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He turns out to be an artist who thinks the network, the community, the connections among several
Research Note #2: “The Most Photographed Barn in America” Paragraph A: In this passage extracted from the novel White Noise, the author, Don Dellilo describes Jack and Murray’s visit to a tourist attraction known as the most photographed barn in America to exhibit the significance of perception in addition to humanity’s lack of awareness regarding reification. The first paragraph establishes the scene in a countryside with a “MOST PHOTOGRAPHED BARN IN AMERICA” sign, the presence of animals and typical tourists taking photographs and buying souvenirs. Following the contemplative and observation saturated silence, Murray proposed his theory that: “No one sees the barn,… Once you’ve seen the signs about the barn, it becomes impossible to see…
The one piece of art that pique my interest was the “Sugar Face”, by Victor Cartagena during the exploration of the San Jose Museum of Art. Born in 1966, at El Salvador, Cartagena is an established acclaimed multimedia artist acknowledged for his campaign having an interest on the migrant workers and the injustice of the renowned corporations having their success built from the strenuous act of reaping sugars. Born as a Salvadoran, Cartagena’s work were showcased in the Bay Area since the late 80s. Not to mention, faced adversities with the crisis in El Salvador and the stress of transitioning from El Salvador to the U.S. Furthermore, Cartagena was a member of the Tamoanchȧn, a cohesive group of Latin American printmakers.…
The Johnny Cash project is created by over hundred thousands of contributors and their fascinating drawings. It is a form of immediacy as it turn Johnny Cash who was a real person into drawing and frames that are virtual and visual, by using various drawing techniques, texture, lighting and depth. The moving frames push the project to a next level as a form of hyper immediacy. The shift and movement of the figure combine to trick the viewer’s eyes to believe that the man is moving. On a larger scale, it has all kinds of remediation, as it turn the lyric and song into another form of musical performance, music video.…
Through an epiphany, both protagonists realize that they are outcasts from society, by the end of the story. In Tonio Kroger, the protagonist takes himself out of society, displaying Mann’s use of alienation to condemn the outer world of social life. Tonio recognizes that his role of an artist does not fit into the bourgeois society, in which he is seen to belong, ‘“I stand between two worlds, I am at home in neither, and this makes things a little difficult for me.”’ (Mann 1998: 194). The ‘two worlds’ Mann writes of symbolizes the inner world of imagination and the outer world of social life.…
Both Oscar Zetas Autobiography of the Brown Buffalo and Ana Castillo’s Novel So Far From God are examples of the use of magic realism and mythology in Chicano/a literature. However, both pieces of Chicano/a literature display their own unique interpretation of self-identity. Beginning with the plot of the Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Oscar is a lawyer at the East Oakland Legal Aid society. He drives to his office in downtown San Francisco only to discover that his secretary, who usually does most of the work for him, has died over the weekend.…
The exhibition, Yinka Shonibare MBE (RA) at the newly renovated Yale Center for British Art, provides a modern perspective on British history. Shonibare’s work focuses on Admiral Lord Nelson as a symbol of British colonialism. The works are vibrant and incorporate bold patterned Dutch wax-printed fabrics that Shonibare is known for. The bright colors and often comical tones to explore and critique much darker themes and historical events. Upon first encountering the exhibition, I found it interesting that Shonibare utilized such a wide variety of mediums, especially considering how small the exhibition is.…
The Time Traveller that supposedly went back in time six months ago has finally returned!!! For those of you that don’t know who he is, his name is rory he is 47 and somehow found a way to travel through time. His destination was Korea during the Goryeo Dynasty, 1350. He described some of the events that were going on during that time.…
Although, the course has prompted the analysis of culture and identity through the expression of various artists. Many assignments prompt the student to not think about how they see the work, but rather what the artist intended and how the artist expressed their own identity and/or…
One foot rooted in urban Puerto Rican heritage and the other having been later immersed in the Southern black experience as an adult, I have learned to merge the conceivably disparate cultures of my family. Each afforded me a unique point of view, developing the self-assurance that has empowered me to succeed in the face of adversity. Being of Puerto Rican descent in the inner city kept the lack of financial stability of my youth in view and motivated me to pursue my education. As a black American female I learned the value of diversity, having experienced first-hand the misconceptions that can shape in a homogeneous environment. For instance from being called “too much of a free-spirited city girl,” in the country to later being “too old-fashioned…
The passage from "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris is a comical, nuanced look at one man's decision to return to school in his 40's, only to find that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Thrust back into the classroom environment, Sedaris is reminded of his angst-filled teen years, full of doubt and crippling insecurity, and exacerbated by a sadistic instructor who seems to take the utmost delight in terrorizing her students. Through hard work, and perseverance, and the luck of not being fluent in French, he ultimately realizes his goal, and triumphs despite his teacher's best efforts. The goal has not changed.…
Today, many like Karen Armstrong, acknowledge the significant role art plays in a community. Throughout her essay, Homo Religiosus, she argues that art, much like religion, has the capability to allow one to temporarily forget and transcend their daily struggles, and rather focus on an ideal future. Maggie Nelson’s essay, Great to Watch, questions how society relates to the world and through what can we do so. Nelson opens her text with a discussion of Sister Helen Prejean, who proposes in her memoir, Dead Man Walking, ignorance was a major obstacle that paused social and moral progress. Prejean was convinced that exposure to a world crisis will inspire others to help make change.…
Fred Brooks is the first recipient of ACM Allen Newel Award. This award is presented as a token of honour to the individuals for their contributions in bridging Computer Science with other disciplines. In the article “The Computer Scientist as Toolsmith – II”, Brooks has given the opinion that Computer Science is probably not the best name that is coined for the discipline of computers which deals with solving problems for the users. Explaining the core difference between Science and Engineering, he states that Science is about discovering facts and laws of the universe, but engineering is about creating new things. In Computer Science, we are focussed on creating new things/new solutions, so the discipline can be appropriately referred as…
Inadvertently I stumbled upon something that I would take for granted as a refuge. A refuge in which I could express myself, my emotions and transfer them into a visual reality. For once I did not acknowledge the presence of the crutches beside me. Hesitant at first then gradually getting more bold with each sweep of the hand, my depressed state faded away as color expanded across the canvas and replaced itself with one of hunger and awe. This was the day art pulled me by the arm me and forced me to expand its importance in my life.…
In his book Vermeer’s Hat: the seventeenth century and dawn of the global world, historian Timothy Brook explores the roots of world trade in the seventeenth century by analyzing six paintings by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. The book has its primary focus on ties between Europe and the rest of the world and the growing Chinese impact on the world during the age of innovation and improvisation. Brook argues that globalization, which is believed to have begun in the twentieth and twenty-first century had its roots in the seventeenth century. This is evident in one of the portraits painted by Johannes Vermeer of the landscape view of Delft.…
In The Colonial Harem, Algerian author Malek Alloula analyzes the French colonial gaze on his native country and particularly its women through the historical record of postcards made from 1900 to 1930. Alloula argues that the postcards were a form of symbolic assault on the veiled and private women of Algeria, who were played in them by paid models, as denizens of the colonial fantasy of the harem, as created by Orientalism. In the first chapter “The Orient as Stereotype and Phantasm,” Alloula outlines his mission to respond to the colonial gaze as an Algerian by analyzing the mechanisms used to create the desired phantasm or phantasy of the exotic, and often sexual, commoditized and presented as indisputable reality in the form of photo postcards.…