Wed 27 April
♦ 9a = Meet at Tennis Courts
♦ 11a = Meet in Room
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 25, 2011
Projects4 - Alternative Media
DUE
• Artist Presentations Due on Dates Below
• Everything else due by Monday, 16 May
9a ARTIST PRESENTATION DATES
MONDAY 2 MAY
WEDNESDAY 4 MAY
MONDAY 9 MAY
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY
MONDAY 16 MAY
11a ARTIST PRESENTATION DATES
MONDAY 2 MAY
WEDNESDAY 4 MAY
MONDAY 9 MAY
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY
MONDAY 16 MAY
MUSEUM TRIPS
You may go to Farmlab or the Museum of Jurassic Technology
• http://www.farmlab.org/
• http://www.mjt.org/
ART PROJECTS
Pick One:
• Performance Art
• Land or Earth Art
• Flashmob
• Happening
These do not need to be "large scale" events. They can be modest. Document with Videos or Photos and Text on your blog.
ARTIST WRITE-UPS
2 / week
ALTERNATIVE / INSTALLATION
Lauren Bon / Not a Cornfield / Farmlab
David Wilson / Museum of Jurassic Technology
Velaslavasay Panorama
Camera Obscura Santa Monica
HAPPENINGS / FLASHMOBS
Survival Research Laboratories
Burning Man
Cacophony Society
Improv Everywhere
Kevin Bracken
PERFORMANCE ARTISTS
Marina Abramovic
Allan Kaprow
Vanessa Beecroft
Stelarc
Ana Mendieta
Xavier Cha
Jamie Isenstein
Nancy Popp (the performance artist, the not workout guru)
Yoko Ono
Joseph Beuys
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Maurizio Cattelan
Marcel Duchamp
EARTH / LAND ARTISTS
James Turrell
Robert Smithson
Andy Goldsworthy
Maya Lin
Isamu Noguchi
FASHION DESIGNERS
Hussein Chalayan
Vivienne Westwood
Alexander McQueen
Donatella Versace
Points for M4
• Up to8 points for your 8 artist analysis blogs
• Up to 4 points for Class Participation / Thoughtful Questions on Artist Presentations
• Up to 4 points for your Museum Trip & Analytic Write-up
• Up to 4 points for your M4 Art Project
• Up to 5 points for your M4 Artist Presentation
25 points possible for M4
WHAT IS PERFORMANCE ART?
In this series of funny, silly, wonderful videos, Athena Reich lays out a nice foundation for the medium of Performance Art.
http://www.youtube.com/user/athenareich
http://www.athenareich.com
What is Performance Art?
Research other Artists!
Do The Research: Spit Out Your Art!
Get a Concept / Make People Think!
How To Be Outrageous
Rehearsing
Reflect, Revise & Do It Again!
• Artist Presentations Due on Dates Below
• Everything else due by Monday, 16 May
9a ARTIST PRESENTATION DATES
MONDAY 2 MAY
- Erica Washington
- Huda Shafique
WEDNESDAY 4 MAY
- Min Rattachandani
- Krysta Penfield
- Sydney Nelson
- Bradley Miera
- Claire Mezzetta
MONDAY 9 MAY
- Andrea Melgoza
- Kevin McGougan
- Brandon Lovelace
- Eduardo Lopez
- Stephany Lopez
- Lelley Lopez
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY
- Jasmine Lee
- Joana Khounthavong
- Torsten Keil-Long
- Molly Huerta
- Jill Horvath
- Ariah Green
MONDAY 16 MAY
- BK Fernandez
- Bhrugesh Desai
- Sean DeYoung
- Lyndsay Bordy
- Nathalie Bonifaz
- Jessica Alamo
11a ARTIST PRESENTATION DATES
MONDAY 2 MAY
- David Welz
- Tin Trang
WEDNESDAY 4 MAY
- Jonathon Torres
- Valerie Terronez
- Montel Taylor
- Patrick Lavey
- Danny Servin
- Gladys Seisay
MONDAY 9 MAY
- Antonella Saturno
- Kaitlyn Ongie
- Juan Olivares
- David Odierno
- Rachele Lombard
- Chris Lett
WEDNESDAY 11 MAY
- Chesha Lessig
- Young Lee
- Evelyn Jordan
- Megan Jansen
- Phuc Huynh
- Jessica Harrington
MONDAY 16 MAY
- Ashia Foard
- Matthew \Dyer
- Kristil Chappell
- Dellanira Castaneda
- Quynhnhu Cao
- Kelxey Caldwell
MUSEUM TRIPS
You may go to Farmlab or the Museum of Jurassic Technology
• http://www.farmlab.org/
• http://www.mjt.org/
ART PROJECTS
Pick One:
• Performance Art
• Land or Earth Art
• Flashmob
• Happening
These do not need to be "large scale" events. They can be modest. Document with Videos or Photos and Text on your blog.
