Kanye West Projection

I'm pretty sure that Kanye West is the first rapper to do this. He projected this song in the 6 biggest cities across the world including New York and in London.

Video Art Project

VIDEO ART PIECE LINK

For my video art piece, I video taped driving through the inner and outer city of Tampa, FL. I used just a Sony 'Handy Cam' to video tape it, and I produced my own song in LogicPro. I also edited it in iMOVIE.

Performance Art Piece "Self Portrait"

PERFORMANCE ART VIDEO

It is called self portrait because I essentially painted what I am, which is a consumer in America. I wore red white and blue sunglasses and used red, white, and blue paint. I first performed this piece in Channelside where the tunnel that leads you to the plaza from the garage is. I lasted there for about 4 minutes before security asked me to leave. I then performed this piece in Channelside where everyone leaving the lighting game walked by on their way to the parking garage.

Check out this song by The Weeknd. They sampled from the song Happy House by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Code.org

After watching this video made me realize how important it is for everyone to learn at least a basic amount of coding in grade school. I wish i started writing code in the 6th grade, I could only imagine how much knowledge I could potentially have right now if there was a coding class. The job environment that they show in this video looks awesome. A full time chef and laundry? How can you pass up that offer! 

Guerrilla Girls

I have never heard of the Guerrilla Girls before taking this course. I was amazed at how, not only are women, but also African Americans, are put down in the art industry. The fact that by 2005, a total of only 3 women have ever been nominated for an Oscar. I have a lot of respect for the Guerrilla Girls, not only for their political art, but how they have reached out to millions of women everywhere and have certainly made a difference and opened eyes.

"Her Morning Elegance"

This is an amazing stop motion video. I think it should have much more views. Its extremely creative, and i believe one of the first music videos to do such a thing. This started a chain reaction of stop animation music videos and commercials.

Surrealism

This is by far one of my favorite art movements. It is basically art created from the unconscious mind. Artists of this time embraced the realm of the subconscious and produced these magnificent pieces. It was a new way depicting reality by putting an emphasis on the subconscious. The most popular example is the painting of the melting clocks. This is a quick video that introduces more simplistic concepts of surrealism.

Violence in Veido games

A junior in high school did a report on this conflict and it is actually quite interesting and insightful. He explains that there is data that proves violent video games affect children negatively in some ways, but there are many points that dispute those ideas. He goes on to explain that violent video games don't actually make children violent at all, and that they are just an escape from reality and just entertaining. These violent video gives children the ability to communicate with friends and family online and even complete strangers, therefore they do not really become socially inadequate. He does explain that playing excessively can attribute with obesity. I personally believe that violent video games do not necessarily make people violent, but they definitely desensitize children.

Ray Kurzwiel

Ray Kurzwiel is a very intelligent and famous futurist. He realized that you can actually predict where the powers of computers and technology will be in the future, and how it grows exponentially in time. Computers double in power in less than a year. He believes that in around 20 years we will have computers the size of blood cells that will be a billion times more powerful than the computers we use today. Technology is extremely important to humans. With more technology comes more human knowledge and understanding. In this video he shows how amazingly smooth the progression of technological advances have actually been. It is amazing how on point he has been. The graph he shows, proves that the predictions are accurate. he finished the graph in 1980 and the computers that he predicted to come in the 20 years after, exist today.  Watch this whole video when you get the chance, it is mind blowing.

Alan Turing

Alan Turing is the creator of the first basic computer, which is the predecessor for all the computers we use today. His first creation was the "Turing Machine." At age 27 he solved the enigma code in 3 months, which basically won the war against the Germans. After the war he continued to work on his own. He thought of the first computer which enabled it to respond to whatever the person was typing. He developed the idea of "machine intelligence," which today is called artificial intelligence. Every modern computer is "Turing equivalence." The man was an absolute genius.

Minstrel Shows

Minstrel Documentary

Watching this really makes me sick. The fact that for almost a century African Americans weren't allowed to be on stage is cray. I watch the performances by the white people acting as African Americans in amazement. They deliberately made fun of the African American culture, and these shows were the most popular. To make things even worse, while these shows were going on, 100's of African Americans were being lynched. These were very dark times indeed. African Americans were stereotyped as fun loving people who loved to entertain while on long breaks from their cotton picking. Absolutely ridiculous..

flash mob examples

Xerox Project

               I also Photoshopped my work to see what it looks like with some filters on it.

