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Week 10 - Artist - Joseph DeLappe & Micol Hebron

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Joseph DeLappe - is an American artist and scholar based in the United Kingdom who is best known for his art intervention pieces that use new media installations and interactive gaming performances to investigate contemporary political themes. Joseph DeLappe has always worked with new media to communicate his dislike for power politics, claiming that it defined his purpose when he became involved in political art. Joseph DeLappe integrates political criticism with his expertise in a communications medium, concrete materials, and online gaming. He claims that games are a massive cultural phenomenon that is mostly disregarded by the art world, which he finds challenging. His work includes using online gaming performance, sculptures, and electromechanical installation  Micol Hebron - is a curator, multidisciplinary artist, and associate professor at Chapman University in Orange County, California. Hebron investigates and critically exploits feminist activism in art....

EC #2 - Museum Visit

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  When I first looked at this painting I was drawn to it, I couldn't put a finger as to why but as I looked closer I figured out it was because of the detailed but not too detailed look. This street is a street in Downtown Bakersfield, so anyone that is from Bakersfield is automatically drawn to it, but I on the other hand am not from Bakersfield, but felt at home when I looked at it. It reminded me of a street in Downtown Porterville. For some reason, most Downtowns have similar appearances.  Now looking at the painting you can see they're lines but not straight basic ones, but ones that look like the painter really put in no effort into the paint buts it's all-natural. The no-effort look shows that not everything has to be perfect in order for it to be pretty and worth showing off. In a society that constantly promotes a perfect image, we tend to ignore the not-perfect-looking things but that's when we miss the hidden gems. Looking at the colors, I got an old-day vibe...

Week 9 - Art Activity - Time-Series Photography

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Rule: Take a picture of everything that I drink over the course of a few days that does not include water.  I decided to do a few days because I know myself and will forget to do it in one day and also I don't wake up until noon so I don't drink or eat a lot in a day. I choose drinks because I have those more than food, also it will show me how many times I didn't drink water.  After doing this little rule thing, I noticed I consume a lot of caffeine which is mainly because of school. Also, I don't drink enough water in a day, or matter of fact food. As you can see all my drink options are very sugary and unhealthy. But I noticed that I tend to go almost every day either to Starbucks or Java.  If I had a team of 5 people at the office tasked with coming up with a business marketing plan, my rule-based exercise that the 5 of us could do to generate ideas, methods, or solutions to my marketing scenario would be every day everyone goes a does an activity where they will se...

Week 9 - Artist - Eric Singer & Ewa Xebra

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Eric Singer - is an artist, musician, programmer, and electrical, robotic, and medical device engineer who works across multiple disciplines. His interactive art and technology works, electronic and robotic musical instruments, fire art, and guerilla art are among his most well-known works. Singer is a well-known designer of non-traditional MIDI controllers and musical instruments and interactive and computational music software and robotic musical instruments.  He started creating interactive performance software in 1990 as an assistant to Dr. Richard Boulanger. He immediately established himself as a Max expert, producing a number of well-received Max plug-ins for video tracking, electronic conducting, and artificial life bird-flocking simulation. Around the mid-90s, he began creating his own novel electronic instruments, such as the Sonic Banana, SlimeOTron, ChimeOTron, etc.   Singer formed the groundbreaking musical robotics club LEMUR: League of Electronic...

Week 8 - Artist - Addario-Cardiff-Miller

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Lynsey Addario - Lynsey Addario is an American photojournalist. Her work frequently focuses on human rights and conflict resolution, particularly the role of women in traditional societies. Although she started with no previous experience in photography.  She made a name for herself by  Focusing on Cuba and the effect of communism on the public.  Addario traveled across Nepal, Afghanistan, and Pakistan while residing in India, focusing on humanitarian and women's issues. Addario got her big break and was put on rotation for The New York Times while in Pakistan. She "used her gender to sneak inside women's Madrases to interview and photograph the most devoted Pakistani ladies" during this period.  Addario talked with her subjects for a long time, which inspired her to utilize photography to “dispel prejudices or misconceptions; of exposing the unexpected.”  She has since covered conflicts in  Afghanistan,  Iraq ,  Darfur , the ...

Week 8 - Art Activity - Photo Story

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This was back in May when my brother graduated from high school. He's the baby of the family. My parents lowkey favor him the most so he gets to do whatever he wants :( This was in June for my sister's engagement party in Bakersfield. It was hot but I had a good time, we blasted music had some good food along with good company.  This was in March for my cousin's cousin-in-law's wedding, it's called a Jaggo and happens before the wedding. This was the day where The Table of Losers formed lol that's my cousins and me, we hate to socialize with our family because they tend to make comments about everything we do.  This was taken Friday, it was my niece's fifth birthday party, we decided just family so there were like 12 of us in total. I thought we were gonna chill at their house but no we ended up going to John's Incredible Pizza. It was fun but there were a lot of people.  This picture was taken a while back but it's one of my favorites. I love dark a...

Week 7 - Art Activity - Headshots & Environment Portariats.

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  Headshot:  Environmental Portrait:  The depressing life of a college student during a global pandemic :(  Back - broken grades - sad life - shitty Mental health - destroyed