ARTIST WRITE-UPS
2 / week
ALTERNATIVE / INSTALLATION
Lauren Bon / Not a Cornfield / Farmlab
David Wilson / Museum of Jurassic Technology
Velaslavasay Panorama
Camera Obscura Santa Monica
HAPPENINGS / FLASHMOBS
Survival Research Laboratories
Burning Man
Cacophony Society
Improv Everywhere
Kevin Bracken
PERFORMANCE ARTISTS
Marina Abramovic
Allan Kaprow
Vanessa Beecroft
Stelarc
Ana Mendieta
Xavier Cha
Jamie Isenstein
Nancy Popp (the performance artist, the not workout guru)
Yoko Ono
Joseph Beuys
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Maurizio Cattelan
Marcel Duchamp
EARTH / LAND ARTISTS
James Turrell
Robert Smithson
Andy Goldsworthy
Maya Lin
Isamu Noguchi
FASHION DESIGNERS
Hussein Chalayan
Vivienne Westwood
Alexander McQueen
Donatella Versace
Points for M4
• Up to8 points for your 8 artist analysis blogs
• Up to 4 points for Class Participation / Thoughtful Questions on Artist Presentations
• Up to 4 points for your Museum Trip & Analytic Write-up
• Up to 4 points for your M4 Art Project
• Up to 5 points for your M4 Artist Presentation
25 points possible for M4
WHAT IS PERFORMANCE ART?
In this series of funny, silly, wonderful videos, Athena Reich lays out a nice foundation for the medium of Performance Art.
http://www.youtube.com/user/athenareich
http://www.athenareich.com
What is Performance Art?
Research other Artists!
Do The Research: Spit Out Your Art!
Get a Concept / Make People Think!
How To Be Outrageous
Rehearsing
Reflect, Revise & Do It Again!
Questions4 - Alternative Media
Module 4 - Alternative Media
From 25 April to 20 May, you can use this page for all your questions to Glenn or your classmates.
- Questions about Artists, Projects, etc
For Carpooling (finding a ride / offering a ride) try the Carpool Page:
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Claire Bear Art Show
Hi Guys!
Here's the card from Claire Bear's friends' art show! Yay!
http://clairevbear.blogspot.com/2011/03/we-can.html
Should we all go to the opening?
Should I bribe you with EC?
http://www.wecan-la.com/
Monday, March 28, 2011
Questions3 - New Media
Module 3 - New Media
From 28 Mar to 20 April, you can use this page for all your questions to Glenn or your classmates.
- Questions about Artists or Projects
- Museum Carpools
- Anything!
Monday, March 21, 2011
Projects3 - New Media
Contents
• Due
• Museum
PROJECT OPTIONS
• Video
• Second Life
• Counterfactual Identity
• Artists
• Module 3 Changes
Due
When is everything due?
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
Even though we're not exactly doing groups anymore, we will still use those groups to know approximately when you are presenting your artist:
• Mon 4 Apr - Group A, B
• Wed 6 Apr - Group B, C
• Mon 11 Apr - Group C, D
• Mon 13 Apr - Group C, D
For most groups I listed 2 days, you might go either depending on how things go. But our order of presentations will be from last names of "A" to last names of "Z" for Module 3. On Module 4 we'll go in the opposite direction.
MUSEUM TRIPS / ART PROJECTS
• Finished with final posting not later than Sunday 17 April.
