Michael's Personal Space

I thought Micheal's fake arguments with his girl friend, were very convincing and were also very successful, from what i saw, in making the interviewee very uncomfortable. They both were dead on, in keeping to the script and made it an interesting concept to try around other people. Everyone reacts in different ways, and depending on the argument the reaction of the spectator becomes the main objective. that reaction can also play a part in  telling us the basis of what is considered to be comfortable or awkward to be around. I have been around a few of my friends who have started arguments like this, and every time that has happened, I always wished I wasn't there. its just very uncomfortable, because there's not much you can do or say to make the situation better.
 So good job Michael and girlfriend, your performances were great, nothing was made to obvious and you guys played off of each others reactions really well. i also thought that changing who was behind the camera and who was asking questions was also another great aspect of your idea, Its good to have a variety of different perspectives and sides to what is being shown.

Weekly Doc

This week, I presented my Personal Space project, it was very interesting seeing as i have ever really played for people while creepily following the around. but its amusing i think, I know that the chances of me doing something like this out of the classroom is very slim, so it was a nice experience.

Weekly art show.

On Friday the advance Paint had an open studio so that we could show what we we worked on all quarter. Unfortunately everyone was too dead tired to actually stay after crit so we left. But i did end up going ver to the print/paper show. It was great it makes me wish i had taken Print while i was here. The images the students create are amzing, and motivating. I know that Print is not easy, and i feel like it is more about the process and perfecting it so that you could create good work off of it. I enjoy these kinds of process, you get alot more appreciation out of you work this way, because you know that not alot of people can do it. At the show everyone had great works on the wall, the color combinations were also very nice and complimentary to the different forms and images.

URL's

Nexus
Personal Space
Act of Kindness
Confessions
Pun
Sequance
Alternate Persona
personal Space

Saturday

Week 1

Ok so after reading this, i feel like i have gotten a better grasp of my fears. I still get really anxious about things, that is something i feel everyone will always have especially when it comes to expressing yourself about personal issues. But i do feel like I can communicate with people alot better. Especially after the confessions project, i feel like I am more able to tell people how i really feel, and i plan on telling my parents after graduation. i feel like they have to know, besides it's these types of experiences that really make us think about ourselves and the kind of people that we choose to be. As for fears, they are fears for a reason and overcoming them, for me atleast, is very hard. But I'm working on it I promise, almost there. i think this class really did help me a lot thoug, it made me think about things in different ways that i don't think i would have normally.

Friday

I think the "beyond the Studio" would be a great class to take. The courses that are currently offered here, don't really offer such an opportunity to engage with our surrounding and our environment. Especially since we live in such a beautiful place, i think it would be a great idea to have students explore all the possibilities of art outside of class. I think it's also important for a student to get a sense of what it would be like to express their art in public areas where anything and anyone can play a large factor in their work. it would also be a great prep class for that sort of thing and really open their eye on what sort of interest they have as an aspiring artist. If i weren't graduating i would definitely take that course, i feel like i have gotten a lot of other studio classes and it would be really cool to transfer what i have learned in practices like this.

Thursday

I really enjoyed Brita's and Amanda's little gypsy shop thing. it was very amusing and great. they got all the props and act down. I thought it was very convincing and it looked like they were enjoying it as much as the rest of the class. Their props were really kool as well it was like (what i imagine) walking in to one of those inscence/spritual stores. Their card readings, and spirit cleansings where also very kool. good job you guys! I also like the Devil and the Angel performance. I thought the devil's remarks were hilarious, and that dollar on the floor....genious. it's funny i wonder how many people actually took it, i know i saw this one lady who almost did, and having the devil encourage the theft was very tempting for the observer im sure.

wednesday

Just keep swimming just keep swimming, a few more days and its graduation time. it happened so fast i can't believe its only a few days away. Don't think I'm ready to leave just yet, but i still have summerschool to ge through and then im off to the real world. scary I know, but i can't do shit about that so i guess im screwed haha. here's a video of a song i have had stuck in my head for the past week. Ironically enough its called "celebration"

Tuesday

I did my Personal Space today. it was interesting for sure, I decided to play theme songs for people as they walked to and from the Ucen. I was ready to go that morning i had so much to do that day, i drank a rock star and got a little boost in me. Unfortunately there were times when there wasn't anyone passing by, maybe because it was so early, but when they did I just started following them and playing themes like, the pink panther, or the Mexican hat dance song (my favorite). I didn't really see a lot of their face they just picked up the pace to get away from me. As i followed one person in one direction i would then follow another one who was walking the opposite way. No one said anything to me, a few smiled and some smiled uncomfortably. I then started playing full songs because I thought that maybe people would recognized some of them and might actually enjoy it a little more. They showed no hint of enjoying it, haha it doesn't matter i enjoyed playing them outside. My friend got some pics and clips for me that ill post later when i get them from her. that's it

Weekly Doc

Sunday

My least favorite place would have to be the DMV. it is so unbelievably boring and depressing. every-time i go there it is completely packed, and you have to take a number and wait in line for everything. its stressing me out just thinking about it. On top of that, the workers are so mean, i sure they hate their jobs as much as i hate going there. And to make things worse it is always so dark in there, how are people suppose to take permit tests and fill out forms if they can;t see shit? damn i hate that place.

Saturday

My favorite place in the world? that's a hard one. My head would probably be a stupid answer. I guess i would have to say, Palm Desert. It's were i grew up, and every time i go back to visit my sister it reminds me of my childhood and how i grew there. i moved when i was around 10 or 11 years old, and it was the first city i can ever remember being. It is unbelievably hot but I love the desert scenery, and it is so well maintained it literally is an oasis. It's also the place where my family was together the most and a time in which no one had problems with anyone and we would find an excuse to make a family party/reunion for anything. It's not like that anymore, everything is way to complicated and we all seem so distant from each other. Idk it reminds me of simpler times when even though; we didn't have as much as we do now, i feel like we were all a lot more happier.

Friday

I woke up this morning for the first time in a while, feeling well rested, i forgot what it was like to have a goods night rest. but there was something on my mind that kept me anxious the whole day. i had a dream that all of my paintings were due that day. haha thats how much time i spend on those paintings, i have dreams about them now. its like finals week when i have nightmares about failing my finals and not having enough time to study. well today it was that all 3 of my paintings were due when i had barely begun the 2nd. i know its wierd but its making me crazy. I get crazy anxious about these kinds of things, I'm so scared of not finishing on time that, it is all i think about. well...that was my dream, i have to go to paint class now.

Thursday

I really enjoyed people's personal identities for this part of the critique. They were all greatly thought out and performed really well. One of my favorite ones were the spies. their answers to questions were amazingly improvised that it fit their characters perfectly. their wigs were pretty kool too, i don't really understand why they were so brightly colored, but if the shoe fits-wear it...right? their pictures were funny, but i kind off wished they made a video documentation about it, like a trailer about a spy movie.