Second Life

Talking about second life in class i was having mixed feelings about it. The idea of creating a charactor online and actually interacting with others as if it were real life troubles me. I have never been into any virtual reality games and the idea of a game that cost actual money and you interact with people you have no idea who they really are just does not seem fun or interesting to me. Plus online interaction doesn't allow you to fully ingage with someone and see facial expressions giving away there feelings. I have always been the type to want to go out and meet people and would never be interested in using the computer to meet people.
Having these feelings and being told that we have to engage in second life poses certains issues for me. On the other hand cause i never get involved in stuff like this having to get involved for class will help me gain more knowledge about the virtual world. I can also see what it is like from another perspective creating someone that is not at all like me. I feel although i am skeptical about it, it can be used as a good learning experience.

For studio i had to research a sculpture artist named Alberto Giacometti. He life span was 1901-1966. He was a swiss artist studying "surrealism." The sculpture i researched was Hands Holding the Void "The Invincible." It is a five foot high bronze sculpture displaying a egyptian like women on a thrown. He created the figure using lone slender forms. The head was created after the finsih protection coat was put on, allowing it to de-form over time. There is a plate at her shinns almost holding her but also restricting her from movement. Looking at her hands you feel as though she is holding or offering something. The sculpture relates to the egyptian KA. Looking into exotic & archaic art he attempted to grasp the KA of the egyptians, the "shaded soul." (The Invincible) The "Void" holds a presence and his aim was to graph it and hold it captive. This work became a proment piece for my project helping me better understand my landscape.

Museum of Fine Arts

Having the Museum of Fine Artes located so close to school this wasn't my first trip there. We started off our tour with the egyptian exhibit. Looking at all the different artifacts and tomb's one could begin to understand how important the after life was to them. Moving on we traveled to the greek area. The difference in art was easily seen. The greeks look to the gods and have art displaying myths. Using sculptures they created molds of the human form. Moving forward we moved on too paintings instead of sculptures.
Getting to the paintings we started analyzing gothic art. Gothic art in done is a certain manner. Not displaying any facial figures and following the same two-dimensional forms it can easily be identified. Going on we moved to renaissance paintings. Unlike gothic renaissance begins to explore perspective. Looking into the human figure they begin to have facial expressions. Overall the trip to the museum was a nice way to see the different era's in art all displayed in a common area.

Axiom Art Exhibit

Taking a trip to the Axiom Art Exhibit I got to see a lot of different types of art involving technology. Technology is evolving everyday and it was cool to see how art has embraced this bringing it into there work. There were a few different pieces i was interested in, but one stuck out the most in my mind. "Consensus" by Jack Backrack is a piece done on the computer. He created these animated robot figues that moved around differently to a pitch noise. Listening to the noise and watching the figures move you begin to think they move differently depending on the pitch of the noise.
Getting an explanation on the piece i learned that Jack created this in such a way to mimich politics. There are two pieces in the bunch that have colored circles around them. These are the two politician leaders. It shows how the others choose one to follow. The pices will change though and time goes on. Ones will switch sides and others will remian unsure of where they want to be. Although it may look like it is on a playback it is said to not repeat any of the same sequences. To me creating this art piece that is constantyl going in different patterns is a cool way to use technolgy for art.

Humans and Robots Joining in Marriage

Robotic technology has come a long way in our lifetime. Robots are being used worldwide to help make our lives easier. With the continuing change in technology is it possible that robots can provide more to humans?
Thinking about robots and the possibilty that they could be made for individuals to join in marriage posses some issues for me. A robot can be programed and set to the way you want. Having a machine willing to do evrything you want, to me, is not something you would want to live with for the rest of your life. Having a real human to interact with gives you that spontanious reactions. Another fact is how can a robot give you those emotional feelings like provided by your spose. To me the idea of robots and humans joining in marriage is a far reach and poses many problems.