a lot as well. He got into character really well and everyone was constantly laughing. It was very original and fun to watch. I really wasn’t expecting to see these kinds of presentations today, and I was really impressed by all of them.

Monday

I really enjoyed the lecture. Listening to everyone’s different pieces was really interesting and captivating. I really enjoyed trying to listen intently to their words and in the manner they decided to express them in. I was really impressed by all of them, the ones from the students were all very distinct, and had their own styles. And watching Beau performing his stuff was really amazing as well. You could tell he’s really good at doing what he does, and his interaction with the crowd is very affective. I remember seeing a documentary about Beau about a year or two ago, so I was really interested in watching him perform in person.
The lecture really made me think about those instances in life that trigger such strong material for pieces of art. It could have been a tiny instance in life, but that moment could mean a million different things when retold in words or image. I have become more aware of these things and I feel like I start to analyze everything, trying to figure out how it can change the things I do.

I did a series of words that I found all over the art studio. I noticed that there are a lot of different messages written and posted around there, so i thought it would be interesting to put some of them together. the main one i noticed was a note left written on one of the tables, saying "hello, I love you wont you tell me your name?". i tried working of of this, by making my sequence based on a love letter or confession that someone has left behind for their special someone. here's what I got.

week doc

This week I was able to present my confessions project. Overall the project affected me more than I thought it would. I honestly didn’t expect to react the way I did when I was retelling my experience. As I was telling everyone what everything meant, I felt like I was reliving those moments again, and I had forgotten how that felt. So it was definitely unexpected, but I’m also glad I decided to do that, I started thinking about a lot of personal things after that, and the way they affect me today.
As for the actual visual sculptural piece for my confessions, I knew from the start how I wanted to present it. I wanted people to read the letter like they were the ones receiving it, and I wanted that shock, or fear to come across in a certain way. To receive something so suddenly has left a very strong impression that I will never forget the feeling of it, and telling a story is not as powerful as experiencing it firsthand.