ARTIST WRITE-UPS
It's 3 per week. Something like 1 on M, 1 on W, 1 on F would be great. Yes, I suppose I'll survive if you do all 3 on Sunday of that week. All 12 should be on your blog and available for grading not later than Sunday 17 April
Museum Trip
UCI / Beall Center for Art + Technology
Admission: Free
Parking: Varies
http://beallcenter.uci.edu/
The Norton Simon was "medium," LACMA was "huge," and The Beall is "small"... it's more of a "Gallery" than a "Museum" actually, but for a decade now, The Beall has been at the forefront of new and innovative media. Their current exhibition is:
Inflatable Bodies:
Chico MacMurtrie
Amorphic Robot Works
Feb 3 - May 7, 2011
Tue-Wed 12-5
Thu-Fri-Sat 12-8
Art Project
You have several choices for your New Media project. You do not have to do them all. Pick any ONE that you'd like to do:
OPTION 1 - ART VIDEO
Create a short fine art video. You may work in a group of your choice (may mix students from 9a & 11a) or you may work individually.
OPTION 2 - "LIFE DRAWING" IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
• Second Life Project - create a free account at http://secondlife.com and practice "life drawing" in the virtual world by making 4 or more different "shapes" for your avatar. Possible shape ideas include: very close to First Life Me, very different, fantasy "ideal," fantasy "bizarre," etc
For the "as close to me as possible" put a mirror next to your laptop or desktop and really try to "draw" the features of your face - how far apart are my eyes? How wide are they? etc
OPTION 3 - COUNTERFACTUAL IDENTITY
Therefore it seems time that we... well... let's not say create fake personas... let's say... explore Counterfactual Identity! :-}
"Make up" all the stuff you like... but try to make as compellingly "Real" a persona as you can in the process. Love and Hate. Poetry and Brutality. Your deepest secret fears. Your wildest, improbably dreams. Can you weave an identity that is more real than reality??
Artist to Research
We will each draw a name from the hat and receive an artist to research extensively and present to the class. As described below, we will also pick any 12 artists from this list for shorter viewing and analysis of their work.
HISTORICAL PEEPS 2
Edweard Muybridge
Robert Rauschenberg
VIDEO ARTISTS 10
Bill Viola
Gary Hill
Joan Jonas
Bruce Nauman
Nam June Paik
Mariko Mori
Matthew Barney
Tony Oursler
John Whitney
Toni Dove
SECOND LIFE ARTISTS 7
Gracie Kendal
Joseph DeLappe (first life name)
Four Yip
Vaneeesa Blaylock
Comet Morigi
Bryn Oh
Miso Susanowa
DIGITAL / INTERNET / HACKTIVISM 11
Scott Blake
Erwin Redl
Eva & Franco Mattes
Stelarc
Masaki Fujihata
Knowbotic Research
Jeffrey Shaw
Thomson & Craighead
Christophe Bruno
Harold Cohen / Aaron
Jennifer Ringley / Jennicam
Module 3 Changes
• No food in the classroom
• Attendance mandatory EVERY DAY - no more "discussion groups." From today, March 21, through May 18:
0, 1, 2 unexcused absences = your normal grade
3, 4 unexcused absences = -1 Letter Grade
5 unexcused absences = -2 Letter Grades
6 or more unexcused absences = F in course
Absences will be excused if you provide medical documentation for sick days.
• We will still have 2 weeks of "lecture" and 2 weeks of "presentations," but now everyone will attend all presentations. The presentations will be a 5-minute presentation on your artist. (I will grade your museum trips & projects online)
• Comments on each other's blogs are still appreciated, however they are no longer required. Instead, for each of the 4 weeks of Module 3, in addition to extensive research & presentation on your artist, you should look up artists from the list on this page. Look up any 3 you like each week. Post one example of their work (still image or video) and write TWO ANALYTIC paragraphs in response to the piece. By ANALYTIC I mean not a simple "description" of the work, nor an "I like it" or "I don't like it," rather an articulate attempt to READ the work of art in the context of the ideas in this course and your own life. Each thoughtful & perceptive analysis will receive 1 point for a total possible of 12 points.
• In addition to the 12 artist analyses, please blog on Your Museum Trip, Your Project, and Your Presentation Artist.
Points for M3
• Up to 12 points for your 12 artist analysis blogs
• Up to 4 points for your Museum Trip & Analytic Write-up
• Up to 4 points for your M3 Art Project
• Up to 5 points for your M3 Artist Presentation
12+4+4+5 = 25 points possible for M3
• Due
• Museum
PROJECT OPTIONS
• Video
• Second Life
• Counterfactual Identity
• Artists
• Module 3 Changes
Due
When is everything due?
