Art Things

 Link to presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Vv0CvW_FNBvLDEDkqRxqOhKbNbRBNNxwCXlL0l5QGV8/edit?usp=sharing  I really enjoyed learning about Brian Eno. I had heard of him and his work before, but it was super fascinating to dive deep into him as an artist. He's worked with so many talented people, and throughout all his work, I could feel and hear his presence. He obviously has a very unique view point on music. I especially liked seeing his transition into ambient music. I liked to see the rock music he made before it, and the way that his ideas of music and his goals changed and matured. I like the ideas of stretching the now. Creating music that fuses or "enhances" with the sounds and environment of the listener. His installation art was really interesting to me as well. It was cool to see someone that has had such commercial success, still striving to create new and interesting art. That really stood out to me as test of character, and as a test of bei

 I want to have long strips of translucent plastic (acrylic) to act as a doorway into the space. I want the lights to have a dull, muted feel, so I will cover them with plastic to give that feeling. I was thinking maybe use black plastic to help add to the feeling of loneliness.  I think I will put a chair in the middle of the room that gives the viewer a place to sit and experience the art. But will this take away from the overall feel of loneliness in the room? Maybe the chair would be to grounding, and remind them of reality?  I will cover the ground with acrylic as well, to give the room an even more disorientating feel. The ground will be difficult to see. I think my main strategy for making the viewer for making the viewer feel the emotion of loneliness if by stripping them of everything that reminds them of the reality they know. Maybe by placing things that are a part of reality as they know, but are negative things, would help the viewer make the association? Like maybe trash

I will be doing my installation in Tandem wine bar, in the upstairs. I want to cover the walls with aluminum foil, that is wrinkled or crumpled to give it a rough texture. I will put it up in sheets, and I want to cover the all the walls, ceiling, and floor. I'm thinking for lighting, of using the overhead lights and maybe putting some sort of screen over them of opposite colors, maybe red and green or brown and purple. I'm still thinking about the lighting.   I'm not sure if I should put anything in the room. I was thinking of maybe an object in the middle, or somethings scattered on the ground, or maybe fabric covering parts of the tin foil on the walls. But I feel like this would just take away from the emotion I am attempting to convey. I want to try and convey the emotion of loneliness in my installation. I want the viewer to feel the emotion of loneliness when they are standing in the room. I like the context and setting of the piece too, because Tandem has such a hom

 Today I went and checked out the exhibition in the Mudd Gallery by Kayla Bauer. I was not sure what to make of it. I wish I had been able to attend the talk that she gave, because without it I felt like I was missing the context that made this piece significant. I enjoyed some of the pictures, but other ones felt random and insignificant. They didn't even seem like they were done to intentionally lack purpose, they just felt weird. Some of the text was cool. What if the universe didn't exist? What if there was nothing? I liked these two in particular. I was wondering what the title meant but couldn't find anything online, and couldn't think of any meanings either. It's interesting to see found photos with her own photography. I wonder which were which. It's interesting to think on how that builds on the visual identity of the city.

  These were the first pictures I took. I wanted to do something interacting with the strings of the piano because I love the texture of them. I chose this ring because I really like how it looks. I paid an artists that I found on Instagram to make it for me, and got to help design it and pick out the stones. The sweater was just what I had on. I wanted to try putting the ring in a different context, specifically a different texture. I thought it would be cool to try a blanket. I chose to try to put different objects from here in the same context to see how that would impact the viewing experience. This is the objects in a moldy fridge I found in the Hiett storage. Here I put them in the sink. I really liked how this made them look. Here they are on the window sill from my first project. Here are the object inside a chip bag. This is how I found the ball of embroidery thread, I wanted to see how the objects would look in a spot that felt unintentional. I don't like how it looks.

  These are all spaces that are in my dorm building. I took a picture of the stairs I walk, the end of my hallway, the shower I use, and my room. I don't feel very at home here. It's very weird to be living in a dorm for the first time since freshman year, the walk to the communal shower is truly humbling.  These two pictures are from a place called Tandem. I play there every Wednesday and Saturday for a few hours. It's become to be one of my favorite places in Appleton. The owner and me are friends, and I'm thinking about doing my exhibit in the room on the right. I like the brick walls, they feel like a canvas, and the room could be stripped of everything inside.  The picture on the left is the space outside of the room, and downstairs is the bar and where we play. This is the outside smoking area at Jekylls. They have some cool masks on the wall, as well as this weird parrot sculpture. I like the lighting. The picture on the right is the hallway to the costume shop i