Tuesday, February 27, 2007
William S. Burroughs Reading
After reading the reading, my opinion about the cut up technique is that I don't really like it. I feel like all it does is jumble up words so that is doesn't really make any sense. I don't think that it should be compared to an artist's collage at all. This is because I feel a collage is something you visually look at, and normally all of the cut up images are put together with some type of common theme that makes sense. Cutting up words and phrases and pasting them together I feel is nothing like that. The randomness of it also makes it less comphrensive when it is done. The examples of cut ups that are in the reading are not appealing to me at all. The finished product just seems like a mess to me, like it is butchering the English language. I personally just dont like it. My question is what do people who actually like this "cut up method" find appealing about it?
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Dada Artist: Man Ray
The Dada Artist whose artwork I chose to discuss is Man Ray.
The first peice of artwork I looked at is called Cadeau (Gift).
This peice of artwork is an example of a rectified readymade. "Readymades are everyday manufactured goods that are deemed to be art merely by virtue of the artist's selection of them as such". This readymade is an painted flat iron with a row of tacks that are glued to the bottom. The reason this is a rectified readymade is because a rectified readymade is a readymade that has been modified by the artist. In this peice, Ray modified the iron by gluing the tacks to the bottom.
The second piece of artwork I looked at is called Rayograph.
This piece of artwork is an example of a photogram. A photogram is defined as a "camera-less photographic print that records the placement of objects on photosensitive paper that has been exposed to light". This creates an abstract photograph. The objects that Ray photographed using this technique is obviously camera negatives. If you look closely, it looks like there is another object in there but you cant really tell what exactly it is. This piece is my favorite because the negatives are transparent which looks really neat and if you zoom the piece in, you can kind of make out that photo that is actually on the negative. In one part, it looks like a womans torso area (but that is just what I am seeing, Im not sure if I am correct). Also, if you zoom in to the top left hand corner, you can even see a fingerprint.
The first peice of artwork I looked at is called Cadeau (Gift).
This peice of artwork is an example of a rectified readymade. "Readymades are everyday manufactured goods that are deemed to be art merely by virtue of the artist's selection of them as such". This readymade is an painted flat iron with a row of tacks that are glued to the bottom. The reason this is a rectified readymade is because a rectified readymade is a readymade that has been modified by the artist. In this peice, Ray modified the iron by gluing the tacks to the bottom.
The second piece of artwork I looked at is called Rayograph.
This piece of artwork is an example of a photogram. A photogram is defined as a "camera-less photographic print that records the placement of objects on photosensitive paper that has been exposed to light". This creates an abstract photograph. The objects that Ray photographed using this technique is obviously camera negatives. If you look closely, it looks like there is another object in there but you cant really tell what exactly it is. This piece is my favorite because the negatives are transparent which looks really neat and if you zoom the piece in, you can kind of make out that photo that is actually on the negative. In one part, it looks like a womans torso area (but that is just what I am seeing, Im not sure if I am correct). Also, if you zoom in to the top left hand corner, you can even see a fingerprint.
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Casey's Audio Journey From Home to the Beach
My Audio Journey
My audio journey is supposed to take you from a house in a neighborhood to the beach. I started off the peice indoors, and had the sound of flip flops (typical beach shoewear walking. I then had a door open to the outside. Outside, there is the sound of birds chirping and even a neighbor's dog. Unfortunately there is a short part where the sound cuts out, although it is not supposed to. That peice some how got cut out as I turned it into a wav or mp3. The journey then takes you to a car where you here keys juggling and then the open and slam of the car door. when the car door slams, the outside noises stop. The keys are put in the ignition and the car starts. You then hear the windows roll down and you can faintly hear the birds in the background. Then the car drives away and you can hear it on the road and cars passing by like on a highway. When the car arrives at the destination, the windows roll up, the car turns off and you hear the car door open and slam. You hear the sound of the ocean and the sound of walking. The walking stops and there are seagulls and the sound of a ship in the background. Yay, you are at the beach! I did this for my project because I love the beach, and the sound of the waves and the ocean is my favorite sound in the world so I had to use it for my project.
The sounds I recorded myself were the flip flops walking (inside and outside), the door slamming, and the car.
Attributions:
Ship Sound: By milo (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=444) ship2_bergen.aif (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23722)
Car Highway Sounds: By FreqMan (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=92661) cars pass by.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20049)
Ocean Sounds: By Dynamicell (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=47052) Water_Miami_beach_Atlantic.aif (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=17552)
Seagull Sounds: By hazure (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=30150)
seagull.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23707)
Outdoor Sounds: By pcaeldries (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=97826) CountrySideSummerEvening.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23131)
My audio journey is supposed to take you from a house in a neighborhood to the beach. I started off the peice indoors, and had the sound of flip flops (typical beach shoewear walking. I then had a door open to the outside. Outside, there is the sound of birds chirping and even a neighbor's dog. Unfortunately there is a short part where the sound cuts out, although it is not supposed to. That peice some how got cut out as I turned it into a wav or mp3. The journey then takes you to a car where you here keys juggling and then the open and slam of the car door. when the car door slams, the outside noises stop. The keys are put in the ignition and the car starts. You then hear the windows roll down and you can faintly hear the birds in the background. Then the car drives away and you can hear it on the road and cars passing by like on a highway. When the car arrives at the destination, the windows roll up, the car turns off and you hear the car door open and slam. You hear the sound of the ocean and the sound of walking. The walking stops and there are seagulls and the sound of a ship in the background. Yay, you are at the beach! I did this for my project because I love the beach, and the sound of the waves and the ocean is my favorite sound in the world so I had to use it for my project.
The sounds I recorded myself were the flip flops walking (inside and outside), the door slamming, and the car.
Attributions:
Ship Sound: By milo (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=444) ship2_bergen.aif (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23722)
Car Highway Sounds: By FreqMan (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=92661) cars pass by.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=20049)
Ocean Sounds: By Dynamicell (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=47052) Water_Miami_beach_Atlantic.aif (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=17552)
Seagull Sounds: By hazure (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=30150)
seagull.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23707)
Outdoor Sounds: By pcaeldries (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersViewSingle.php?id=97826) CountrySideSummerEvening.wav (http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23131)
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