Monday, October 26, 2009

Collaborative Final Project

I think Andrew and JD did a great (and very important) job by taking an immediate tour of the "guts" of the ceiling. Glad to see that there were not a whole lot of guts to be found. I think something that would make me feel a lot more comfortable about this process would be to make a timeline of when we plan on getting these tiles made and wired and how we plan to delegate the work. Personally, I think that this will turn in to a much more major construction project than what we are imagining right now. Without a plan, timeline and agreed upon work schedule this project could very well turn in to a mess. Tomorrow in class I would like to brainstorm and come up with a timeline that I think should accompany our proposal. I would be more than happy to put this timeline together once we collectively agree on a plan of action.

As a side note, I think it would be wise for everyone to take a look at Andrew's sketch over the photograph denoting the task lighting and accent lighting. I think this is the most effective and doable amount of work for us to complete together within the given time frame. I hate to be the group downer/pessimist but I honestly think that replacing the ceiling in its entirely in one month, wiring, and programming it on top of all of our loaded and different class schedules will end in disaster. We might want to consider this drawing as an option for how to approach the project. I think that it makes the most sense.

Monday, February 18, 2008

Story: A Discussion of Fear

1. TORNADOES
2. SCORPIONS

3. SHARKS




Fear. What is it, what causes it? Fear is defined online as “ a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.” This definition fits well for what I consider a fear. As far as how they are generated throughout our life, I guess through different experiences. I am going to tell you a story about my three biggest fears. In order they are: Tornadoes, Scorpions, and Sharks.

1. I think my fear of tornadoes comes from living in Ohio, where in the summer time, they are pretty frequent all around the state and all across the Midwest. Nothing scares me more than the idea of a giant funnel coming out of the sky, destroying my home and possibly quite literally sucking my life away. The movie Twister did not help me get over this. Ever since I was little I have hated thunderstorms for the sheer fact that I feel like every time the sky turns black, I am going to get sucked into oblivion by a funnel. Two summers ago, while working for a paper, I had to go storm chasing, and while standing in the middle of a cornfield facing my greatest fear, the clouds began to spin, and here one came…the funnel made it about half way down through the sky, and instantly sucked itself back up. I have to admit I have never felt so small and insignificant as I did then. What scares me the most about tornadoes is our complete inability to stop them. I have recurring dreams of Tornadoes all of the time. I feel like half of the people I have ever met either love or hate storms. I put myself in the latter category.

2. Scorpions. The movie “Hook” with Robin Williams (honestly one of my favorites) has a scene where hook feels that someone has betrayed him, so he throws the man in what is known as “The Boo Box.” If you aren’t familiar with the film, it is a casket like box filled with poisonous scorpions. I am now terrified of the small creatures. If you actually look at one, they are really quite beautiful little creatures, but that is as far as I will go, and even looking at them makes me squeamish. Let it be known that I am not a girl who is afraid of bugs/small creatures; in fact I am working on a sound sculpture right now that incorporates live Madagascar hissing cockroaches. I don’t have much to say on the matter other than I would prefer to not live somewhere where they are in abundance.

3. My final fear. Sharks. This fear has nothing to do with Jaws II, III, or I. This is the one fear that I have no idea where it stems from. But I’m not big on the ocean to begin with. The sand gets in your teeth, if you lay in it, its all over everything, and the unknowns of the ocean just make me not what to venture in it to find what has not been found yet. I think that is why sharks are on my top three lists of things that I am afraid of. Don’t get me wrong, I have been to the Ocean, and I love it, but I don’t like to interact with it. I love walking the beach, it’s relaxing, but lurking around in the waters of the ocean is the farthest thing from relaxing that I can think of.


What are your fears? Are they physical things, or emotional, or situational? I know many people fear things like death (or things that lead to death, which most of mine are), or are they more like the fear of embarrassment, failure etc…I know this was more of a discussion rather than a story, but it has been on my mind all weekend. Until next time

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Artist Statement

Technology is an ever-changing interactive façade of advancement that infiltrates and changes the face of the earth with each rotation of a new day. From the advancements in medical science, to new computing systems. Through the evolution of robotics and hand held devices technology has decorated our world with a colorful thread that is continuously weaving into a more complex and beautifully accepted web of seemingly endless possibilities. Technology has become a very integral part of our lives and has infused itself upon the physical and perceptual landscapes in which we operate. As great agronomists of our own culture, we have created an automated world; We exist in the cusp of an era in which nothing seems impossible, and we ultimately strive to create a microcosm in which all things and beings have an infinite end. We look for ways to make everything last, to perform at its best, and to facilitate the changes and advancements of humanity.
As a digital artist, I look to comment on these boundless changes and to ultimately look at the progression from past to the future. My work is very much about the possible and the realization of bodily emotions and extensions. I like to investigate these feelings not only on a humanistic level, but on mammalian level as well. By exploring both the animalistic and humanistic daily emotional and physical operations, I hope to sequentially infuse the technological world into both species of life.

Artist Statement

Monday, February 4, 2008

Myspace & faceook

I have posted links to my blog on both myspace and facebook.

http://profile.myspace.com/failurebydezine
www.facebook.com

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Three more blogs!!!!

Because I had previously linked to classmates blogs in a previous post, I am going to post three other blogs.