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THE ART ASSIGNMENT FINAL PROJECT

Project #4

I decided to make a time lapse of me working on my final project. Over this quarantine I have had to adjust a lot of things in my life but it hasn’t been all bad. Ive actually had time to focus on creating art and finding new styles of art I like doing. I just recently starting creating dot work drawings and have found it so therapeutic so I thought it would be cool to show the process of working with a bunch of small little dots to create this. I really enjoyed being able to have a free pick art project for this assignment.

Overall, I really enjoyed this class and feel like I learned so much about art and the types of art that I want to work with. Before this class, I didn’t know how to make any time of video art and now I am incorporating video editing with my other forms of art I like doing.

“Step Inside Your Mind, To Find Something Divine.”

-Final Result

Artwork: 10 Marylins, 1967 by Andy Warhol.

Reading Response 4: Postmodernist Approaches for Making Art.

After reading Terry Barrett’s definition about postmodernist approaches to making art, I think postmodernism is an innovative way of thinking for artists. Despite the fact that the initial purpose of postmodernism movement was to prove that modernism was wrong; however, the idea of this movement has been developed as a mainstream concept that co-exists with modernism. In simple terms, while modernism sets up the rules for artists in making art, postmodernism appears to break those rules. In my opinion, the most important idea of postmodern art is to make artists question about the substance of everything as well as the originals and stereotypes in life. Postmodernism exists in order to encourage you to speak up about various aspects of the world, to stay curious and most importantly, to think different. Therefore, we as artists could evolve to a better version of ourselves in making art, and also help develop the world into a better place.

Artwork:  Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat, Olympic Rings, 1984, acrylic on canvas - Working Collaboratively.

Artwork:  Maurizio Cattelan, Comedian, 2019, banana taped on wall - Appropriating.

Artwork: Marcel Duchamp, The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glasses), 1915 - 1923. Reconstruction by Richard Hamilton (1965 - 1966). Lower panel remade 1985. - Simulating.

Artwork: Lei Xue, Drinking Tea series, 2017, porcelain sculptures. - Hybridizing and Mixing Codes.

Artwork: Pablo Picasso, Still-life with Chair Caning, Spring 1912, oil on oil-cloth over canvas edged with rope. - Mixing Media.

Artwork: Rachel Hecker, Ache, 1995. - Layering.

Artwork: AI Weiwei, Coca-cola vase, 2014. - Recontextualizing.

Artwork: Durex: Cheaper,  Advertising Agency: Espiral DP, Guayaquil, Ecuado. - Intertextualizing.

Artwork: Tracey Emin, My Bed, 1998. - Confronting Gate.

Artwork:  Liu Jianhua, Play, color ceramic series, 2003. - Dissonance.

Project #3 Performance Art & Artist Statement

I won’t lie I kinda struggled with this project. I continued to start new projects and ideas that I got half way through and felt unhappy with and scratched it all. I decided the main thing I wanted from this project was to express my emotions from all the craziness that’s taken place over the past few weeks. To do this I wrote a poem that encumpasses a lot of what’s been going on around the world and used that as the audio of the project. For the film portion I took various videos of all the shops and restaurants on south broadway that have been boarded up. Growing up these establishments have been a deep part of my culture so seeing them boarded up and shut down brings a deep sadness to my heart. However, I feel hopeful seeing all the wonderful art that has been put up in their place. I recorded myself speaking the poem in my garage, and recorded all the video on my iPhone 6 using the splice editing app so it’s not the best quality but I’m also posting my poem to read if you have trouble hearing me. Enjoy!

Day by day blending together

Blending fruits in my diet so I can live forever

Never thought I’d see the world in such disarray

Hoping my loved ones and I make it till May

Maybe we’ll be okay and I can stop all this stress

But my grandmas 83 and alone through this mess

An introverts dream is what my brain keeps telling me

But after week three all I can think is fuck being solitary

Only so many dramas I can watch on tv

But each news stations coverage has me ready to scream

I get so much satisfaction from the bubbles and suds

Washing away dirt but leave my hands cracked with blood

what kills me the most is the those left to lie in dread

Who the fuck wants to die alone in a hospital bed

Please don’t get it twisted I’m keeping high hopes

Love how even in distances we’ve all grown so close

Let’s keep that mentality even when this is all over

And meet at restaurants and bars that have been boarded for closure

I know that right now life seems dark dim and damp

And we all feel our houses are getting too cramped

But use this time wisley to improve your mental being

Do yoga, make art, write down everything you’re seeing

Because eyes can wander and our minds can get lost

In the stresses of things like how much will rent cost

But If there was ever a time to value things other than wealth

“All you create and all you destroy” project #3.

“western media wont talk about this but the vietnamese government is helping citizens fight the coronavirus by offering free /proper/ meals for people in quarantine areas and free groceries/necessities for a whole neighborhood in lockdown”

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“- here people will be placed in quarantine due to travel history, showing symptoms or recent contact with current patients - the neighborhood in lockdown is because the 17th patient, possibly a “super spreader”, resided there”

“some korean travelers are also in quarantine so they were given korean meals because what if they aren’t used to vietnamese food”

“i ran out of characters but this is also meant to poke fun at how the usa and some european nations respond to this outbreak, both their government and people. anw if you constantly think of countries in the global south with your shallow eurocentric bias then karma will get you.”

“Muting this now reach me through DM if you need to! Appreciate all the good sentiments”

“your gov may be shitty but extend your appreciation and support to doctors & healthcare workers on the frontline of this crisis! if you cant wear masks, wash hands often, avoid touching MEN (Mouth Eyes Nose), and avoid crowds (PLEASE). the system is in shambles so be proactive”

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“The Vietnam government makes sure the neighbors of the “super spreader” number 17th has enough food for 14 days. The citizens in quarantine be making friends, cleaning up the place together, giving out roses for women patients for International Women day, even fall in love lol~”

Also, they have developed their own kit, which is apparently easy and cheap to mass-produce and has a fail rate of 0 so far, meaning it produces accurate results every time. The kicker? The test is so efficient that you can receive the results within one hour.

https://vietnaminsider.vn/vietnam-makes-test-kit-to-diagnose-covid-13-infection-in-just-one-hour/

“t was developed jointly by the Vietnam Military Medical University and tech firm Viet A Corporation.

It is based on reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), a technique that combines reverse transcription of RNA into DNA and amplification of specific DNA targets using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The kit can detect the new coronavirus in specimens of droplets obtained from the respiratory tract and blood samples.

Do Quyet, director of the university, said all tests done by the university and Viet A Corporation found the kit meeting World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards.”

The initial batch is producing 10,000 a day for distribution across Vietnam, but they said they could triple the number if needed. For comparison, 10,000 tests a day is what is being administered in South Korea, with the goal being there to upgrade to 30,000 tests a day as well.