Week 1
Banners adapted from Dirty Words by Tammer-El-Sheikh, from Canadian Art
Upon reading the article a couple of times many fragments of the text caught my interest :
- Overused in artists
- Thirteen Years
- Picked out at novelty
- Aesthetic of Powerlessness
- Performance-driven conditions of the workplace
- I can not be bound to them
- The Exhibition is interesting
- Architectural Detail
In the end, I decided on my last choice *ARCHITECTURAL DETAIL* and I chose to print the letters in a dark blue, so it would look similar to a blueprint. I liked how it is not perfect and a bit messy, as that goes against the norms of architecture and its need to be perfect and calculated. The choice to hang it under the map of Zavitz was intentional; in my opinion, maps or blueprints are the most apparent details showcasing the building in its entirety. I did think of different locations, but due to weather, I could not hang it elsewhere, despite that, I am happy with the outcome.
Week 2
Reading Reflection – Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman
Introduction
- “These fine minds are, as my father’s was, of a bygone era, a different media environment, and their biases may make them, as they made him, hostage of another time, perhaps incapable of seeing the present world as it is rather than as they’d like it to be.” (Page viii, Introduction to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition)
- “Where once it stood for a single generation, now it seems to stand for three” (Page xiii, Introduction to the Twentieth Anniversary Edition)
- This quotation captures the dynamic nature of modern society, in which new trends emerge at an unparalleled rate, constantly modifying the cultural landscape. Each generation develops and adopts its own lifestyle, inspired by technological breakthroughs, social movements, and shifting societal values. However, these changes are becoming more frequent, hastening cultural development.
Foreward
- “The roots of liberal democracy had held.”
- Despite difficulties that have tested its stability, I believe liberal democracy has mostly preserved its core values. While some components may have eroded or destabilized over time, the essential principles and institutions remain intact.
Chapter 1 – The Medium is Metaphor
- “Indeed we may have reached a point where cosmetics has replaced ideology as a field of expertise over a politician must have competent control” (Page 4, Chapter 1, Amusing Ourselves to Death)
- Unfortunately, this statement has been true regarding politics and almost every aspect. People have the right to look as they want, but choosing to look a certain way because someone else does should not be in our minds, but it has come to be.
- “It’s form excludes the content” (Page 7, Chapter 1, Amusing Ourselves to Death)
- “Iconography thus became blasphemy so that a new kind of God could enter a culture” (Page 9, Chapter 1, Amusing Ourselves to Death)
- “Eternity ceased to serve as the measure and focus of human events.” (Page 11, Chapter 1, Amusing Ourselves to Death)
- “Light is a particle, language, a river: God (as Bertrand Russell proclaimed), a differential equation; the mind, a garden that yearns to be cultivated.” (Page 14, Chapter 1, Amusing Ourselves to Death)
- “Our Metaphors create the content of our culture.” (Page 15, Chapter 1, Amusing Ourselves to Death)
Week 3
Field Trip
Art Gallery of Ontario
Power Plant
Internet Video Art – Quinn & Vanni
Video Art Ideas and Inspirations
To begin creating the foundation of our video and this research presentation, we methodically compiled a comprehensive list of the many types of videos and information we frequently watch on YouTube and TikTok.
- The millennial pause
- Fitness Influencers
- MSA videos
- Eating everything/muk bangs
We have decided to focus on Fitness Influencers and their unrealistic life choices and advice. The video will contain clips from their TikTok and Youtube videos of their routine commonly labeled as ‘A day in My Life’, and ‘Healthy Eating Habits’
Finally, creating a “One whole day in the life of an unrealistic lifestyle“.
Some videos we might clips from:
Video Art about Our Parents
Ideas for Video Art about our Parents
- Not really parents, but there is a video of my sister when she was 2, and my dad, who is fond of photography, trying to make a video of her, but she just wants to play and it is such a sweet interaction between them. Though the video is in Hindi and my dad is the only person my sister would communicate with in Hindi, hence I wanted to recreate that video – But got rejected.
- I do have a bunch of childhood pictures with my mom that I could recreate, as once again my dad would take lots of pictures of us, some candid, some trying to capture the perfect angles.
- My parents had gotten married when my mom was really young, and then she had to move continents. I have seen pictures and heard stories from my cousins about how she would dress up and spend time on herself and do goofy things like straightening a doll’s hair or volunteer on their school trips. Overtime, she got busy and started working, and now she works 7 days a week and has no time for herself. Hence, I wanted to ask her if she could dress up as they used to and record her doing her make up and hair, as she had a huge collection of lipsticks back then, which I know because she still does.