2-D Lecture: Brett Cook

"so i don't know if that answers your question, but it's what it made me think of"

Although this lecture was a bit lenghty compared to the norm, i thought Brett Cook had some good things to say.

It's pretty incredible to me, an artist who is so removed from the work being his own. It's not about, well i did this and this! It's like, look at how all these people are coming together through something that i love. He must really have a heart for people that he would work the way he does. I feel like he is the type of person that will grow old and have so many stories to tell, so many good stories and wise words.

I think because he just does what he wants.

"....we didn't go to class. but we were always making art."

But how does someone who just does whatever they want also happen to be such a charitable and selfless being?

I really respected that Cook was in the group of people with the mindset that the object is not what is important but the process is what really holds importance.

This was a new idea to me several months ago but i have heard it quite often since arriving at Tyler. It is very different from how i looked at my work in highschool, but i understand the idea now. Before everything was very precious. It's not the same anymore.

It was cool that him and his friend could make all of those pieces and then just set them outside, nver knowing who would do what with them! I love the story about how they found one of the pieces. so awesome....

"Is he a victim because he is a suspect or is he a suspect because he is a victim?"

"Women are abusive to themselves so that they will be coveted, but are they coveted because they are abusive?"

"Innocense is liability, ignorance is crime, apathy is fatal. Censorship fuels more violent forms of expression"

oh and i really liked when somebody asked him how less outgoing people could make it in the art world and his response ran along the lines of, "Someone once told me a story: What makes a flower? Sun makes a flower. But what makes a flower? Dirt makes a flower. What makes a flower? A farmer. What makes a flower? Bread."

Tank Man response

Tank Man

After doing some research on the infamous Tank Man, modern day censorship and copyright laws, I came to some conclusions of my own. My paper, "Talk of Tank Man and Censorship" covers my feelings on censorship in the art world today. I don't believe in censorship because anything that can be published in the public domain, exists. I believe that nothing belongs to anyone; ownership is an idea created out of greed that society ties to money and punishment. Artists should be more lenient in the sharing of their work because after all, no idea is original. Everything is a combination of anything you've ever experienced, consciously or not.

Project: scanner face

Creativity Strangled:

Our generation speaks through other's words and pictures

is it okay?

what are the limits on copyright?

Larry Lessig, the man talking in the video, said that our generation completly rejects the notion of what copyright is supposed to do. This is true. When's the last time anyone thought, "maybe i should pay for this music"?

i guess there's a valid point that if we reject the laws of copyright, we should be more willing to allow our work, as artists to be freely available for non-commercial use.

"We live life in an age of prohibitions, we live life against the law"

-Larry Lessig

2-d lecture

9.22.09

Phillip Glahn

This lecture was by far better than last weeks. Glahn brought up some interesting points that cought my attention at least long enough for me to write them down. The lecture was mainly about artists using the work of others for their own pieces. So the question is, who's art is it? When Duchamp put the toilet seat in a gallery, he didn't create the toilet, he turned it on it's side, he came up with the statement. So who's work was it?

So i guess what he was trying to get at is ... that people should be more willing to collaborate. to say, this is what i did, this is what you did, none of it is anyone's. It's just that someone has to say things that aren't said, say things in a new way so new people understand. and to do so, all of us as artists need to accept that our ideas come from everything we've ever seen or experienced. And everyone is a part of our work. Nothing is our own. life is collaborative.

"Art is an affirmation of what it is to be a human, not a machine."

-Glahn

Art is different from production. There is always an imperfection to a work of art, but does that make it imperfect? Can something be perfect because of imperfections, or can we just start to look at imperfection with a positive view and say, this is imperfect and i like it. it's NOT perfect. it's just imperfect and that's it.

Glahn also talked about de- and re-skilling art. De-skilling being that which brings the outside world into works of art. Re-skilling being that which we learn in art school basically. classic techniques. hmm that's at least what i got out of it.

What an interesting show. Had the feel of a haunted house or murder mystery interactive . I didn't know what to expect before i got there, but i was anticipating a really great show. The possibilities are endless, drawing aspects of the new age and relating them to our actual interactions with people.

I had some strange feelings during the show. You were expected to follow each of the characters through their stories. Trying to understand what they were all about, watching them in the real and then on each of the 10 or so screens in the room. And the same stories were retold about 4 times, so you had an opportunity to follow most of the characters and see how they interacted with the other characters. But following someone feels weird. You know that they know that you are following them. And it's supposed to be okay, because that's part of the show, but you still feel rude, staring at someone and following them around. What are they thinking when they see your face, critical, smirking, confused, sad, entertained..

overall, this was a great production. it really let you get involved, make your own decisions, and interact with the characters if you so chose to. I was a bit confused at the end however and did not fully understand how all of the characters were connected. The plot built up and up and kind of ended very abruptly. AND I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FATE STICKERS WERE FOR!!!

http://www.fatebooktheshow.com/

Incredible pieces by Mark Khaisman made out of packaging tape applied to light boards. His work was shown at a reception before the the Thursday night performance of Fatebook.Also shown were Khaisman's other pieces from his series "Disaster Patterns"

http://www.khaismanstudio.com/#

http://www.livearts-fringe.org/details.cfm?id=8937

After watching the last two tickets for "Uba City" sell to a couple in front of us, we decided to check out "Formed Declarations" part of Philly's Live Arts and Fringe festival. It was an interesting stumble-upon. Two girls danced their interpretations of several different art movements in a run down building. The piece was divided into three parts; Futurism, DADA, and Surrealism.

http://www.livearts-fringe.org/

i brought the sickness back with me

my very first trip home, riding the septa and then the train was quite the adventure and i saw the country girl in the big city when i stared at my reflection in the train windows.

labor day campout

reminiscent of the dance party break in the studio

Delicious sesame cakes from china town laced with moths and their eggs. mmmm

maps maps maps

nothing like nutella or sesame candies

oh wonderful soybeans. you are a delightful find when the veggies are scarce

drawing morgan while she is totally unsuspecting.

Hello art school. My name is Rachel and i am here to spend my money.