I'm really glad that 60 minutes interviewed the cast and crew of Top Gear. it is quite possibly my favorite show and if you click the link i have posted you can see that the interviews almost explain why i capture the images i do.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
WLCM BCK show review
the space above in the Wlcm bck show is probably where i spent most of my time at the welcome back show. the two large images of the woman's face really intrigued me. the contrast between the milky skin and jet black hair and make up of the subject was the aspect that caught my eye with the top photo. the high contrast lighting helps the subject merge with the back round. the neon powder in the bottom image adds another interesting aspect in contrast. when compared to the four images on the adjacent wall there is further contrast between the sizes of opposing images.
the sculpture of the decorated pharaohs head was placed directly in front of you as you walk into the exhibit. it sets the mood for the rest of the show. a classic and recognizable image of pharaoh's dressed up and painted in such a gaudy fashion lets you know that there will be a lot of interesting work that will be thought provoking. the contrast of the preconceptions of the pharaoh and the neon paint and cheap jewelry seems to jump at you as soon as you walk through the door.
this piece played off the pharaoh's neon paint. the interesting play with the canvas was a nice break from the conventional square or rectangle canvas. it is interesting to see the theme of graffiti run not only through the paint but the canvas frame its self.
the use of alternating colored diamonds in this piece was interesting to view for periods at a time. it almost worked as an optical illusion. the work just to the right of this painting almost seemed to highlight the use of reds, greens and yellows. in fact red seemed to run through out most of the exhibit and also seemed to tie the whole wlcm bck show together
Friday, September 17, 2010
Interview with Guarav Panchal
Earlier this week I got the chance to interview Gaurav Panchal. He is a Graphic design major. You might just have seen some of his work around campus or even in the mason gross building itself.
Campbell: I see a lot of poster or flyer type work. Is that the type of work you prefer?
Gaurav: you could say that. The reason I do flyers is because of the odd jobs I get from people. People come to me and ask me to do work for them, especially around campus where everything is flyers, flyers, flyers.
Campbell: is that what you originally started out doing?
Gaurav: originally in highschool, like junior, senior year my cousin worked for an entertainment business and was like “ oh you do design?” I said yeah and started off doing party flyers and at the time I thought it was cool. And that really brought me in and made me realize what I could do. And in the beginning I kind of imitated other party flyers because I had the technical skills.
Campbell: do you have any influences that have pushed your work in any direction or style?
Gaurav: initially it was kind of what I saw. In the beginning I was thinking from the photographic aspect. I always wanted to see things from a different angle, but all my photo skills weren’t that great so all my pictures ended up looking the same. With design I had more I had more variables, I could change text, I could change images and overall perception of everything.
Campbell: do you know where you want to go with this, where you want to end up?
Gaurav: I’m also an IT major. Which is the study of informatics and how people relate to technology. And design and technology are so interrelated now, so together. Like everone has a cell phone, everyone looks at design everyday and doesn’t realize it. Its so second nature now. I would like to combine the two fields.
Campbell: what did you have in mind for your thesis?
Guarav: im brainstorming right now on how people interact and use technology. You know those font wingdings? Those weird font symbols in Word? Everyday we react more to symbols than type. So what I want to do is make everyday interactions represented by symbols sort of like what “lol” or “ttyl” did to full phrases.
Monday, September 13, 2010
Curation
Hans Haacke, Condensation Cube
clear plexiglas and distilled water
Center of room
Lynn Davis, Disko Bay, Greenland, 2004
selenium toned print
left side of room
Henri Privat-Livemont, The Wave,1897
lithograph
right side of room
Maya Lin, Dew Point 18, 2007
Installation, blown glass
surrounding condensation cube
I chose to curate these works as such because i believe they work well together and demonstrate how the theme of the show spans time and genre alike. I chose to put the two images across from each other and the sculptures in the middle so that the viewer can physically walk through one piece to look at another. And be looking at the center sculpture while actually standing in an other.
Water exhibition review
The 'Water' exhibition at the Zimmerly art museum features artists’ works from around the world and through out time centered on the idea of water. The representations of the theme “Water” come from all mediums including; painting, sculpture, photography and video. Clever interpretations of this interesting concept range from the obvious yet beautiful wood cut of Ando Hiroshigo’s The Sea at Satta, Suruga Province, to the obscure and thought provoking work of Ross Cisneros .
While walking down the spiral stairs to the exhibition you are greeted with a large fishing net suspended from the ceiling filled with 300 something luxury brand bottled waters. This starts the viewers mind on wondering what could come next. Upon entering the first room you are greeted by many beautiful paintings surrounding a plexi-glass cube filled with distilled water, exploiting the condensation process to from a beautiful sculpture that is ever changing. Across the room from this piece is a series of large droplets of blown glass. This piece seems to mimic and compliment the condensation cube beautifully. In the second room, two pieces that I thought work well together subtly were the painting of the Raritan River from the New Brunswick side from the 1700s and the unique modern sculpture of the Hudson River made solely from nails in the wall. Both pieces bring to mind the importance and dependence we as humans had and still have on rivers as transport. One piece that I think did not work well with the flow of the exhibition was the video of the stern and aft video shots from a boat moving through water. It was slightly visibly irritating and ruined the natural flow of the rest of the show.
In general, the show definitely portrayed water as a theme very well. Whether it was symbolic or literal the works involved presented the theme in new lights and provoked new and interesting thoughts on one of the oldest elements in our world.
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