ARTIST PRESENTATIONS
Even though we're not exactly doing groups anymore, we will still use those groups to know approximately when you are presenting your artist:
• Mon 4 Apr - Group A, B
• Wed 6 Apr - Group B, C
• Mon 11 Apr - Group C, D
• Mon 13 Apr - Group C, D
For most groups I listed 2 days, you might go either depending on how things go. But our order of presentations will be from last names of "A" to last names of "Z" for Module 3. On Module 4 we'll go in the opposite direction.
MUSEUM TRIPS / ART PROJECTS
• Finished with final posting not later than Sunday 17 April.
ARTIST WRITE-UPS
It's 3 per week. Something like 1 on M, 1 on W, 1 on F would be great. Yes, I suppose I'll survive if you do all 3 on Sunday of that week. All 12 should be on your blog and available for grading not later than Sunday 17 April
Museum Trip
UCI / Beall Center for Art + Technology
Admission: Free
Parking: Varies
http://beallcenter.uci.edu/
The Norton Simon was "medium," LACMA was "huge," and The Beall is "small"... it's more of a "Gallery" than a "Museum" actually, but for a decade now, The Beall has been at the forefront of new and innovative media. Their current exhibition is:
Inflatable Bodies:
Chico MacMurtrie
Amorphic Robot Works
Feb 3 - May 7, 2011
Tue-Wed 12-5
Thu-Fri-Sat 12-8
Art Project
You have several choices for your New Media project. You do not have to do them all. Pick any ONE that you'd like to do:
OPTION 1 - ART VIDEO
Create a short fine art video. You may work in a group of your choice (may mix students from 9a & 11a) or you may work individually.
OPTION 2 - "LIFE DRAWING" IN A VIRTUAL WORLD
• Second Life Project - create a free account at http://secondlife.com and practice "life drawing" in the virtual world by making 4 or more different "shapes" for your avatar. Possible shape ideas include: very close to First Life Me, very different, fantasy "ideal," fantasy "bizarre," etc
For the "as close to me as possible" put a mirror next to your laptop or desktop and really try to "draw" the features of your face - how far apart are my eyes? How wide are they? etc
OPTION 3 - COUNTERFACTUAL IDENTITY
Truth
I've commented a number of times that a work of fiction can often contain more truth than a work of fact. Cookbooks, gardening books, computer books - they all are filled with hopefully true facts, but they don't really contain the deeper human truths our souls yearn for. Bill Shakespeare's stuff is "made up," yet it contains some of the most powerful human truth we have ever known.Identity
Meanwhile... you could argue that all art in the last 6,000 years is in some way about "Identity," but particularly in the past few decades Identity Art has been a major stream in the current of contemporary art. Many artists from many diverse backgrounds have created "Identity Art" that both critiques the hegemony of the dominant culture and celebrates Identity and Diversity.Therefore it seems time that we... well... let's not say create fake personas... let's say... explore Counterfactual Identity! :-}
Narrative
In the Mixed Reality hybrid we live our lives in today, Identity Narratives are constructed by weaving content in the physical world and virtual content in complex and occasionally glorious tapestries. In this project you can hop-scotch across the 'net creating pages and virtual breadcrumbs... AND weaving, a RICH, COMPLEX Identity Narrative across these spaces."Make up" all the stuff you like... but try to make as compellingly "Real" a persona as you can in the process. Love and Hate. Poetry and Brutality. Your deepest secret fears. Your wildest, improbably dreams. Can you weave an identity that is more real than reality??
Part A - Pick an Identity
You may create any persona you like, start with a name, start with an idea, start with a bunch of objects you gather to inspire you...
Want some help picking a name? Here you go:
Part B - Work the Net
Here's a few ideas for how you could "express" your identity online:
- Sketch out a Profile for your new persona
- Open an Email account for them (use middle initials, middle names, name variants, or numbers as needed)
- duh, they don't exist if they don't have a Facebook!
- take a bunch of Pix of them & post to Facebook (pix of you or borrowed from web or shot in Second Life)
- write up an awesome Bio/Profile on Facebook
- Create any other accounts you like, like a Blog, Flickr, etc
- Pair up with any other 9a or 11a student & make a video of the 2 of you at http://www.xtranormal.com/ (post to YouTube & embed on wiki)
Artist to Research
We will each draw a name from the hat and receive an artist to research extensively and present to the class. As described below, we will also pick any 12 artists from this list for shorter viewing and analysis of their work.
