Author Archives: LSullivan
Project 3 Vimeo Link & Artist Statement
Drawing inspiration from Omer Fast’s work and Anri Sala’s Ravel Ravel Unravel, my main objective for Project 3 was to create a collage of video and sound. Over spring break, I visited my family in North Carolina while I was still working on compiling footage for the project. My cousin Steven who lives there […]
Project 3 artist statement
In this project I wanted to use the idea of juxtaposition in a more subtle way. My objective was to point out dissimilarities in very similar situations, most especially in the natural world. The different types of flowers are similar structurally but have their distinct personalities and visual differences. I was also inspired by the […]
Omer Fast Exhibition Review
What I like in the artist’s work is the camera perspective and the frames. The proportions of the frames were visually pleasing me. For example, in “Continuity” in one scene, the son and the father was walking towards the garage but you could also see the wall behind the corner and the door which was […]
Blog 8
Claire Bishop’s “Digital Divide” resonates greatly with Walter Benjamin’s “Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction”. She states, “faced with the infinite multiplicity of digital files, the uniqueness of the art object needs to be reasserted in the face of its infinite, uncontrollable dissemination via Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, etc.” Similarly, Benjamin states that while traditional […]
Blog 5 Hamza Saab
Elwes’s article shares a very interesting standpoint on how young people the death of the art object. Art has transitioned with technology with new form of creativity flourishing and more and more every decade. Video art became a platform for people who like to express a visual idea rather then building a sculpture or painting. […]
Omer Fast
The Omer Fast exhibit in Chelsea was very interestingly laid out with an extremely dark gallery, a few hallways and several dark halls leading to rooms with large television sets. In general I noticed that Omer Fast uses themes of narrative and his works all struck me like cinematic movies. A lot of his work […]
Final Project: Comfort’s First
For my final project, I desire to explore and examine the newest big trend in fashion: athleisure. “It is a big moment for “athleisure,” the apparel industry’s term for the casual, athletic-inspired way of dressing rooted in leggings, tank tops and sneakers. Athleisure promises a whole day’s wear from a single outfit, taking people from spin class to […]