DaShawn Mitchell

I really enjoy these paintings by “pan pan”, my favorite would have to be the last one because it looks almost imperial with the gold around its head and antennas in a sort of crown shape. Because each painting captures a different human hybrid the painter was able to use each humanoid with a different personality based on their different insect/animal/plant. The Praying Mantis gives off a sinister vibe, almost like this being is scheming something. I love the almost world building affect that the group of them all give off together. I’d love to see a cinematic universe of all these characters and how they interact. Stylistically It makes me think of the Disney movie Epic mixed with a little GOT.

I actually think these are really really cool, but I'm curious. Why do you think the artist combines insectoid and animalistic looks with humans, and human ideas, like regality and dancing? What do you think they're trying to evoke?

I have played video games for as long as I can remember, my earliest memories coming from my dad and I sitting down and playing games together on our living room couch, and ever since I've been in love with video games. In most recent years I've been finding myself in more and more enthralled by the stories that video games tell, creating an extremely unique perspective where the audience is not only the one who's hearing the story but also the one who tells the story. Making the audience also a vessel for the story, one that is completely autonomous and able to interact with the world on his own and uncover the story at their own pace. This in my opinion gives video games a unique stance as an artform engaging an audience that no other form can capture and utilize to it's full potential, even leading to the eventual copy of the idea of interactivity in films, such as in the netflix original, Bandersnatch. This is an interactive episode of a show called black mirror, where you assume the role of, ironically, a game designer who is working on an interactive adventure game, with branching paths and multiple ending, where a long the way we get to see make choices, about what cassette to listen to on the way to school, or what to eat for breakfast. In a way not only is the show meant to mirror the game that the protagonist is designing, but it's also supposed to mirror how an interactive game is played, never forcing you down a path, with there always being an ending for your choices, never forcing you to make a specific decision but have better ending for going farther and making smarter and better decisions.

Cinema is an artform I got more into later in life, just because they didn't hold my attention as much as they needed to when I was a kid. However later on in life not only did they interest me with flashy effects and cool stories, but movies, and the marvel movies in particular, interested me because they were movies that brought me closer to my family and gave me a whole lot of new friends. In my own personal opinion this is where good art really steps up a new level. Whether it's a connection between the world and the story, or between people and the story, or from people to people. This is one of the more important aspects of art that I had missed out on until I got into the marvel cinematic universe, and got the chance to really experience good cinematic art.

I honestly love this design, not only is this building in my opinion a work of art, with an extremely modern, cool, and nature focused design, I feel that this addresses and helps to combat one of the world's major issues, and I love that most of all. This is art to me not only because someone designed it, and it has a message, but because it innovates what kinds of messages, architecture can send as an artform, and what art as a whole is capable of. If people follow through with this building's purpose of not only sending a message. But also working to combat the major issue it's creating a dialogue about, directly, then we can see art shift from something that makes you think, into, something that acts directly against the very thing it hates. And this is a shift that's been going on for awhile now, thinking back to a something like We Are The World, where at least dozen popular musicians of 2010 came together to create a dialogue about the earthquakes in Haiti, and before that in the 80's they did the same thing, but instead they talked about world hunger. In their wake they left relief programs, and non profit organizations to combat a hefty amount of the monetary funds required to begin repairs, or find any direct solution. Just think of We Are The World, but 10 fold. Imagine this building, or something very similar to it being the primary design for apartment buildings all around the world. Movies and plays that are 100% recycled. Modern art museums that send ticket prices to shelters, and non-profits focused on attempting to help the homeless find jobs and long term housing. This one building means so much more for art in general and what it can do to help solve issues we face in modern society.

I'm not someone who necessarily believes in the artistic value of everything, unless I see it for myself I don't really believe that everything that you claim is art, is actually art. If it's artistic, then show me that's my whole belief. This dress, in my opinion, shows me that fashion and tailoring has the capability of being art. Although I don't believe that this was intended to send a message when it was created, I can easily the say the craftsmanship required to make this is leagues beyond anything that I or most people could do, it's also very intentional in the color composition and design, seamlessly mixing black, and spring colors, by muting the tones, while still keeping themselves true to the original color, to make them easily recognizable, and still pop on the dress.