HISTORICAL PEEPS 2
Edweard Muybridge
Robert Rauschenberg
VIDEO ARTISTS 10
Bill Viola
Gary Hill
Joan Jonas
Bruce Nauman
Nam June Paik
Mariko Mori
Matthew Barney
Tony Oursler
John Whitney
Toni Dove
SECOND LIFE ARTISTS 7
Gracie Kendal
Joseph DeLappe (first life name)
Four Yip
Vaneeesa Blaylock
Comet Morigi
Bryn Oh
Miso Susanowa
DIGITAL / INTERNET / HACKTIVISM 11
Scott Blake
Erwin Redl
Eva & Franco Mattes
Stelarc
Masaki Fujihata
Knowbotic Research
Jeffrey Shaw
Thomson & Craighead
Christophe Bruno
Harold Cohen / Aaron
Jennifer Ringley / Jennicam
Module 3 Changes
• No food in the classroom
• Attendance mandatory EVERY DAY - no more "discussion groups." From today, March 21, through May 18:
0, 1, 2 unexcused absences = your normal grade
3, 4 unexcused absences = -1 Letter Grade
5 unexcused absences = -2 Letter Grades
6 or more unexcused absences = F in course
Absences will be excused if you provide medical documentation for sick days.
• We will still have 2 weeks of "lecture" and 2 weeks of "presentations," but now everyone will attend all presentations. The presentations will be a 5-minute presentation on your artist. (I will grade your museum trips & projects online)
• Comments on each other's blogs are still appreciated, however they are no longer required. Instead, for each of the 4 weeks of Module 3, in addition to extensive research & presentation on your artist, you should look up artists from the list on this page. Look up any 3 you like each week. Post one example of their work (still image or video) and write TWO ANALYTIC paragraphs in response to the piece. By ANALYTIC I mean not a simple "description" of the work, nor an "I like it" or "I don't like it," rather an articulate attempt to READ the work of art in the context of the ideas in this course and your own life. Each thoughtful & perceptive analysis will receive 1 point for a total possible of 12 points.
• In addition to the 12 artist analyses, please blog on Your Museum Trip, Your Project, and Your Presentation Artist.
Points for M3
• Up to 12 points for your 12 artist analysis blogs
• Up to 4 points for your Museum Trip & Analytic Write-up
• Up to 4 points for your M3 Art Project
• Up to 5 points for your M3 Artist Presentation
12+4+4+5 = 25 points possible for M3
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Basta Dobbs
One more video before we leave "Identity"... we watched Angry Little Asian Girl... and We're All Angels... here's a piece from the Basta Dobbs campaign...
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Open House
Hi Guys!
I thought I'd have a little Open House on Saturday from 1-4. Drop by if you have a chance. The address is in this thing (zap it with your smart phone "QR / Bar Code Reader)(or just ask me)
I thought I'd have a little Open House on Saturday from 1-4. Drop by if you have a chance. The address is in this thing (zap it with your smart phone "QR / Bar Code Reader)(or just ask me)
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Round Tuit
As this round roman Tuit suggests, time's a tickin, get bloggin!
(yes, as in "I'll do it when I get around to it")
Most peeps are only being followed by 3 or 4 peeps... the WHOLE CLASS should be following the WHOLE CLASS! (just your 9 or 11 section, you don't have to follow the other peeps)
1. Follow Everybody
2. Blog a lot
3. Write about your artist, identity, beauty, truth, real, fake, realism, romanticism, etc
4. Have a great weekend
5. Comment on peeps blogs!
6. Read everybody in your group before the midterm
7. Still have a great weekend!
8. See you next week!
-- Glenn
Phone Apps!
Hey guys, we've had lots of questions about phone apps for Blogger.
I guess for Android phones there's lots of choices (since Blogger & Android both come from Google - hahaha) but maybe less for iPhone.
Torsten says that BLOGPRESS for iPhone is awesome (but everybody moaned when he said it cost a whopping $4! :P
Somebody else said BLOGSPACE for $0 worked pretty good.
Anyway, hopefully all these phone apps won't produce super short posts... or maybe lots of short posts... oh... and don't forget you can also edit your phone post later at home and write more if you want.
Anyway, if you have any comments, experiences, etc on iPhone Apps, Android Apps (anybody still use Blackberry??) post them below! Share your info!!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
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