Response to “Cardiff, Miller and the Power of Sound”

The article is mainly talk about how to use sound to record life. Miller and Cardiff are artists who are famous for using sound to make artwork. The article tell us the story of Miller and Cardiff when they using sound to make their artwork. They recorded all day long of their life. They record when they are talking, traveling and so on. When people listen their recordings, people may imagine they are the person in the recording and imagine the picture of the recording.

After reading the article, I become very interested the in their way of making art. If I record the sound of my daily life, it would be very interesting. And I decide to do so.

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I walked to the campus, as my apartment is near the campus. It takes me about 15 minutes to walk to the classroom. I think everybody in OSU know where stadium is.

My professor sends me E-mail about the location of the classroom.  What makes me journey unique is that I just move to the new apartment. The way I went to school is different from I used to be. I used to live in UV, and I need to take a shuttle to campus. And I need to get up early in order to catch the bus. But, now I move to the apartment next to campus. I don’t need to get up early and rush to classroom. I can walk to the classroom and enjoy the scenery on the road. I feel more relaxed than before. I can pay more attention to the people around me.  Some of them are busy,  some of them are happy. 

However, there are a lot a traffic light on my way to school. There is on just besides my apartment, and the time of the traffic light is very long. If I met red light when I get to the cross street, it will waste me a lot of time and I will probably late for class. If I met a green light at the cross road, and don't have to wait I would feel very happy and the happy mood will stay whole day. I think the traffic light seems determines my mood of the day.

I have never study in a stadium. I think this is a very interesting experience for me. 

Response to Nipple Jesus

By reading the text, I think Dave is a tough guy. He is also hardworking.

Dave’s opinions of the “Nipple Jesus” painting changed several times. At first,  Dave observes the artwork from a distance. He enjoyed the artwork and did not find any strange about the painting.  “ So the first thing I thought was, bloody hell, that’s a good picture. Because it makes you think, and I don’t often think about things like that”.  After knowing that the artwork is pornographic, his opinion changed. Dave feels disgusting about the painting. However, Dave’s opinion changed again after meeting the artist and her family. The effort Martha put into the artwork attracted Dave. The more he looks the artwork, the more he likes it.  Dave is also a sensitive guy.

We can interpret artwork in different ways. There is no one way is better than another. However, if the purpose of artist is misunderstood by people, what he or she going to do?

Micro Project 1

When I was taking the first ten pictures, I just take what photos I want. I don't have a theme or constrains. I just randomly take pictures. When I was taking second ten pictures, I have constrains on what type of photo. I need to take.I enjoy the processs when I was taking the second ten photos, because I have to think how to take the photos to meet the requirement. I like the image form the point of view of an ant best. As when I taking the photo, I have to imagine what the ant's world looks like.

Asymmetrical image

Symmetrical Image

Radial Image

Person and their surrounding space

An image from the point of view of an ant

Your name on campus

A stable image

                                                              An unstable image

An image from the point of view of a bird

Person up close 

Response to the Walker and Barrett articles

Response to the Walker's articles

Big ideas are very important to both professional artists and students. Big ideas can drive students to a deeper levels of thoughts and avoid them to focus on technical skills. Personal interests plays an vital role in developing big ideas, otherwise, art making is just solving problems. Big ideas encompass artists, and reflect the artist's main idea. Theme is not always same as Big ideas, as big idea is the overall picture of the art work and theme sometimes is one of the parts of big idea.

I really enjoy walker's article. There is no problem for me to understand this article. I agree with his opinion about big ideas of artwork. I think he did a really good job on this article, because this article makes me understand of art, as I always feel art is abstract.


Response to the Barrett's articles

I think it is important to break it down and understand what the advertisement or visual art really means.
The mass media advertise products and spread beliefs to public, and lots of people do not think what the message delivered by the media really means. By knowing how to interpret the message, people may know the real meaning of the message and therefore, can decide accept it or not.

 I think sometimes adults can not understand what kids thinking about. And our interpretation of their thought is no what they really want to express. Can people interpret connotation in visual arts correctly if they come from a different culture background?  Different people will have different view about same thing.


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