My final piece exemplifies my personal struggle with defining myself as an artist. Every piece has been meticulously cut and warped to form an unsurpassable, eyesore of an entity that hovers just above the little hooded traveler. The two beings do not directly interact, but instead view each other as an out-of-reach nuisance. Rather than […]
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RiP! Response
Typically, documentaries make my uncomfortable and hyper aware of something I would typically not think twice about. They bother me, to the say the least. However, I did not feel that way with RiP!: A Remix Manifesto. I love the cheeky narration and the overall approach narrator had despite tackling a relatively big problem in […]
Manipulating for Meaning
Of all the passages, the one on digital imaging stood out the most to me as a photographer. Despite using primarily digital cameras, I have always limited manipulations to my subjects to only changing lighting and colors. However, upon reading about how other photographers would manipulate landscapes or “morph” images of faces together, I realized […]
Artist Statement
The first time someone called me an “artist,” I laughed. When I was young, I adored art class. However, an unsteady hand’s incompatibility with pastels and paints was apparent. Soon my scribbles started looking less and less like figures until they could only be seen as looping words. No longer did I try to tell […]
Media Rules Everything Around Me – M.R.E.A.M.
The Medium is the Massage is best described as a candid look at the truth about society’s unconscious dependence on media. The various designs and seemingly arbitrary quotes thrown in between the blocks of exposition. Knowing that this was published in the 60s is unbelievable considering the insight into the downfalls that advancing electronic technology, […]