                                                          
                                                      
 Here is where it all started. I had this idea of creating a sun. This idea then spontaneously turned into making a creature that morphs into something demonic. I guess in a way I sub-consciously created myself and then an alter-ego. The alter-ego being the multiple limned creature on the inside of the poster board.

Check This Out!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wQ4GexzPRtE

Imagine this in every bar and sports stadium in America

Amazon has made many stop motion commercials to promote the "Kindle." I think commercials like these are extremely creative and very appealing to the eye. Recently, I have been noticing an increase in the use of stop motion for commercials for may other products and businesses. I think people of all ages enjoy stop motion. All of the colors and creativity, it is easy to pay attention to.

This is one of the most famous scenes form "Clockwork Orange." Malcolm McDowell improved this entire scene,  and spontaneously started to sing "Singing in the Rain," from the musical by MGM, which was created in 1952. This song was originally performed by Gene Kelly, and he sings it with great joy, and represents a celebration of life. Malcolm McDowell sings this exact song, but its during the most horrific scene in the movie. This just shows how much has changed from life in the 50's to life in the 70's. In that span of 20 years, many things changed. Women could take birth control and were free to explore sexually. At the same time, many people of the younger generation were experimenting with drugs such as LSD and marijuana. The style of music began to change and people were way more open and creative. There were also a great deal of people who hated the "corporate world" and war, making people rebellious. I think Malcolm McDowell chose to sing this song because it represents a theme of complete joy, so basically he is being sarcastic at the most extreme level possible.

"A Trip to the Moon" is a fantastic film for its time. Great scenery, acting, and use of technology. It is very cartoon like. The fact that they get launched into space, in what appears to be a cannon, is awesome. As they travel through space, the most memorable scene happens. The moon with a face gets closer and closer, then the ship lands right on his face. I love how creepy the moon is, especially the creatures. My favorite part about this movie is the fact that they brought their umbrellas to the moon and every time they hit a creature, it would puff into smoke.

Madama Butterfly

This was one of the most strangest, creepiest, and depressing stop animation films I have ever seen. Although strange, it was also very moving. I could feel her pain when she gets her child taken away, and I think part of her pain is represented by the opera playing in the background. The opera playing in the background is very important to this short film. Without it, I don't think I would have felt the same emotions that I did. The animation was very creative as well. Between the scene where she gets pregnant with a "fish bowl" that soon comes out and turns into a baby, to her being flown as a kite from the umbilical cord, and when she dismembers herself at the end, shows how creative and dark th directors were. Seeing her become reborn into a butterfly after her death made me feel better. Very interesting film.

It is very clear that we are in a "Neo-Baroque" era. A good example of this is "Tomorrow Land," which is the largest music festival in the world. Since 2005 it has taken place every summer in Belgium. Every year more and more headline DJ's are added included some of the largest names in electronic music, such as Armin Van Buuren, David Guetta, Skrillex, Hardwell, Steve Aoiki, Afrojak and Avicii. 400 DJ's were invited in the summer of 2012. 180,000 people were in attendance, each ticket costing 198 euros. This festival is so famous because of how impressive the stage, production, story, and light shows are. This shows how baroque we are becoming because the amount of eye candy and music that is produced which attracts an amazing amount of people every year. here is a video to show you just how crazy this festival is. Video... You can see how there are dancers, crazy artwork, fire, and lights. Providing the crowd with ultimate entertainment. With yearly festivals like this and many others, such as, ULTRA, EDC,and Identity Festival, it is somewhat hard to believe we are actually in a recession.

I am currently a sophomore at the University of Tampa. I am 20 years old and I am from a tiny island off of Massachusetts called Nantucket. With only 10,000 residents during the winter, it is very peaceful. During the summer it is a huge tourist attraction with over 50,000 visitors. I love being outside. Especially at the beach or in the woods. I guess growing up on a secluded island made me somewhat adventurous, my ultimate dream would be to travel the world. I also enjoy the night life in Tampa. There are endless places to go to and it is always a good time. I'm from New England so of course I and forever will be a Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins fan. I decided to take this class because I recently changed my major to 'New Media Production.' I feel as though I can be creative at times and studying art and technology should bring out my hidden talents. I also have never blogged before, so this should be interesting. I am excited for what is to come.